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"Nurse, the racoon that the gentleman had, would drink sweet whiskey-punch; but my governess said it was not right to give it to him; and Major Pickford laughed, and declared the racoon must have looked very funny when it was tipsy. Was not the Major naughty to say so?" Mrs. Frazer said it was not quite proper.
"John," she said, "you are a rogue. You would like to get me tipsy." And at this she moved out of danger. Little Red Ridinghood escaped the wolf as narrowly. But did Little Red Ridinghood escape? Dear me, how one forgets! But in closing I must not fail to mention an old lady and gentleman, both beyond eighty, who have always attended these parties.
Secondly, he saw that Kolosoff, who had drunk brandy, wine and liquors, was somewhat tipsy not as drunk as a drinking peasant, but like a man to whom wine-drinking has become a habit. He did not reel, nor did he talk nonsense, but was in an abnormal, excited and contented condition.
I approached the subject cautiously, with an inquiry to this effect: "Are there none among the officers who are religiously disposed?" "Oh, yes," replied the one whom I addressed, "there is S ; when he is half tipsy, he takes his Bible and 'Newton's Works, and goes to bed and cries over them; he thinks in this way he is excessively pious."
"A lingering death," he murmured, as he felt the spray cut round his head; but he struggled resolutely to keep his face front the set of the sea, and the buoy supported him bravely. His thoughts ran on things past; he had spoken unkindly of Sally, behind her back; he had been tipsy Ah! how often! Then he thought, "Shall I pray and repent?"
Billy lifted his hat to the large, fat officer as he might have lifted it to his sweetheart in her box at the Horse Show. "Would you have the g goodness to tell me," he inquired, with distinguished courtesy, "if this is" Billy's articulation was improving, but otherwise he was just as tipsy as ever "if this is Chris-to-pher Street or or Wednesday?" "Hey?" inquired the policeman, and stared.
"Bring out your forged diploma, will you, you villain?" This soon attracted the idlers from the public-house: a couple of sawyers, a shepherd or two, all tipsy, of course, except one of the sawyers, who was drunk.
The three had come upon her suddenly, and she, realizing her dishabille, had risen hastily, excusing herself, when Dalton, who was half tipsy, stepped between her and her bedroom door. "No, you'll stay here," he had cried; "you're prettier as you are. I never saw you so fetching. Don't mind them, they're friends of mine. We've ordered up something to drink."
'I won't go home till morning, till daylight does appear," bawled the tipsy man, and staggered on down the street, whereupon this landlord also disappeared in his cellar, after extinguishing the paper lantern over the doorway.
"Well! all the more reason to present our compliments to them," cried Perducas de Pincornay, in a tipsy voice. "And what friends are they? We will see!" cried St. Maline. The good hostess, hoping to prevent a collision, glided among them, and whispered Ernanton's name in St. Maline's ear. "Ernanton!" cried St.
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