The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-26
HIS pAIs DISCOURAGED

liked ID again-, tsle =ad >tavr ts set ,.a~nl. "ttey,hne h. gone @,ons .se yoG -oi ta comta- here. aua lihlnk ..s. are a regular ienAh. md s..t.s. i's
 susay. kerosene fa tte ba.;et fhe
 5afish ls ali pfekrti ,'ti. 4Hd ;asre-.s= 1. ,.aethins wrong eterN t'ie s- ka.ae te.e. No~. yau eaNe.
 Il air, ne joner. sad the bay ss he . ped his uase en his coat siceTe. arG e9ehed into | barrel trf ,, -ne. apple.
 J never swalered no ~h..e. >.lz. do Noa ssea.Icrc- that sietN- lboG; loae. oe.ns T. the wha,e's belly all night: d6il '. Tie minister was telling aboa' !: Ai 9s.n-
 .y school last 1t.n.iss.- and asked me what though, toner was bong ~atie he aas in there and told him interpreted I story ,h!s way. that the whase MAS iiNed gp inside with upper and lower berths. se I sleeping car. and loner had a tower berth. and the porter made up me berth = soon as loncr came m with hi> >ateh- q. and Ioner pulled off his boots and gave them to the porter io black. and put t,s watch under the pillow and turned in I ne boys in Sunday school all iaited. and he minister said was l bigger fool than I'd was, and that was useless. If you % back on me. now l won't have a friend. except my chum and dog. and swear. by my halidom. that never put no sand IT. your sugar or kerosene Tn your butter
 admit the picking oil ei the eodnsh. but you can charge it to pa. the same IS you aid the eggs tha, pushed my chum over rio las, summer. though l though, you id wrong in charging Christmas pnces for dog days eggs. When my ehums naa seraped his pants she said there was not an egg represented on there that mas jess than two years old. The sunday school folks have all gone back on me. since pu, some kyan pepper on the stove when they were singing Little Drops at Water and they all had ,e so oai ei ooors and air themselves. but didn r.ean 10 le, the pepper drop on the stove Sas iusi holding < oyci the s;.se to a arm II. when fnS ohUia Alt ihc -tgnns t1tife ef ,ny elbow n ,ays afn I sef- rer to cats. kvcrs tune pa slys anyt'EITll- gives me ne.y idea tel. you I,A has 20, a great brain. but sometimes he don rave II with him. When he sad was t ;eIror to cats thought what fun there l> n cats and me and my chua ven, to -tealing cats right of and before night ee had eleven cats Ca.ed. We had one t. canary bird cage. three m pa @ld lat boxes. three Tn mas bandboNes. four -.a valiscs. two Tn trunk. and the rest m q closet up stairs. Ina, night pa sad he Ianted me to stay at home. because the committee that Is gong to get up Il noy>- ser supper Tn the church WAS < ing to Neeet al our lrpnse. and they nigh: want o-.send me on errands. asked him if [ my Chum couldn't stay too. cause he ,s the heal,hlest infant to run after CT ,.lnds thai cVci Wds and pI-s'grrf 'rt'-tt'ttti- stay. but we must remember that there Eustp', be no monkey business golns oil. told him there shouldn't be no monkey business but dldn, promise nothing lbout cats. Well. sir. you q dlde The eommittee was in the library. bytEc back stairs. and me and my ohum go, the "a, noxes all together. at the top of the stAlrs. md we took them all out and put them n clothes basket. and just as the min ister was speaking. and telling wha, treat good was done by these oyster so
 tables. in bringing the young people to- sether. and taking their minds from the alckedncss of the world and turning heir thoughts into d!tferen, channels. ~ :. .purmeow that sounded Ike ,he val fl lost soul. or a challenge to hattie. sold my chum tha NC couldn't hold the pread- board over the clothes basket much longer. when two or three cats be- san to yowl. and the minister stopped .alking and pa told ma to open ,he stair floor and tell the hired girl to see what gas the matter up there. She thought our cat had go, shu, up IT the storm floor. and she opened the star door to fell 10 the girl. and then pushed inc
 lo,hes basket cats and all. down the tack stars. Well. SIT. spose no com l1ittee for an oyster supper. waN eer more astonished. heard ma fall over :. willow rocking chair. and say. scat reard pa say. well Tn dand, and t .lil nat sings Tn the choir say. 'Heaygu>. am stabbed then my hum and me tau 10 the front of the house and come down he front stairs lookin5 as lai.eeen. ts
 ould be. and We went r the li5r4-,. .4,.G
 was just gong io fel IA there a..s any euands he W..utct. ri.r n -hgsr taG ne was 1gsi aching ;u raa them. hen seliow cat without arN tal ms ,...fna over the miuister and pa ~a9 n: 's { aassock al two ra.s that were t.~ n each other under the plano ana ma ss4- -rying to se' her F ke- bt : on her head. and the hoT r a4s ~,saGir- on ne ounge N.jh aes a.fc=~ a=...ee
 .ng 10 scare -tt> s th se- '- aeG and the ulln sirr s.a> to.aH- a4r4. ID. and s.c,- ee ss2 t-sa
 n thc cdt,. and H-.a . t-oui door lc5. Sic ss
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 ne and ;he mIrl-,e- aaz.ed srss e.x 90 much -.i haH -a. s9 nd sad t, nc. l.e !. t.sa s.... s
 -Sicked me an m ee.
 hat boy beat, h-. .ar -.se .a
 would bc al rsti. ata 2eriy broGsh, ep. ar.1 then i.... ..4- 0.e. and the committee ucoke -p. Nell. ;a .eli the hones. truth ra pasted me. an6 yanked me around until mad .o have nay arm ID a sling. Out wha,.s the ase oi mas- .ng such fuss about few oats. Ma said she never wanted 10 have asy com
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