The Harrison times., 1914-08-22

Club to compare Hang-Overs and find
out what had happened after 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 Man, Surrounded by Ice and
Squirters and Mixing Spoons and
Orange Peel and Jlggers and Jaggers
he drew himself together and made
the Announcement
For a Moment they we're stunned
by the Impact and then every Son of
Peoria leaned back and let out a
Yowl To think that a real up,todate
Fellow would pull any Of that Old
Stuff! A puny Mortal trying to get
Toe.Hold on the Demon!
They told him to forget 1t and quit
his Spoohng and remove his Over
shoes and ease a couple Of Gills into
his Reservoir apd try to be a Human
Being, however painful the Effort
He came back with a few Gems
from the Family Medicine Book about
the Effect Of the Accursed Stun on
various Organs, He did not propose
to feed himself anything that would
cut the Varnish Off Of Woodwork,
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 Vlchy and go
to II as IL II we're a Beverage and
then they tore up his Credentials and
burned his Photograph and told him
to go out into the snowy Streets and
find a new Home
He sat back and pulled the Grim
Smile which SaYonarola wore when
they piled the Fagots around him, He
was a Martyr and proud Of his Job,
BY the same Token, there is no Brand
OF Rectitude that grades 80 pune and
spotless as that exhibited by the disin.
fected Dove who has not touched
Drop for nearly "a hours
They saw him 90 homo with a
Magazine under his Arm and then
they sat around until all Hours, lap.
ping It up and progging his Finish
They said he never would last Week
and when ho Fell II 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 Eccontrici.
ties, When they learned, at the End
Of Week, that he had played Butter
milk to StandStlll all up and down
the Quick Lunch Circuit and was at
his Desk every Morning with his Face
clean and n Flower IN his Coat, they
called n Meeting Of the Vlgilantes 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 somo distant Female Rela.
tvos who had long supposed him
Dead, Along about the Cocktail Hour
he would find himself sitting first In
one Chair and then IN another but he
Cashed big every Morning when he
awoke and found that Henry Katgen.
jammer was not sitting on the Foot.
Board making Faces Ot him,
Only sometimes ho would stop on
n Corner and look all about him and
up at the Buildings and wonder II the
Town had always been Hs Quiet as at
Present,
After ho had stuck for Fortnight
the desperate Enyoya from the Indian
Camp went after him for Keeps, Tht :
held Il In front Of him and splashed Il
on his Clothes and begged him to step
aboard with them and 20 right up to
the 18Th Floor
Probably II they had lot him alone
he would have como eneNltlng back
into the Renovation to watch the red
Whirllgigs and pick few OF those
Nlghtlloomng Martins but when
they tried to Stampede him, the old
Now England stock asserted Itself. 40
ho substituted RlyotB for strapa
He IN now tho honorod Associate Of
those who play Cflbbage IN their own
Homes and eAt Apples before turning
IN, nut II YOU want TO get Line on
his Real Character Just ask tho Wet
Brothers. They win toll you that he
wasn't there with the Strength Of
Character 30 no simply sank out Of
sight
MORALE Tho Way Of tho Ex.
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