A Frost For A Frost

The Sabbath calm that usually reigns seveu days in the week at the Hon. Jim Cronin's establishment at Twenty-first aud Market was violeiitly disturbed early iu the week by Colonel Abe Slup8ky, the school board reformer, who attempted to kill, mnrder and slay Mr. F. C. Howard by freezing him to deatli in Mr. Cronin's icebox. Colonel Slupsky dropped into the saloon with a eouple of friends just as Mr. Howard, who seenis to have been blowing himself, invited all hands to take something. When ho saw the colonel rangiug up to the bar, Mr. Howard looked at him severely and said, "Nay, nay, Pauliue; it's off!" "What's off?" queried Sltipsky, who had not beeu aware of Howard 's generous intentious. "Your graft. We are not playing rihgers on this track. You're ruled off the course. In other words, sucli drinks as y ou paya for you gels; not otherwise. See?" "Iwas paralyzed, " Abe confided to a friend. "I'd never laid eyes on the fellow in my life before, nor he on me, but I couldn't stand a playof that sort, yon kaow. Great Scott! If I had all the drinks that are coming to me! Well, anyhow, I put a quarter in the darky's hand aud whispered hiin to open that long, low icebox Jim has over againat tho wall and leave it open, and then I walked up to Mr. Howard and said: " 'I don 't know who you are, sir, but you niustn't leave me out of a general treat this way. It hurts ruy feelings. ' "He said he'd see me gorrued lirst, and with that I canght him, and beforo ho could even bee;iii to cuss any I had him in that ictbox, with the cover down. Well, sir, I thonght I'd die. He was (hu most surprised man I ever saw in my life. I guess that icebox was about the last place on this earth he thought he was heading for wheu he begau his play. "Well, I went to the door and stood there, although at first I intended to keep him there until he agreed to trcat me. While they were getting hiin out and pefcling the things off him somebody asked him what he wanted to insult Congressman Frank that way for. " 'Great Scott! Was that Congressraan Frank?' he says. 'Let me see him, ' and he carne to me, with his hand out, saying: 'Congressman, you must forgive me. I had never seen you before, and I'm sorry that I insulted you. ' "I stood on my congressional dignity awhile and asked what my constituents would think of it if they heard I was grafting for a drink, but finally I foriave him, and we all went in and had something I invited him tocóme down and see me at my office in the Turner building, and when he calis I guess Nat Frank and he will have a nice time getting themselves straightened out. "I'd give a dollar to see the