Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-05

ir?" Hes going to cry" and the like.
Here. fell was going to say fell
low bachelors; alas, l can call you
such no longer!-I took that first step
which leads to the final Inevitable fall.
| turned and Joined her. Like the inc
briate who sips the first glass of wine
that he knows will drag him down to
his ruin, l submitted myself to a pres
ence which 1 knew would steal away
my brains. l might as we'll have
swallowed laudanum."
"Run for u stomach pump!"
"Walk him!"
Pour water down his throat!'
These and other such calls came
from the unsympathetic members of
the club. The benedict continued his
confession:
MY intention, gentlemen, in Joining
her-so l persuaded myself; whom
the gods wish to destroy they first
make mad'-was to say something to
her to cause her to desist in her in
tention to enslave me. l began in this
wise: If my circumstances were such
as to enable me to marry l should es-
TEEN myself honored beyond measure
in being invited by a lady in every
way so calculated to inspire my es-
TEEN. But my income. only $4,000 a
year, is barely enough for my own
Cries of Dead give away!' Selfish
brute" I'm bet she's going to cry"
"Who said cry?" asked the confess
sor, surprised.
81 did," replied the homeliest men,
Der.
CHATS exactly what she did"
Il knew it," said the homeliest
member. "a member of the club told
me in confidence that certain instruc-
lions are laid down for the girls, the
principal Of which is to cry"
The confessor groaned and went on:
I'VE were walking toward the girls
home and at this point reached her
door. She burst into a passion of
tears and ran into the house, shutting
the door behind her.
II stood looking vaguely about me,
not knowing just what to do. l wish
ed a policeman would come along and
run me in. l had an underlined sense
of having committed a crime. 1t
seemed to me that l had plunged q
dagger into the heart Of the girl who
had left me. l went to my club, light
ed a cigar, smoked it two minutes and
threw 1t away. l went into the bill
lard room, knocked the balls about
for two minutes more, threw" down
my cue and. showing my hands in my
pockets, walked up and down in the
hallway. Several Of my friends came
in, but somehow l wanted to get rid
Of them. They all wanted to know
what was the matter with me. One
Of them pestered me, telling me about
some liver pills he had used with
great effect.
81 dined at the club with another.
I surprised him by ordering my des-
sert Immediately after the soup and
undertook to carve a bird in cross Sec
lions. You see, the poison had entered
my blood and was crawling through
the veins to the heart. When the din
ner was over | told my friend l was
sick and was going home to bed. I
lied. l had never before told a DELHI
crate lie. You see the effect Of this
Indian flower with it's noXious but
ecstatic perfume. Facile decensus aver
nj, which, being interpreted. means,
When a man makes a false step the
descent into iniquity is easy
when Il has committed a crime
he feels an irresistible desire to visit
the spot where it was enacted. The
spot where my crime had been perpe-
trated was a few steps from the home
of the girl who had inoculated me. l
went there. l was possessed with a
desire to apologize for a sin | hadn't
committed. l rang the bell. went into
the house and SEM up my card"
Gone up!' cried a voice.
Hell never go there any more"
said another.
"Gentlemen," continued the confess
sor. II sat with wildly beating heart in
the drawing till l heard a rustic
OF skirts and the tap Of a tiny heel
on the staircase. A moment later there
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tia vision Of loneliness. a dream.
"Gentlemen. | have finished"
go. on" Don't l wish I'd had one
like that!' Peaches and cream are
nothing to it,! and other such indeli-
cate. or. at least. irreverent. cries filed
the room. The president raped for
order.
yellow bachelors" he said, I'VE
have all listened to the confession of
our unfortunate ex-member, and
know there is not one of us who has
not listened with exuberant sympathy.
Expressions Of opinion as to the
amount of the fine he shall pay are
now in order. You are aware that the
amount lies between 500 and $780,"
II move," cried a voice. that on &C.
count Of the united pressure brought
to bear and the boycott unusual cir
cumstances) the fine be RENTED en-
tirely."
And I move," said another, that
the fine be doubled. It's my opinion