Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-04-29
That Wise and Funny Boy.

met 10 on The train from Chicago
to ST Louis. He entered the car Fir
his fathers arms, for he was hardly
two years old. The morning was cool
so he bad On furry kind, of cloak
and furry kind of cap with tippets
tied down over his ears, so he wouldn
get the ear. she. The two furry things
together made him look all in a heap
The funny roly-poly was set down on
seat in front ofme-
Now, 10, said bis papa, twill you
sit right here till come backP l won
bring you anything if you DON'T
4 Il ountshardly Ink, papa, 10 prom
Used, andpapa went away 20 see about
the trunk, | dare say The little fur
ry heap looked as if he would at any
moment pitch headlong from the seat
| felt sure he would il tue car should
start suddenly. ! was Shrinking ]
would 60 over and sit with him when
l heard him say to himself, Il needs
to get down. and down the dear muh
scrambled to the floor. There be
stood, with his head thrown back,
staring ut me with two bright blue
eyes. / tried TO coax him over to sit
with me. l wanted to take care OF
him while. his father was out. 10
shook his head gravely.
Mus sit right here, he said, with a
solemn reproachin his voice and face
that made everybody about us laugh
Then Toffered to go over and sit
with him. He wouldn't consent to
this. Il cunt my papa, he said.
Il cunt him so hard. Il cunt him
hardn'n / cunt you. .-.-
Just then the Car gave a great
lunge, as if it meant tojolt the breath
out OF us all. Jowas SPRAYING out
on the floor. >, l jumped to, pick him
up. Ofcourse you think he cried.
that's what most boys Of his age
would have done. But 10 didn't.
He had a half bewildered, half-injured
look on his face as he said, Car
tumble me Car tumble SO bad.
Before L could get him squarely on
his stubby feet the car gave another
jump. Bump JOS head went against
The arm of the seat. He didn't cry
this time, either. His temple was
red, and, no doubt, smarting, but he
Just rubbed it and said, in his queer
way, Car hit me; car hit me so bad.
BY this time his father came in,
and, seeing how things were, he said:
% 10, what have you been about?
Naughty boy F! sl1l" .a"
10 doubled his fat fist.in way that
might have delighted Heenan. Don't
say naughty boy TO me, papa, he said
don't say naughty boy to me. / hit
you bad, papa. l hit you bad.
Papa took 10 on bis knee. Papa
frowned at 10. Are you going TO
strike meP' he said.7 70 4 ,7s.g sa r.-
Strike you good, papa !; notrstrike
you bad, said 10, softening. U.s".
You were going to strike papa said
the gentleman, looking sad and grew
ed. O. i-s.s sr.~ r4r ~, rra a,Ne
NO, papa, said 10. 4 jus ounted
to scare you, papa; to scare you good,
papa
when we get to St. Louis l ought
to whip you, ougntin'tHlS'eH % n4
No, papa, no, said 10, solemnly.
'Oughtin' t whip 10; 10 too title, papa.
Big boys shame to hex little boys,
papa. fr .ase l1..4 lrg .parga esL
Here, the cars being fairly started,
| began to lose the most of JOS wise,
funny talk. sygF -or
,Once in while | could hear him
teasing for something to eat. lndeed
| think he was eating every mile of
tue way from Chicago to st. Louis,
for papa bought some of everything
the boy -peddler bought through the
car-peanuts, apples, candy, figs,
-chestnuts. And If the papa had re-
fused, some of the other passengers
would have surely treated 10, for
there was no resisting the little fell
lows pleading. No sooner would the
peddler-boy enter the car than 10
would say pathetically 81 cunt some
SC, hard, papa; I SO 'ppgry, papa !
] don't know how in the. world 10
found room in his little body for all
that went into his month that day. /
don't think his legs were hollow, they
looked too solid. The last Isaw of
10 he was standingfon the platform in
East St. Louis, saying: Il glad SO
hard, papa sa- s-o5s sviH5sT
Dear little 10 sa- e4s .r.ssg. s.I