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into his face with such a pleading whine the man's heart must
have been stone not to heed it. But the faithful fellow was
shoved off and his well-meant warning answered only with a
curse and a blow.
Still, the dog did not give over but repeated his efforts to
draw his master away. It took a great amount of harshness to
finally put him down so that the man could get in at the door.
Even then the dog followed him like a shadow, coming be–
tween him and the bar, and pleading more eloquently than any
temperance lecturer could, that he would leave this place of de–
struction.
Surely the dog's wisdom exceeded that of the man. While
he saw plainly the downfall which awaited his master, if he al–
lowed him to take even the first glass, the man blindly went on,
determined, to his ruin.
The dog was certainly
entitl~d
to the most respect of the
two.
Anecdotes for the Platform,
1883.
The Sea Orchard
One part Rum,
One part Gin,
One part Lemon juice,
A
teaspoonful of Grenadine.
~
The Colonel Tom
One part Bacardi Rum,
One part Lemon juice,
The white of an egg,
A dash of Grenadine.
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