The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1882-06-17
THE LAME BACKED BOY.
No encouragement for a Boy TO be
Funny Nowadays.


asked him il he wouldn't sit down,
and he said he couldn't very we'll, as
his back mas lame. lie seemed di>-
couraged, and tue proprietor asked
him " hat was the matter.
"Well." said he, s.tnere's no en-
couragement for boy to have fun
nowaday.. Ii IA boy tries to play an
innocent johe ne z Is Kicked all over
the hou.e. You see, my OLD man Is
no spring chicken, and though his
eyes are not what they used to be,
Yet he can see a pretty girl further
than | can. Tue other day | wrote IA
note IN II fine hand, and addressed IL
10 hini, askIng him 10 be Oh certain
! corner at hall past seven Oh Saturday
evening, aid signed the name ol Daisy
To 1t. At supper time pa was shaved,
and had hls natr plaslered over the
bald spot. and he got on some c,ean
Gull, and said he WAS going To the
lodge 10 initiate some cand dates, AMI
lie mi gbt not be In until lale. lie
didn rat much supper and hurried
Oft. | winked at ma but said nothing.
At half past seven | went down town
aud ne WAS standi & there by the post
olllee corner in dark place. | Went
by n,m aud SAID: III. Ilo, pa, what
are you doing thers? lie said he
mas waIllng ior man. | Went down
s1eel, anu pretty SOON | Vent up on
the otaer corner, and he MAS still
standing there. You see, he didn't
know Mnat corner DAISY was golns
III he on. and he had 10 cover The
whole four corners. | asked him II
tie ia mt found his man yet, anu he
said no, the ulan WAS a liule late.
/ went up rect, and could see pa
cross over by the drug sore, AMI /
CO I'D see n glrl going by wiina water
proof OH, bal sne sklted aIang, and
ia looked KIND Of solemn, the Nay he
doe, waen ask hun for new clothes.
1 turned and came back and hs MAS
standing there In the doorway, and |
sa,d: PA, You will eaten cold Il you
stand around walllng for uian. You
20 dowu to The lodge aud let me Lay
Ior he nlan. Pa SAID: Never You
mind; You 90 about your business,
and vii attend To The man. Well,
when boys pa tels HIN 10 never
lily iSf AAtht HtOS
wants 10 20 right away from thef.,
and | Went down street. | thought
would cross over and go 10 the other
side, and see how long ne y onl. stay.
There WAS "A girl or IMo going up
aneaa OF ne, and SAW IA man hurry
ing aeross from the drug store to the
o.ner corn :. IL Was ia, and as The
girl Went along and never looked
around, pa looAed niad aud stepped
INTO the doorway. IL MAS about eight
O'Clock then, and pa Was tired, and |
I IL =orIy Iof Lnn, and | went up 10
.llIn apa asheu nm for nalf Il dollar
az 70 30 the lacdter. 1 never knew
nIln % shell out SO quick. lie gave
lle COLLAR aud | told nlm nould
- anu -el IL enan1ed, aud bring hin
back the half dollar, but he said /
needn't mind the cnange. Ii Is awful
III, an of IA boy tnat has oeen treated
well 10 play IL on his pa that Nay,
aud | felt ashamed. As | turned the
corner and saw him Standing there
shl, ering, waitin1 for the man, m,
conscienee troubled me, anu | lold a
policeman to 20 and tell pa tnat Dalsy
mad been suaueilly laken sick, AM
would not be there that evening.
W ell. when | Went home the joke
was so good tnat / tol.i ma about IL,
aud -be MAS mad. | guess she was
mad me for treating pa that way.
| | heard pa come nolIle about eleven
oelock, ana ma Was real KIND 10 MIN.
she TOLD him 20 warm MS feet, as they
were as eold as chunks o. lee. Tnen
she asked him how nnany they initi-
aled IN the lo1ge, ana he said SIX; and
then she asAed nlni II they nitla ed
Daisy IN tine lodoe, and then SHE be-
gan 10 cry. In the morning pa loos
iiie INTO the ba,enlent, aild gave ne
| the hardest IalNlng 20 hal ever had,
with IA bed LAT. tie said he knew
that | wlote that' note all the time
and he thought he would pretend 10
be looning ,or Daisy just to fool me.
But what did he give me that collar
Tor? Ma and pa don't seein 10 call
each other pet any more, aud as for
me, they b0tn look AT me as II l Was
"A hard citizen. | am going TO Mis-
SOAR 10 tahe jesse James place.
There rs no encouragement for boy
here.p And the DO. lilnped out TO
separate couple OF dogs that we're
fighting.