The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-24
HIS PA AN INVENTOR.
BY GEO. W. PECK.

"Ha. Ha. Now have got you. said the grocery man 10 the bad boy the other morning. as he came in and jumped upon the countev and tied the end oi d ball of twine to the tail of dog. and "sicked" the dog on another dog that was following a passing sleigh. causing the twine to pay out until the whole bali was scattered along the block. Condemn you, I've notion to choke the liver ou, ofyou. Who tied that twine 10 the dogs tail P
 The boy choked up with emotion, and the tears came into his eyes, and he said he didn'; know anything about the twine or the dog. He said he noticed the dog come in and wag his tail around the twine, but he supposed the dog was friend of the family, and did not disturb him. Everybody lays everything sha, is done to me-" said the boy, as he put his hand kerchief to his nose, they will be sorry for it when die. have good notion to poison myself by eating some ofyour glseose sugar.
 'Yes, and you do about everything that is mean. The other day lady came in and told me to send up to her house some of ny country sausage, done up in mus lin bags, and while she was examining it she noticed something hard inside the bags, and asked me what 1t was, and hope to die if there wasn't little brass paddock and piece of rcd morocco dog collar embedded in the sausage Now, how do you suppose that got in thereT and the grocery man looked saw age.
 The boy looked interested, and put on an expression as though in deep thought, and finally said, ''l suppose the farmer that put up the sausage did not strain the dog meat. Sausage meat ought to be strained
 The grocery man pulled in about half block of twine, after the dog had run against fence and broke it, and told the boy he knew perfectly we'll how the brass paddock came to be in the sausage, but thinking that it was safer to have the good will of the boy than the ill will, he offered him handful of prunes-
 "No," says the boy, ..l have swore of on mouldy prunes. am no kinder-gar- ten any more. For years l have eaten rotten peaches around this store, and everything you couldn't sell, but have turned over a new leaf now, and after this nothing is too good for me. Since pa has got to be an inventor, we are go- ing to live high"
 "Whats your pa invented1 saw a hearse and three hacks go up on your street the other day, and l thought may be you had killed your pa"
 Mot much. There will be more than three hacks when l kill pa. and don't you forget it. We'll, sir, pa has struck fertune, fl he can make the thing work He has got an idea about coal stoves that will bring him in several million dollars, if he gets royalty of five dollars en every coal stove in the world. His idea is to have a coal stove on castors with the pipe made 10 telescope out and in, and rubber hose for one joint, so you ean pull the stove all around the room and warm any particular place. Well. sir, to hear pa tell about It, you would think 1t would revolutionize the country. and maybe 1t will when he gets it per fected, but he came near burning the house up. and scared us all half to death this morning, and burned his shirt of, and he is all covered with cotton with sweet oil on, and he smells like salad dressing. You see pa had pipe made and some castors put on our coal stove, and he tied rope to the hearth of the stove, and had me put in some kindling wood and coal last night, so he could draw the stove up to the bed and Ugh, the fire without getting up. Ma told him he would put his foot on it. and he told her to dry up, and let him run the stove business. He said 1t took a man with brain to run patent right and ma she pulled the clothes over her head and let pa do the fire act. She has been building the fires for twenty years, and thought she would let pa see how good it was. Well. pa p.lled the stove to the bed, and touched of the kindling wood guess maybe got bundle of kindling wood that the hired girl had pu, kero- sene on, cause it blaled up awful and smoked, and the bla1e burssed ou, the doors and windows of the stove, and pa yelled fire, and I jumped out of bed and rushed in, and he was the scaytest man you ever see, and you'd 2 dide to see how he kicked when l threw a pail of water on his legs and put his shirt out. Ma dsd mi Cef h.rnH1 h,ts che wr1<