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sober odds TRY IBB BBSCVBD FB«M TIB nciric WAVES. Partway a«4 Batsejr Aiwpt Little MtmWpfa—Tfeajr IM Wtmu M t«Ue a Ckaraeter. [Froai PeBB^rlrani* Qrk 'y , v ocean,.} two if ring chickens in the rain barrel, and t don’t snppoae any of yon shed many tears on onracoount, did yon ? Betsy told Me the next day when I was telling her how it would alarm my eastern friends if the; knew my sitnation, she betaH Mr diamonds that woald cars two cents’ worth of l whether .1 drowned or ^BBei th iaik aboat her know, and she always »t'Tasi •« ored you most wear a long, tombstone countenance, no whose fnneral you are at. Even the captain stopped the rum on us before the chill was half eradicated, and I’ve been afraid of my lungs and alimentary electric railway ever since. (Alimentary canal is obso lete). ell, the little red-headed orphan said he wonidn’t be adopted, but be would ge with us and live with us *8 long ts we' used him sou are and » These are his very words—use him white and square and n< t draw the clinch to tight on him, whatever that means. He said his name was Oliver Opps, that hie parents bad lived all over the west for (J\e last .fourteen yesrs, but'tee can’t believe him in all he says. He said at first his father had been a preacher, then one day he himself aod said he had b*n another n in the when I 21 these professions, he be telling the whole end said his father had been thief over in tab. ‘‘ Betsey hugged him end kissed ‘" end esid brine .about Betsy 1 1 "i—i .SSHtSS w ■ ^t^eee s regultr and genuine case -tef ItteMtWwd fmte the gave, ltd tf there b eny patent sarsapa- p -wifitr nor memory) we itb* atiedMcedmtm, in SlEm-.w* O f * Kw / Well, not to keep my frienda in 1 would giye him a chew of toba he would toll me ths truth about dad and mi 'Mqeep family has always needed some onfOD M littfi4ate» Mo • FUUpaad the eauch, r more like a itorepipe hat Aomlnf town• well withaMiokla ihud S dra|gedBeby andlwith it Joked were fhokjr -ti pwSri.. uw boy, about a dona 'jt up oat of the ooean cloae to me, and Z I helped him to get hold of the ^ ptant Then, a few minutes eftS^f - i!!! wetto my little oM gray men with the ted Born end eyes end jog popped e) M planl in the city, and t the W. 0; T. U. pulled him over to the be caught on to H| blew his If! hoeee with the distemper, !||| MMBtoT the «|>tain, and not finding him lie tarned his little red eyes upon me and said: ♦They needn't have done this on M I thoughtIsaw j boat ray little red-eye ‘ it down in spite ere duimed • • Him as one, it iite* LrSJS ^ He N afsiss “ IHWi JOBOTB WW np at wTnStfbt dutn fab little The onptoiu . boat wen very the residue of of : west 1 t’tee a s. H oeen a i forgot hi . _ a saloon keeper, and still at gs&’&fcslfjr main Well, I finally him in the family, on account ofb* such a mag “ ing concluded*to keep . :ii^ magnificent liar. The lister, and ha slwsyi cries when tolN atoto her, aod that he Bftmy and I to crying, too. and obnneoted with it that oonld tell a lie and any grace at the table, and 1 better* we have in Oliver Opps the raw material for jnst snch a " rt ot tie Oliver Oppa does fael om the loss of his little when ha he sets w , and we ham a reel baky, Umai If there is anything id OodV wide and wicked world that will melt my old heart, it imoathy at all for the rich, beoanse t% now . toli for' Anything but money, and it looks too jnneh like jpwple who sympathy and tears to a ns look tvud yon si sition ? T “I^Ju lure is notxibao of oHifir spirit eauufut picture!” iucreasiug the pressure and flatten ing her out a little more against my ealice shirt. ^ ~ » ; “And do yon suppose she’s now - ■ ■ HTr^t this po- dyhr, if^er an- by the influence spirit^ she is certuiii) Imppy ugknowinjr I have foinwl &n a lovinl'oor ” ■ pSticm^ exclaimed. “And mobby,” I continued, “she has. found a new companion, for all we know. She may be now at this very moment bobbing with some brewer “Ob, Von old brute!” said Betsey, tearing loose 'from my loving em brace and ruffling up my shirt in her struggles; “if I would tall that way about me to your third wife, I’d cope4pck te»4 «po?k .**, A. long as you go on picturing $$£&&&* await patiently the Joe Anderson my. in four Y Dm toe mocoetit yun ptevure woman in Heaven setting her'cap fora new catch, Jut like women always do; why, you inust look out or you’ll get your eyes dosed. Good lands of butterfly wings ‘ “ I wSs a 200 pound soap boiler’s have often pictured to Betsey imaginery panorama «t . dear old Meunda chasing cherubs across the alfitta fields of paradise, With her i hirt all hedrabhled with honey , dsw hair down and her and her hair down and her shoes run over at the heel, and she always seemed to enjoy the picture. But the moment I piotttrs her happy iu some one’s love, she cajis it sacrilege. Just at this point ws were inter rupted by little Oliver Opf* who was sleeping on the floor, where Betsey made him a temporary fled. He railed himself upon om dhow and asked; “Bay, old potyde bead, do you mpose my old dad i right ••I d the: y offering who hold either, offer a prayer- book to a mob, or a drink of water to a southern colonel. I have vlsitod ourjittle, old, rid nMferal.tispes since we n San Francisco,' but he Was perfectly sober. He bad three belong to * while their hus bands all keep saloons, and they insist that their father must keep the ds :ime. to grown-up daughters they all ‘ ‘ to the surface satin after Be- by the suction of vessel About eighty- They sort of parade the old man to the temperance meetings as a bright and snining light in £he tem perance cause. He told me odnfideutially that he kpe* aelL<|iough that he wasn’t bright ana shining light, but i the temperance girls accepted one, it wasn’t in his place to He paid it was only figu- apeeking, anyhow, the same as a striped post in front of a bar ber shop, or a prayer in the halls of Congress, or teats on a barrow. He said there was more pretease in the toshimisWe wdH4 than faai* On the head of our government, and when be gave me the wink and told me to » down inrthe wHar with him to ttc nest of pug pups, I ki wh , i ! e and the old man s daughters were ia -the parlor, I enquired as to the x ef his pap’s nest, and that made when... o you want to go to Heavem motherless boy V” inquired Betsey. “Not hi )ear. dear, dear! Hid yen over 4y dear little Oliver, why don’t you want to go to Heaven “Cause, I have to die first, you old to “Dear sakes alive! Did you hear such a boy? ‘ 4 “ dear, do you ever sa when you go to bod ? “Naw.l I alters I’m skeerb You just orter heard •de rtd ’em off the daf wer’e btewed up. I said prayers onongh that day toltotme teri^ean^ttnlMsI get In some other tight place and need some fresh ones.” H I knew at •ex oar excuse for a trip to the cellar. Bat Betsey got on to the racket, ipd aext time we spoke of some unssttlod foot regarding those she spoke np and here, old man, that pup’s tfaa auesrsot easel 1 • • OM Mnt” aod ly to wards bu daughters and 'remarked towards Betsy; “They're ma’am.” this Incident Betsey and I went back to our hotel, where lM«d f Dlturwj Aivcr went back to our hotel. wh< uAOlirer smoking cigaretl 1 boy in , dad and mam wm* kt MM *M Manufactured by E. 0. Burt & Co., Drew, Sell))' & Co., Williams, 11 Cy.* iMmihat I pracrtpUun saw... I CprttoH* rtmtoTollc, OofwHpeiilm, Bouf Stouutch, Dinrrlio n Kru'-iuiion, Kills Worius, gives sleep, and proihote* di- Wit£^t iiijuri<»us mcdkatioB. a Comfaht, 77 Karrsy auset, N. T. Hrw! ft. * > - Ag^k iSL iijI,u nnnnn MUu mIi mm uOuiis SUST.XO ECURISS OF COST. OaUaxMl Examine our Stock:. 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