The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06
YOUNG MuLklrrLE.
Determined No, to Let the Bad Man
 Get Him.

Determined No, to Let the Bad Man l Get Him.
 Young Mulkittle's grandmosher, who is on visit to her son-in-law, the minis ter, is more firmly than ever convinced that Willie will drive her crazy. -l wouldn't live in the house with that boy. v she declared, flor all the money of Tal- mage.'
 "Talmage IS the preacher said Mrs. Malkit,le in voice of gentle correction. You mean Jay Vanderbilt
 -Weii, II makes no difference who 1 mean could not be induced 10 iiye in the house with him. oh. know ,ha, he ain't what you nigh, call bad child. 1T he was Id turn him across my lap and paddle him. It's his plegtakid questions. The other night when he slept with me he almost annoyed my hfc out of me. Finally, long toward day, think drop ped of to sleep. when he shook me and asked fl Sampson wasn't bad when he tied chunks of fire to the foxes tails. was so sleepy didn't know wha, to do, and told him yes Then he wanted to know if II hurt the foxes, and then wanted to know why Sampson didn't use cats. declare. Mary. you'll have 10 do something with him. Mulkittle provokes me. He has talked to the boy so much about the Bible that the child thinks that he plays with the prophets"
 "Grandma,' said the boy. entering the 1 room. Did the policeman catch Peter when he cut of the mans eArr
 No, there wasn't any policemen in those days.'
 "Who was it that got drunk on new wine z
 1 T don't know
 -Is i, new wine ;ha, can hi, anybody z Hit anybody!' repeated the old lady, regarding the boy with half childish expression.
 ~ies, for Uncle Henry said that the wine knocked him.
 Il must say tha, your Uncle Henry. II he is my son. IS A bad man 10 have among children
 "HeS bad citizen. ain't he?' l Don't talk 10 me any more. You wear me out. The bad man gets httle boys that ask so many questions"
 Will he get me-
 ..Ycs, he will"
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 "For the Lords sake, hush.r
 Pa read in the Bible that woman's husbands kep, on dyin' an she kep; on marvin an at last man took beei gall an burnt it an when the bad man smelt if he run away. Who was the man!'
 II don't know his name, and if you don't hush I'n.pop you till you blister"
 The boy went away, greatly troubled, and going to the kitchen he said to the cook: What is beef gallT'
 'sDars one hangin' up dar. But doan' come roun' me wid yer questions. rse got suthin' ter do sides foolin' way my time wid yersef."
 -What do you do with the beef gall F'
 4 uses it fur de rheumatiz. hangs il ober my bed at night when dc pain comes Go on away, now we'se gwine ter hab company ter night an doAn want yer roun' heah bodderin' ob me
 At night Mulkittle's house was filled with visitors. The church sociable me, at the minister's house. and every chaii on the place, together with several bor- rowed from the neighbors, vas in use It was a pleasant occasion. The young men ~ho exer such influence and de- liver snch lucid biblical opinions in the Sunday school. and the young ladies whn agree with the maiden individual that Il is even cruel so step on a spider, veTs present, together with deacons and othes prominent church people Mir. Mulkit- tIe's face giowed with social rzpscre. He told PeggIe, a young dry goods clerk, vho got drunk the other day and ven, around town szying, @Come oa, bCyx. get thirty do1lan . moaeh and nobody to spend t on but myself" thas he would be great man some day-he had prob ably heard hOv reggie reckiessiy gave away money-snd that the ministry with its broad field for labor would be glad to claim him zs a servant He told old Miss Whizziy that she hooked younger i than her mother. and Immediately coz