The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-08
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young fellow who is pretty smart on gener-
al principles. and who is always in a good
humor, went into store, the other morning,
limping aud seemed to be broken up generally.
The proprietor asked him il he wouldn't sit
down, and he said he couldn't very well, as his
back was lame. He seemed discouraged, and
the proprietor asked him what was the matter
'Well," said he, as he put his hand on his
pistol pocket and groaned, there is no encour-
agement for n boy to have any fun nowadays.
If a boy plays an innocent joke, he gets kicked
all over the house."
The storekeeper asked him what had happened
to disturb his hilarity. He said he played joke
on his father, and had been limping ever since.
'sYou see thought the old man was q little
spry. You know he is no spring chicken your
self and though his eyes are not what they
used TO be, yet he can see pretty girl further
than can. The other day, wrote a note in
fine hand and addressed it to him, asking him
to meet me on the corner Of Wisconsin and Mil.
waukee streets at $50 Saturday evening, and
signed the name of Daisy to it. At supper time
pa was all shaved up, and had his hair plastered
over the bald spot, and he got on some clean
cuffs and said he was going to the consistory to
initiate some candidates from the country, and
he might not be in till late. He didn't eat much
supper, and hurried off with my umbrella.
winked at ma, but didn't say anything. At
$50 / went down town, and he was standing
there by the post-office corner, in dark place.
/ went by him, and said: Hello, pa, what are
YOU doing therer He said he was waiting for
a man. 1 went down street, and pretty soon
went up on the other corner by Chapman's, and
he was standing there. You see, he didn't know
what corner Daisy was going to be on, and he
| had to cover the whole four corners. i saluted
| him. and asked him if he hadn't found his man
| yet and he said no, the man was little late.
| 1t is q mean boy that won't speak to his pa
| when he him standing on a corner. i went
mp street, and saw pa cross. over by the drug
| store in a sort of hurry, and L could see girl
going by with waterproof on, but she skited
| right along, and pa looked kind of solemn, the
way he does when ask him for new clothes. l
| turned and came back, and he WAS standing
there in the doorway, and said: .Pa, you will
| catch cold if you stand around waiting for
man. You 90 down TO the cOnsistory and let
! me lay for the man, Pa said: Never you mind
You go about your business, and l will attend
! to the man. Well, when a boys pa tells him
| to never you mind and looks spunky, my ex-
| perience is, that a boy wants to 20 right away
| from there and | went down the street. /
| thought would cross over and 60 up the other
side, and see how long he would stay. There
was girl or two going mp ahead of me, and
| saw man hurrying across from the drug store
| to Van Pelt's corner. 1t was pa. and rs the
| girls went along and never looked around, pa
| looked mad, and stepped into the doorway. 1t
| was about o'clock then, and pa was tired and
/ felt sorry for him, and l went up to him for
| half a dollar, to go to the academy. never
| knew him to shell out so freely and 81 quick.
| He gave me n dollar, and told him wonld go
and get il changed, and bring him back half a
dollar, but he said needn't mind the change.
| Ii is awful mean for boy that has always been
treated well to play it on his pa that way, and
| felt ashamed. As turned the corner and saw
him standing there shivering, waiting for the
| man. nv conscience troubled me, and told a
| policeman To 20 and tell pa that Daisy had been
| suddenly taken with worms, and would not be
there that evening 1peeked around the corner,
| aud pa and the policeman went off TO get a
drink. Twas glad they did, 'canse pa needed it.
after standing around SO long. Well, when
went home the joke was so good that told ma
about it, and she was mad. l guess she was
| mad at me for treating pa that way. l heard
| pa come home about IL o'clock, and ma was real
| kind to him. She told him to warm his feet,
cause they were just like chunks of ice. Then
| she asked him how many they initiated in the
consistory, and he said six, and then she asked
| him if they initiated Daisy in the consistory,
and pretty soon l heard pa snoring. In the
| morning he took me into the basement and
gave me the hardest talking to ever had, with
a bed STAT He said he knew that wrote that
| note all the time and he thought that he would
| pretend he was looking for Daisy, just to fool
me- IL don't look reasonable that man would
catch the epizootic and rheumatism just TO fool
| his boy does il Z What did he give me the dol
lar fort Ma ard pa don't seem to call each 9th
er pet any more, and as for me, they both look
at me as though / was a hard citizen. i am
| going to Missouri, to take jesse James place.
| There is no encouragement for n boy here. Well,
good morning. If pa comes in here asking for
| me- tell him that you saw an express wagon
| going to the morgue with the remains of a pref
| ty boy, who acted as though he had died from
concnssion of the bed slat on the pistol pocket.
That will make pa feel sorry. oh, he has got
the awfnlest cold, though
| And the boy limped out to separate couple
| of dogs that were hghting.-Pecks Sun.