The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-09-26
HIS PA TOOK A TRICK.
How a Young Hopeful Placed His
Father in an Embarrassing
Position

wv hat IS that 4 hear about YOUR pa
being turned out Of prayer meeting
Wednesday night asked the grocer
of the bad boy, as he came over after
some csDtalopes for breakfast, and
plugged couple to see if they were
ripe.
He wasn't out of the PRAYER m4eting
a. all. The people all went away. and
pa and me Was the last ones out of the
church. But pa was mad and don't
you forget it. "
Well. what seems 20 be the trouble ?
Has YOUR pa become q backsiider?"
80. no. his flag is still there. But
something seems to go wrong. You
see, when We got ready to go to prayer
meeting last night, pa told NE to 60
AAp stairs and get him handkerchief,
and to drop little perfumely on it..
and put it in the tail pocket of his
black coat. | did it. but | guess
got hold of the wrong bottle of per-
fumery There was liable on the
rerfumery bottle that said "Jamacia
Rum" and | Thought it was the same
as Bay Rum. and [ put on a whole
lot Just afore l put the handker-
chief in pas pocket. noticed a pack
of cards Oh the stand that pa used to to
play hi-lo:jack with ma in the evening
when he was SO sick he couldn't go
down town. before he got 'ligion. and |
wrapped the handkerchief around the
pack of cards aud put them in his picket
] don't know what made me do it,
and pa don't either, [ guess, cause he
told ma this morning that | was pos
sessed of devil [ never owned no
devil. but had a pair of pet goats
oac', and they played hell all around,
pa said. That's what the devil does,
amt it? Well, l must 60 home with
these melons. or they won't keep.
but hold on" says the grocery
man, as he gave the boy few raisins
with worms in, that he couldn't sell,
TO keep him, "what about the prayer
meeting?"
80. like to forgot. Well. pa and
me went to prayer meeting, and ma
came along afterwards with a deakin
that is mashed on her. | guess, cause
he says she is to be pitied for having
to 90 through life yoked 10 such old
prize OK as pa heard him tell ma
that, when he was helping her put on
her rubber waterprivilege to 90 home
in the rain the night of the sociable,
and she looked at him just as she looks
at me when she wants me to 90 down
to the hair foundry after her switch,
and said, %, you dear brother. and
all the way home he kept Der water
privilege on by putting his arm on
the small of her back. Ma asked pa
If he didn't think the deakin was real
kind. and pa said. 'yes dam kind, /"
hut that was afore be got 'ligion.
We sat in pew, at the prayer meet
ing. next to ma and the deakin, and
there was lots of pious folks all arou"d
there. After the preacher had gone
TO bat, and an old lady had her in
nings. a PRAYING. and the singers had
got out on first base. pa was on deck,
and the preacher said they would
like to hear from the recent convert,
who was trying to walk in the straight
and narrow way, but who toun6 it SD
hard. owing to the many crosses be
had to bear. Pa knOwed it was him
that had to 90 to bat. and he got up
and said he felt it was good to be
there. He said he didn't feel that he
was full sized christian yet. but he
was getting i'm his work the best he
could He said at times everything
looked dark to MIN. and he feared he
should falter by the way side, but by
q firm resolve he kept his eve sot on
the future, and if be was tempted to
do wrong he said get thee behind me.
satan. and struck in his toe nails for a
pull for the right. He said he was
thankful to the brothers and sisters.
particularly the sisters, for all they
had done to make his burden light.
and hoped to meet them all in
When pa got so far as that he sort of
broke down / spose he was goirg to
say heaven, though after few minutes
they all thought he wanted to meet
them in a saloon. When his eyes be-
gan to leak, pa put his hand in mis-
tail pocket for his Handkerchief. and
got hold of it and gave it jerk. and
out came the Handkerchief, and cards.
Well. If he had shufHed them, and
ma had cut them, and he had dealt
six hands, they couldn't kave beer
dealt any better. They few into
every body's lap. The deakin that
was with ma got the jack of spades
and three aces end q deuce, and ma
got some nine spots and q king of