The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-09-28

"when is your ma coming packf
asked the grocery man Of the bad boy as he
fou "a him standing on the sidewalk when
the grocery was opened this morning TAX
ing some pieces Of brick out OF his coat
tail pocket
"Oh, she got back at midnight last
night" said the boy, rs he ate a few blne'
berries out Of case. That's what makes
me mp so early. Pa has been kicking |"
these pieces Of brick with his bare iee''
and when came away he had his toes IN
his hand and was trying to get back up
stairs ON one foot. Pa haint got no
sense.
~ am afraid you are terror, said tine
grocery man as he looked at the innocent
face of the boy. You are always making
vour parents some trouble, and it's won
der to me that they don't send you to the
reform school. What deviltry were you
up to last night to get kicked this NOR
ning?"
"No deviltry, just little fun. You see,
ma went to Chicago to stay week, and
she got tired and telegraphed she would
be home last night and pa was down town
and forgot to give him the dispatch. and
after be went to bed me and chum oil
mine thought we would have Fourth oi
July. You see my chum has got q sister
about as big as ma, and we hooked some
of her clothes, and after pa got to snoring
we put them in his room. Oh, you'd a
LAIRD. We put pair Of No. slippers
with blue stockings down in front OF the
rocking chair, and my chums sisters best
black silk dress on another chair, and a
hat with white feather on the bureau
and some frizzes on the gas bracket, and
everything we could find that belonged 70
girl in my chum's sisters room. On,
we got red parasol, too, and left 1T right
in the middle of the floor. Well, when
looked at the y-out and heard pa snoring
I thought | should die. You see, ma
knows pa is q darn good feller, but she is
easily excited My chum slept with me
that night all when we heard the door
bell ring | stuffed a pillow into my mouth
There was nobody to meet ma at the de-
not and she hired hack aud came right
up. Nobody heard the bell but me and
had to 90 down and lot ma III. she was
pretty hot at not being met at the depot
now you bet.
Where's your father?' she said as she be
gan to go up stairs
told her guessed pa had gone to sleep
by this time but heard a good deal ol
noise in the room about an hour ago, and
maybe he was taking bath. Then
slipped up stairs and looked over the ban
isters. Ma said something about Heavens
and earth and where is the hussy, and lo'
of things couldn't hear, and pa said, III
no such thing and the door slammed and
they talked two hours. Is'pose they nm
ally laid it to me. as they always do, iol
pa called me very early this morning ant
when came down stairs he came out IN
to the hall and his face was reddern bee
, and be tried to stab me with his big toe
nail, and if it hadn't been for these piece'
OF brick he would have hurt my feelings
see they had my chum's sisters clothes
all pinned mp in newspaper, and when
20 back $ pose shall have to take then
home, and then she will be down on me
I'll tell you what I've good notion U
take some shoemaker's wax and stuck m.
. chum on my back and travel with circu
as double. headed boy from Borneo'
t fellow conld have more fun, I'd not &c
! killed all the time.
And the boy sampled some strawbei
s ries in case in front ofthe store anu wen
s down street whistling for his chum, VIII
!. was looking out Of an alley to see II th
! coast was clear.
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