The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-08-10
That Bad Boy Again.
eHennery, Did Your PAS Friend Wear Dire.

"Hennery, Did Your PAS Friend Wear Dress?'
town for a week, and when she came
home she found everything topsy turvy.
The beds were all mussed up, and there
was not thing hung up anywhere. She
called the bad boy and asked him what
in the deuce had been going on, and he
made it pleasant for his pa about as fol-
lows:
"Wen, ma, know 1 will get killed,
but I shall die like man. When pa
met you at the depot he looked too in
nocent for any kind of use, but he's a
hard citizen, and don't you forget it.
He hasn't been home single night till
after eleven O'clock and he was tired
every night, and he had somebody come
home with him.
80 heavens, Hennery," said the
mother, with q sigh, ''are you sure
about this?"
"Suren' says the bad boy, u was on
to the whole racket. The first night
they came home awful tickled, and l
guess they drank some of your Sozo-
don't, cause they seemed to foam at the
mouth. Pa wanted to put his friend in
the spare bed, but there were no sheets
on it, and he went rummaging around in
the drawers for sheets. He got out all
the towels and table-cloths, and made
up the bed with table-cloths, the first
night. o, they raised thunder around
the room. Pa took your night-shirt,
you know the one with the lace work all
down the front, and put pillow in it,
and set it on chair, then took burn
ed match and marked eyes and nose on
the pillow, and put your bonnet on it.,
and then they had a war dance. Pa
hurt the bald spot on his head by hit
ting it against the gas chandelier, and
then he said dammit. They then throwed
pillows at each other. Pas friend didn' t
have any night-shirt, and pa gave his
friend one of your'n, and the friend took
that old hoop-skirt in the closet, the one
pa always steps on when he goes in the
closet after towel, and put it on under
the night shirt, and they walked around
arm in arm. O, it made me tired to see
man pas age act so like darn fool. +"
"Hennery," says the mother, with a
deep meaning in her voice, II want to
ask you one question. Did your pas
friend wear dressP'
90. yes" said the bad boy, coolly,
not noticing the pale face of his ma,
''the friend put on that old blue dress OF
yours, with the pistol pockets in front,
you know. and pinned red table cloth
on for train, and they danced the can
can"
Just at this point pa came home to
dinner, and the bad boy said, ''Pa,
wasSust telling ma what nice time you
had that first night she went away, with
the pillows, and"
''Henneryr' says the old gentleman,
severely, ''you are COMPOUNDED foo" "
'Izick," said the wife more severely,
'Why did you bring female home
with you that night? Have you got
no"
80, ma" says the bad boy, cit was
not woman. 1t was young Mr.. Brown,
pas clerk in the store, you know"
''Ohp' said ma, with smile and a
sigh.
''Hennery," said his stern parent, Il
want to see you there by the coal bin
for minute or two. You are the gaul
durndest fool / ever see. What you
want to learn the first thing you do Is to
keep your mouth shut" and then they
went on with the frugal meal, while
Hennery seemed to feel as though some
thing was coming. -Peck'S Sun.