The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-12-26
That Dreadful Boy.



with him. When he said, the oile
day, | was terror to cats, though
what run there Is Ia cuts. and INC am
my chum went to stealing cats righ
oil, aud before night We had elcvu,
cats Gagged, We had Que In caliar,
bird cage, three In pas old hat boxes
three Ia mas band-boxes, four iu va
l.ses, two III trunk, and the rest il
a closet upstairs That night pl
said he wanted me to stay vi hoin'
because the committee that is going
TO get up All oyster supper In lh'
church WAS going to meet AT oul
house, and they might want to sent
me on errands. | asked him ifiD,
chum couldn't stay loo, Cause lo h
the healthiest infant 10 run after rr
rands that ever WAS, aud pa said ht
could btay, but wct must reiiisin',sl
that there mustn't 10 no monkey bus
inoss goin on. told him there
shouldn't 10 no monkey business, Lu,
didn't prvlnise nothing about cats
We'll, sir, you'd dido. The commit
tso was in The library, by the back
stairs, and me aud my chum got the
cat boxes all together at the top vi
the stairs, and We TOOK them oil ouI
and put them In a clothes. basket, and
just as the minister wac speaking
aud telling what great good was
done Is these oyster sociablcs, in
bringing the young people together
and taking their minds from the
wickedness Of The world, and turning
| their thoughts into different channels,
One of the old tom.ctts in the basket
gave 'purmenow' that sounded like
the wall OF 4 lost soul or y challenge
10 battle. l toll my chum that We
wouldn't hold tho bread.board over
the ,clvtlles. basket much longer,
when two er three calls began to
howl, and the minister stopped talk
ing. and pa told una TO open tho stair
door and tell the hired girl to sec
what was tho matter up there. She
thought our cat had got smut up in
the storm door, and she opened tho
stair door 10 yell 10 the girl, and then
| pushed the clothes basket, cats and
'-nn.. no comni,,ee ,or m ovs,er
srunsr wxs nevsr ,nore .srouished.
i h..r,i M t.II o,er willow rock.
ing chair and say scat, aud i heard
H., s;ugs IN Tho choir sny Heavens.
I'm s,abbsd ! then INV cllum and me
ran IN ,he 'front.' of The house and
came dawn srsirs. looxiuv ns iuno-
can. .s c"uIa he and we weut into
sha ,ihrsrv and ! WAS inst going 10
,sl, ns it,here was si,y err.uds he
w.,,sa IN r,,n-mv chum and INC
w.s i.,s, sch,ny IN run ,hem-when =
vsllcw c.t w,,sont An tail wns walk.
iny over ,hs minister. and pa was
,hrow;n. a hassock NJ two cats that
we're c,swing each other under lie
n,aro sua ,ns wss irving 10 pet her
% ,r;,,,rs L.ck on her head. aud ,hc
clnir yirl was standing on ,he lounge
w;,i, her aress nn,Ird nm irving IA
scare Gaia wi, hhrr s,ri,ed stocki,gs,
.nd ~. comn;,tpc krokc IN Well.
70 ,eiI ,ha hunest irnth pn knew |
ind so,ne,hiny 10 do with the muss
ana bas,ed M, and vanked me around
n,nii i Lsd 10 have INV arm In a sling
INIT ,vhat's Tho nae OF making such 4
mas sbomt n few cats. Ma snid abe
MAYER wanted 10 have sny company
AGAIN ;c.use 4 snoiled everything
In, / yot even will pa for 6as,inp
me ,his m.or,iny mud / dassept 10 I'd
home You nee ma has rot A greal
big bath spouse. az big as q chair
cushion. and his mornipg took the
snouge aid Allied i, with warn, water
and iooL tho feather. cushion out OF
,he chair nm si,s at The table, and pul
,hc suonoe IN i,s mace. and covered
| IL aver with the cushion cover. sand
,wher we NH goi set down ~ the "a,
ILL., no rome IN snd satl tjGwn. .ol, Ii tc
a,k a blessing. Iic sIsrlcd IN by
cInsIno l,ia ewes and placine his hauds
i'm in ,rori oflSp like a letter v
snd- than bcgan NJ ask that The food
we werc about 10 partake of b,
blessed and then he was going on tc
al Inn, Ali OF VA be made 10 sec III,
error Of our ways. when he began Il
hi,ch around and be opened one ey,
and looked AZ me. ana 1 looked =,
uious as a bow can look when b,
tnows lie paucskes aro getting cold
and ma he Kind Of sighed and sai,
Amen, sort Of suappish, and got,u,
and told ma he didn't feel well,, ant
she would have 10 take his place All,
Dnss around the sassiae and potatoes
and ne Looked kind OF scarf aud wen
out with his hand on his pistol. potk
n as ihouyl, he would like 10 shoe,
and ma she oot an md went aro,,u,
anil sst IN ms chair. The spona
didn't hold more than half pailtul
| ar v.,en and didu't want 10 MIA,
M ;otn az ina came The cats nearl'
| broke her nm. but she sat down. an,
vas iu,t voing n help me. when al,
rung The lei md called The hire,
! virl. and said she felt as though be
i aha M nnll oo In hor rOOir; and fol