The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-23
THE FAD BOY.
 Prckss Sar

grocery man Ia the bad boy IS he sa; on stool by he slave one of these kasgv mornings when everybody ieels Ike quarrcling. with >his 6ngers elasped around his knee looking as though he did not know enough to last h.ri Ia bed. What you thinking about. anssays"
 '' vas wondering where you would have been to-day !: Noah had run his ark into such d iog as ,a:s, and there had been no fog~horn on Mount .Asara,. and he had passed by wi,h his excursion and not made a landing. and had ioated around on the frcshet until all the aa,m Is starved. and the ark had struck a snag and burstcd hole in her bottom. l tell yna. we can all congratulate oursehcs that Noah happened to blandet on ,o that high ground. If that ark had been lost either by being tounsicsed. er be,ng blowcd up by fen,ans because Noah was an Engiishman. Il would have been cold work trying 10 populate thls world. In tha, case another Adam and Eve would have ,o be made out of din and water. and they might have gone wrong aga,n. and tailed Ia raise a faInlly. and where would ~c have been. tell you. when al. Il is a wonder ,o me that VIC have 70, along as we'll ss we have"
 Well. when did you get out q; the asylum said the grocery man. who had been standing back with open mouth looking at the bo, as though he was crazy. "Wha, you want Is to have your head soaked. You are getting % you reach out too far with that small mlna ot yours In about another year you wlll want to run ,his world yourself. don, think you arc reforming very much. l, h wickel for n boy oi ynnr size ta argue about such things 1oa folks better send you ;o college.
 What ttp want ta ea ia college lar. and oc d heai;iess h3fei. auI poor base bal pias ct. .a he h4d enough 4g home. he more feat Inc moie think lpn heliesc Han etcf tr good enough to se e 6e.tea tnya .sN ami guess wta - infa slle HtAA spApct husl. aess wlzete shs, aaa h4ae ,a ae eead tai where ,heH have ptssrs esrts eHcte Ba Saa kaos .fz4,ak < hen l uts hutEt they ieti out ,, fos-ah hecl us something n ml head al fhiak ike some bes ! SC, ,o thinking Abaai Adam and tee in the 'iaftien ai i,lra. ani J: the dude ~h,h the elosen hauf that ii,ucd N .th Eve. and treated her and Adam to the dried apple and l an, think oi them IN some aols de. ~t;h a hs lc.. palon ,isc and Hg feat scsis. l magine them dressed ap m Inc latc>, sts le know II is wronv. bui that ls what d poof boy has ta sufiet who has aa imagination. and where did sei the imagination Ihis oonihunded iSlag nation oi ntne shows me Adam afth a pigg hal an. ftasi like cur minister ~ears. anu d stand-uP collar and usht pants. and pe,ae -.oed shnes. And Eyc ,s pietuted to me wl;h IA rasheai-an tle. worln-eoiorcd dress. and ito~u-Stf4pe,i stot ktns.. and ncNspapefs fn Hct dress tn make it set and a hat WIih dandcitnns on, anti d tel paGasoE anal ]. ltee handkerthiei wAth she pots ,a hei hps and w,nk> ~igh her ien eve ta thc mashef who ls standfn,. bY he eorncs of the house. n an atIiudC st hile the iai. with the dau on the ed is sound around the ram va CT barre so Ese won, see it and get scared Say. don't ,oa ihink : ls better for ho> to thiul ot out hfsi parents with clrhes en. that l9 shtnk oi them almost na.ed exposed io the in. clcrncn oi the ~cathrf. with nothing bat hg lcaye> p4aned ot want to d, right. a, neat ss oat, aui had rather ihink ot them dressed ike OUT iuiks are to daN 'han tp tEiuk ui tilcuI inatts iorr with leave iof @cAf.nS a2pafe. SaN. II ts wrong to hEhi but don ,au tn5uk fl Adiu had put an 4 palf si baNlns gloves. when he found shc deva Nas getting too fresh about the place. and knoe ked hlm out in couple of rounds and pasted hun in the nose. and htrd hun aa, oi ;he summer garden. that II would have been big thlng iof ,hs world Now. hon. est =
 Lsokshere, sad the gIol cry man who had been looking at the boy n dts may. "yos better go rgh, home and lct your ma m up some warm dunk for you and put you ,o bed. iou are all wronK m the head, and |, you are no, attended to you will hasc bran ieser tell ,oe. boy, you are ln danger Come. val xa home wi,h you
 t0h. danger no,hln' 1 must telling how things look ,a 4 boy ahe nss mol so, the tae,l'iies for beng 's. good n his Neusn. sane bo}s can axe thtnxs ts the, read ihcn aei nrt thins .ny fa them selves. ba' s-n thiuxet ffala Ihnkervllle. aai u.y imagination ls.sys inc 'iso1ens siih me I hrfe .s f.4'hf8e ! te td an0ui old t rs lai e4-a' fflJa- par. f aa,h hcstze Hac af 54s.4.css 4. the psesenidsY Nos. her. tl.ins of the tshcrmrn at t.titi,F assatrg sH,5 c,ae. apt6er ~ba' the. seai1 aasc doue # tHcfe h4i been 7, 34a .rs nsf htaltrs v reS 4z ere esF .rssf s=s-sts. and tan see constable sb ~4fg4a. for the arrest af he Gal..er tsbeFmea snstch=nR the oil apostle and tsllag them 70 tte pol.r,-s.at.ou IL a lsffoi Sagon- baoN f ls Arang 'o ttns Ike that, bu, how an lheip t pay. ,apyose those fishermen had been ost aaa.sa.. their seines. and our munster sh1lid come along with hts good clothe. pn. h.s .oln,s8 rod. his nickrl-pia,ed reel. ard hls slls tlsh line. and his pafen; 4sh-hook. aud pu, frog on he hook and aa hss re neal the tsslIlee hsa=rnsn and ge so