How He Reformed.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 205, 26 July 1884, Page 2

How He Reformed.

„ ....;..• ♦ . . cif.Nbi t won't drink with jrouv|or -day. boVs,' said a/ftjr^roflig^P^J?™* : .companions, as they settled down m the smoking car and passed the bottle. ' The fact is, boys, 1 have quit drinking rrJ've sworn off.' H«-was greeted |vitzh shouts of laugh tev by the •jolly; .crowd arouud him ; they put the bottle under bis noseband jndu)ged > .m; many jokes hi. his expense, titttihe" refused 10 drink, and .was rather ,serious! about it. • Whites tHVmatter with, you, old boy ? ? sang out on». .* If ; ypu ye quit drinking, something's ■iVQi'rJfti} us wuafc n "•' '-Well, boyg, ;X will, though I know you'll laugh at , l me f ' I f., But I'll tell you, all the same. / * ,foiYiP| hW^ d ß nkin £ WvfM Wi . jHfe, J e\ l er-iMaee/£lwaarawTiieaiMJA%.i : you all; know, I love whiskey —it's us swe«fc m my mouth as svgar — and flod only knowßjWrijj-grtl} ifaffifc peyenf years not a day nas passed over my head that I don't have at least .'oue, drink! But lam done. ¥ ester* AfflilJ- was in -•---Chicago.,.. DojKg-0a..,, J^puth ; Clark-atrect a customer of , mjne.keeu-s a pawn shop in^onnection wj^uhis other business Jy^F^alled on ]iin} x aid while I was t^er6 J ]i young . man.. ,o!f not more than&fpfie&ty-tive, wearing threadbare clot&e-vajid locking ; as ; hard as±if he haj|n-t; fseen a,ao> her day for a month^taqie in-si^%^| ljttle_.package^iti-!^||ta^r^i^?lr^|p^ lino;, he Hnwrap^eA^i *n^ JM^i&4 *i^^ article 1 to '^i^i^yrjokl^.)^ .'jQiye •me te accents.' A And, boysv , whatjdb yp^%i^^ii4^|^. pjjg jpf.babyj shoes, little things with only* the ; )juttons^fcn|ift so^i^if^e^ had ; been worn only once or twice. i.Wljeiv. ,did f you get fSespV asked the pawnlH'6ke i rV / 1 ' repljiod; tlie' man;.wh(i'hadaa foteUli"-* ; gont~fak and th&'iiMStt WX£tm&C ! man, r despite his sad condition. 'My wife Gi^e.me ten cents for 'em-rj. want a , drink,'; 'You had better , : -j»k^, .s%*s,, shps^Jj back tp^.-j^i]^^4>.^w'>'^,. i ,b^hy ; jwilV.n^^ ft the^'^aid. thft. p^w^, ..^ .biokeirj * No, s-she won't, .beoause— • I)eca,flßb she's dead. She's lying _at, ? . (.Itqmv'r now — died last night.' As hi >"^ isaid th^s the pbWi^ttow^'iirbi^&Wf^ i fep.w^his M^^te^f^«4 lV cvjed-hke a child. ' Boyt», said the ; di;unwxier-i , please,! but I — l have a^*hv of my own at home, and J^^^pl^ever .dxink another dro^l" '- :^^M hti : «ot uoand weut intq^ftp.thep•oompaiiious glanc^"a'p:«cli.^,p^^3i^ silencej ; no one lafcrghed |J the b^tledi^npeaved, and soon cmlii waf -sifc|tin| m a seat by hiu^eii^resiiing a .newspkper^ - . . ™„ .