The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-06-29
THE BAD BOY.
[Peck's Sun.

Weil, everything seems 10 bs qui
ct ove: to your house this week. say,
the grcceryman to tho bad boy, I'll
the youth was putting his thumb in
to ,ome peaches through the mosqui
to N, t.ing over the baskets, to SEQ i
III y were ripe enough to steal, q
suppose yoa have let up on the old
man, Invent your
'O.'no We keep 1t right m
The minister Of the church that Pu
has joined says while Pa is or pro-
ba'ion it is perfectly proper for us
to do everything 10 try bin, and
mako him fill from grace. The min.
liter says if Pa comes ont Of his six
months probation wilLoat falling by
the wayside b" has got the elements
to make the boss christian, and Ma
aud me are doing all We can.
What was the doctor doing ut
your house this moruing'' asked the
groce-vman. rs your Ma sick2'
o. Ma is worth two iu the bush.
LIS Pa that aint well. He is having
some trouble with his digestion.
Yon see he went to the exposition
With me as guide. and that is enough
to ruin any mans digestion. Pa is
nenr.sighted. aud he said be wanted
t,g, along and sh,y him things.
Well. l never Ind 30 much fun
since Pa fell out OF The boat. First
We went in by the foun,sin, and Pa
never had been in tho exposition
building before. Last year ho was
Yaurip. and he was as,oli,hed at tre
magnitude of everything. First ]
made him jump clear acrosa the
aisle there, where the stuffed tigers
are, by The fur place. I told him
tho keepers was just comi. s alorg
with some meat t. 1. ed the animals,
and when they sme,lcd the meat they
Just clawed things. He run sgains'
q showcase. aud thea wan.ed 20 go
away.
H. said he had travelled with
circus when he was young. and no.
hody knew ,hs dargars OF fooling
wild animals b. ttrr than he did. H.
said once he fought with seven tigers
aud two Nubiah lone FOR rivs hours,
with Nabce's old show. | askod
him 4 that Was aiore he got r'lgiL,
AID he said never you mind H. il
nm old liar, even if ho is converted.
VI Gays he never was with circus.
aud the has known him every since
be wore short diess's Wall yon
would dids to see Pa there by the
furniture place. where they have got
beautiful beda aud chairs. There
was ono chair under gluss cave. oil
velvet. and sign was over il, telling
people 10 ie' p their hands of. Pa
asked me wha. the sign Was, an1 l
told him i, said ladies' and gontle'
mfn are requested to nit in the chairs
and try them. Pa climbed over the
railing and was just going to ST.
down on the glass show case over
the chair, VIII, n one Of tho walk
around fellows, With imitation police
hnts, toJk him by tue collar aud
yahked linn back over the railing,
and Was going to kick Pas pants.
Pa was mad TO have his coat collar
pulled over hi head, and have the
set Of his coat spoiled, and he was
going to sass the man, when / told
P. the man was O luaatic from thu
as, lum. that was on exhibition, and
P, wanted to 60 away from there.
lie said he didu't know what they
wanted 10 exhibit lunatics fer. We
went up stairs to the pancake baz 'r,
where they brtil rarcakes oat OF
self rising fl ,ur, aud put butter old
sugar on them aud give thoL away.
P, said be could eat n ors pancakes
tbaa any man out Of jill, and want.
ed mo TO get hin some. l took
couple OF pancakes and tore out a
piece Of the lining OF my coat and
cut il between tho pancakes. Pa
didn't notice the paper nor the cloth
aad it would lave made You laff to
sec him chew on them. told him ]
guessed he diln't have ~ good
teeth us he used to. aud he said
revsr you mind the teeth, and he
KEEP. on until he sHol'owsd the
whole business, and he said he didn't
want any more. Hs is so sensitive
about his teeth that he would eat q
leaih.rn apron If anybody told him
he c,uldn't When the doctor said
Pas digestion Was bad, Itold him il
he could let Pa swallow seams'ress
or sewing ma Chine, to sow mp the
cloth. he would get we'll. aud the
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