The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-04-07

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Say. will you do me favor asked
the bad boy Of the grecery man, as he 81;
down On the soap b,sN aud put his sei
boots on the stove.
We'll, yes, said the grocery man
hesisatingiy, with teel.as TIA: &c wss
Liable to be sold IL you wiil help me
TO catch the villain who hangs up those
dlsrepatable signs in from, Of my store, |
will What is il -
want yoa 10 lick this stamp and pu,
i, on this letter. its to my girl, and |
wan, 10 fool her. and the b., handed over
the letter and stamp. and while the gro.
Gerry man VAS licking j, and putting il on.
the boy filled his pockets with dgled
peaches out OF box
There, that's a small Job said the
grocery man. As he pressed the stamp on
the letter with his thumb and handed Il
back Blu, ho~ arc you gong to fool
her -
That's JUS; business said the boy. as
he held the le,,eS To- has nose and slnclled
IT the stamp. That will make her
tired. Noa see, every time she gets
letter tiom me she kisses the
stamp, because she thinks licked
II. When she kisses this stamp and
gets the fumes Of plug tobacco. and
stale beer. and hmburg cheese. and
mouldy POTATOES. Il slll knock her down,
and then she alll ask me aha, allied the
stamp. and will tell her ! got YOU Ia lick
II. and then it will make her sick. and her
parents will stop trading here. @. If will
parAlyxe her. Do YOU know, you smell
l. -. 4. II
you all over shc store Don't you smell
anything ,ha, smells spoiled :"
The grocery man thought he did smell
something tina; ~as rancid, and he looked
around the stove and finally kicked tho
boys boot OF the steve and said. It's
your boots burning Gracious. open the
door. |, smells like h., box ON ca
bouse Whcw And there comes a
couple OF my best Lady customer The
ladies came m and held their handket-
chiefs to their noses. and While they we're
trading. the boy sud, as though ooa,inu-
ins the conversation
Yes, pa saYs tha, las, olcomatgaft ne
! 90, here i nothing bat axle grease
Way don; YOU pu, >ogI axle grease IN
dif'cren: kind ot a pas kagc The only
Nay yoa an tel axle grease from olee-
margarine i n spreading Il on pane axes
J., says axle grease viii spread. but your
Alleged huttet rs, rolls night up and acts
Ike up salYe,=oi ointment. and Is only n,
10 use On a sore
Al THIS point the ladies went cut III the
store IA disgust, without buying anything.
and The gFos cry man took a ducd cod
tish by the tai. and went up to the boy
and took hun b, the ne,k. Golblas;
you, have notion To Kill you, You have
driven away mufe custom from this store
than your mex i worth. Nos you glt.
and he struck the boy across the back
with the oodhsh.
q" That's lust the way with you ALL says
the boy. As he put has sleeve up Ia his
eyes and pretended 10 cry when TEL
low is up IN the world. there Is nothing
too good for hum. but when he gets down,
YOU maui hum with Goldfish Since pa
drove me out at the house and told me
TO 20 shirk for my living, haven't had a
kind word from anybody My chum ;
dog won't even follow me. and when a
fellow gets so low down that a dog goes
/ back on hun there is nothing lief, for him
TO do but LOAF around grocery. or SIT on
Jury, and am too young to sit on 4
Jury, though know more than some OF
the beats tia, lay around the court to &c,
I on aJury. ! am gong 10 drown myself
and my dea;h will be laid you. They
will ind evidences of goldfish on my
S..o;aSs. and ,oe = - ., af,.,ie,i f,r .iriv-
ing me 10 a suicides grave Goodbye.
| forgive you. and the boy started for
the door
Hold on here" says the grocery man.
feeling that he had been ohatsh Come
back here and have some maple sugar
What did your pa DIVE ,oa away from
home ior :"
20. II MAS on account Of ~. Patrick 5
Day" sad The bad boy as he bi, of hall
pound If maple sugar, and dfied his
tears. You see pm never secs ma buy a
new silk handkerchief bat he wants II.
Toiher day ma kas one of these orange
colored handkere hlets. and pa immedl-
aiely had a sofe 'hfoa, and he ~anted to
y ear u, and tna lc, ham put 1t on.
though, would break HIM ofiaking every
thing nice that ma lot. 81 when he
down town WITH The orange Handkerchief
on his me- K | iaid some # the II, raine K
boys IN the IhiTd ward. Who had green
ribbons on. IA a lie old duifcr that was
putting on style was an orange man, and
he said he could whip any y; ra;rick =
Day man IN town The feilers lzid for
pa and ~hen he came along one Of them
thfe~ barrel a, pa and another pulled
the yello~ Handkerchief of his neck, and
they Ill yelled hang him. and one grab
bed rope tia; ~as on the sidewalk
where they were moving 4 building. and
pa 70, up and busted. You'd dide 10
see pa run He me; a policeman and
SAID moren a hundred men had tried to
murder him. and they had maaied hum
and stolen his yeiIo~ Handkerchief. The
policeman told pa his life wAs sos safe.
and he better go home and lock himself
in. and he did. and was telling ma abou,
how 20, the boys to scare pa, and he
heard il. and he told me tha, settled a..
He said had caused ham 10 run more
foot races than any champion pedestrian,
and had made his lite unbe2rabie, and
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