The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-22
HIS PA FIGHTS HORNETS.
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to away from here now. said the
 -arery man to the bad boy. as he came
 s,o the store and was going to draw
 gre cider out of barrel into pint
 ~.asure that had flies in II. Get right
 .-, ofshis place, and don't let me see you
 .-oand here until the health officer says
 rarr pa has got over the small pox.
 sv him this morning and his face is all
 rnered with postules. and they will have
 s,, in the pest house before night. You
 r; and he picked up butter tyer and
 se-. for the boy who took refuge, behind ssrrel of onions. and held up his hands
 1. .hough Jesse James had drawn bead
 s- 1!n..
 Oh. you go and chase yourself That,
 s 10, small pox pa has got. e..had hgh, r.h q nest of hornets said he boy Hornets. Well, I'll be oussed." re- n. Sed the grocery man. as he put up the s....er ,ryer. and handedthe boysa slice of len muskmelon How Tn the wor Id d. he get into nest of hornets :ssl hope 70. did not have anything to do with t. The boy buried his face in the melon. haa been cut from his mouth to his ears, a-a after swallowing the melon. he said: Well. pa says was responsible. and he a,s tha, settles il. and car go my way and he will go his. He says he was will
 !n. ,o overlook everything ;ha, had
 do.e 10 make his life unbearable. but
 seeslng him on to nest of hornets. and
 .hea getting drunk. Is too much. and l
 car ..
 Wha, you haven, been drunk" says
 the grocery man. Great heavens. tha;
 ". sill your poor old father.
 .O.I guess t won't kill him very much.
 lie has been getting drunk for twenty yeas. and he says he Is healthier ic-aay than he ever was. since his liver
 ha, eot to working again. You see. Mon
 ay was regular Indian summer day. anl pa said he would take me and my lh4ra ou, in the woods to gather hickory ms fl we would be good. said Wsuld. ar.. l..y chum said he would. and We got a .ple of bags and went away out 10 " pat.-swatesa. at +, the woods. Ne clubbed tae ,fees and got more nuts than anybody, aa had a lunch. and pa was lust enjoy F. ais reiidsin first ra:e. While pa was i-s gsa nap under tree. my ehum and me !ooked around and found ! hornets ne. on the lower limb of the tree We were si;, E under. and my chum said ], would be :. good loke 10 get Il pole and run l. + rest, didn't think about pa being IT CT the tree. and lwent into a field and 2; hop pole and put ihe small er up into the nest. souged .he ne, couple of times. and when ,le boss horne, came oi.; of the ha and looked sassy. and then looked 54fs < in the hole and whtstiedt "a the o;her nets to come out and have circus. AEG they began io come out. my fhaml 4l me run and climbed over a fence afaa afaaa got behind pile Of hop po.es that VI, stacked up. gae>s the hornets saw IT "a Jus; as quick as they gel eat ot the aes,. cause pretty soon VIC heard pa all t Helen Damna;lon. CT some woman ue didn': know, and then he ;ook his Cc..: tha, he had been uSing for . pillow. asss shipped around. and he slapped hisself on the shoulders and then look tae laneh basket and pounded .lroun13.iIke he "as crazy. and bime-by he started on | nm towards town. holding his pants SD. eaHse his suspcndcrs was hanging down or his hips. and never see Il fat man rgn so. and fan hlsself with basket. We cc-!d hear him yell come on. boys. Hell IS out for noon. and he wen, over hi.l and we didn' see him any more. Ne ~.l;ed till near dark because we was aiFaid to % after the bags of nuts till the hornets had gone to bed. and then we come home. The bags were awful heavy. and think i, was real mean in pa ;o 70 eH and leave Us. and not help carry the bags"
 swan says the grocery man. /" You are too mean to live. iu, what about your getting drunk =
 0. was going to tell you. Ia had a bottle of liver medicine in his coat pocket. ard when he was whipping his horsets the bottle dropped out, and picked itup ,o carry home to him. My ohum wanted to smell of the liver medicine. 90 he look out the cork and t smelled JUS, like in iron, of liquor store on East Water street. and my ohum said his liver was bad loo. ard he took swaller. and he said he should think Il was enough 10 Cut q fel- Ter liver up in slices. but it was good. ard then had peculiar feeling IF my liver. and my chum said his liver felt bet ter after he took swaller. and 1t was the ofiulest liver remedy eve tasted. I; soorehed my throat just like the dipthera. but i, bea; dip,heria, or sore throa, all to pieces. and my chum and me laffed we was so tickled. Did you ever take liver medicine: You know how i, makes you feel as if your liver had go, on top of your lights. and like you wanted to ump and holler Well. sir. hones, that liver medicine made me dance jig on the VI aduct bridge. and an old soldier from the soldiers home came along and asked us wha, was the matter and we told him about our livers. and the liver medicine and showed him the bottle. and he said he sposed he had the worst liver in the world. and said the doctors al the home couldn't cure him. Its mean boy that won't help anold ve;ran cure his liver. so 1 told him to ;ry pas liver remedy. and he took a regular COW swaller. and said |, here's to your livers. boys. He mus, have liver bigger nor . COWS. and guess II IS better now. Then my liver begun 10 feel curus again. and my chum said his l...s ]