The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-01-20

eheWlhg the soap and toamlag a
the mouth, aud | drew my legs ur
and kicked them out, and clutehed
my hair, and rolled my eyes, then
kicked pa in the stummick US he
bent over me, and knocked his
breath out of him. ana then my limbs
began to get rigid, and SAID, Too
late, pa, die ut tho hand of an as.
sassln. Go for Doctor Pa throw.
cd his coat over me, and started
down stairs on run, saying, Il
have murdered my bravo boy and
he told ma to 90 up stairs and stay
with me, cause | had fallen off q
trunk and ruptured blood vessel
and he went after tho doctor.
Whom he was out the front door
| sat up and lit cigarette, and ma
came up and told her all about
how | fooled pa, and if she would
take ON and cry, when pa got buck
| would get him TO go TO church
again and swear off drinking, and
she latfed and said she would. So
when pa and the doc came back,
ma was sitting on a volocipede |
used to ride, which was in the store
room aud she had her apron over
her face and she just more than bel.
lowed. Pa he was pale, and be
told tho doc that he was just a
playing with me with a piece OF
board, and he heard something
crack, and he guessed my spine got
broke falling off the trunk. The
doctor wanted to feel where my
spine was broke, but | opened my
eyes and had vacant sort of stare,
like woman who leads a dog by a
string, and looked as though my
mind was wandering, and | told the
doctor there was no use setting my
spine, as it was broke in several pla-
ees, and | wouldn't lot him feel OF
the dried bladder. | told pa that |
was going to die, and | wanted him
to promise me two things on my dy-
ing bed. He cried and said he
would, and | told him to promise
me he would quit drinking, and at.
tend church regular, and he said he
would never drink another drop,
and would go to church every SUI
day. | made him get down on his
knees beside me and swear it, and
the doc he witnessed it, and ma SAID
she was so glad, and ma called the
doctor out in the hal and told him
the joke, and the doc came into the
room and told pa he was afraid pas
presence would excite the patient,
and Tor him TO put on his coat and
90 out and walk around block, or
go to church, and ma and he would
remove me to another room, and
do all that was possible to make my
last hours pleasant. Pa he cried
and SAID he would put on his plug
hat and he kissed me and got -four
on his nose, and | came near laugh
ing right out to see the white -four
on his red nose, when | thought
how the people in church would
laugh at pa. But he went out feel.
ing mighty bad, and then got up
and pulled the busted bladder out OF
my pants, and ma and the doc laugh.
ed awfully. When pa got back
from church ho asked for me, ma
SAID | bad gone down town. She
SAID the doctor found my spine was
only uncoupled and he coupled it
together, and was all right. Pa
said it was almighty strange, cause
| heard the spine break when
struck him with the barrel stave
Pa was nervous all the afternoon,
and ma thinks he suspects we play.
cd it on him. Say, you don't think
there is any harm in playing it on
an old man a little, for a good cause
do you Z"
The grocery man said he suppos.
ed in the interest of reform il was
all right, but If 1t was bis boy that
played such tricks ho would take an
ak to him, and the boy went out,
apparently encouraged, saying no
hadn't seen the old man since the
day before, and was almost afraid
to meet him.
Friends are like hles for tho
most part 49, they 60 buzzlng in
swarms whore there's most to be
got.
When a young a lady who has