The daily gazette., 1883-09-05
~ar BAD SOY.
r.or with the Deacon Who
ls "SS SSorKed Him Almost TO Death
.peck,s Milwaukee SUM-

ptal sur sane IN the store, followed by the
Ehsdow oI'akd i,oked sick and yellow, and tired,
boy, wu9 iIU ,ast half his flesh. "What's the
bDd hal ,,th 10 voul Haven't got the yellow
pSliei " va voug and the grocery man
Fever, naiT shaiT where the invalid could fall
pseed e''A"
ptOt o.. .he .ger. - said the boy, as he
"No, .so nerspiration of his upper lip, and
Fipeu 'uo o,,nd the store to see II there WAS
Oobeul IN IN sigbt that would take the taste
bly'lIpES S,a ont Of his mouth. Had too
qu'l,n1 l.ns,nv life of ease on the fern, any
rg" havsn,t been to work for the
""paT 5y more, have youl | thought you
e''Vn 'n vnilr resignation," and the grocery
u. oapred the boy some iimburger cheese
p,.,engthen him.
,,,nr' w. ed pale and gagged. you don't
~ what a sick person needs any more
pu' Professional nurse. What l want Is
S1n ratted, You see ! went out on the
@ ~itb nv chum, and ! took the flBh
'im iul .nJ T,iI remained in the woods while he
On -b ,be horse TO the deacon's, and he gave
wv S.scnn nv resignation, and the deacon
ne .i'n,t u,% accept it. He said he would hold
Ou,u" u,rasgnation until after harvest, and then
1T IT, nm In iou co. h-a.a a.
n.omise if quit work and left him
~, gfyiup proper notice, and my chum
~, and told me, aud so / concluded to 20
Cork rather than have any trouble, and
Deacon said my chum could work few
s' mr. his board If he wanted to. 1t was
W. Jarn moor board for a boy to work
tnt nv chum wanted to be with me, so
,,.rod Pa and ma came out to the
I" " stay day or two to help. Pa was
l%s H. IN beIp harvest, and ma was going to
~ ,be deacon's wife, but pa wanted to
y; tbe Jug to the field, and lay under a
"a while the rest Of us worked, and ma
NJ talked the arm off the deacon's wife.
ts deacon and pa laid In the shade and
INV rhum and me work, and ma and the
,son', wife gossiped so they forgot to get
Dnsr and my chum and me organized
sps MT we we're beaten by monopoly
,oo. me by the neck and thrashed out
n ,.k ot wheat with my heels, and the dea-
tooL nv chum and sat down on him,
NJ begged and they gave us our old
a,,iog, back. But we got even with
NM tbs, night. | tell you, when boy
[s.,gl, good, and quit playing jokes on
w NH, aud then has everybody down on
.al las bis pa hire him out on farm
rors fra deacon that hasn't got any
,,er 4 when he is in church, aud boy
.iogtt Up ia the night to get breakfast
igo Is work and has 10 work until late
1gg,. ana they kick because he wants To
Dlttr ON his pancakes, and feed him
m niik and .usty fat pork, 1t makes
In h.sh, and he would play joke
bs aged grandmother. After my
nm anil me Lad got all the chores
iial u,l 10 we sat out on fence back
atgoisr 10 the orchard, eating green
b. f. fae moonlight, and trying to
n. la Man OF revenge. Just then /
.....g oick Of the house right by The
,a. e-Alr door, and l told my chum
IN Wo. j serve them right to drive the
I'd, a1ga cellar and shut the door, but
lwl a'i that would be too mean.
lEu. b would be any meaner than
las.is,.,a go snatch us bald-headed be-
ra vt e1Udn't NOW hay away fast
r., 20, 40 men to pitch it, and he said
5f... p. aud 80 we got on each side of
,4ts.li soy. OF scared it down cellar,
iGNRerrept up softly and closed the
raoll- Thea VIC went into the housc
q gHsprpi 10 ma aud asked her If she
Ltlllk the deacon had some cider, and
AN-bagan to hint that she hadn't had a
l@itns oi cider since last winter, and
tt.Ju's wife said us boys could take a
gta iad 90 wn cellar and draw some.
ta was too much. | didn't want any
Her, anyway, so | told them that be-
sal d. pnpFafxy and I oh
ak ms pledge if drawed cider, and she
I'D Va, good boy, and for me never to
aCA drop 0l cider. Then she told my
II where the cider barrel was, down the
h- but he amt no slouch. He said he
EliFaid to go down cellar in the dark,
y 50 pa said he and the deacon would go
pH aud draw the cider, and the deacon's
lt hSgd ma 10 90 down too and look at
lfiit aud berries she had canDed
Nlter, aud they all went down
lN Pa carried an old tin lantern
lh holes in 1t to light the deacon to the
Nh barrel, and the deacon's wife had
NJ canlle TO show ma the canned fruit. /
7l 10 yet ma not to go, cause ma 10 a
ftld Of mine, and ] didn't want her to
We anything to do with the circus, but she
shr guessed she knew her business.
-Sl anybody says that the guess they know
grown business, that settles 1t with me,
" dln try TO argue with them. Well,
Cldm and me sat there in the kitchen,
W stuffed piece of red table cloth In my
GGil 10 keep from laughing, and my chum
% Oh lose with his finger and thumb so
hOuul snort right out. We could hear
ultE run in the pitcher, and then it
f'u ahd the deacon drank out of the
.uvf' and then pa did, and then they
'sel s9ihe more cider, and ma and the
yvA VIE We're talking about how much
,a. IL toah 10 can fruit, and the deacon
p 70 help himself out of crock of
n SdAei and ! heard the cover on the
" '4llle, and just then | heard the old
4Atfh rattle on the brick floi of the
'1ia deacon said, "Merciful goodness
au hsleu dannation | am stabbed
Ia ltiled goodness sakes alive, and
!. 'aere was lot OF dish-pans on the
'.g Ssul TO fall and they all tried TO get
,''a' al once and they fell over each
N. M ,l sla ;, my, what a frowy smell came
n.t ,Ae kltehen from the cellar. It was
~. @,ea 70 XIII anybody. Pa was the first to
s4 Ie neal OF the stairs, and he stuck
s,H ~ tht Kitchen, and took a long
~ ~ ~ said, '@hooShi Hennery, your pa
,u, au,.n'y sex man. The deacon came
,,5' '51' AGd he had run his head into a
NV, MY shell and broke a glass jar OF
'.yIfies, aud they were all over
M. 1al he said, give me air
w aa, desert drear." Then ma and
n '.as5'h ls,l ; wife came up on gallop, and
n .g,i, ,g2asa lirrd. Pa began to peel off his
Nj ~ ~ -, and said he was going to bury
't 4''l lhd said he could bury her, too,
asatl .be deacon if he didn't notice a
s,, wi u sewer gas coming from the
M ,stl i'y chum said it smelled more to
nm, .l ..'5 = something had crawled in the
s,,1.5 1r4 ''e1, Well, you never saw a
b j.,d,. g,2@4i and felt sorry for ma and
lti IN IN cause their false teeth fell out,