The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-03
He Becomes a Drusg,s,
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" Nhew- What is # tha, smells so abou, this store 1, seems as though eN- ery,hing had turned frosy." sad the gro- cery man to his clerk in the presence of the bad boy. who was standing with has back tn the stove. his coa, tails parted with his hands. and q cigarette iii his mouth
 May be Il is me that smells irowy. said the boy. as he pn; his thumbs in the armholes of h.s vest. and spit al the key hole in the door al haze gone into bus mess.
 < By thunder. I believe |, is you sad the grocery man. as lsc went up 10 the boy. snuffed couple of times, and then held his hand to his nose. =. The board of health will kerosene you. fl the, ever smell ,ha, smell. and send you ,o the glue factory. Wha, business you gone into to make you smell 80 rank -
 Well. you see pa begun to think Il, was time learned trade. oE perfes- sion, and he saw sign Tn A drug store window. boy wanted. and as he had q boy he didn't want, he went to the drug gisl and go, iob for me. This smell on me will so of ln few weeks. lou know wanted 10 try all the periumery IA the store. and after had go; about forty diff terent eNtracts on my clothes. another hos tina; worked there he hNed up | bot; ,le of bcnzine. and assaic;y. and brim- stone. and whole lot of other horFld stuff and labeled |, rose gcfaniun, and l guess just w4llcred in t, 1; ss anfll am, IL. 1, kerflnmm.Aed ma when l went into the siEning-rooTn the hrsi night n l. |. pa all gp He said 1 reminded him of the tine ;ssas 'hey had iliier of skunks under the barn. The air seems nx-d around where 1 am. and ever. body seems 10 know who fixed i. 1 gifi came into the store yesterday to buy saichet, and there wasn't anybody there bu; nc. and l didn't know what 1t was. and took doW n everything in the store pretty near, be- fore found il. and then ] wouldn't haze found II only the proprietor came IT. The girl asked the proprietor if there wasn, a good deal of sewergas in the store, and he told me 10 go out and shake InyselL 1 think the gih was mad at me bccause I go, q nursing bottle out of the show case, with a rubber nuzxie, and asked her fl thz, was what she wanted. Well. she told me satches was something for the ssummick and thought nursing bottle vas the nearest thing to it.
 II should think you would drive all the customers away fiofn the store" sad the grocery man, as he opened the door to les the fresh ar in-
 '.l don't know bat will. but am hired for month on trial, and shall stay. You sec. shan't practice on any body but pa fos spell. made up my mind 10 that when gzyca woman some salts instead of powdered borax, and she came back mad Pa seems to wan, 70 en- courage me and IS willing ,o take anything that l ask him to. He had a sore ihroa; and wanted somethlng for t. znd the boss druggef told me to pun some tannin and elaborate of potash in . mortar. and grind it. and lei pa pound t ~ith the mortar, and while he vas pounding dropped in a couple Of drops of suiphuric acid, and II exploded sns. Sso=et rs's h.s clear across the store. and pa was ~hiseT than shees. He said he gsessed his throat wzs all right and he wouldn't come near me again that day. The nexf day pa came in and was laying for him. took white seidlesz powder and blue one and dissolved :hem in separzae giasses and when pa came in xSked him if he didn't vanf some lemonade, and he said he did and gave him the sour ons and he drank IL He ed it vas too sour, and than gave him the oshg g1asA, thai | looked like water, % s1ke the easee ct oi !. hls noufh, and he drank t. Well, sir when these two Po~dezs got together ir