The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
AN ADVENTURE.
Muiki,,le and Several Other Boys Run Away--A Terrible Night How
 the Child Prayed

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 Why didn't you ;ell me tha, you wen, tishing." demanded the Re.. Mir. Mul- kiule of his son. lifting a warning finger and regarding he yoangs;er s,emly.
 Who said wen, a tishia = Las, nigh; while your mother was sewing buttons on your pants, VIC smelled an aw- ful odoE. and we detected that the odor was stronger when the pants were being disturbed. Finally NC found sun perch in your pocket
 '' The hsh WAS wha, made l; hvely. wasn't 1t =
 None of your faolishness. told you that if ever you weE: away from home ~iihou; telling me. woaId whip you, didn't :''
 "Yes. sir, an that's the reason didn', tell you
 ." am not angry wi;h you. bu, my duty as father demands tha; should punish you. Which do you think would now be the better example: Tell falseheed in not keeping my promise of punishmen, or whipping you:''
 The boy reflected seriously. He looked around the room in a seeming search of suggestion, and gazed for moment a. an engraving of the disciple. Peter. and several companions who were casting a net. He looked a, his father again. and said
 = Peter went fishin'. didn't he =
 Yes. but he didn't run away
 Who did he ask 10 le, him go:''
 ' l don't know that he asked any one"
 '' Bat his father didn'; whip him for i,. I'm geitin' too big 10 be whipped. an |; hurts. If l wasn't any bigger than ll,,le sister, wouldn't care so much. but !, s,ings now. let me tell you. Pete. be- lieve I'd rather you'd take back ~ha, you said. and no, whip me-
 II cannot take |, back for have promised you
 You promised me a pony. bu, you didn't get it. Waii till you ge, the pony an then whip me"
 "Ponies are of little consequence in comparison sNith a matter of such i'm portanee as this. As tell you. am no, angry. and only punish you for your good.r
 You are not mad a, me. then =
 No, my son, am no, mad"
 Then don, whip me
 The reverend gentleman =as inexora- ble. and despite the pleadings of ,he boy and the mild interpretations of the mother. the minister conducted the youngs,er to the dining-room and punished him, the more severely. probably for being in good humor, and acting from a fanatical sense of duty. After the sentence had been executed, the boy wen, to the stable lo,. and sat on trough, thinking of killing himself or doing something 10 make his father feel bad, when Jim, the butchers boy, climbed the fence. approached, and asked the cause of such deyection. Null kiitle explained.
 I'm glad of i;-" said lin, fur it'll make a man ou;en you. Ne an Tom Black and Jerry Parker IS go:n to run away an be big men like wha, read 10 you ou.en that yalier book, an I've come to ask you to Jine US. You'll never 5e man here. an the older you gi, the more they Il thump you an churn you around when you wanier be lookin' a, the prade an hayin' fun. ain, the kind of cat to be chunked an slammed around. femme tell you. The old man tried that on me ar found himself in the lnroh. Come. dry up them tears an qui, your biubberin We've dun made all the engagements to 80 down the river on steamboat, an we're go,n' 70 take dried beef al. Ina.ches. an bread. ar onions, an salt wha, I've hooked. an Ierys got ;wo blanse.s an hoss-sis;ol. | an Toms gos razor an' lot oi stuff. i You needn't furnish aayhin.' but jes' come along. A boats goin' down the Tver now. putty soon. ar we'll meet Tom ] an Jerry at the corner by the jail-
 How long'H we s,zy:"
 That don't GU: DO 6gge1. Wait i'll we git ou, in the woods, an be men. an | cook an eat an shoot. an gi, in with 1 the friendly iajins, an fight fhe bad ones, ]