Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1882-09-23
A Holy Terror.

when 10 your ma coming Dackf
asked the groceryman ofthe bad boy,
as he found him standing on the side
walk when the grocery was opened
in the morning, taking some pieces of
brick out of his coal tail pockets.
sob, she got back at midnight last
night" said the boy as he ate few
blueberrles- out of case. That's
what makes me up so early. Pa has
been kicking at these pieces OF brick
with his bare feet, and when came
away he had his toes in his hand and
was trying to go back up the stairs
on one foot. Pa hsin'tgot no sense"
81 am afraid you are terror" said
the groceryman, as he looked at the
innocent face of the boy. "You are
always making your parents some
trouble, and it is a wonder to me that
they don't send you to the reform
school. What deviltry was you up
to last night to get kicked this morn
ing2" "No deviltry, just little fun.
You see, ma vent to Chicago to stay
a week, and she got tired, and tele.
graphed she would be home last
night; and Pa was down town and I
orgot to give him the dispatch. And
after he went to bed, me and a chum
of mine thought we would have a
Fourth Of July. You see, my chum
has got big sister, and we hooked
some of her clothes, and after Pa got
a snoring we put them in his room.
oh, you'd laughed. We put a pair
of number one slippers, with blue
stockings, down in front of the rock
ing chair beside pas boots, and a red
corset on chair, and my chum's sis,
ter's best silk dsess on another chair,
and hat with q white feather on the
bureau, and some frizzes on the gas
bracket, and everything we could
find that belonged TO girl in my
chum's sisters room. Oh, we got
red parasol, too, and left 1t right in
the floor. Well, when / looked at
the layout, and heard pa snoring,
thought I should die. You see, ma
is easily excited. My chum slept with
me that night, and when we heard
the doorbell ring I stuffed a pillow
in my mouth. There was no body to
meet ma at the depot. and she hired
hack and came right up. Nobody
heard the bell but me, and l had to
20 down and let ma in. She was
pretty angry, you bet, at not being
met at the depot. "Where's your
father9' said she, as she began to go
mp stairs. I told her guessed pa
had gone to sleep by this time that
he'd gone to bed an hour ago. Then
I slipped up stairs and looked over
the banisters. Ma said something
about heavens and eaath, and where
10 the huzzy, and lot of other things
couldn't hear. and pr swore, and
said its no such thing, and the door
slammed and he talked for two hours.
Is'pose the finally laid it to me, as
they always do cause pa called me
very early this morning, and when l
came down stairs he hurt my feelings.
I see they had my chum's sisters
clother all pinned up in newspaper,
ard s'pose when ! go back shall
have to carry them home, and then
she'll be down on me too. I'll tell
you what, I've good notion to take
some shoemaker's wax and stick my
chum on my back, and travel with
circus, as a double. headed boy from
Borneo. A fellow could have more
fun. and not get kicked all the time"
And the boy sampled some strawber-
ries in case in front Of the store,
and went down the street whistling
Z for his chum, who was looking out
of an alley to see if the coast was
clear.-Peck's Sun.