The Old Soak ; and, Hail and farewell . e Old Soak 77 HAIL AND FAREWELL I. A Last Drink 85 II. In the Old Days 87 III. A Dipsey Chantey 88 IV. A Certain Club 91 V. A Temperance Tract 92 VI. A Vision in the Night 95 VII. The Last Case of Gin 96 VIII. Crowned Singers 99 IX. Down in a Wine Vault .... 100 X. Anacreon 103 XI. There Were Giants in the Old Days . 105 XII. In an Old-Time Tavern Booth . 107 XIIL The Old Brass Railing 108 XIV. Once Youth W^as Mme .... 112 XV. In a Tavern Booth 113 XVI. An Engagement 114 XVII. The Battle of the Keyholes ... 115 XVIIL In a Tavern Booth 118 XIX. Yearnings
The Old Soak ; and, Hail and farewell . e Old Soak 77 HAIL AND FAREWELL I. A Last Drink 85 II. In the Old Days 87 III. A Dipsey Chantey 88 IV. A Certain Club 91 V. A Temperance Tract 92 VI. A Vision in the Night 95 VII. The Last Case of Gin 96 VIII. Crowned Singers 99 IX. Down in a Wine Vault .... 100 X. Anacreon 103 XI. There Were Giants in the Old Days . 105 XII. In an Old-Time Tavern Booth . 107 XIIL The Old Brass Railing 108 XIV. Once Youth W^as Mme .... 112 XV. In a Tavern Booth 113 XVI. An Engagement 114 XVII. The Battle of the Keyholes ... 115 XVIIL In a Tavern Booth 118 XIX. Yearnings and Memories . . 119 XX. Do You ..... 120XXI. And You May Recall This ... 121 CONTENTS IX CHAPTEB PAGS XXII. True, But What of It? . . 122 XXIII. A Summer Day Dream .... 123 XXIV. On Swearing Off Again .... 124XXV. After Several Highballs .... 126 XXVI. Chant Royal of the Dejected Dip-somaniac 127 XXVII. Proverbs XXIII, 29 130 XXVIII. An Object Lesson 132 XXIX. A Kansas Tragedy 135 THE OLD SOAK ANDHAIL AND FAREWELL. Chapter One Introducing the Old Soak /^UR friend, the Old Soak, came in from his home^^ in Flatbush to see us not long ago, in anythingbut a jovial mood. I see that some persons think there is still hopefor a liberal interpretation of the law so that beerand light wines may be sold, said we. Hope, said he, moodily, is a fine thing, butit dont gurgle none when you pour it out of a is all right, and so is Faith . . butwhat I would like to see is a little Charity. As far as Hope is concerned, Id rather haveDespair combined with a case of Bourbon liquor thanall the Hope in the world by itself. Hope is what these here fellows has got thatis tryin to make their own with a tea-kettleand a piece of hose. Thats awful stuff, that a friend of mine made some of that stuff 3 4 THE OLD SOAK and he was scared of it, and lie thinks before hedrinks any he will try some of it onto a dumbbeast. But there aint no dumb beast anywheres handy,so he feeds s
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