The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-07-17
Hanks Last
Drink
How ar habiiual Tipp'er
Lost HIS Appetite.

ENFWps NtAaN I NAgA#NNsF3tNA iA#N@ $500
I, ia door u the First National i'aas
With = book o. deposit 10 his hand
aeg dressed aBd softer. ! vac ssloh.
t.hsss l.syond measure ~ recalled
tie lsnk ~ ihrer years before the
,blng SEEMED quite itnfossible
when reformed bone 70 the after
nosn spaKr % ny brother Beverly
sslut II
lie began 20 laugh
eDo you nsenn 70 say you haven't
besd bow Hank reformeiT ] shook
my bead :.
WIS. II WIS even in the papers.
be- said
protested roy ignorance. and then
the sioy tame eui
A. na lnnk was really a con.
armed tr iii@d natnred though
nra II, paraus even when he
~. III ri Perhaps That ex-
.isie,,t n siiiie ~ his falling.
rsrfs wn WAS hls friend ot
rattrsr as.fs were peer They
onldni s{ng under the clrcum.
stances tmu ! left town Hank was
aui ~ lol arllh toa That wasn't
say,hing old though. fpr be was a.
uavs just 0ai ~ job of lust on a
uew one Esery one wanted 70 help
bin,. and he'd ret new plaee without
much diiAsuliy after he'd promised
very faithfully 90 Jet up on the drink
Ing So bed start IN again,
weli AZ snid. Hank was out Of .
ioh again People were pretty Wen
worn out With reforming him, and he
had some trouble getting a new one
Afler awhile be got sort " desperate
guess lie tried nearly every one VI
town lie sworc he'd learned his les
snn 1T didn't pay
Rnt they hnd tried him and they hac
seen and after al thar time even som'
~ the slowest ones had tumbled 20 The
fart thal Hank simply couldn't reform
Things got pretty low with the Joneses
Mrs. Jones bad been doing washing fol
long time ~ between Jobs, and sh'
took Il np again nov And then she
at SICK aud had 10 give that NJ.
They wcre 90 mighty sorry for Mrs
ZONES. though. laid up that way ant
nothing coming IN The worst on y
was that you couldn't otfcr them any
thing but job without hurting thei
feelings. and goulcoudnt give Hank
Ioh without the risk Of ruining yon'
own business
tie had been sober now for nearly
three weeks There was good reason
Tor that lie hadn't any money TO &c
drunk on He was looking very mucl
worried ton. parson Weeks found hin
down bebind the city lumber yards on'
day. sitting on y pile Of boards ant
scratching hs head disconsolately
PaiSUn." said HHHs do you sup
pose mau that's hacksld as man!
times on have stands much OF
chance with the Lord any morcf'
The pnrson was sure that he did
Welt said Hank. "you know thu
longest time ever stayed sober wa
when gut religion last spring An
I've been ibiusln u over some. an
believe aouidn't have backslid tina
lime n il hAdu't a been Tor that Len
Hieglnsan a. yon know Lens lief
town Tor thl, summer So I've got
notion TO come down to the revival TO
night an gel religion again he looke'
questiunlngly az The parson that 49,
he cOuelnd,.d ~ you think I've go
ans show any more
The parsun 20 be sure, was some
Whist taken ahars by ibis cold bloode'
prolr,snl of swallowing another dose %
religion as YOU would rnp OF Mrs
Weeks lonesc, ten. hui Hank was -
palpnhly in rarR7.t that, ~ he said
he hadn't the heart 90 discourage him
No one had That was the troubl
with fellow Ilke Hank
Well. l.. did 30 down Ia services tina
night. and. Furthermore. rs he predict
cd. be got religion Hank said be Eel
-jast Ike new uan nll his sinful ~
peiltos left behind him once more ant
his fnce sci toward the rising sun o
hope aud prosperity That's wha
Hank snid But | understand tina
ParsoD Weeks aud the evangelist hai
little conversation 81 . yery differen
character about him that night afte
the meeting Won se.. they'd bot
been Ia the business long enough {
know that The easier a man IL convert
led the harder u is 10 keep bin tina
wat nowevrr that confession dl'
lots Tor Ilnns With the general public
Every hody's hope came up again OF
the bound. aud 90 The strength o. !
Silas Barter the station agent. hIre'
Hank as helper around the $ and A
I dep0t
Everything went we'll guess, 70
Hss 81 ~ia weeks. add Mrs Jones 80
better and Hank went around as hap
ny as q June bride and as regular as
slock u chnrch and prayer meeting
Then one morning De- iurchel int
the staiiDn Office from the freigh
room With q most suspicious unsi,adi
ness ~ gali and conspicuous uncer
tsiuly IL speech Barker ermned
re knew II was ali OF again. Poo
Mrs JONES' res and povr Hank too!
Ne gave him terrific scoldlng. bu
10 the rulprlgs surprise be dId not ilr
hn ~ be bad promised apon lis firs
detection. ~ he pl0cted up conras'
aud persisted 10 pee. a,nsing himsel
sober Barker did uai demur III
sas waiting 10 tud onl where the sup
piy had como fnou There was u
.Aleau near The deSoi and b. was sur
ihat llgnk had nothing when be cam
60 wotk u the morning So iie decid
cd 10 waii and wateh lie wen
through the freight rpotn ~ n,son whil
Hank was oat for hls dinner an'
found nothing The station was hadl,
crowded with freight and expires
packages hgt be coHid ma 20 trace q
ans baIlcs For iwe " lhrre days ih
.asne ihing occurred. and Barker be
cNme nsope curious thAn ever lianl
had npg yes struck bis usual gait ~
MAS always sober enough 20 DO N
Nets aud showed bis face with grea
nsgttsftftttldr pKeFr morning al \ 0'ciOqk