The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-10-27
TIE BAD BOY.
From PEcK's sgE.

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bad boy, as he came IN TO show
that his black eye bad been cured.
The minister explained to me
yesterday how you caused him and
your father to lay and soak i'll the
water for about three hours, one
hot day last SUMMER, in the lake,
and they both blirtered their backs.
The minister says the skin has
not stopped peel az oft his shout
ders vet. What caused you TO
play such a NEAR trick on themt'
10, it was their own %iault,' SAID
the boV. as he lc oked with diSdain
on a watermelon that was out of
season, and had 40 charms in De
tober. "You see, the night the
,ociablc was ut -,ur house, the min
lister and some c / the dcacons were
up in my room, which they used
that night for "a moking room, and
while they were smoking they were
! telling stories o out what fun they
had when they 'Tere boys. and |
remember one ntory the minister
told about fine ing some girls IN
swimming once, and stealing their
cloths, and max ing them wait till
night and ahen a girl had to fix
herself up with newspapers and go
and send a wagon after the rest OF
the girls. The minister thought
it was awful cunning, Sc when the
church hsI tn picnic last summer
ON the bark o. the lake, | remem-
bered abo at it. Beats all, don'tit,
how a boy will remember anything
like thatl Well, after dinner J
saw pa whisper to the minister,
and they took couple OF towels
and peice Of tOap, and started OFT
up the lake about half a mile, and
] knew they Were going swimming
Well, it don't lake me very long to
catch on. | got an oyerdress that
one Of the gi IS had been using to
wash dishes, and ashawl, and stole
a hat belonging to the soprano Of
the choir, ant - red parasol that a
girl left under u tree, and | went
dowurin the woods and put on the
cloths, over my pants and things,
and when Ds and the minister had
got tint She va .eranl were swimming
around, l pu up the parasol and
tripped along; the shore like a girl
j picking How, RS, and when | came
to the stump where they put their
cloths | d!dn t look toward the wa
ter, but acted tired, and sat down
on the stump and began to fan my
self. You'd "a dide to see pa look.
He crawle p. up on the beach, in
the shallow ater, and said, Elder,
do YOU seett ati' The eldcrlooked,
with hisself all under the water eX-
cept his he d, and said 'Merciful
goodness, uire, we are i'll for 1t.
That iII4e! esting female is going
to sit thee nd read 3 novel thro'
before sla goes away l Peeked
through rnle and could see all they
sad, whns | pretended to read 4
novel. T. ey wan around, and
made moi e, but | was deaf, and
| thought It WASH any worsetor me
% sit on II stump than it was for
the minist r, when he "a q good
little boy, 0 steal the clothes OF the
girls. | 81 aged until | got tired,
and didn t hear them when holler'
ed to me % go away, and after
while tn. V got water soaked, AND
had tod something, so the minis.
ter brok, off a piece Of "a tree ano
dressed h .mselt in it, and came vi
towards Ile, and said, Madame.
excusc IN ! for troubling you, bn'
if YOU wi ! go away while | &c.
my cloth: }, | will take 1t as favor
| prete nded to be Insulted, ant
got up an d walked off very indig
nant and went back to the picnic
aud retur ned the clothes, and prett,
soon the, came up, looking as rec
as lfthey had been drinking, anC
the picni c was ready to go home
Somet Jody told pa it was me, bu
| don't know who it was that giy'
ut away anyway nc Cli"~C' ih'
clear 0r It Of the. woods with
piece o. sapling. That WAS tin
time L told you | was too tired t
ride, a. I'd walked home from tn.
picnic. Pa has forgiven me, bu
| donN believe the minister eve
will. Don't YOU think some Z
these1 nous folks are awful untorgi'
iu!'
o. people are not all as good a
% a nd I are said the grocer.
man, as he wached the boy maxim
asne, k ona bunch Of grapes
"But did you g to the %circus!'
IA Cir cusl Well, | should assiln
hate. And am not there We.
D. or ,.o,, do don't aRk n