Daily Republican., 1883-06-28
MiAnlRced Conf deNcN.

man to the bad boy, az he blew in with
the wind on the day of the cyclone, and
left the door open. The groceryman
wound piece of brown paper around
q cob and stuck it in a syrup jug he
had just filled for a customer, and then
II ,ked his fingers.
want to ask you a question: What
has caused you to change so from being
bad. You was about as bad as they
make EN-, upto few weeks ago, and
now you get in your work doing good
about as well as any boy i'll town; what
is it that als you?"
80, sugar, | don't want to tell,' said
the boy, as he wiggled around on one
foot, and looked silly. "But if you
won't laugh l will tell you. 1t is my
girl that has made me good. Say, did
you ever love a girl? 1t would do you
good. Ifyou love anybody, regular old
fashioned, the way l do, people could
send little children here to trade, and
you wouldn't palm off any wilted veg.
etabes on to them, or give them short
weight. If you was in love, and felt
that the one you love saw every act of
yours, you would throw away anything
that was spoiled and not try to sell it,
for fear you would offend her. Now
couldn't do anything wrong if tried.
Islipped up on banana peel yesterday,
and hurt myself, and 1 was just going
to say something offul, and l could see
my girls bangs raise right up, and there
was a panied look in her face, and l
just smiled and looked tickled till her
hair went down and the smile came
back again to her lips, though it hurt
me like blazes where l struck the side
walk. | was telling pa about it, and
asked him if he ever felt as though his
soul was going right out towards some
body, and he said he did once on a
steamboat excursion, but he eat a lemon
and go. over it. Pa thinks 1t my liver,
and wants me to take pills, but l tell
you, boss, it has struck in me too deep
for pills, unless it is one that weighs
about hundred and forty pounds and
wears hat with feather on. Say, if
my girl should walk right into burn
ing lake of red hot lava and beckon me
to follow, would take hop, skip and
jump, and"
80, give us rest" said the grocery
man, as he took a basin of water and
sprinkled the floor, preparatory to
sweeping out. "Why are you not work
ing at the livery stable, you haven't been
discharged, have you?" And the groce-
ry man laid a little lump of concentrated
lye, that looked like maple sugar, on
cake of sugar that had been broken,
knowing the boy would nibble it.
"No, sir, was not discharged, but
when livery man lends me kicking
horse to take my girl out riding, that
settles it. asked the bossif couldn't
have a quiet horse that would drive his
self If | wound the lines around the
whip, and he let me have one he said
would 60 all day without driven. You
know how il is, when fellow takes
girl out riding he don't want his mind
occupied holding lines. Well, l got my
girl in, and we went out on the road, and
it was just before dark, and we
rode along under the trees, and l
wound the lines around the whip, and
put one arm around my girl, and patted
her under the chin with the other hand,
and her mouth looked so good, and her
blue eyes looked up at me and twinkled
and-and | was all of tremble, and
then my hands wandered around by
her ear and drew her head up to and
and gave hera smack.
Say, that was no kind Of horse to give
a fellow to take his girl out riding. just
as smacked her | felt like the buggy
had been struck by a pile driver, and
when l looked at the horse he was run
ming and kicking for all that was out.
l was scared, 1 tell you. l wanted to
jump out but my girl threw her arms
around my neck and screamed, and said
we would die together, and just as we
were going to die, the buggy struck a
fence and the horse broke loose and went
off, leaving us III a heap, down by the
dash board. The old horse stopped and
went to chewing grass, and he looked
up at me as though he wanted to say
"philopena. tried to catch him, but
be wouldn't catch, and then we waited
till dark and walked home, and l told
the livery man what I thought of such
and he said ought to have
told him wan ed a horse that wouldn't
shy kissing, but how did ! know l
was going to get up courage to kiss her.
A livery ma II ought to take it forgrant
ed that when young man goes out
with girl he is going to kiss her, and
give him a horse accordingly. But
Iuit him at once. / won't work for a
man that hasn't got sense. Gosh !
W hat kind Of maple sugar is that? Jeru-
salem, whew give me some water o,
my, it is taking the skin off my mCuthp
The grocery man got him some water
md seemed very sorry that the boy had
aiken the lump of concentrated lye by
and when the boy went out the
grocery man pounded his hands on his
knees and laughed, and presently he
went out in front of the store and found
\ sign, "French Lettis, been picked
MORN a week, tuti'er'n tripe.