Sharp County record., 1880-11-04
THE RECO RID.
J. w. E2wCklcy, Publisher.
EVENING SHADE, ARK.
HE COULDN'T Help IT.

HE COULDN'T HELP IT.
There was another case Yesterday
of a boy who couldn't help it. A
prominent and diguifcd citizen WAS
looking through the third-Story
window of Il block on jefferson ave
nue., which he had thoughts Of rent
ing, when the idea suddenly struck
him to look into the alley in the
rear. lie raised the sash Of win
dow and pcercd ont upon ash boxes,
coal scuttles and barrels Of straw
without number, and was about to
close his observations when the sash
came down with q thud and struck
him between the shoul ders. In his
fright he fell to his knees, and while
the solid part of his body was all
right, the lighter was over the win
dow sill. In addition to the weight
of the sash, any movement Of the
body was accompanied with pain,
The sash could not be reached with
his hands freely enough to lift it,
and it soon occurred to the promi-
nent citizen that he ought to have
help. lie could not expect it from
behind, for he was alone in the store,
but as he looked down into the al
ley boy came stumping along to
find something worth lngging away.
"Hello! boy" called the citizen.
"Hello yourself!" replied the boy,
as he looked up.
"Say, boy, come under the win
dow here; | want to speak to you"
"Not much you don't" chuckled
the gamin. "You can't drop no coal
scuttles on my head"
"But | don't mean to-"
"Mebbe net, but you We got bad
face on you, for all that. When did
you get out of the jug 2"
"Boy, I want your h elp."
"SO does your aunt Don't get
me to stand in with no such duffer
as you are!"
II am caught in this window, and
want to get out"
$50 would I! Been prospecting
for old junk, eh? You'll get six
months for that"
"If you'll come up stairs and help
me out III give you dollar"
"a dollar! You can't play no
dollar store on me, old man If you
make up another face like that at
me, I'll hit you in the eye with this
old lemon. | don't look starched |
up, but | don't let no man insult me
all the same"
"Don't you know who l am ?"
softly inquired the citizen.
"Naw, | don't, but I'll bet the
perleece do! You've got one of the
hardest mugs on you l ever saw,
and I've good mine to give You
one, Just for luckw Look ont, now"
"He made as if he would throw,
and the citizen lodged, This was
such fun for the boy that he kept it
up for three or four minutes, and an
offer of two dollars had no effect
upon him. Then he gathered SIX
or eight old lemons and oranges to-
gether, and said:
81 believe you are the boss hyena
who knocked dad down at the eau
Gus, and I'm going to drive your
nose back exactly an inch" |"
"If YOU throw at me III call the
police p exclaimed the citizen.
"The sooner you call the sooner
yell be jugged! Here's TO hit you
square on your nose"
The opening Of the back door of
n store and the appearance of a man
disconcertod the lads aim, and the
lemons struck the citizens hat in
stead of his nose. His yelIs brought
u climax, but the air was full of trop-
ical fruit, even as the boy busted
down the alley and turned corner.
The boy couldn't help acting that
way. He was born so. 1t wouldn't
have been bit like boy to run up |
stairs and release the man. He did
not have fair show with his spoiled
lemons, but boys soon get over dis
appOintmentS.--D Free Press.