, 1881-10-30
you run 80 fast he couldn't catch you ou horea
back, aud any boy knows that horse can carnh
q man with still knee @*a
A SMALL BOY.

Trying to Break tiae dlonotonv =.
I,o'nert1c Prison Life by Playing n
s'Uns),ah.''
}: .Nt,r FORK sun-
A small boy leaned out of the rear th1ra
story window Of his fathers house in Rroor
lyn, yesterday afternoon, looking at tie a.
ami at times breaking out with the tone s.ir
the North Sea Lived Whale.'' Ills no;ea
attracted his newspaper neighboE, WIN afso
leaned out aud said. We'll, Georsie. hov
are you?s
Use prisoner locked up on bread an.
water" Georgia replied, "iust 'canSa r
didn't know it was loaded. YOU see. fatha.
was in the army, anu lust week when vo,,
heard him tirin' off his pistols he was
sll0otln' at cat. He shot five times. and tha
eat lacked up and smiled when he got firm,
Says. !, father. did you ever xiii. man
when you WIS a s0ldier33 thinking, you know
that he couldn't shoot fur a cent. lie says Il
s'pose so.' sWell,' says, 'you muster hin
close enough to hit him with an AK and ha
sent me into the house. Well, Iseed wher.
ile hid his pistol in his oyercoat, and yestec.
day got it out, an there was an acciIant
felt sure it wasn't loaded, for didn't hsar
father FIRE it otf? l put thunder my pilar
III waited for supper to be over, :causa
wanted to scare the girls. Girls afwara
holler when they see pistol. Well, onr
minister come to tea Ministers are the erpa,.
est hands to come to tea; its half their worl-
to 20 round am eat SUPPER with the ladies.
Father went down to the convention. and
less and Lily, them's the girls, went into tha
patiar to see the minister didn't get sleepy.
Eess,' says /, tIend the your blauket shawl
fer few minutes. i want to b. "a Indian
brave, 1 wrapped the shawl round me, pur
fathers cane over ,hy shoulder fer a gun. M
tileil got the pistol, m crept softly dowl to
the I'arl0r So they wouldn't know Indians
WIS sslrtnis',in' 'rodn.t their camp. 1push-
ed open tiie door, m there was the minister
and Ress sittln' at opposit ends Of tie sofy.
~ III was crochetlny Il lamp mat, All WIS
still, N says, THE liour las cuule-' Then
give three war wtuop5. m rushed in and
said; Surrender, or sboot!' There was
q panic. The s.rls went into Mysteries, n
,bs ,5l pfsashsr M said My sou, faeboe that pis
~ :.says /, s'reuaer, pale c!.!ei, or TIL shoot
yer dead in yer tracks, They all madea
rush at me to take the pistol away, ~ fired.
Lortiy, what noise. WAS skerred most to
si%ners Of the Declainatlon Of Independence,
and took of the head Of one Of tine signers.
The preacher turned pale m said wasa
wicked boy. | knowd It, III. knowd what
was sOlif 10 ketch. 1ne ElrIS Cried like as
though there was fun'ral. m l was whip
ped. l dreamed all night was tightln' tue
Indians, m when woke up tllis ln0rnin'l
felt sure my name voul,l be III the papers,
They gave me bread III water for breakfast
~ wouldn't let me see newspaper. So
thought Id escape. l tore up the two sheets,
tiel one end to the bMreau drawer, and
was eImbiu' down like folks do at FIRE, when
:onethill' gave way. felt aOuuta thousand
:pet, | Thought. COME down 81 hard, hit =
he stone area, m itse=med tO me as ii it was
night and / was lookin at about million
tars. i 'iiun't know nothln' fur minute.
then cuine tor
s. " hat broke?''
SotAin' broke; the bureau drawer come
tut. | oughter tied On to the gas fixture.
'ather wouldn't give me newspaper, bus
le gave nie another liciin' and soule more
read and water. l s'pose now Iii be =
lnltth on bread 'n' water."
= Rnt you mustn't make so much noise"
e That was opra was slngln'- Don't you
Ike op'ra? Well, you don't care if play
he umpall.''
ssWi,at is the umpaho'
(" Wig, didn't yuu never hear brass band
olng down the street One man viii, little
0rn goes Tl-tc-rent-ta-t:t-ta-ta,' and man
it'll big horn goes 'um-pal, unl-pah, unt-
ah.' That's the umpat play"
As the neighbor drew in his head the small
~ began on the "umpall,* and he was plaJ-
/. it when the reporter went away