The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-09

Mster Carl bohney. Dr. 70 nve sticks OF
checerbery pipe" --- '--..#
Alas and alas for the sacredness of
historical personagesl Red-Head, alias
Robin Hood, went out and told the story to
,is mates. Carl soon had need of his
ledger There was not much mere ready
pay. ..a..
Those Accounts with Misters I"
heep that ledger now, and whenever have
an attack of the indigoes I get it out and
laugh over it. a tall boy with flashing
eyes, bore himself proudly as Alexander
Selkirk; a meek-lookings white-eyed boy
rejoiced in the name of Jefferson Davis;
then there was George Washington, not at
all, as I should think, resembling the
father of his county," and counterfeit
Robinson Crusoe. That name struck Carl
as being little familiar, but in the rush of
customers he soon forgot it. Walter Ra-
leigh, William Shakespeare Oliver Crom-
well, (another familiar name, Ben Franklin,
Isaac Newton, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick
Henry-Ah, if Carl had only paiG more at
tention to his history and less to cooking
pins-and a host of others. A big, black
haired boy, and little red-haired boy took
the same name, William Tweed Carl was
puzzled at the coincidence, and asked the
black-haired William what it meant He
looked blank, but w. T. number two came
to the rescue with lying audacity which
would have delighted his namesake.
''Me and him is cousins, was named after
the same chap, nice man he was; come to
think, shouldn't wonder bit if 'twas your
father" evidently wishing to conciliate tho
little trader.
Carl looked the red-haired William Tweed
square in the face, his fists clenching and
his black eyes swapping ominously. W.
7. stepped back from the counter, grin
ming.
II believe you'er telling fbs!" Carl cried,
my fathers name amt William, and your
name amt William either, Joe Brown.
You don't remember the time you stole my
ball and then kicked me because I asked
YOU to give it back? You stole twenty
five cents once, too, and said you didn't
have it when you did, cause Uncle Tom
searched you, and found it way down in
your boot. Now you just get out-No, you
shan't have it,"
This last remark was addressed to Henry
Clay, who was meekly asking for "fve
cents worth of peanuts, and would Mr..
Bonney be SO kind as to trust him ?"
Before, that "Mr Bonney," uttered SC
reverently, would have tickled Carls vanity
amazingly, but he didn't take the bait this
time, and made answer as before stated,
adding, Nor none of you shan't any more.
l ain't going to trust another cent !"
1t was the signal for a general scramble
Such on uproar was never heard before mol
), since, in that civilized community Olive
j. Cromwell, William Tell, the two Tweeds
Jefferson Davis, and all, We'd with eacl
other; in who should obtain the greatest 10
' of confections. The Tweeds seemed to b.
j., adopts at stealing Poor Carl was power
4 less to prevent the robbery, even if he ha'
] known what it all meant. He was scream
!, ing father-r-r!" OF the very tip top of hi
lungs, and consumption is not hereditary il
g his family. When the row subsided SO tina
=, he could make himself heard, his fathe
~ came, though quite too late to mete out jus
-, tice, for Oliver Cromwells heels were jus
70 flying around the corner, and Oliver bein
short and fat was behind them all.
. Carl told his story, and his father nearl
VI choked with trying not to laugh. He di
"a not try when it came to reading the ledge
- Accounts with Mister Thomas Jefferson
~, with Mister Isaac Mutton, etc." he just lt
ID his pent-up laughter go off in one lout
~ long roar Then he took the little pile {
or money from the box-just one dollar an
- ninety-seven cents-looked over the ledge
nt casting up accounts, put on Carl's cap an
- went home with him to dinner
"Wen, Carl, if yon had sold your war
IN for money, you would have made two dc
~ lars and fifteen cents, besides what VI
rb stolen, now you have lost fourteen dolla
al and one cent"
70 ''Shant never trust anybody again" sa
Carl, shaking his head decidedly
m His father laughed.
,is Experience is cheap at fourteen dollars
an he said ''People have paid many tho
nv sands, and even millions, for it,"
Very often now, as Carl sits at breakfas
he sees Robin Hood in the street, up
be jumps, nearly knocking the table over
to- his efforts to reach the door; when he do
~ Robin Hood is never to be seen.
,n- Carl will sell those ledger accounts
ala five cents on dollar.
INSECTS AND FLOWERS.
1t has long been known that fowt
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