The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-20
THE BAD BOY.

boy one day this week. 'lSs after
nine o'clock. and l should think you
would want to be down 10 tho drug
store. How do You know but ther@
may bc somebody i, ing ior dose CT
pil!sg'
20. dara tho dug storo. I hnve
got sick OF that bulino;e. end I have
dissolved with The drugger. I hsvo
resigned. The policy OF tho storc
lid not meel my approval, and nave
stepped ou, ard am waiting for them
t. como and .ondcr mo better posi-
ton at an Increased salary said the
boy, as hs threw cisnr stub into a
barrel of prunes aud I'D fresh one.
'R Rlsigned, oh?' said tho g;oc'ry
man as no fshed oct tie cis'r stub
and charged The boys father with two
pounds Of pruncs, didn't you and
and tho ooss agree?'
mo, exactly, gave Gn CID htly
some Gin when she askc1 for camphor
anl water, and she madc rhow OF
herself. l thought | would fool hor
but sho kuow mighty vel what i;
WIS, and sho dra,k about half in,
Of gin, AID got 70 tipping over bot
ties aud kegs Of paint, an when the
drug man came in with lis vile, tie
old wom,n threw her ANS around
his neck and called him hor darling,
a2d when he pdshsl her away and
told ber she was drunk, she picked
up q battle of citrate Q! magresia
aud pointed il at him, a,d tho co,k
came ont like q pistol, ,ond !c 'hongEt
ho was shot, aud Iii, wiGo tainted
away, nd the p,lice came AMI took
The old gin refrigerator away, aud
then the d,us man told mo 10 faco
the door, and wa,n wasn't looking
10 kicked mo four times, and / land
ed in the street, snl H. said il ever
came in sight OF the drug st re again
he would kill nc. Geld. Th,t is the
way | resigned. l toll ycu they will
send Tor mo again. They can naver
run that store without me.
4 guess they will worry along with
out you. said the grocery man. How
does your Pa take your being fired
out? I should ,hi..k il would brake
aim all up.'
20, I thiuk Pa raLhcr likes it. AT
irst lie though! he had soIt snap
with me in drug store, cause he has
got to drinking again, ike fish, sn ;
ho has zone back Oh tic churc', en-
tire!y; but after hadpute few 'lingS
IN his brauIy he concluded it was
cheaper to by It, and be is now pat
ron.zing a barrel house down by the
river.
One day I pn. some CASTLE SOAP
in a drink Of braady, and Pa leaned
over tho back l,ncs moro than IN
horr, with his finger down his throat.
The man hat collects tho ashes f:om
tho plley asked Pa il ho hal lost any
thing, and IA said he was only tu-
CARING off, | don't know what that
ia. When Pa felt batter ie c,mo in
and wa.t.d li,tlo whislcy to take
the taste ont OF Lia mouth, aud gave
him som, with about u teaspoon'ul
OF pu,ycrizgd alum in it. Vol, sir,
you'd q dde. Pas mouth and throat
was SO puckered mp that hc couldn't
talk. 1 don't think that drug man
will make any thug by fling mo cut,
because I ,hall turn oil the trade tba;
I coutlo, TO ano,htr store. Why,
sir. sometimes there wero oisht and
nine girls in the store ut woact, on
account Of my being there. Taey
came 10 have mo put extracts on their
bauderchieis aud to cat 6 lm drops
he will loose all that trade now. NJ
9 irl that went back on mo f,r the tel
egraph messenger boy, she came
with he rest OF til, girls. bat found
that could be as 'hawty as a dock
I got evan with her, though. [ pro-
tenloj I wasn't mad. and when she
wanted mo to put some pcrfnmery on
her handkerchief, / said oil right, and
/ put on little geranium and white
rose, On | then I got some tlncture OF
assafe.y, and spriukled it on her
dress and coax when sho went out.
That IL about the worst smelliog stuff
that over was, and I was glad when
sho went out aud met tho telegram
boy on the corner. Taey went Of
together; but he cam, back pretty
soon about the homcsirkest 10y you
ever saw, aud he told my chum he
would never 20 with that girl again
because sho smsllsd like spoiled oys-
ters or sewer gas. H;r folks noticed
it, and male her 60 and wash her
roet, aud soak hsrss:f. and her bro.
l.1..b. \ o,.,