Daily Republican., 1883-08-28
BAD BOY AND Hi GIRL.

for tina cat, said the grocery man 10
the bad boy as he came in the store all
broke up the morning after the 4th OF
July.
"What cat ." said the boy, as be
leaned against the zinc ice.box to cool
his back, which had been having
trouble with u bunch of frecrackers
in his pistol pocket "We haven't
ordered any cat from here. Who Or
dered any cat sent tn our house? We
got our sausage at the Market" and
the boy rubbeu some cold cream on his
nose and eyebrows where the skin was
of.
"Yes, that is all right enough" said
the grocery man, "bu: somebody who
knew where that cat slept, In the box
of sawiust back Of the store, filled
it full of free hackers Wednesday fore
noon, when was out to sec the pro.
cession, and never notified the cat, and
touched them off, and the cat went
through the roof of the shed, and she
hasn't got hair enough left on her IL
put in tea Now you didn't show up
all the forenoon, aud | went and asked
your ma where you was, and she said
you had beef setting up four nights
strai ght along with sick boy in thu
Third ward, and you was sleeping all
the forenoon the 4th Of July. If that
IL 80, that lets you out on the cat, but
it don t stand to reason. Own up now,
was you asleep all the forenoon, thu
4th, while other boys were celebrating
or did you scOrch my cat 2" and the
groceryman looked at the boy u.
though he would believe every word he
said, if he was bad.
"Well," said the bad boy az III
yawned as though he had been up al
night, 81 AM innocent of sitting III
with your cat, but plead gnilty of sit
ting up with Duffy. You see, an
bad, aud it don't make any ditferenc,
where | am, and Duffy thumped mt
once, when we were playing marbles
and said | w,uld get even with hin
some time. His ma washes for us, an(
when she told me that her boy was sicl
with fever, and had nobody to stay will
him while she was away, tn ught i
would be good way TO get even witt
Duffy when he was weak, and | wen
down there to his shanty and gave hin
his medicine, and read to him all day
and he cried, cause lie knew ought Il
have mauled him, and that night "a
up with him while his INA did the iron
ing, and Duffy was so glad that Wen
down every day, and stayed Their
every night, and fired medicine dOwl
him, and let his ma sleep, and Duff.
L. ,,,uoha1 nnI hn
will be an angel when I die.
Last night makes five nights ! hav'
sat up with him, and he has got 30 tina
no can eat beef tea and crackers. M,
girl went back on me cause she said
was sitting up wi some other girl. She
said that Duffy story was too thin, bu
Dutfy's ma was washing at my girl
house and she proved what said, ant
/ was all right again. slept all tn
forenoon the 4th, and then stayed will
Duffy till 4 o'clock, and got furlougl
and took my girl to the Soldiers Home
had rather set up with Duffy, though.
"Oh, get out. You can't make hi
believe you had rather stay in II sicl
room and set up with boy, than Il
take a girl to the 4th OF July, said tn
grocery man. az he took "A brush ant
Wiped the sawdust off some bottles o
peppersauce that be was taking out of
box. "You didn't have any troubl
with the girl, did you?"
"No,-not with her, said the boy
as he looked into the little round gin
mirror to see if his eyebrows were bt
ginning to grow. But her pa is so IN
reasonable. l think man ought
know better than to kick boy RICH
where he has had pack of tire-cracker
explode in his pocket. You SEE, whe
brought the girl back home, she wa
a wreck. Don't you Devep take gil
to the 4th of July. Take the advice q
a boy who has had experience. W.
hadn't more than got to the Soldier:
Home grounds before some boys VIII
were playing tag grabbed hold of m
girls crushed straw berry polonaise an
ripped it off. -
ed me to take Ofiense at it, and | trie
TO reason with the boys and they bot
Jumped on me, and see the only wa
to get out of il honorably, was to get o,
real spry, and | got out. Then we 50
down under tree, to eat lunch and III
girl swallowed pickle the wrong way
and pounded her on the back, the wa
ma does me when l choke, and al
yelled, and q policeman grabbed III
and shook me and asked me what WI
hurting that poor girl for, and told III
if did it again he would arrest hi
| Everything went wrong
"After darklsomebody fired Roma
candle into my girls hat, and set it o
fire, and ! grabbed the hat aud STAN
ped on it and spoiled her hair that be
ma bought her. BY gosh, though
her hair was curly, but when the wi
was off, her own hair was as straight a
could be. But she was purity all tn
same. We got under another tree,
get away from the smell of burne
hair. and boy set off chaser, and
ran right at my girls feet and burne
her stockings, and a woman put the fir
lout for her, while l looked for the DO
that fired the chaser, but | didn'
want to find him.
"She was pretty near wreck b.
that time, though she had all her dres
left except the polonaise, and we wen
and sat under q tree in a quiet place
and nut my arm around her and toll
her to never mind the accidents, 1alls
il would be dark when we got home
and just then spark dropped dow
through the tree and fell in my pisto
pocket, right next to her, where IN.
bunch of fire-crackers was, and the.
began to go off. Well, never say
such sight as she was. :.
"Her dress was one of these m0squit
bar, cheese-cloth dresses, and it burne'
|just like punk. / had presence Q
mind enough to roll her on the grass an
put ont the fire, but in doing that
neglected my own conhagration, al.
when l got her put out, my coat tai
aud trousers was % total loss My, bu
she looked like goose that has bee
picked, and looked like fireman tina
had fell through a hatchway. My gil
wanted to 60 home and l took her home