The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-31
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Well guess wsli 10 to AeIl. will SC you later, ? said the bad boy to the grocsry man, as he held . csackex under the faucet cfshe syrup kex. and then xa, down oa soap box by the ssove and pro cecded to make ianeh. wkile sAe xso- ce.y man charged the hoy's fashev with . gallon of syrup and . poaad cf crackers.
 WhAt do you mean, you profane wretch. talking about meeting me later ID hadcs,a sand the indignant xroccry man. Il expect so pass by the hot plsee . where you are sizaling. and 70 10 the realms of blisa. where there is one con- tinaed round of happiness. and angels playing on golden harps. and singing hymns of praise"
 Why. pa says will surely go to hell, and thought you would probably be there. as It costs something to get so heaven. and yoa can ges Co the other place tor nothing. Say. you would be a healthy delegate to xo to heaven, with ios ot giri angels. wouldn't you. smell ing ct frc~y butter. ss you always do. and kerosene. and herring. and bA1 soap. and cheese. and rotten potatoes. Say. an angel wouldn't stay on the same golden street with you. without holding her handkerchief to her nose. and you couldn't get sn there anyway. cause you would want to pay your entrance fce out of the store"
 Say. you get out of here. condemn you. You arc getting sassy. There IS no one that Is more free hearted than l am. = said the grocery man.
 70. give us s<sfa. 1 am onto you bigger than an elevator. When they had the oyster soctable at the church, you gave tour pounds of muxty orAckcn with worms n. and they tasted of kerosene, and when the minister prayed tor these who had generously contributed to the se- ciable, you raised up your head as though you wanted them all to know he mean, you. if man can gcs to heaven on tour pounds of musty crackers. done up m a paper that has been around maekcrel. -se-.s@s-=4ss.ss ss4se.gS .....sa and giving sixteen ounces 10 the pound Bat, there. don't blush and c,x. ~,li use my influence to ret your feet into the golden streets of the New Jerusalem, but you have go, to quit sending those small potatoes to our house. with few big ones on top of the basket. m tell you how tt was that pa toid me l would go to hell. You sec pa has been read ing out of an old back number Bible. and ma and me argued with hrm about get ting new revised edition We told him that the old one was all out of style. and that all the neighbors had the newest cut in Bibles. with doiman sleeves, and gathered m the back, and they pat on style k.t4 heads in society when IL was known that we were wearing the old last years Bible Pa kicked against II, but finally 70, one I thought 1 had as much righ, to change things in the revised Bible as the other fellows had to change the old one, so pasted some mottoes and patent medi- cine advertisements in IL, after the verses. Pa never reads whole chapter. but reads a verse or two and then skips around. Ise- fore breakfast, the other morning pa got the new Bible and started to read the ten commandments and some other things. The very hrst thing pa struck was, Yer fly say unto yon, try St. Jacobs oil for rheumatism. Ia looked over his spccks at ma, and then looked a, me, but had my face covered with my hands, sort of pious. Pa said he didn', think IL was just the thing to put advertisements m the Bible, but ma said she didn't know a il was any worye than to have pat cnt medicine notice next to Beccher's sermon in the religious paper. Pa sighed and tuned oycr few leaves and read, Thou shalt no, coves thy nesghboTs wife, nor his OK. If you love me as love you no knife can cut our love in two That last par, was a motto that got out ef paper of candy. Ia sad that the sentiment was good, but he didn't think the reyisers had improved the old com mandment veD much. Then pa turned over and read, Take little wine fos the stomachs sake, and keep bottle of Reeds Gilt Edged tonic on your side board. and you can defy malaria, and ehills and lever Pa was hot. He looked al il again and noticed that the tonic commandment was on yellow pa- per, and the corner curled up, and pa took hold of it, and the paste that stuck ii on with was not good, and ii came off, and when saw pa lay down the Bible, and put his spectaclcs in the case, and reach for the fire poker, knew he was not going to pray, and 1 looked out the window and yelled dog fight, and la out, and pa followed me as lar as the sidewalk, and 1t was that morning when it vas % slippery, and pas dsst slipped out from under him, and he stood on his neck, and slid around on his ear, and the special providence Of sleet on the ssde- walk saved me Say, do you believe h special providencef What wss the use of that sieet on the sidewalk t ii was not to save sinner p
 70. don't know anything about spe- cizl provideUces,r said the grocery man, but know you have got two of your pocke1s filled with them beneless rasssns since you have been talking. and my opsnsoa n you will steal. But, ssy, what is your pa on c5utches forI 1 see hsm hobbling down town this morning. Has he sYgained his ankleY'
 "Well guess his ankle got sprzined with all the ret. You ses. my chum and me vent bobhing. ard pa said he supp posed he used so be the grcassst bob6er, vhea he vas boy, fhss ever was. He said he used so aide down . hin tAaf wAs sseeper thas . church sasepae. We