The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1882-09-02
a VERY A BOY.
He Creates a Lively Domestic Episode
[Peck's SUM-

.When is your ma coming back"
asked the g~rocerynlan OF The bad boy,
as he founn hun standing on the side
walk when the grocery Was opened in
the mornihg, taxing some pieces OF
brick out OF his coat. tail pockets.
.Oh, she got back at midnight last
night" said the boy, as he ute a few
blueberries QUE OF a case. ''That's
what makes me up SO early. Pa
has been kicking at these pieces of
brick with his bare feet and when l
came away he had his toes In his
hands, and was trying to go back up
the stairs on one foot. Pa hain't got
no sense
~ am afraid you are a terror" said
the groceryman, as he looked at the
innocent face of the boy. "You are al
ways making your parents trouble,
and it's a wonder To me that they
don't send you to the reform school.
What de viltry was You up ts last
night 10 get kicked this m~orning?"
No deviltry, just a little fun. You
see. ma went to Chicago to stay a week,
and she got tired, and telegraphed she
WOtllI ut DOLtC idNb htShh Nfo ~ "1S
down town, and 1 forgot to give him
the dispatch. And after he went to
bed, me and a chum of mine thought
we would have IA Fourth OF July.
You see, my chnm has got a big Sis
ter, aud we hooked some OF her
clothes, and after pa got TO snoring we
put them in his room. oh, you'd a
laughed. We put a pair OF number
one slippers, with blue stockings,
down in front of the rocking-chair be-
side pas boots, and a red corset on a
chair, and my chnm's sisters best
black silk dress on another chair, and
q hat with a white feather on the bu-
reau, and some frlzzess on the gas
bracket, and everything We could find
that b -lon2ed to a girl in my chuni's
sisters ruoms Oh, we got a red para
sol, too, AMI left it right in the mid
die OF the floor. ell, when | looked
at the layout, and heard pa snoring,
l thought | should die. You see, ma
il easily excited. Ny chum slept with
me that night anil when we heard the
door-bell ring I STUFFED a pillow in my
mouth. There was nobody to meet
ma at the depot, and she hired a hack
and came right up. Noi'ody heard
the bell bat me, an l had to 20 down
and let ma in. She was pretty angry,
you bet, at not being met at the de-
pot. Where's your father?' said she,
as she began to go upstairs. | told
her I guessed pa had gone TO sleep by
this time, that he'd gone to bed an
hour ago. Then / slipped upstairs,
and looked over the b~anisters. Ma
said something about heavens and
earth. and where is the huzzy, and a
lot of things that l couldn't hear; and
pa swore, and said its no such thing
and the door slammed, aud they
talked for two hours. l s'pose they
finally laid il 10 me, as they always
do, cause pa called me very early
this morning, aud when came down
stairs he hurt my feelings. see they
had nv chum's sisters clothes all
pinned up in a newspaper, and l
s'po>e when | 90 back | shall have to
carry them home and then she'll he
down on me too I'll tell You what,
l have got a good notion tn take some
shoemaker's a and stick my chum
on my back. and travel with a circus,
as a double-headed boy from Borneo
A fellow could have more fun, and
not get kicked all the time"
And the boy sampled some straw
berries in a case i'm front Of the store;
and went down the street whlstling
for his chum, who was looking out
OF an alley to SCI if the coast was clear.