The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-20
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Cries OF Dead give away selfish
brute!' IN bet she's going to cry"
"Who said cry2" asked the confess
SCR surprised.
Il did" replied the homeliest mem
Der
That's exactly what she did
Il knew it," said the homcliest
member "A member of the club told
me in confidence that certain iustruc-
tons are laid down for the girls the
principal of which is TO cry
The confessor groaned aud went on:
I'VE We're walking toward the girls
home and at this point reached her
door, She burst into passion of
tears and ran into the house shutting
the door behind her
Il stood looking vaguely about me,
not knowing just what TO do. wish
ell II policeman would come along and
run me in. | had an underlined sense
of having committed crime IL
seemed TO me that | had plunged Il
dagger into the heart of the girl who
had left me. | went to my club, light
ell cigar. smoked 1t two minutes and
threw ii awFN. | 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 wanted To gel 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.
Il dined AT the club with another
surprised him by ordering my DIES
sert Immediately after the soup and
undertook To carve bird in cross sec
tons. You see, the poison had entered
my blood aud WAS crawling through
the veins 10 the heart. When the din
ner was over | told my friend | was
sick and Was going home 10 bed |
lied had never before told a DELHI
crate lie leu see the effect of this
Indian flower with its uoXiouS but
ecstatic perfume FaciIe decensus aver
nj, which. being interpreted. mca,is,
When n man makes II false step the
descent into ihiquity is easy
when one has committed Il crime
he feels an irresistible desire to visit
the spot where ii WAS enacted The
spot where my crime had been perpe-
trated was few steps from the home
of the girl who had inoculated me /
went there, | was possessed with II
desire to apologize for sin hadn't
committed. rang the bell went Into
the house and sent up my card. "
Gone up cried Il voice.
Hell never 20 there any more"
said another
Gentlemen" continued the confess
sor. II sat with wildly beating heart in
the drawing room ill | heard a rustic
of skirts and the tap of tiny heel
on the staircase. 4 moment later there
in the doorway stood what shall call
TIA vision of loneliness. II dream
Gentlemen, | have finished
Go on Don't | wish I'd had one
like that "peacles and cream are
nothing to IT." and other such indeli-
cate, or. at least. irreverent, cries filled
the room. The president raped for
order
Fellow 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 cxubcrant sympathy
Expressions of opinion rs To the
amount of the fine he shall pay are
now in order. You are aware that The
amount lies between 500 and $500 "
II move" cried voice that ou ,le-
count of the united pressure brought
to bear and The boycott unusual cir
cumstaneesi the fine be RENTED en-
tircly.a
and ! move,' said another. that
the fine be doubled lis my opinion
that our ex-bloiher was n willing vie
tim"
And ! move" said the honelest
man, that the ladies' of this city be
invited to organize one of these Indian
piZen societies right here among us.
At this there were groans and cries
OF Put him OUT Renegade" He's
been infected under which the home
liest man tried to hide
The president arose.
Gentlemen" he said, since it Is
left with me 10 name the fine, ! will
say that | agree with our fellow mem
Der who says that the circumstances
In this case are tulIslIal and will
remit the fre altogether
The confessor arose for n last word.
Gentlemen, he said. Il insist OH
paying double fine My descent into
Avernus is worth hundred times the
amount"