The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-17
HIS PA KILLS HIM.
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" enas wsktsS- ling said the grocezy nan to the bad boy as he sai on bag pt peanuts, whist ling and filling his pockets. There is no sense in such vhistling. What do you wslstle for anywayT
 T am pracucing my profession.- said the boy. as he got up and stretched him. sci. and cut of slice Of cheese, and took a seg crackers. .l have always been a good whistler, and have decided to turn my talent 10 account. am going to hire ar once and pu, out a sign, Boy fur nished 10 whistle for los, dogs You see there are dogs lost every day, and any nl-n would give half dollar to a boy to ind his dog. can hire out to whistle fo. dogs. and can go around whisriing arc enjoying myself and make money Don, you think Il Is a good scheme,- as.ed the boy of the grocery man
 Nav. said the grocery man, as he ct1rged the cheese to the boys father. ard picked up his cigar stub. which he had left on the counter, and which the b>y had rubbed on the kerosene barrel.
 No. sir. that whistle would scare any coS ;ha, heard it. Say, what was your pl running after the doctor in his shirt sleeves for last Sunday morning? He lo;sed scared. Was you ma sick again ?.
 to, no. ma IS healthy enough, nc " she has got new fur-iined cloak She D wed consumption on pa, and couehed Q she liked to raise her lights and Ever, ard made pa believe she couldn't live, a.d go, the doctor to prescribe fur fred circular, and pa went and got one, a-.i ma has improved awiully. Her ooagh has all gone and she can walk ten .r,,es. was the one that was sick. You see. wanted to get pa into the church a. ain. and get him to stop drinking. so SC: a boy io write letter to him, in a fe- iTs-ie hand. and sign the name of choir $ ,.ger pa was mashed on, and tell him soe was yearning for him to come back 70 he church. and that the church seemed g blank without his smiling face. and be- .'e 'olent heart, and to please come back I...,nt. and he seemed tickled, but guess fe dreamed about it all night, and Sum c.~y morning he was mad, and he took re by the ear and said couldn't come TO Daisy business on him the second .iT.e He said he knew wrote the let Iei. and for me to go up into the store room and prepare for the almightiess :, sins boy ever had, and he went Gtwn stairs and broke up an apple bar rei and got slave to whip me with. N ell. l had to think mighty quick, but w-s enough for him. got dried blad- der in my room. one that me and my <. m got to the slotter house, and flowed il partly up, so it would be sort of =, like, and put it down inside the o4-k part Of my pants, right about where =. hits when he punishes me. knowed
 en the barrel slave hit the bladder 1t W,uld explode. Well. pa he came up -,d found me crying. can cry just as e-lsy as you can turn on the water at a l. lcet. and pa took of his coat and ,eoked sorry. was afraid he would give
 whipping me when he sec me cry, ard wanted to go on with the bladder pertinent, so looked kind of hard, as | was deying him to do his worst, and .ren he took me by the neck and laid -e across trunk. didn't dare strug- gie much for fear the bladder would lose nself, and pa said, Now Henney, am soing to break you of this damfoolish- 2ess or will break your back and he s;ii on his hands and brought the barrel slave down on my best pants. Well, you'd dide if you had heard the explo- son. It almost knocked me of the ink It sounded like firing 6secrackez avay down cellar in a barrel, and pa ooked scared. rolled of the trunk on ;ne floor and put some four on my face e make me look pale, and then kind of S:cked my legs like fellow who is dying on the stage after being stabbed with |. e,e of ,aii, and EToalsd, and ss:dd, Pa yau have killed me, but forgive you snd then rolled around and frothed at ;.e mouth cause l had piece of soap 2 my mouth to make foam. Well, pa vas all broke up. He said, Great God, that have done? have broke his s.inal column. O, my poor hoy, do not :Se. kept chewing the soap and foam- ,g at the mouth, and drew my legs up aad kicked them out, and ciutched my ? air. and rolled my eyes, then kicked pa :: the stummick as he bent over me, and knocked his breath out of him, and then
 y limbs began to get rigid, and said, Too late, pa, 1 die at the hand of an as- sassin. Go for a doctor Pa throwed lis coat over me, and started down stairs on run, saying, I have murdered my trave boy and he told ma to go up siairs and stay with me, 'canse I had fallen oG trunk and rupeured blood vessel, and he vent after the doctor When he went out the front door, sat up and lit cigarette, and ma came up and ] told her all about how fooled pa, and { she would take on and cry, when pa got back would get him to 20 to church again and swear of drinking, and she .affed and said she would. So when pa and the doc came back, ma was sitting m velocipede used to ride, which was n the store-room, and she had her apron over her face, and she just more than beloved. Pa he was pale, and he told he doc that he vas just playing with lae with piece of buard, snd he heard something crack, and he guessed my spine got broke falling of the trunk. The aoctor wanted to feel where my spine vas broke, but 1 opened my eyes and lad vacant sort of stare, like a woman %ho leads dog by string. and looked