I am now officially on vacation for the next four weeks. I have been drinking rum and shall continue to drink rum until August 17 at midnight. I intend to drink rum in three states and two provinces.
I shall drink on the beaches, I shall drink on the landing grounds, I shall drink in the fields and in the streets, I shall drink in the hills; I shall never be sober, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving for rum or ice, then our liquor cabinet, beyond the seas, paid for by the government liquor store, would supply me , until, in God's good time, the vacation ends, and my hangover with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old liver.