Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-14
THE BAD BeY.s HOLIDAY.

1 As .aD 0OA nVLumAX
"We went down on the cara ana
nao headache. because he had bee
out an night electioneering for the Pr
hioition ticket, and he was cross, an
ne was dry, and scolded me, and one
| ne pulled my ears because asked hir
II he knew the girl he was smil no at i
seat across the aisle. / didn't enio
myself much, and some men were tail
Ing about kidnapping children, and
gave me an ides, and Just before we co
to Chicago ! went after drink of wate
at the t'other end of the car, and saw
man who looked as though he wouldn'
stand any fooling,' and whispered {
MIN and told him that that bald d-heade,
man was sitting with was taking no
away from my home in Milwaukee, an,
l mistrusted he was going to make
thief or a pickpocket of me. sal,
's-h-h-h, and told him not to saw any
thing or the man would maui me. The,
l went back to the seat and asked pa I,
buy me gold watch; he looked ma,
and cuffed me on the ear. The maj
that whispered to got to talking will
some other men, and when We got of
the cars at Chicago a policeman cam.
up to pa and took him BY the neck ane
said: Nh. KidnaDper, guess we will rur
you H. Pa was mad and tried TO ierk
away, and the cop choked him, and an
other cop came along and helped, and
the passengers crowded around anc
wanted TO lynch pa, and pa wanted e
know what they meant, and they asked
hIi1 who're he stole the kid, and he said
L ". The kid, and asked me if l wasn't
and L looked scared as though was
afraid to say no, and said. Yes, Sir
L guess so.' Then the police said the
poor boy was scart, and they would take
us both to the station, and they made
pa walk spry, and when be held back
they jerksd him along. He was offul
mad and said he would make somebody
smart for this, and hoped it wouIdn't
be me. At the station they charged pa
with kidnapping boy from Mil Raukee,
and he says it was lie, and / was the
boy; l said of course l was, and the boss
asked who told the cops pa was kid
napper, and they said damfiuo, and then
the boss told pa he could go, but not to
let 1t occur again, and pa and me went
away. looked SO sorry for pa that he
never tumbled to me that was to blame.
W. "oAhOA o4o0ha eOWh dlk lldJ, dklO
went to the stores, and at night pa was
otul tired, and he put me to bed IN the
tavern and went out to walk around and
get rested. WAS not tired and l walk
ed all around the hotel. thought pa
had gone to theater, and that mads
me mad, and l thought / would play a
joke on him. Our room Was 2l0 and
the next room was PIP, and there was
All old maid with Scotch terrier oc-
cupied PIP. l saw her twice, and she
called me names, cause she thought |
wanted to steal her dog. That made
me mad at her, and 80 took nay jack
knife and drew the tacks out of the tin
thing that the numbers we're painted on,
and put the old maids number on our
door and our number on her door, and
then l went to bed. l tried to keep
awake, SO as to help pa if he had any
difficulty; but | guess got asleep. but
woke up when the dog barked. Ii the
dog had nos woke me up, the woman's
screams would, and if that hadn't, pa
would. You see, pa came homo from
the theater about 'leven, and he had
been drinking. He says everybody
drinks when they 90 to Chicago, even
the minister. Pa looked at the num-
bers on the doors all along the hall till
he fouod 2l0, and walked right in and
pulled of his coat and threw it on the
lounge where the dog was. The old
maid was asleep, but the dog barked
and pa said, That cussed boy has
bought dOgP and he kicked the dog.
and the old maid woke up and said,
What is the matter, pety' Pa LATED
and said, Nothing is the mazzer with
me, pet and then you ought to have
heard the yelling. The old maid GOV
cred her head and screamed louded,
and the dog snarlcd and bit pa, and pa
had his coat of, and he got scared and
took his coat and vest and went out III
the hall, and opened our door and told
pa hs was in the wrong room, and he
said he guessed he knOwed it, and he
came into our room and looked the
door, then the bell boy and the porter
and clerk came up to see what allied the
old maid, and che said burglar got in
her room, and they found pas hat on
The lounge, and they took it and told
her to be quiet and they would find the
burglar.
''Pa was 80 scared that he sweat like
and the bed was awful
warm, and he pretended to 60 to sleep
)ut he WIS wondering how he could get
ais hat back. In the morning / told
lim it would be hard work to explain it
o ma, and he said it wasn't necessary
% say anything about il to ma. Then
10 gave me &5 to 90 out and buy him a
lew hat, and he said might keep the
,hange If would not mention it when
got home. and got one for ten shil-
inas, and We took the 8 O'Clock train in
he morning, and l s'pose the Chicago
are trying to fit pas hat onto
! burglar. Pa seemed awfully relieved
when he got across the State line into
Wisconsin. But you'da died to see HIM
'ome out of that old lady room with
lis coat and vest on his arm, and his
hanging down, looking
'oared. He dassent lick me any more,
n I'll tell ma where pa LETT his hat"