The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-05-04
THE BAD BOY,

grocery man. want to do what il
right, and hope to wsarfthc golden
crown whca the time comes to clcse
my books.'
Then how is II That ycu put out q
box Of great big swoot potatoes, and
when We order somc. and they como
to The t,b'e, tn J arc little bits OF
things, no bigger than a radislp Do
you expect to get TO heayon on such
small potatoes, when son use bis'ones
for q sig,?' asked ,hs boy, aa ha took
out n silk handkerchief and brushed
u spc.k Of ius. uff OF his nicely black.
cd shoes.
Tie grocery man blushed and said
he di: rot expect TO tak' ary such
advantage of bis customers.
He said it must have been o mis-
take Of The boy who do!iyCres grocer
iua.
'Tncn yon must hiro tho boys 10
mako mistakes,for it has b,cn so cv.
cry ;imo wo have hal sweet potatoes
Tor Eve years. said tho boy. And
about prCtn com. You have n few
cars stripped down to SHOW how Lice
and plump IL is, and if we order n
4, zNn cars thoro are only two tha,
have CT any era on it at all, and
Pa and Ma get, them, aud tie rest
Of us have t. clew cobs. Do ycu
hope 10 wear u crown Of glory on
That kind OF corL?'
%, such 'hinss will happen said
tic grocery man with laush. bat
lon't lets talk u, out Ecayor. Let's
talk about the other place. Hows
thiags over TO yonr lon'e? And say,
what's thema,.er with you. iou are
all dressed up, aud Lave got on a
clean sLirt, aud your shces backed.
AID notice your pants nrc not raw
clcd on. SO ut tie bat'om of the /! IS
behind. You are NJ. in love are
you?'
WE'LL should smile, ra;d tie boy,
~ 10 looked in n small mirror on Tie
counter. covered with fly specks. Il
girl got nasLcd on me, and NJ. say'
1t is good for boy who hasn't Got
sister, t, BE- il love with q girl. ard
80 ! kind OF tlmblcd to myself and
shc don't go no whsre without ! so
with her. I take her TO dancing
scl oo'. and everywherc,nnd sho iovts
ne like Lonsc aGrc. Say, was Soa
,v.rin love? VI kcs q fellow fee
queer, dout il? Vel! sir. tho first
time | went hono with her put my
arm around Lor, md honest itsc1red
mc. I; WAS j,st like when you taso
hold e he laId,rs Of n lec'ric In.
terry, and you can't lo' SO till the
man ;n,ns .hs knob. Honest, / WAS
iist as weak aa u ca!. | thought she
htd needles ia hor bal; aAd was go.
ing to take my arm away, but it was
just like il was s.ued On. l asked
h if he felt that way TOO, end sho
said she used 20, but it WAS nothing
ahen you got used tot That made
ne mad. Bat she is older than mt
lud knows IN, re about it. When 1
vas going to leave her at the gate.
she kiss Il ne, AMI that was worse
han putting my arm around her.
By go.h. I .rembled all overjus! like
| h ID chiils, but l wns rs VAIN ap
,oast. SIC wou.dn'l let go fer much
us n minute, and / was ia tired an
though | had been carrying c'al up
Stairs. didn't want 10 go hoEo al
all, but she said it would bo the best
way for nae to go hume and c'me
aglin tho next day, aud the next
morning 1 went 10 their house before
any Of tbou wrre mp, and Lor Pa
came .ut to let The cat in, ard ask
cd him what time his girl got up,
aad lie LATED aud said ! had got !,
bad, and that had better 60 home
and not be picked till I got rire
Sly. how much does i: cost to get
marriej9'
Well, l should say you had got it
bad sni, the grocery Ean. as he
set out a Laakct objects. 'Your get
ting in love will be &; cat thing for
,onr Ia. You wont have any moro
timo to play any mo.e jokes Oh him.
90. suesswe car find timo TO keep
Pa from getting lon,some. Have
you sron him this morningG You
ought 10 have seen him las. night
You Gee my ohum's Pa his got set
ter Dig stuffed. tt is ono tina. died
two years ug'.,and he thought a great
deal OF il, and lie had IL stuffed, for q
orn ,msnt. Well, my ehum and me
to,l, ,La. Il. IN and mt IL IN tur fr nj