The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-02
THE BAD BOY.
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 "Well. hows your ey-?'' said the gro- cesy man to the bad boy, as he blew in with the wind on the day of the cyclone. and lett the door open. .Say. shut that door. You want to blcx everything out of the ssores Had any more fights. pro- tecsing girls from dudes .s
 No, everything is quiet so far guess since have got record as lighter. the boys will bc careful who they insult when l am around. But have had the hardest week l ever experienced. lerking soda for the Young Meas Christian association said the boy, as he peeled banana.
 What you mean. boy. Don't cast any reflections on such a noble assccia- ton. They don't dr,nk. do theyr
 Drink. O, no. They dont drink anything intoxicating. but when u comes i there has been . national convention of delegates from all the Young Mems Christian associations of the whole eoun- i try, abcat three huadred here, and our store is nigh, on the street where they passed four times . day, and never saw such appetitcs for soda. Thers has been one continual far in our store since "Wednesday. The boss wanted me to play il on some of them by putting some brandy in with the perfumery few times. bu, wouldn't do it. lguess few weeks ago, before l had led a different life, wouldn't had ,o be asked twice to play the game on anybody. Bu, . man can buy soda of me and be perfectly safe. Of course. II man winks. when l ask him what flavor he wants, and xNs never mind.' l know enough to put ,n brandy. That Is different. Hut would smuggle II into man for nothing. This christian association convention has caused eoldness between pa and ma though
 How's that. Your pa isnt jealous. IS he P and the grocery man came around from behind the counter 10 get the latest gossip to retail to the hired girls who traded with him.
 Jealous nothin - said the boy, as he took few ralsins out of box. !" You sec. the delegates were shuftlcd oa, to | all the church members to take care of and they dealt two to ma. and she neves told pa anything about H. They came to supper the first night, and pa didn | get home, SO when they went to the con ven,ion m the evening ma gave them A night key. And pa came home from the boxing match about eleven o'clock. and ma was asleep. ust as pa got mos, oi hs clothes of he heard somebody s.nb- ltns a, the front door. and he thought it MS burglars. fa has go; nerve enough. T when he Is on the inside of the house and the hUfs .dfs dte on the out side
 He opened tae window and looked out and sas tso suspl ioas looking charac- iefN tIN :. to pls k thc ia s h skeleton key. AT he pf kcd u;, l new slof lat that s,a had eeusl, when We moved. eoSei
 and all aud f tsoi ped II dssn ..hl be- tween Inc two aele ,tse. t.nsh. II 4
 had hi, one ai them there would hay, been the solineue>, ipaetd you evci s,,
 usi as i sua lllr, -, Inc dee, opened taa cane n tac haH anu th, wint wss blua ing pretty har. aud the, thought d cyclone had taken the cnpol. eii the house They we're talking abou
 beng nitacuiousiy saved. ana trying ts
 strike 4 match on ihcu wei pants. when p1 went to the head of the stars ant pushed over a ~itc stand flled with pol, ted plants. which struck pretty near the f delegates. and one 6f them sad ,hs house vas coming down sure. and the, better go into the e.iiaf. and they ven
 down anu goi behind the furnace T. called meu and wanted me io 20 do~r cellar and tell the burglars se we're on,s them. aR. for them to get out. but wasn't S,ry well. sn pa locked has doo and went ,o he'd. guess '; inasi have beer
 halt an hour before pa cod lee; vok, , ma up, and then pa t.id her not 10 mos,
 fnf her tiic, .iuSc there were two of ih' savage, looking busgiats that eve ~,s , ruma.sng over the hou>- Ma ssne'ir, , pa breath to sec f he had gos !" dI.nk ing asain, and tben shc g,i gp .nd his
 her oralde watch n her shoes. -tnd he
 bnaias.,a diamond caf -tlBiss "a ;Le bllile where she sad us bur.lat sou.d esc
 ind them, and pa and Haa lad a~.,.e :il , daylight, and tAcn pa sad he ~asn [ affaa. and ae and ma went do~s ceilai "a stbod on the bottom stan and ioukc,
 around. and one C, the delegates said , Mister. is the storm osct, and h ,oa ianail, safe, and ma recognized ,Ie ,o oio
 and said. "hy. iis one oi the delegates
 What yoa dong doen thcies and pi
 sad what's !. delegate and then m. -P' 'sftfe% H. "bS f@ 4 Sirss'kikf1, stsstA kh , delegate sad t WAS no matter. Al the had enjoyed themselves red ncli tn ,h , cellar Ma vas mortified most to death bu, the delegates told her if MAS all figh, She ~as mad s' pa. frs. bu, ~hen sh, saW the broken slop boGi on the ftoa . steps, and the po,.ca plants m the hall she wanted to kill pa. and guess sh. would only f'r he Society ot the dele . gates She coeldn', help telling pa h. was baid-headcd old fool. bot pa didn
 re'aiiase- He is too much of gestiesnai , io talk bacs in company. Al he sad
 was ttal woman who IS old enougl
 10 hare delegate saved of oi
 her ought 'o have sense eoo'.gh ,o tel
 hes husband, ard then thes all dsined of
 into eoosersa,ion about the convention and the boxing match ard eserythin, was all ghi on fhe surface. but aftei
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