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How a Detriot Boy Turned Pirate.
CHAPTER 1.-THE BOY.

He was :.one of that kind d&boyt
who need good whipping Mbout
twice per week, but who think they
Ought not to be whipped3mpfe than
once in two years. His anlhsement
was sliding down bill on nothing,
blufing some boys; and 2preparilsg
Cayenne-peppel" fozcnges forN unsus;
pccting cats. He was often heard y
remark: q
"Things has got to git up'n howl
fwhen Leonidas is around" ;;:%
CHAPTER I1.-AT TWILIGHT. ., :,
Time, sun.down-s scene, the interior
of a well preserved wood shed. :, The
sound of blows and criessnaht the sol.
emn Stiffness Of 'twiEght's mystic
hour, and ttieT6fil man was heard
saying: $40.
"There, guess that'Il last you for
day or twoit%1've2put up with
your sass asdong as 1 can" a
No reply-pothing but deep.drawp
sobs and qdagerisg sighs. =! ~
The old niau threw away the strap
and walked into the; house, and. Leoa.
idas sat on the corner Of an. oldatabfe
to mediate. - ~ E%"
CHAPTER I1I.-A BLOODY RESOLVE.
"That's> the last licking III ever
take from :any mortal mani" whis-
percd the lad, shaking his fist at the
kitchen doMssss"A I'll make sissee
old man sHhNat be sEaSKlaid a
strap over has only 'sSskpa'
He resolved to run away and be-
como q pirate He would soil the
raging main, reyel in murder, acquire
ducats, and then come home and take
revenge Oh his father. With Leoni-
das to resolve was to execute. He en-
tered the house, passed upstairs, and
was soon engaged in making up a
bundle, consisting of one pair of
patched pants, one photograph Of his
girl one cotton sock, and a few wal
nuts. The bundle was thrown out Of
the window, and them
CHAPTER Iv-LEoN1DAs LOOKS AROUND
the room for the last time. The
bedstcad looked familiar, tho old blus
chest in the corner had a thousand
tender memories connected with it,
and the broken-down chair seemed to
hold out its arms and plead for him
to stay.
II would if the old man hadn't
licked me-" answered Leondas, "but
I'll show him what kind Of coffee
mill am"
He passed down stairs, and halted
TO embrace the baby. He wasn't
down on his mother, and he gave her
q sweet smile. He crawled in be.
hind the stove and whispered to the
dog:
"Good-by, old Samson; I'd like to
stay here, but I'm too old to be
licked"
And he passed out of doors, and
the great wide world was before him.
CHAPTER v.-sOLEMN THOUGHTS.
Securing his bundle, Leonidas crept
into the back yard to see if it was
really best for him TO become pi-
rate. The polar wave chewed at his
ears and reddened his nose, and he
wondered if the pirate business
wasn't pretty cold business. He
didn't know whether it was best to
make for Toledo or Chicago in order
to become u buccaneer, but he finally
passed through the gate. He walked
around the house to catch glimpse
of bis mother. 1t was hard to tear
himself away. He knew how she
would take on next day, and the pa
pers would call it another Charley
Ross case, and he decided to 60 into
the yard and think it over again.
CHAPTER VIA RAY OF LIGHT.
After little time spent in thought,
Leonidas. decided that if his father
would agree never to lick him again,
and give him s2 week to buy candy,
he would not run away and become q
pirate. He would go in and make
the proposition to the cid man, and if it
should be rejectcd-farcwclI to home
welcome a career of blood.
He went in. No one had noticed
his absence, and each face looked as
natural rs if he hadn't been gone %
minutes. He felt some little dclicacy
about broaching the proposition, and,
as u "feeler," be asked the old man to
lend him his knife, 1t was handed to
him, and retSrned after a while, and
Leonidas decided to put of making
the proposition until morning. He
got into his little bed feeling that it
was positively his last night, but the
next forenoon he was heard splitting
wood in the back yard and saying to
Jack Sparling:
i've concluded to wait until he
licks. me just once more, and then
nothing can stop me- nothing on
Garth" ."-Detriot Free Press.