The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1882-06-10
A NAUGHTY PAPA.
tPeck's SUM-

morning, hmplng, and seemed to be broke
up generally. The proprietor asked him
if he wouldn't sit down, and he said he
couldn't very well, as his back was lame.
He seemed discouraged, and the pro-
| prietor asked him what was the matter.
"Well, said he, "there is no encourage
ment for boy to have any fun nova
days. If a boy tries to play an innocent
joke he gets kicked all over the house.
You see, my old man is no spring chicken,
and though his eyes are not what they
used to be, yet he can see pretty girl
farther than l2san. The other day
wrote a note in fine hand and addressed
it to him, asking him to be on certain
corner at half-past seven on Saturday
evening and signed the name of Daisy to
it. At supper time pa was all shaved up,
and he had his hair plastered over the
bald spot, and he got on some clean cuffs
and said he was going to the lodge to
initiate some candidates, and he might
not be in till late. He didn't eat much
supper and hurried off. wnked at ma
but did not say anything At half-past
seven | went down town, and was stand
ing there by the postoffice corner in
dark place. l went by him and said
Hello, pa, what are you doing there:'
He said he was waiting for man.
went down street, and pretty soon / went
up on the other corner, and he was
standing there. You see, he didn't know
what corner Daisy was going to be on
and he had to cover the whole four
corners. l asked him if he hadn't found
his man yet, and he said no, the man
was little late. Invent up street, and I
saw pa pass over by the drug store, and l
could see a girl going by with water
proof on, but she skilled along, and pa
looked kind of solemn, the way he does
when l ask him for new clothes. l
turned and came back, and he was stand
ing there in the doorway, and l said
Pa, you will catch cold if you stand
around waiting for q man. You 60 down
to the lodge and let me lay for the man. )
Pa said: Never you mind; you go about
your business, and will attend to the
man. Well, when boys pa tells him
to never mind, my experience is that boy
wants to go right away from there, and
l went down street. I thought l would
cross over and so up the other side, and
see how long he would stay. There was
girl or two going up ahead of me, and
| see man hurrying across form the
drug store to the other corner. 1t was
pa, and as the girls went along and never
looked around, pa got mad and stepped
into the doorway. 1t was about eight
o'clock then, and pa was tired and l felt
sorry for him, and went up to him and
asked him for half dollar to 60 to the
theater. | never knew him to sell out sc
quick. He gave me dollar and l told
him / would go and get it changed anG
bring him back the half dollar, but HI
said needn't mind the change. 1t ii
awful mean of boy that has been treated
: well to play it on his pa that way, and
felt ashamed As 1 turned the corne
and saw him standing there shivering
waiting for the man, my conscienc,
. troubled me, and l told a constable to g
and tell pa that Daisy had been suddenl.
e taken sick, and would not be there tina
0 evening. Well, when | went home tn
joke was so good told ma about it, AM
$ she was mad. I guess she was mad a
!. me for treating pa that way. heard p
G. come home about eleven o'clock, and m
d was real kind to him. She told him t
n warm his feet, cause they was just lik
. chunks of ice. Then she asked him hoy
many they initiated i'll the lodge, and h
O said six; and then she asked him if the
|; initiated Daisy in the lodge, and the
!. she began to cry. In the morning ?
q took me into the basement and gave m
d the hardest talking to that ever had
y with a bed-slat. He said that he kne
Il that I wrote that note all the time, an
n he thought he would pretend he WI
rs looking for Daisy, just to fool me- B,
% what did he give me that dollar for? N
and pa don't seem to call each other p
D names any more, and as for me the
re both look at me as though l was a hal
t. citizen. / am going to Missouri to tai
~ ~ Jesse James place. There is no e
Sc couragement for boy here" And Il
H. boy limped out to separate couple
g, dogs that were fighting.