Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-01-13
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10. 1883.
PECK's BAD BOY.
"Oh, I'm "a Wreck! My Girl Has shOoi'
Me,o

"NOw you git right away from here"
said the groceryman to the bad boy. as
he came In with hungry look on his
face, and wild look in his eye. IL am
afraid of YOU. | am afraid of you.
wouldn't be surprised to see you go off
half cooked and blow us all up. l
think you are deyil. You may have
billy goat or shot gun or bottle of
poison concealed about you. You'll
kill somebody yet. Here, take hand
full of prunes and go off somewhere and
enjoy yourself and keep away from here"
and the grOceryman went on sorting
potatoes, and watching the haggard
face of the boy. "What ails your" he
added. as the boy refused the prunes and
seemed to be sick to the stomach.
30, Pm wreck" said the boy as he
grated his teeth and looked wicked.
"YOu see before you shadow. have
drank of the sweets of life, and now
only the dregs remain. l look back at
the happiness of the past two week, dur
ing which have been permitted to gaze
into the fond blue eyes of my loved one
and carry her rubbers to school for her
to wear home when it rained, to hear
the sweet words that fell from her lips
as she lovingly told me l was terror,
and that shall never again place my
arm around her weiet. / feel as if the
world had been kicked off it's base, and
was whirling throusl space liable to
be knocked into cooked hat, and don't
care darn! My girl has shook mew
"ShO! You don't say so" says the
grOceryman as he threw a rotten pOta-
to in basket of good ones that were go.
ing to the Orphan Asylum. swell, she
choxuod canca Won xuouId hova hloun
her up, or broken her neck,Or something.
But don't feel bad. You will soon find
another girl that will discount her and
you will forget all about this One."
"Neverv said the boy as he nibbled a
piece of Goldfish he had picked off. 81
shall never allow my affections to be-
come entwined about another piece of
calico. 1t humans me, sir. HencefOrth
am hater of the whole girl race.
From this out l shall harbOr revenge in
in my heart, and no girl can cross my
path and live. want to grow up to be
schOOlma'a am or a milliner or some
thing where l can grind girls into dust
under the heels of a terrible despOtism,
and make them sue for mercy. To
think that girl, on whom have lavish
ed my hearts best love, and over thirty
cents in the past two weeks could let the
smell of a goat come between us and
break off our acquaintance that seemed
to be the forerunner of happy future,
and say 'ta-ta' to me, and go off to the
dancing school with telegraph messen-
ger boy who wears sleeping car uni
form, is too much, and heart is broken.
l will lay for that messenger some
night when he is delivering a message
in our ward, and I'll make him think
lightning has struck the wire and run
in on his bench. Oh, you don't know
anything about the woe there is in this
world. You never loved any people did
yOu?"
The groceryman admitted that he had
never loved very hard, but he knew a
little something about 1t from an aunt
of his, who got mashed on a Chicago
drummer.
"But your father must be having a
rest while your whole mind is occupied
with your love AFFAIRS" said he.
YES" said the boy with vacant look,
II take no interest in the pleasure of
the chase any more, though l did have a
little fun at the breakfast table this
morning. You see, pa is the cOntrariest
man that ever was. If complain that
anything on the table don't taste good
pa says it is all right. This morning
took the syrup pitcher and emptied out
the white syrup and put in some cod
liver oil that ma is taking for her
cough. put some on my pancakes and
pretended to taste it, and told pa the
syrup was sour, and not fit to eat. Pa
was mad in second, and he poured out
some on his pancakes, and said l was
getting too COMPOUNDED particular. He
said the syrup was good enough for him
and he sOpped his pancakes in 1t, and
fred some down his neck. He is gaul
.darned hypocrite, that's what he is. ]
could see by his face that the cod liver
oil was nearly killing him, but he said
that the syrup was all right and if die
not eat mine he would break my back
and, by gosh, l had to eat it and pa SAID
he guessed he hadn't much appetite and
he would just drink cup Of coffee and
a dOughnut. like to died. and that is
one thing, think that makes this dis
appointment in love so hard to bear
But felt sorry for ma. Ma amt got 6
strong stummick, and Wien she gOl
some of that cod liver oil in her mouth
she went right up stairs sicker'n 6
horse, and pa had to help her. and sht
had nOOralgia all the morning. | cal
pickles to take the taste out of my
mouth and then laid for the hired girls
They eat too much syrup, anyway, ant
when they got on to that cod liver oil
and swallered lot of it, one of them, 6
Nirish girl she got up from the table
and put her hand on her corset, ant
said, HOwly Mother of MOsesp and wenI
out Of the Kitchen as pale as ma is wheI
she has powder on her face; and thy
other girl, who is Dutch, she swalleret
pancake and said, Mine Colt, vas d.
matter from mew and she went out ant
Irish and Dutch and got clubs and start