The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-05

Dto the polise staxioa 50 late lasI
nighsw asked The grocery man d
aathe Lad Dos, a. he kicked q dos
Away from basket nf peaches stand
ing on the Sidewalk. Your M
seemed e. I've nsnch affected.
'sThaf's ; fsHsily secret But I
you xill giyc me some eT xbese rot
ten psarhs-s | will Iell 4ou, II yos
won't ever s-x ia hoT he come to b,
pulled b. the police -
The grocery nsan told the hos /.
help himself aas -0f the basket taHa
the dog bad been smelling OF, and BIZ
filed his pockets and the bosom
Of his dsnnel shirt, and his hat, ans
said.
Well. yoa know pa is stndFIn4
up on the Bible. and be is trying Ii
get me interested, and he wants m,
TO ask him questions. but II ash
ain any questions that be csn't an
swcr, he gets mad. When / askee
him about Daniel in the den of lions
and If he dida't think Das was trav.
cling with show, aud mad the llon.
chioroformed, he said was 3 scoffer
and would go 70 Gehena- Now
dca't want to GO to Gehena just fol
wanting 10 get posted in show bust
ness OF old times. do yous When pa
said Dan was saved from the jaws ol
the lions because be prayed thres
times every day, and bad faith,
told him that was just what the duf
fer that goes into the lions dea IL
Coups circus did because / saw HIN
in the dressing room, when me and
MY chum got in for carrying watel
for the elephant, and be vas exhort
ing with . girl in tights who was
going TO ride two horses Pa said
Was mistaken, cause they never
prayed in circus, 'cept the lemon
ade butchers. l guess l knox when
hear man pray. Coup's Daniel
talked Just like deacon st class
meeting, and told the girl to 90 to
the place where the minister says We
will all GO IL we don't do different.
Pa says it is wicked to speak OF Dan
lei in the same breath that you
speak OF circus, so am wicked
'spose- Well, ! couldn't help it, ard
when he wanted me TO ask questions
about Elijah going up In chario,
Of fire, i asked him il be believed a
chariot, like the oaes in the circus,
with eight horses, could carry . man
right up the clouds, and pa said oil
course 1t could. Then asked him
what they did with the horses after
they got up there, or If the chsrio;
KEEP. running back and forth like q
bus to picnic, and whether they
had stalls for the horses and harness
makers 70 repair harnesses, and
wagon makers. caase s chariot Is
liable 10 run OF = wheel, If it strikes
cloed in turning corner. Ps said
| made him tired. He said I had
no more conception Of the beauties
OF scripture than q mule, and then
told ps he couldn't expect mule to
know much unless the mules father
had brought him mp right, and where
mules father bad beet . regular old
hummer till be got the jim jams. and
only got reiigiou TO keep out Of the
inebriate asylum, that the little mule
was entitled to more ch.gity for his
short eonisgs ih.a The mules papa.
That seemed 10 make ps mad, and
be said the scripture lesson would
be co1si7ued some other time, and
night go out and play, Snd e ]
wasn't in before nine o'clock he
Hola1 come after me and warn nv
jacket We'll. ! vas out playing, and
II and NY chuu heard % the mur
der 10 the Third ward, .Ed went
down there 20 see the dead snd
wounded G1d ID w2s after ten O'Clock.
and rs Was searching Tor me, and !
s2~ "a 90 into 81 alley. in MS SHIRT
sleeves and 70 hat OF, and the police
were booking for the murderer, ard
| told the policeman that there was
q suspicious looking man in the
alley, and the policeman vent il
thsre and jumped OF his back, and
held him down, and the patrol wagon
came, and they loaded pa in. and be
CRASHED his teeth and said they
would psy dearly for this, sad they
held his hands and told him no, 70
talk, as be would commit. himself,
aud they tore OF bis suspender but
tons, and | went home and told ma
the police tad pulled pa for being in
: suspicious place, and she said she
had always been afraid be would
come TO some bad end, and we went
down to the station and the police
let pa go on the promise that be
wouldn't do 50 again, and be went
home and ps tanned the dust out OF
my pants But he did it in s pious
manner. and can't complain. He
was trying to explain to ma how it
was that he was pulled, when i came
away, and / guess be win make out
70 square himself SAY, don't these
peaches seem 70 have darn queer
taste Well, good bye. am going