Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1886 — Moved to Tears. [ARTICLE]

Moved to Tears.

“John?” “Yes, dear.” “Do you remember coming home last night and asking me to throw you an assorted lot of key-holes out of the window, so that you might find one large and steady enough to get your latch-key in?” “Yes, dear.” “And do you remember the night before how you asked me to come down and hold the stone steps still enough for you to step on ?” “Jfes, dear.” “And the night before that, how you tried to jump into the bed as it passed your corner of the room ?” “Yes, dear.” “And still another night, when you carefully explained to me that no man was intoxicated as long as he could lie down without holding on, and then attempted to go to bed on a perpendicular wall ?” “Yes, dear.” “John, do you realize that you have come home sober but two nights in the past week?” “Have I, dear?” “That’s all, and you ought to be ashamed of yourself, too. The idea of a man of your age But, John, why, you’re crying. There, there, dear, I didn’t mean to be too severe. After all, you did come home sober two nights.” “Yes, that’s what makes me feel so bad.” And then the meeting adjourned.— Chicago Rambler.