Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-03
THE BAD BOYS HOLIDAY.
"Trip to Chicago with His Dad-Tricks
He Played On HIS Respected Proxen.
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From Peck's Milwaukee Sun.

From Peck's Milwaukee Sun.
I'VE went down on the cars, and pa had
headache, because he had been out all night
eiectioneering for the prohibition ticket. and he
was cross and he was dry, and scolded me. and
once he pulled my ear because 1 asked him II he
knew the girl he was smiling at in seat across
the aisle didn't enjoy myself much, and some
men were talking about kidnapping children,
and 1t gave me an lice, and just before We got to
Chicago l went after drink Of water at the
tother end of the car. and saw a man who
looked as though he wouldn't stand any fooling,
and whispered to him and told him that that
bald-leaded man was sitting with was taking
me away from my home in Milwaukee, and 1
nistrusted he was going to make q thief or a
pichpocket of me- | said 's-h-h-h' and told
him not to say anything or the man would maui
me. Then went back to the seat and asked pa
to buy me gold watch; he looked mad and
cuffed me on the ear. The man that WHISPERED
To got to talking with some other men, and
when we got OF the cars at Chicago policeman
came up to pa and took him by the neck and
said: Mr.. kdnapper. | guess we will run YOU in
Ia was mad and tried to jerk away and the cop
choked him. and another cop came along and
helped. and the passengers crowded around
ana wanted to lynch pa. and pa wanted to
know what they meant. and they asked him
where he stole the hid, and he said was his
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scared as though was afraid to say no, and
SAID. \ -e-s. Sir: | guess So Then the police
SAID the poor boy was scarf and they would take
Us both to the station. and they made pa walk
spry. and when he held back they ierked him
along. He was eful mad and said he would
make somebody smart for this, and hoped it
wouldn't be me. At the station they charged
pa with kidnapping boy from Milwaukee, and
he says 1t was a lie. and was his boy; said of
course was. and the boss asked who told the
con mo-
and then the boss told pa he could go but not
To let 1t occur again. and pa and me went away
l looked so sorry for pa that he never tumbled
to me- that was TO blame.
I'VE walked around town all day, and went
TO the stores. and at night pa was awful tired
and he put me to bed in the tavern and he went
out to walk around and get re- ted. was not
tired, and | walked all around the hotel l
thought Pa bad gone to a theater and that
made me mad and | thought / would plav a
room was 212. and there an old maid with
a scotch terrier occupied 2l2. saw her twice.
and she called me names. cause she thought
wanted to steal her dog. That made me mad
the tacks out OF the tin thing that the numbers
were painted on. and put the old maids
number on our door and our number on her
door, and then l went to bed | tried to
keep awake, so as to help pa if he had any
difficulty; but / guess I got sleep, but
woke up when the dog barked. II the dog had
not woke me up the woman's scream would
and II that hadn't pa would. You see. pa came
home from theater about 'leven, and ne had been
drinking, He says everybody drinks when they
go to Chicago. even the minister. Pa looked at
the numbers on the doors all along the hall till
he found 2l0, and walked right i'm and pulled off
his coat and threw it on the lounge where the
dog was. The old maid was asleep but the dog
harked. and pa said. That cussed boy has bought
dog.' and he kicked the dog and the old maid
woke up and said. What is the matter pet? Pa
LATED and said, Nothing is the maZZer with me,
pet, and then you ought to have heard the veil
ing The old maid covered her head and
screamed louder. and the dog snarled and bit
pa and pa had his coat Off and he got scared and
took his coat and vest and went out in the hall,
and opened our door and told pa he was in the
wrong room, and he said he guessed he knCwed
e. and he came into our room and locked the
door. then the bell boy and the porter and clerk
came up to see what allied the old maid, and she
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 so scared that he sweat like every
thing, and the bed was offul warm and he pre-
tended to go to sleep. but he was wondering
how he could get his hat back. In the morning
told him it would be hard work to explain it
to ma. how he happened to get into the wrong
room. and he said it wasn't necessary to say
anything about it to ma hen he gave me five
dollars to go out and buy him new hat, and
he said might keep the change if would not
mention it when got home, and got one for
ten shillings and We took the 8 O'Clock train in
the morning and came home and s'pOse the
hicago detectives are trying to fit pas hat onto
burglar. Pa seemed awfully relieved when
We got across the state line into Wisconsin,
But you'd dlde to See him come out OF that old
ladys room with his coat and vest On his arm,
aud his suspenders hanging down, looking scarf.
lie dassent lick me any more, or I'll tell ma
where pa left his hat"