"The Log of the Jolly Polly" from Richard Harding Davis. Journalist and writer of fiction and drama (1864-1916).
Temptation came to me when I was in the worst possible position to resist it. It is a way temptation has. Whenever I swear off drinking invariably I am invited to an ushers' dinner. Whenever I am rich, only the highbrow publications that pay the least, want my work. But the moment...
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The Log of The Jolly Polly