The Raymer enterprise., 1914-08-06
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oee "hdt udu happened aIter the RoOf
fell in.
Our Hero appeared just as the Boy
was getting ready to throw a Life
Line. He was greeted with a ribald
Shout and told to come running and
Save Himself.
The Moment had arrived for him to
be a Man. Surrounded by Ice and
Squirters and Mixing Spoons and
orange Peel and Jiggers and Jaggers
ne drew himself together and made
the Announcement.
For a Moment they were stunned
by the Impact and then every Son OF
Peoria leaned back and let out a
Yowl To think that real up-to-date
Fellow would pull any Of that Old
stun A puny Mortal trying to get q
Toe-Hold on the Demon!
They told him to forget 1t and quit
his Spoofing and remove his Over
snoes and ease couple Of Gills into
his Reservoir and try to be Human
Being, however painful the Effort.
He came back with few Gems
from the Family Medicine Book about
the Effect Of the Accused Stuff on
various Organs. He did not propose
to feed himself anything that would
cut the Varnish off of Wood-Work.
The Hard Stuff had passed out Of
his Life.
The Cackles died away and were
succeeded by looks OF Blank Dismay.
They saw that one whom they had
long regarded as a reliable bench
working Union Lush had turned in
his Card and deliberately made him.
self an Outcast.
They saw him order Vichy and go
to 1t as If 1t were Beverage and
then they tore up his Credentials and
burned his Photograph and told him
to go out into the snowy Streets and
find new Home.
He sat back and pulled the Grim
Smile which Savonarola wore when
they piled the Fagots around him. He
was Martyr and proud of his Job.
By the same Token, there is no Brand
Of Rectitude that grades so pure and
spotless as that exhibited by the disin.
fected Dove who has not touched a
Drop for nearly "a hours.
They saw him go home with a
Magazine under his Arm and then
they sat around until all Hours, lap
ping 1t up and progging his Finish
They said he never would last Week
and when he Fell 1t would be Some
Splash.
They began to issue daily Bulletins
and watched the Case with much
Anxiety because they really liked the
Old Scout in spite Of his Eccentrici
ties. When they learned. at the End
of Week, that he had played Butter
milk to Standstill all up and down
the Quick Lunch Circuit and was al
his Desk every Morning with his Face
clean and Flower in his Coat, they
called Meeting Of the vigilantes and
decided that the Joke had been car
ried far enough.
In the meantime, Our Hero had
learned two new kinds of Solitaire
and began to call around for Dish
+ Of Tea with some distant Female Rela
tives who had long supposed him
Dead. Along about the Cocktail Houl
he would find himself sitting first ii
one Chair and then in another but he
Cashed big every Morning when he
! awoke and found that Henry Katzen
: 1ammer was not sitting on the Foot
! Board making Faces at him.
Only. sometimes he would stop OF
Corner and look all about him ant
up at the Buildings and wonder II tht
Town had always been as Quiet as a
e Present
After he had stuck for a Fortnight
! the desperate ENJOYS from the Indiar
Camp went after him for Keeps. The
held 1t in front OF him and splashed i
on his Clothes and begged him to steI
. aboard with them and go right up tt
+ the 18th Floor.
Probably II they had let him alon,
he would have come sneaking bacl
into the Reservation to watch the re,
Whirligigs and pick few of thos,
:. Night-Blooming Martins but wher
they tried to Stampede him, the oil
New England Stock asserted itself 81
+ ne substituted Rivets for Straps.
! He Is now the honored Associate O
J. those who play Cribbage in their owl
Homes and eat Apples before turnin,
In. But If you want to get Line OF
: his Real Character just ask the We
Brothers They will tell you that h,
wasn't there with the Strength O
Character 80 he simply sank out o
y sight.
MORAL: The Way of the Ell
+ Transgressor is Hard.