Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-24

rPeck's SUM-

morning ana hdW your tuo w Abk - ~
of couFtplaster, enough TO make a shirt
I should think. What's she doing with
20 much courtpIaster2" asked the gro
ceryman of the bad boy, as he came In
and pulled of his boots by the stove and
emptied out a lot Of snow that had col.
leCted az he walked through a drift. on
the hearth, which melted and made
bad smell.
"Oh, / guess she il going TO patch pa
mn % he will hold water. Pas temper
got him into the worst muss you eyeI
zee, last night. II that museum was
here now they would hire pa and exhibit
him a. tsttooed man. tell you have
not too old 20 he mauled as though was
lid, and any man who attacks inc from
this 0ut wants TO have his peace made
With the insurance companies, and know
that bis calling and election u sure. be
cause I am q bad man, and don't you
forget IT,"
And tho boy pulled on his boots and
looked no cross and desperate that the
groceryman asked him il he wouldn'l
try little new cider.
~ the boy swallowed the cider, and his
face resumed its natural look and the
piratioal fr0wn disappeared with the Oh
der; you have not stabbed your father.
have you? / have feared that one thing
would bring on another with you, and
that you would yet 10 hung"
mo, haven't stabbed him; II was an
other eat that stabbed him. You sec pa
wants me 70 do all the work around the
house. The other day he bought load
Of kindling wood and told me to carry
il into the basement. have not beeil
educated up to kindling wood, and
didn't d. il. When supper time came,
and pa found that had not carried ia
the kindling wood, he had q hot box. and
b. told me IL that wood was not in when
b. came back from the lodge, that he
would warm my jacket. We'll, tried to
hire some ono 70 carry IL In, and got a
man TO promise to como in the morning
and carry it in, and take his pay in gro
oeriea, and was going to buy the gro
oeYies here and have them charged 10 DC.
But that wouldn't help me out that night.
! knew when pa came home he would
search for me. So slept in the back
ball on cot. But ! didn't want pa TO
have all his trouble for nothing, 50 / boz
yowed an old tomcat that my chum's old
maid aunt owns, and put the cat in my
bed. Thought If pa came into my room,
after me, and found by his nnkindness
that ] had changed 70 tomcat, he would
b sorry. That il the biggest cat you
evef Sec, and the worst fighter ia our
ward. II isn't afraid of anything, and
can whip Newfoundland dog quicker
than you could put sand in barrel of
sugar. Well. about eleven O'Clock ] heard
p tumble over the kindlinQ wood, and
knew BY tho remark be made. as the
wood slid around under him, that there
gas going TO be q cat fight real quick.
Ho1amo mp 10 mas room and sounded
ma - to whether Hsnnsry had retired
70 his virtuous cocch. Pa il awful sar-
castle when he tries 10 be. / could hear
him take Oh his clothes, and could hear
him sey, a. be picked up trunk strap,
Rue0 will 90 mp TO his room and
watch the smile on his face a. be dreams
& angels. / yearn 10 pres him 70 INV
nshin0 bosom / thought TO mysef.
mebbe you won't yearn 90 much direcfiv'
He came mp stairs. and could hear him
nceathinR bard. looked ont around
- corner and could see he Just had on
~ shirt and pants, and his suspenders
wote hanging down, and his bald head
none IKE q calcium light Just before IL
exp1odea Pa vect in my room and M
= the bed. and / could hear him cav
Como ont hero and bring in that kind
link ucod. or ] viii start fire ON your
ease burner With this strap And then
InoRe Was . y0wting such a. never h.
6oge bard. and pa said Helen Biaxesr
nd The furniture In my room beran 10
Enu around and break. Oh. my! fthink
- took the cat right By the neck. a he
- dos rns. and that left ali the cats
Eoot ire 10 get In their vorh. By the
Way The cAt eQualled, N though Il vas
bsang ehoked. know pa had him bv ths
neok. snppOse the cat thought pa vas
vhols hook Of Newfoundland docs.
ND H. eat had record on doCn, and Il
ktoked awful. Pas shirt vas no peutec-
ftoo q AL in cat fight. and the cat lust
walked al around pas stomach. and n
yelled spolicer and sFiree and sTurn
"a The hoeer and b. called ma, and the
~ yoSled. II pa had had presence Of
mind enough 10 have dropped the cat. or
Ioljed Il mp In the mattress, it would have
ben al night; but q man always cpfs
rnltled IN time Of danger, and he held
into the cat and started down stairs Veil.
lng murdsr. and ho met ma comins m.
I Rue1 mas nightcap, or something,
Ls1ensened tho cat some more, cause be
.eaooed ma on she night shirt with one
nlno fo0e, and ma said Mercy ON uar
ma me went back, and pa stumbled on
: hand. sled that VAS on the stairs, and
eney AL fell down, and the cat got away
md vent down In the coal bin and yovled
~ might. Pa and ma won't into their
room and ! guess they anointed them.
Deayes with vaaseline and Poud's extract
md ! went and got into my bed, 'couse
g vas cold out in the hall, and the oat
had warmed my bed ~ well a 4 Mad
warmed pa II was all l could do 10 20
e e!eep, with pa and ma talking an
nlg9h and this morning came down the
back atatrs, and haven't been TO break
Saee 'cause don't want TO go pa When
noD vexod. YOu let the man that carriee
Ne klnolng wood have nix ahillincn'
worth Of groceries and change them 10
-. ] have passed the kindllnQ vooe3
&er!od IN . boys life, and have arrived
. The coal period. will carry IN cnol.
oos dYAv tho line at kindliuR wood. =
Wei. you are = cruel, bad boz, = said
Ne RfoceSyman. a. he vent 70 t6e book
md charged the six shilliuca
Oh, don't know; Think "a il cruel.
= man Who viii take . poor kitty by the
neck that hasn't done any harm, and tries
g ooAstise the poor thing with trunk
ssrap ought to b looked altar by the
humane society. And IL il d cruel "a
eAke = caS BY the neck, how much morc
es1el = + b take boy by the neck that
nnd diphthsria only = few years AGO. and
- throat = tenderl Say, ! ensas /