The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-05

CA deS going 10 cry!' ana the like
i Here, fell was going to say fel
low bachelors; alas, can call 70,
such no longerLI took that first stel
which leads to the final, Inevitable fall
l turned and joined her. Like the in
ebriate who sips the first glass Of win,
that he knows will drag him down Il
bis ruin, ! submitted myself to a pres
ence which knew would steal away
my brains. / might as well have swal
lowed laudanum,"
I Run for stomach pumpr'
walk him!
Pour water down his throat!"
| These and other such calls came
from the unsympathetic members OF
the club. The benedict continued his
confessions:
MY intention, gentlemen, In Joining
her-so persuaded myself; whom the
gods wish to destroy they first make
mad-was to say something to her to
cause her to desist in her intention to
enslave me. began in this wise: If
my circumstances were such as to en-
able me to marry I should esteem my
self honored beyond measure in being
invited by lady in every way SO cal
culated to inspire my esteem. But my
income, only $4,000 a year, is barely
enough for my own
Cries Of dead give awayw Selfish
bruter' "I'l bet she's going to cryw
who said cry? asked the confessor,
surprised.
Il did, replied the homeliest member.
That's exactly what she did,"
Il knew it." said the homeliest men,
Der. "a member Of the club told me
In confidence that certain instructions
are laid down for the girls. the princi-
pal OF which is to cry"
The confessor groaned and went on:
I'VE were walking toward the girls
home and at this point reached her
door. She burst into q passion Of tears
and ran into the house, shutting the
door behind her.
II stood looking vaguely about me,
not knowing just what to do. 1 wished |
q policeman would come along and run
me In. had an underlined sense of |
having consulted crime. It seemed |
to me that had plunged dagger into
the heart Of the girl who had left me.
I went to my club, lighted q cigar,
smoked it two minutes and threw it
away. went into the billiard room,
knocked the balls about for two min
utes more, threw down my cue and,
showing my hands in my pockets, walk
ed up and down in the hallway. Sew
eral Of my friends came in, but some
how wanted to get rid of them. They
all wanted to know what was the mat
Ter with me. One of them pestered
ne, telling me about some liver pills
ne had used with great effect.
Il dined at the club with another.
surprised him. by ordering my des-
ert Immediately after the soup and
undertook to carve bird in cross Sec
ions. You see, the poison had entered
ny blood and was crawling through
he veins to the heart. When the din
Ter was over told my friend I was
lex and was going home to bed. 1
led. had never before told deliber-
tie lie. You see, the effect Of this In
ian flower with it's noxious but ecstat-
: perfume, Facilis descensus Averni,
7hich, being, means, When
man makes false step the descent
1to iniquity is easy
when one has committed crime he
cells an irresistible desire to visit the
pot where it was enacted. The spot {
here my crime had been perpetrated
vas few steps from the home of the
irl who had inoculated me. I went
mere. / was possessed with a desire
, apologize for q sin I hadn't commit
I'd. / rang the bell, went into the
ouse and sent up my card"
"GOne up!" cried voice. .
"He'n never go there any more" said Q
mother.
Gentlemen" continued the confess .
,r, II sat with wildly beating heart in &
lie drawing room till heard q rustic q
skirts and tap Of tiny heel on ~
lie staircase. A moment later there &
the doorway stood-what shall
Ill it?-a vision of loneliness,
,eam.
Gentlemen, / have finished"
"Go ont" Don't wish I'd had one
le that!' Peaches and cream are
,thing to it!' and other such indeli- u
tie, or, at least, irreverent, cries filled
e room. The president raped for
der.
Fellow bachelors" he said. I'VE have :.
listened to the confession Of our a. ~
fortunate ex-member. and I know ~
ere is not one Of us who has not lis. ~
ned with exuberant sympathy. Ex- n,
essions Of opinion as to the amount co
the fine he shall pay are now in or Is
r. You are aware that the amount til
s between 500 and $780," su
I move" cried voice. that on &C. 6
unit of the united pressure brought to to
ar and the boycott Unusual circum. or
,nces) the fine be RENTED entirely" oe
And I move" said another, chat cr
. fine be doubled. It's my opinion ~
at our ex-brother was willing VIC ~
a." ~ ~
And I move" said the homeliest or,