The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-07
THE FAD BOY.
HIM san.

' so the bad boy. as he es:.e into the store peppermens candy kar the baby. while his pa stopped the baby wagon eut on the sidewalk and waited for the boy. with an expression of resignation on his face.
 Whats got into your pa 10 be nurse giri this hot weather"
 70, we have had cirrus at our house. said the boy, as he came h after putting the candy in the baby's hand. You sec. uncle Ezra came hack trom Chicago. where he had been te sell some cheese, and he stepped over a couple ei days with us. and he said we mus, play one more joke on pa before he ven, home. We played il. and |, IS wonder l am alive. because never saw pa so mad m, all my life. Now this Is the last tune go into loke on shares ii play any more ,okes l don't wan, any old uncle ,o give me away.
 'Wha, was Il 7" sad the grocery man. as he ,eok stool and sat ou, by the iron, door beside the bay who vas trying to cat box ot rcd rsspbesues on the sy.
 Well. uncle Ezra and me bribcd the nurse gitl ,o dress the baby up one even ing m some old. dirty baby clothes. be- longing Ia our wash ~oman's baby. and VIC pa, |, Tn a baske, and placed the basket an the front door.stcp. and put a note m the baske, and addressed |, Ia pa Ne had the nurse girl stay out m fIont hy the basemen, stars. so the baby couldn't get away, and she tun9 the bell and go, behind something, Ma and pa. and uncle Ezra and me were m the back pailot when the bell tung. and ma told me to so ~ the door. ana brought ln the basket. and set Il down. anu told pa thcte VAS a note in |, for hun. Ma. she tamc up and looked Il, the note A pt tore il open. sad uncle Ezra looked m ,he haske, and >tghed IA read ratt oi the note and stopped and ,araed pale. , tht >a dasu. then ,nA fc.,3 sane ai il. and she didnI feel very veil and she ieaaed Asa,a>t 'he plano and grated her teeth he note wts in t xttF> HAaI- ~titnE. and was like th.,
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 Nha, did yout ma say said the grocery man. becoming interested
 o. ma played her part well Uncle Ezra had told her the joke. and she .a,a i 'rcteh. to pa. just as the Ac,res,es do on the stage, and put her handker, hlei Ia her cyes. Ia said il was false, and un. elc Ezra said, 0. brother. that should ! live 10 sec this day. and 1 sad. as 1 looked at the basket, pa. Il looks just like you. and I'll leave it to ma That was too much. and pa got mad tn minute He always gets mad a, me. Bu, he wen, up and looked Tn the basket. and he said Il was some dutch baby. and VAS esl- dently from the lower strata oi society. and the unnatural mother wanted Ia g~, i nd ot II. and he said he didn't know any I Almta al all, When hc called |, a dutch baby. and called attention to l,s ! irregular iea,aies. ,ha, made ma mad. and she look II up cut oi the Nskc, and l told pa Il VAS a perfect piotE ot hm. and lr'cd to put Il in pas arms. hJ, he Nouldat have il. and sad he snald eal j ihe police an have | taken ,o ihr paE,e ( ] hD. s tncle Etta took pt III | tutnrt aid told hiin the best th.ng he snilld do soald be to see Amffa and cuiupfo. mtse ~ith her and that made pa mad and he was soing |" hii uncle Ezia nlih char fa @as peiir tly ~ila. and II he had hal gan gues, he ~euii have shat ali oi us. Ma took the baby up s,-iif, and ha he .,rl put q io bed. and .iJrf pA g9l mad enough uu ie l. "A sl, hIm Il all d lobe. and |, saa hts onn baby. that M. had DO, II III the basket. and then hc ~as inaddet than rYcf. and hc told uHf le Itra never ts dsgssn h,s door ags.n don know ho,s hc made ap wi,h ma tor alling II d dut,h baby from the folAck settlement. ba, anyway. he wheels n around every day. and ma and pA have go, so they speak again
 hat WAS A mighty mean ui k and you ough, io be ashamed oi youfseIf "hefc do you espcc, to fetch up when you die s4id he gf"cety man
 told untle Eua Il was d mean irek. said the boy, ba, he sad that wasn't 4 pfinng to some Of the trl,ks pa had played en hIm years ago. lie says ! pa used to play utf k on e,efybojy may be pean bu, never played wirked Ioses oa blind people. aa pa dld nhes he ~as boy. laeie Llfa says on,e there ~s> 4 apar', ei fsgf bi4nd vos 4lista all giil., gaze An entrtteinmcnt Al the town y her, "a 4t+'-ftf asttt ktt' *t.at "A AtsF HAtfft where pl tcEiei bar Another tnng l nesei soid fu.a. ettaef Al t,a ds3 Neil bei the Llisa Yg. aiisia ~eul t9 bed pa eAa4st, lui oi irosa and pai them ii ,le bed sefe fhc fids ~stt |, sleep. and Ahcn 'hc Pfspi blud siris got tstp bsa iAe iioa hoPps al usc' them and thc N@y ihsy gts eu& NAs caailuu. l. Is bad rn98xh tp hase frogs hopping aii oser gifis that taH sce, bat lsf giiis tt4ai are dcpnsed si theu sish', aud don't k1pA ~ha' anything Is, eseIt by tle .eellng of II. Il looks Co me Ike pretty tough loke. gueAs pA IS sorry nos, for what he did, cause when unc Elra told the frog story, brough, home frog and pss il in pas bed. Pa has been afraid of pAfalyss fof yea.s. ard ~hea hts Ieg. CT anything gets aslecp. he thinks that II is the end of him. Eefufe bed time turned the conversation onto para ' la .4 ss.t.f a.tA t.