Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-11-23
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The WaYWard Young Kid.

The Wayward Young Kid.
/ well, how is nv little angel with
out wings to day asked the grocery
man of the bad boy, us he came in with
red paint sticking to his ears, blue
paint around his eyes and nose,
rooster feather stuck through his
hat, and IA bead moccasin on one foot
and a rubber shoe on the other.
90, am al b,Sh00. Bushoo, that
is Indian. am on the war path,
and am no angel this week. This is
my week OFF. For the last two weeks
have been so good that it made me
fairly ache, and since that Buffalo Bill
show with the Indians, and buffalos,
and cowboys, and steers. | am all
broke np. We have had the worse
! time over 10 our house that ever was.
You See, all Of us bows in the neigh
hood wanted t. have II Buffalo Bill
show. and pa gave IL permission to
Use the back yard, and he said he
would come ont and help us. You
know that Boston girl that was visit
ing our house, with the glasses on
Well, she went home the next day
She stvs this climate is too wild for
her. You see, We BOYS all fixed up as
Indians, and We laid for some one to
come out Of the house, to scalp. the
way they do i'll the show. We heard
a rustic Of female garments, and we
all hid. and " hen the Boston girl came
out 10 pick some pansles we captured
her
WE YELLED 'YIP YIP,
and took hold Of one o. her hands,
and my chum took hold of the other,
and her bangs raised right up, and
her glasses fell of and she said: %
Won howwid things. We took her
n the hen house and tied her to the
tin water conductor that came down
hy the corner Of the barn, and then
We danced war dance around her,
and yelled 'ki-yi' and lifted her hair
and hung 1t on the chicken roost, and
then | made Il speech to her in Indian.
SAID, The pale face maiden from the
rising sun is in the hands of the Ap-
aches, and they yearn for her gore
But we will not harm the pretty white
maiden, except to burn her at the
stake. just then pa came ont with d
cistern pole. and he rescued the white
maiden, aud sail We mustn't be sc
rough. Then the girl said she would
give lis all the tafy We wanted, and
she went in, and she and ma watched
MS from the back window. Pa he
watched us rob coach, and he said il
was first rate, The man that collects
the ashes from the alley he had just
| loaded up when two Of my Indians
took the horse and four of us robbed
the driver of a clay pipe and pocket
comb and knife. Pa just laughed
when We gave the ash man his knife
and things, he said be hadn't had sc
much fun for long time. Then we
werA going to lasso wild Texas steer
and ride it the way they did in the
show, and pa said that was where he
came in handy. lie said he could throw
"A !asso just like cowboy. We GOT
my chum's pas COW out of the barn
and drove her up the alley, and ps
stood there with clothes line, with /
biz moose in the eud, and he headed
off the COW and threw the lasso -
Well, you'd IA dide TO see pa sweeI
things out Of the alley with his pants
When he throwed the rope around hel
neck guess she thought it was al
day with her, for she turned and gal
loped, and kicked up and bellered, and
pa did not know enough to let go o
the rope. First pa followed the COW
down the alley sitting down, and about
a bushel of ashes got up his trowsers
legs, and the tomato cans and old oys-
ter cans flew around like a cyclone
was blowing. Us Injuns climbed ur
on the fences to get out of the way
and that scared the COW more, and she
snatched pa along too quick. Iyelled
to pa to let go Of the rope, and just as
the COW dragged him under a wagon
he let go, and the COW took the clothes
line home. Pa got up and shook the
ashes out of his trowsers legs and
picked up piece of board and start
ed back. | heard pa say: That busts
up the Buffalo Bill business. No more
wild western steer business for your
uncle Ike We went out on the stree
with our tonahawks, when pa went
in to brush himself, and disbanded
and went on to our reservation. anC
peace reigns again, and the Boston
girl has gone home with an idea tha
we are all heathens out west
4 should think your pa would learn
after awhile, that he is too old to foo
around as he did when he was a bov,
said the groceryman, as he got away
from the boy for fear he would bt
scalped.
That's what | told him when hi
wanted to try my bicycle said the boz
as he broke out laughing. 'He saw
me riding the bicycle, and said h,
could do it as we'll as | could, but h
couldn't spring up on it quite as spr,
as he used to, aud he wanted me ant
| my chum to hold it while he got on
told him he would get hurt, but h
said there couldn't no boy tell, hin
anything about riding; and so We 60
the bicycle up against shade tree, an,
he put his feet on the treadles, and h
' told us to turn her loose. Well, hon
e est, | shut my eyes, cause | didn'