Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-07-26
THE BAD BOYS LATEST CAPER.

ii Ia DAD BO1 - LAI to CAi' IL IL, |
"What is it about your pa and ma
being turned out OF the church," said |
the groceryman to the bad boy; q
hear that they scandalized themselves
horribly last Sunday"
"Well, you see me and my chum
put up job on pa to make him think
Sunday was only Saturday, and ma
she fell into it, and guess we are all
going TO get fired from the church for
working on Sunday. You sec they
didn't go to meeting last Sunday be-
cause mas new bonnet hadn't come,
and Monday and Tuesday it rained,
and the rest of the week. was so mud
dy nobody called, or they could not
get anywhere, so Monday | slid out
early and got daily paper, and on
Tuesday my chum he got the paper of
the steps and put Mondays paper i'll
ITS place. | watched when they were
reading it, but they did not notice the
date. Then Wednesday we put Tues
days paper on the steIs and pa sad
that il seemed more tnan Tuesday, but
nia she go, the paper OF the day before
and loohed at The date anG said il
seemed so 70 her but she guessed they
had lost q day somehow. THURSDAY
se got Wednesdays "aler on the steps
AID Friday We RUNS in Thursdays pa
per, and Sa,urday my chum lie got
Fridays paper OH the steps, and ma
she said She guessed Size would wash
Tomorrow. sud lH said le LSiirred lie
woulA hoe III tine sardcn and g.; tue
weeds cat 80 4 would look bet.c, to
folks wiitn they went 10y Sunday TO
church. Well, Sunday incoming caiie,
and with it Saturdays daily paper.
| and re barely glanced il over a. lac got
ON lis 0itiuiis 1i.I vent out in III,
,hirr sleeves q hCci.g a.! tic lroni gar
den. And and my cl,uiu helped nia
carry water TO wash. Shc said il SEE IL
ed like the longest week sEc ever saw,
bat when we brought the water, and
took n plate oi pickles to the l.ir, d
girl that was down with tie InumpS,
we got in the lilac bushes and waited
for the curtain to rise. 1t wasn't long
before folks began going to church and
you'd n dide laughing to see sthem al.
stop in front Of where ma was washing
and look at her, and then go on where
pa was hoeing weeds and stop and look
at him, and then drive on. After about
dozen teams had passed | heard ma
ask pa if lie knew who was dead, as
there must be funeral somewhere. -
Pa had Just hoed into n bumblebees
nest and said he did not know of an!
that was dead, but knew some that
ought to be, and ma did not ask an!
foolish questions any more. Aftel
about 20 teams had stopped, ma she
got nervous and asked Deacon Smitl
if he saw anything green; he saiC
something about desecration and drove
away. Deacon Brown asked pa If h'
did not think he was setting n bad ex
ample before his boy, but pa he said la
,, thought it would be n good one If tn
. boy could only be hired to do it. III
nally ma got mad and took the tut
behind the house where they could no
see her. About o'clock that after
Z noon we saw dozen of our congrega
b ton, headed by the minister, file int
i our yard, and my chum and knew
! was time to fly, so we got on the bacl
g steps where we could hear. Pa me
E them at the door expecting some ba'
G news, and when they were seated, IN
I she came in and remarked it was
e very unhealthy year and it stood pee
i pie in hand to meet their latter end. -
None of them said a word until the e.
der put on his specs and said it was
p solemn occasion, and ma she turne'
I ale and wondered who il could bC
!. and pa says don't keep us in suspense
J.. who is deadp and the elder said no on
I was dead, but they called as n dut
5 they owed the cause to take action o
y them for working OH Sunday. Ma sh
!. tainted away, and they threw pitche
:. Of water down her back, and pa sal
hc guessed they were a pack of lun'
- ties bat they all swore it was Sunda!
and they saw ma washing and pa OF
hocing as they went TO church, an
y they had called To take action on then
u Tlwn there was few minutes low COZ
D. Versatiou | could not catch, ard the
+ we heard pa kick the chair over an
Z say ID was more tricks Of that darne
o buv. dion ve knew il was time TO ~
ii jonrr, and wsa just getting throug
~ ll,r Lack stECe a.. pa reached me wit