The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-09-09
PECK's SON.
A Graphic Description OF the Young Man
OF the Period-His Tricks Upon
the "Oid Man"

| OF the Fort0d-hiH Tfick9 UpOD
the "oid Man."
A young fellow who is pretty smart
on general principles and who is always
in good humor, went into Chicago
store the other morning limping and
seemed to be broke up generally. The
proprietor asked him il he wouldn't sit
down, and he said he couldn't very well
as his back was lame. He seemed dis
couraged and the proprietor asked him
what was the matter. "Well," he said,
as he put his hand on his pistol pocket
and groaned, "there is no encourage
ment for a boy to have any fun now-a-
days. II boy tries to play an inno-
cent joke he gets kicked all over the
house." The store-keeper asked him
what had happened to disturb his hilar-
ity. He said he played joke on his
father and had been limping ever since.
"You see, thought the old man was
a little spry. You know he is no spring
chicken yourself, and though his eyes
are not what they used 20 be, yet he can
see pretty girl further than can.
"The other day wrote a note in 4
fine hand and addressed it to him ask
ing him 10 meet me on the corner Of
Wisconsin and Milwaukee streets At !: 40
O'Clock on Saturday evening, as had
an errand with him, and signed the
name Daisy to it. At supper time pa
he was shaved up and had his hair all
plastered over the bald spot, and got
on some clean cuffs, and said he was
going down TO the Consistory to initi-
ate some candidates from the country,
and he might not be in till late. He
didn't eat much and hurried off with my
umbrella. winked at ma but didn't
say anything. went down town and
he was standing there by the postoffice
corner in dark place. went by him
and said: Hello pa, what are you do
ing therc?' He said he was waiting
for man. He went down the street,
and pretty soon went up on the other
corner by Chapman's and he was stand
ing there. He didn't know what cor
ner Daisy was going to be on, and he
had to cover the four corners. salu-
ted him if he hadn't found his man yet,
and he said no, the man was little
late. II is mean boy that won; speak
to his pa when he sees him standing on
the corner. went up the street and
saw pa cross over by the drug store in
sort Of hurry, and could see a girl
going by with waterproof on, but she
skiied right along and pa looked kind
Of solemn, the way he does when | ask
for new clothes. turned and came
back, and he was standing there in the
doorway, and said, pa, you will catch
cold il you stand around waiting for
man. You 60 down to the Consistory
and let me lay for the man. Pa said,
Never you mind you go about your
business and will attend to the man.
Well, when boys pa tells him to never
you mind and looks spunky my expert
ence is that a boy wants to 20 right
away from there, and | went down the
street. / thought would cross over
and go up the other side, and see how
long he would stay. There was a girl
or two going up ahead OF me, and saw
a man hurrying across from the drug
store TO Van Peli's corner. IL was pa,
and as the girls went along and never
looked around pa looked mad and step
ped into the doorway. II was about
o. clock then, and pa was tired and
felt sorry for him, and went up to him
and asked him for half dollar to 60
to the Academy. never knew him to
shell on; so quick. He gave me dol
lar, and told him | would go and get
it changed and bring him back the half
4 dollar, but he said needn't mind the
change. II is awful mean OF boy who
has always been treated well TO play
that way, and felt ashamed.
"As turned the corner and saw him
standing there shivering, waiting for the
man, my conscience troubled me, and
l told policeman to go and tell pa
that Daisy had been suddenly taken
with chills and would not be there that
evening. peeped around the corner,
and pa and the policeman went of to
get 4 drink. was glad they did, cause
pa needed il after standing around so
long. Well, when went home the
joke was so good told ma all about il,
and she was mad. guess she was mad
4, me for treating him that way.
heard pa come home about II O'Clock,
and ma was real kind to him. She told
him to warm his feet, cause they were
Just like chunks Of ice. Then she asked
him how many they initiated in the
Consistory, and he said six, and then
she asked il they initiated Daisy in the
Consistory, and pretty soon heard pa
snoring. In the morning, when ! got
up, he took me into the basement and
gave me the hardest talking to that l
ever had with bed slat. He said that
he knew that wrote that note all the
time, and he thought he would pretend
he was looking for Daisy just to fool
me. II don't look reasonable that a
man would catch the epizootic and
rheumatism just TO fool his boy, does
it9 What did he give me the dollar
for1 Ma and pa don't seem TO call
each other pet any more, and rs for me
they both look at me as though | was
hard citizen. | am going to Missouri
to take Jesse James place. There is
no encouragement for boy here
Well, good morning. II pa comes in
here asking for me tell him that you
saw an express wagon going to the
morgue with the remains of a pretty
boy who acted as though he died from
conclusion of a bed slat on the pistol
pocket. o, he has got the awfulest
cold though"
And the boy limped out to separate
a couple Of dogs that were fighting.
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