Sketches . Jim felt that it would be no more thanright to allow Lee to take the first drink, so after carefullyhiding the jug in the corner of the oflEice in the back partof the store he quietly walked to the front and asked Lee ifhe would like to have a drink. Lee told him, in languagemore emphatic than polite, that he had not yet gonecrazy, and asked him where the whiskey was. Jim said,It is back there in the corner of the office; go backand helpyourself. Lee went back, took a generous swig in the man-ner of an old time harvest hand drinking butter milk out ofa jug, and came back into the st
Sketches . Jim felt that it would be no more thanright to allow Lee to take the first drink, so after carefullyhiding the jug in the corner of the oflEice in the back partof the store he quietly walked to the front and asked Lee ifhe would like to have a drink. Lee told him, in languagemore emphatic than polite, that he had not yet gonecrazy, and asked him where the whiskey was. Jim said,It is back there in the corner of the office; go backand helpyourself. Lee went back, took a generous swig in the man-ner of an old time harvest hand drinking butter milk out ofa jug, and came back into the store. Jim watched himcarefully to see if the whiskey killed him, and when hefound that it had no more than the usual effect, aftervigorously shaking the jug, he got him to take anotherdrink, watched him again for a few moments, and when hefound that his actions were perfectly natural, under thecircumstances, he took a long comforting drink himself,snuggled the jug carefully under his arm and started Page Seventeen LES MISERABLES If you marry a queen You may sit on a throne; In a palace that everythings rich in, But if you marry the cook Dont expect any thing, But that you will eat in a kitchen. Page Eighteen THE FIRST CROP
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