The Portland daily press., 1882-12-15

corn?" 40, such things will happen" said
the grocery man with laugh. "But don't
let's talk heaven. Let's talk about the other
place. How's things over to the house? And
say. what's the matter with you? You are all
dressed up, aud have got clean shire on and
your snoes BACKED, and | notice your pants
are not raveled out SO at the bottoms of the
legs behind. You are not in love, are your"
Wei, should smile," said the boy, as he
looked in a small mirror ON the counter, COW
cred with fly specks. "a girl got mashed on
me, and ma says it is good for boy who hasn't
got no sister to be in love with GIRL and SO
Kind OF tnmbled to it myself, and she don't go
nowhere without go with her. / take her to
dancing school and everywhere, and she loves
me like house afire. Say, was you ever in
love? Makes fellow feel queer, don't it?
Well, SIR, the first time went home with her
put my arm around her, and honest, it scared
me. 1t was like when you take hold of the
handles of 'lectrc battery and you can't let
go till the man turns the knob. Honest, was
just as weak a cat / thought she had
needles in her belt. and was gong to take my
arm away, but it was just like it was glued on.
| asked her if sh9 felt that way, too, and she
said she used to, but it was nothing when you
got used TO it. That made me mad. But
she is older than me and knows more about it.
hen was going to leave her at the gate she
kissed ms, and that was worse than putting
my arms around her By gosh, trembled all
warm as toast. didn't want to go home at
all, but she saidit would be the best way for me
10 go home, and come again the next day; and
next morning L went up to her house before
any OF them were up, AMI her pa came out to
let the cat in, and l asked him what time his
girl got up, and he LATED and said had got it
bad, and that had better go home and not be
picked until got ripe. Say, how much does
1t cost to get marred?" Wei, should say
you had got it bad )" said the grocery man as
he set out basket of beets. "Your getting in
love will be great thing for your pa. You
won't have any time to play any more jokes on
him" ~, guess we can find time to keep pa
from being lonesome Have you seen him this
morning? You ought TO have seen him last
night You see, my chum's pa has get set
ter dog stuffed. 1t is one that died two years
ago, and he thought great deal of it, and he
had it stuffed for an ornament. WE'LL my
chum and me took the dog and put it on our
front steps, and took some cotton and fastened
1t to the dogs mouth SO it looked just like
froth and we got behind the door and waited
for pa to come home from the theatre. When
pa started to come up the steps 1 growled, and
pa looked at the dog and said, Mad dog. by
crimus,' and he started down the sidewalk,
anG my chum barked just like dog and /
:kiyi'd' and growled like dog that gets
kicked. and you ought to see pa run. He
went around in the alley and was going to get
in the basement window and my chum had a
revolver with some blank cartridges, and we
went down in the basement, and when my
chum began to fire toward pa, pa holered
that it was only him and not burglar. but
after my chum fred four shots pa ran and
climbed over the fence, and then we took the
dog home and stayed with my chum all night,
and this morning ma said pa didn't get home
Till O'Clock, and then policeman came with
HIM, and pa talked about mad dogs and being
taken for burglar and near killed, and She
said she was afraid pa had took to drinking
again, aud she asked me If had heard any
firing of guns, and 1 said no. and then she put
wet towel on pas head" "You ought to
be ashamed" said the grocery man. How
does your pa like your being III love with the
girl? Does he seem TO encourage you in it?'
"Oh yes. She was up to our house to borry
some tea, and pa patted her on the cheek and
Rugged her, and said she was dear little dali
sy, land wanted her to sit on his lap, but when
l wanted him to buy her some ice cream, he
said that was all nonsense. He said Look at
your ma. Eating ice cream when she was
girl was what injured her health for life.'
asked ma about it, aud she said pa never laid
out 10 cents for ice cream or any luxury for her
in all the five years he was sparkling her. She
says he took her to circus once, but he got
free tickets for carrying water to the elephants.
size ys pa was tighter than the barK to
tree. tell you it's going to be different with
me. Ii there is anything that my girl wants
she is going to have it if have to sell mas
copper boiler to get the money. What is the
use Of having wealth if you hoard it up and
don't enjoy it? This family will be run on
different plans hereafter, you bet. Say, how
much are those yellow pocket combs in the
show case? I've good notion to buy them
for her. How would one of them round mir.
rors, with a zinc cover, do for present to
girl? There's nothing that is too good for
her.