Didn't Like The Excuse

Tartford Pott has a story of a deacon vho pot druuk in New York ou tho 4th f July. It was at a time wheu ico waa uknown io summer in tho country, ï'he deacon coufesscd Lia fault, bu ileaded in jiulliation thatit was a prodi;iously hot day, and tbe lemons and ico a the punch did look so cool and invitr.g tliat he couldu't resist tho templaron, and he supposed ho did actually riuk to intoxication. A low browed )rnther on a back eeat listened aüenively and incredulously to the defsuse, nd at its conclusión rose. " I hain't no bjection," said he, " to a man's getting ruuk, it' h owns up to ik and is sorry 'or it ; that's a tbing a man's liable to, nd p'raps sometimes he can't help it ; ut when tho deacon comcB here and unertakes to excuse himself iu any such vay as that - talkinp; about seeing ico ia uly, I go for jerkii.' hím out for lyin.'