The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19
He and His Pa in Ca,eago

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 "Nha, Is ,his hear about your pas ecin. arrested m Chicago. sad the grocery man ,o the bad bo, as he .aine in with can for keroscne and lug for vinegar.
 We'll |, was true bu; ;he police le, him go after the, hit him few leks and took hIm to the station. says the boy. a> he go; the vinegar into the kerosene ean. and the kerosene Tn the lug. 'h ou see. pa and me wen, down there to stay over night and have fun Ma sad she druthcr NC would be away then no, when thes were leaning house. and pa thought | would do me good ,e travel. and sort ef se, tone. and he thought maybe ld be better. and not play Jokes. but guess i k born n me. Do you know l aotaallH ,hink of mean things to do when 1 ail n the most solemn places. They took me ,o funeral once and ke, Ia thinking what a stampede there would be t the corpse would come io life and sl, up in the coffin. and snit kered ugh, out, and pa took me out doors and klohed my pants 1 don, think he orter kicked me tor IL cause didnt ihink oft purpose. such things have occurred and have read abou, them. and a poor boy ought ,o be allowed ;o think. hadn', he <
 Yes but wha; aboa, hts beng aI- rested Never mind the funeral sald the grocery man. as he took his knife and picked some of the lead out ot the weights on the scales.
 We wen, down on the g,ars. and pa had d headache, because he had been out all nigh, clecuoneering for ,he prohibi- ton -,.e ke:--a:. he MAS 1ross. and scoldcd me and once pulled my ear cause asked hm If he knew the girl he was winkng d, across the aisle. ddn', enjoy my self much. and some men were talking about kidnapping children. and II gave me an nee. and lust before got 10 Chicago l wen, after dnnk of water al the tothcr end of the Car. and saw man who looked as though he wouldn't stand any toolins: snd whispered to him and told hlm that inc hald-headed man was sIt- ;lng ~lth WAS taking me A@ay from my home n Milwaukee and l mistrus,ed he was gong 10 make thiei or pl, kpoC ke' of me. sad s-h h. and told hlm no, IL say anything or inc man would naul nc l zen l wen, ha, k to the seat and asked pl to buy me Il gold watch. and he looked mad and uffed me on the cal. he mar. whispered to g4; .o taking Wi.h sorne other men. and when NC got or. the sr, at hicago a pollc enan aiue ,i;4 h. pa and took him by the neck and sad. 'Nr. kidnappeI. guess We wtll run yeg ,H. l'a VAS mad and ,ried Q lerk away and he cop ohokcd hn and an other eop came along and helped. and the passengers c.Swded around and wanted to lynch p4. and p4 wanted to know wha; they meant, and they asked him where he stole the kid. and he sad l was his kid and asked me f 1 wasn't. and looked scared. as though l WIS afraid 10 say no. and sad. ! e., Sir. l guess so. Then the pol!t Said he boy was sc 1rt. and they would ,ake u both 10 the stat.on. and they made ,,a walk spry. and when he held back they Jerkeri hm along. He was offIl mad. and sad ne would make somebody ,mar; 'or thls. and hoped | wouldn', be me 4, the s,ation they charged pa with kidnapping boy from Milwaukee. and he sad II MAS ne. and sas his boy. and sad of course l was. and the boss asked who told ihe cops pa vas sIdnapper. and they sad damfno. and then ,ht boss told pa he co9ld 20. b2; not 70 lei f occur asan. an! pa and me vent away l looked 90 sorry for pa that he never ;um- bled ;o ne that ! Ia. 70 blame We walked around town all day. and aen' to the stores. and al nigh, pa ~as o'iul tred. and he pa, ne 70 bed n the ,ate.n and he ~en, oui e walk around afld ge, rested
 as no; ured. ard ~4lked all around the hotei ;ho- sh, pa had gone to d .heater and thar made 5ne mad and tho zgh' 1 would pay A toke or hlFn. etsr room ~as .fo and the ueSt room vas -te and there vas an old mad sith a scotch terrier occupied .le. ] saW her twice and she called me names. cause she though, wanted to s;eai her dog Ina; made me mad al her. and so I took my lack knife and drew the tacks out of the m thing thai ihe numbers were painted on. and put the old maids num- Der on our door and our number on her door. and then l went 10 bed. tned to keep awake. So as 10 help pa if he had any difficulty. but guess l go, asleep, but woke up when the dog baIked If the dog had not woke me up the woman's