The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-06-19

4 1 "a" once Oh jugs no'iihe
heard sudden nurrying
Sootsteps, hhu sim nlrosohs Joine
n'm, GREATNESS ana mheh perturDeo'
mats on your niho now, Siih
asked the colonel ram o''eh yo
go RhHoph hroun WIN your ionsu
nhneih OUT your mouth iiAs soun
doe in MS hrse fappit eiiase' nat
ehe troupie
was Jes startih OUT 10 iooh yo'
up colonel. replied sun. mere
trouble enough, sun. Tom StricRIahd
got TO drinkin ana picked iuarre
WIN stam iucher III me holei par
room. and You better come quick sun
ana prevent lts Dem hiishty serlous
dincuity
Il amt got no patience with you
young fellows here In Nineyeh. Sim
Birdsong" commented the colonel
when Tom Strickland gets two or
three drinks under his belt and WANTS
10 pick a fuss why don't some OF you
turn In and lick the stuffin' out'n him ?
That's one OF the best cures for the
whisky quarrelin' habit that ever was
Inverted. sub.
The colonel chucklcd as he spoke.
The most quarrelsome man In his
cups ever knew. sim. was oid BOD
frewiu, IN my regiment durin the
late unpieasantness. ana he was cured
Just that way. sun sam fossbrooke
made point OF campin' on Bob's trail
ever time Bob got TO naggin any
the other fellows. and Sand thrash
BOD TIL his own mother wouldn't ha
known him, sub. And, sub. before the
war was over III Toe double hamstrnng
III Bob Prewitt wasn't teetotaler, sub.
and he never got fightiD' drunk after
the war neither till he'd put two whole
counties between him and Sam Foss-
brooke. Some of you boys ought to try
that plan on Tom Strickland. Sim"
Colonel. answered Sim solemnly, |
Its sort o curse on the Stricklands. !
that fierce temper o theirn when they |
get under the Influence of ticker, sub. !
You mustn't forget that Toms own I'M
Gle killed his best friend. Lawrence /
Ioiliver. durln' spree aud then drank |
himself to death afterwards tryin TO
forget 1t, sub. Its a curse. sub. that's
what II is
ut amt no curse that cant be lifted
Easy as raisin' your little finger. Sim
said the colonel. "All In
he world Tom Strickiand's got TO do
$ TO leave whisky alone-be mint n
lard drinker now. and maybe he never
VIII be. but he's got to leave IL alone
II DOM agree With Mn,
The Todhunters has got that same kind
Il curse In their family. only it's Gu
stead OF whisky. TIL amt ,
zone OF us Todhunters can eat cucum-
'ers without bein' doubled up with
ramp collie Wen. sub, lifted that
urse by cuttin' cucumbers out o. my
st OF vittles same as II such a thing :
ever growed. and Tom Strickland or
NY ether man can do the same thing
nth whisky. snh."
Then the colonel tannaa Sin, an .h.
boulder. And let me tell Won ona
hing. nv boy he continued AN
ais here talk about the turrible hard
GIT necessary TO break OF from n had
abit makes me tired. sinh A man
ont never have to fpht but one dav,s
xht at time. and tbere. alwovs y
Ight's rest comm, In between ~ bs 9
nnt Law awake pltyin, h,msaIf s,h Il
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