The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-23
The Bad Boy of Milwaukee.

cross, and ScOlded me, and he pulled
my ear because | asked him if he
new the girl he was winking at in a
seat across the aisle.
didn't enjoy myself much some
men were talking about kidnapping
children, and it gave me an lice, and
just before we got to Chicago [ went
after drink Of water at the tother
end of the car, and | saw man who
looked as though he wouldn't stand
any fooling, and l whispered to him
and told him that that baldheaded
man [ was sitting with was taking
me away from my home in Milwau-
kee. and | mistrusted he was going
to make thief or a pick pocket of
me. said 'h-h-h' and told him not
to say anything or the man would
maui me, Then | went back to the
seat and asked pa to buy me a gold
watch, and he looked mad and cuffed
me on the ear. The man that | whis-
pered to got to talking with some
other men, and when we got off the
cars at Chicago, a policeman cum up
to pa and took him by the neck and
said. Mr.. Kidnapper, l guess we
will run you in Pa was mad and
tired to jerk away, and the cop chok-
ed him, and another cop came along
and helped, and the passengers crowd
ed around and wanted to lynch pa,
and pa wanted to known what they
meant, and they asked him where he
stole the kid, and he said [ was his
kid, and asked me if [ wasn't, and 1
looked scared as though | was afraid
to say no, ana | said, Yes Sir, |
guess So Then the police said the
poor boy was scarf, and they would
take Us both TO the station, and they
made pa walk spry, and when he
held back they ierked him along. He
was otful mad, and said he would
make somebody smart for this, and
hoped 1t wouldn't be me. AT the
station they charged pa with kidnap-
ping boy from Milwaukee, and he
said it was lie, and l was his boy :;
L said of course l was. and the boss
asked who told the cops pa was a
kldnapper, and they said damfno,
and then the boss told pa he could 90,
but not to let it occur again, and pa
and me went away. L looked so sorry
Tor pa that he meyer tumbled to me,
that | was to blame.
We walked around town all day,
and to the stores, and at night pa was
otful tired, and he put me 10 bed in
the tavern and he went out to walk
around and get rested. l was not
tired, and | walked all around the
hotel. | thought pa had gone to a
theatre, and that made me mad, and
thought | would play a joke on him.
Our room was 210 and the next room
was 2l2, and an old maid with dog
occupied 2l2. | saw her twice and
she called me names, cause she
thought | wanted to steal her dog.
That made me mad at her and so |
took my Jack knife and drew the
tacks out of the tin thing the num-
bers are painted on, and put the old
maids number on our door and our
number on her door, and then went
to bed. tried to keep awake, so as
to help pa if he had any difficulty,
but L guess | got asleep. but woke up
when the dog barked. Ifthe dog had
not woke me up the woman's scream
would, and if that hadn't, pa would.
You see pa came home from the thea
ire about eleven, and he had been
drinking. He says everybody drinks
when they go to Chicago, even the
minister. Pa looked at the numbers
all along the hall till he found 2l0,
and walked right in and pulled off
his coat and threw it on the lounge
where the dog was. The old maid
was asleep, but the dog barked and
pa said, That cussed boy has bought
dog J" and he kicked the dog, and
then the old maid woke up and said,
what is the matter, pet Pa laffed
and said. Nothing the mazzer with
me pet and then you ought to have
heard the yelling. The old maid coy-
cred her head and yelled, and the
dog snarled and bit pa on the pants,
and pa had his vest off and his sus-
penders unbuttoned, and he got scared
and took his coat and vest and came
out in the hall, and Iopened our door
and told pa he was in the wrong room,
and he said he guessed he kno we'd it.
and he came in our room and | lock-
ed the door, and then the bell boy
and the porter and the clerk came up
to see what allied the old maid, and
she said a burglar got in her room,
and they found pas hat on the lounge,
and they took it and told her to be
quiet and they would find the burg
lar. Pa was SO scared that he sweat
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