The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-27
THE BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
" GEORGE V rseg.

morning" said the grocery man to the bad boy. as he stood up behind the stove ,o gel wafss,, and looked as though he s-s acs cse continued r,en,c. as here,o- fore. Whats the matter with yce 7 Your father has no, been tamperinc w,th ycr w,th boot. has her'
 No. sir" said the hcy. as he bright. ened up. Pa and me are good irier ds now. He says that he has discovered tha, my heart IS in the nigh, place. and ,hA, l am going to amount to something. and he hss forgiven every foolish thing 1 ever did him. and says tot me so come to hum any tune when l wan, advice CT money tc do good with Why. when pa found had pA~ned my watch ,o let none, ic buy medicine for the old ~o- man. he ven, and redeemed Il. and offered ,o whip the paw uhrckef fet chArg. lns me loo much ioi the money o. ps IS a darling now. lie ven, ,e the ia- neral wlth IS
 "Wha, funeral. said ihe grocery man. with look oi satrusc Sou ,tAsy ? haven't heard ei anN funeral a, your house. Don, you come no ,eke en me
 a, there IS no 'okc about II. sad thc hFS wv kAt itAttt AIItt N4i grandma lost hes Itip on ,his earth. soon aitel she soi the me'tieine and the doctor, and died. vas down ihetr ard twas the solcmne>, scene ctrf witnessed | looked around and see thai somebody had go, Ia act. and hraced ap and told the gitl that was all weci Said wide. aad for her to Just let me run thnes She ~as soing ;e the peei- nas,-i. anal have the eity bury the old lasX hn. couldn't bcai ,o see iha, little kt play ,ohtslre as moutnei and idc in an e>s press wagon with ,he femasns. and uot have any munster and eo Ia the paupe huying ground where they don't say grace over the coffin. bat two shovcltt> smoke black pIpes and shovei the eat,h m too quick and talk Bohemian all the time. IL dldnt seem E,ght for a poor httle girl tha, never committed A Sume ex- cepi ,n be poor and sell wefmy apples. to have no style about her standma's innc, al. SO l told her ,o brace up and wipe her eyes CT one at ms handketS hiefS. and know as had so much gall Neu have go, ,o be pu, m ugh, place before you know the kgnd ni hsled hay ,heir is in you. rushed out and ioand A lnoiheily eid lady iha, used to s!a oat washing. and give me bread and butter with brown su- gaI on Il. when went after ;he clothes | knew j woman that would giVe ! bad boy bread and butter with brown sugar oa f. and eu; the slices ihi, k. had am heat,, and en, her lo gc dosu the alley. and Stay ~ifh 'hc hi,le siii. and br a soti ot mo,kei to her fer ! couple ef days
 Then fot iny b,ey.i ie and took Il down to Inc pawn shop and Eol twenty dollars eu {. and "i,h that money If my por kci. icii n though owned hteWet1 and l went Ia | fellet that tans ah esf afsioa hcafSe and told htn l WaBted 4 heatse and one good carriage, A, t~o o'eiork sharp and the tnoufnets Wanld he ready He thought VAS fsoiinF. bu showed my roll ei h,ils and that se,,lrd hum lte would have turned oa; sN horses fo, me. when he see had the wealth ,n pu, up wen, down and told the e4i,ilc g,il ho~ had arranged ,hingsi and sine sad she wasn't hNed for no sue l. tnfn-sui AS thai. She hadn't any clothes, and the toes ef one foo, were all ou, of The shoe and the heel was of the other one So she walked sort of r,ai,c like. told her no, ,o boi TOW any trouble, and l would rig her out so she would do >redit tn regular ave. nue funeral. wi,h pluncs on the heafs~. and ] went home and hunted through inc closets and got lo, of clothes ma wore years ago when my h,ile brother died. and a pan of her shoes, and a long seIl. and everything complete was gong 10 lufnp over the back fence with the bundle when pa go, sight of me and called me back. tei, guilty and didn't wan, ,o csplain, and Pa opened the bun dle and ahen he saw the mourning eloihes ;ha, he had not seen before sinsr Se buried our i,,le baby. great te.fA came ,o pas eyes and he broke down and wepi like a child and |, made me weaken some. loo. Then pa wanted to know What a.! meant. ~by l was stealing them clothes ou, the back way, and told hiiu .li, how had pawned things io see ,ha, little yiri through her trouble, and had taken ihc black clothes 'eause thought pa would 70 bark ou H. and icil Be io let people tgu ,het o~n funerals. expected pa would ,hump me. but he sad he ~osld 70 his bottom doilsf on ne, and. do ys snos. the old daisy went with me io he house, and paiied the llttIe gi'l on Inc head, and sa.d for her to keep sui upper lip, and when the funeral came of pa and three other oli dufers that are pss huns, they scfed as bearer had 'ned d couple of minis,ers to ge' ihefu ;o 70 along and say grace. bu; guess they couidn'i see any money or glory ia T for 'hey iufn.d me away with sof ana~er. and had 4bou, eiosed eon;fasi si,h GOT, ef amateur prescher thz, goes around to country sehooi-hosses preaching for his board, bu, Ia he kics.d on that. and sad Ne should have the best there ~zs. and sent word to our minister that lie had got use for him. and he wAs on detk k. and did his duty gs; sell as though 4 millionaire sas dead We'll. 1 rode with the a'.ir gHi as aAslsisni fnaufn~r. and 'fied to xecE. hef from crying. but wsa-n ~e passed the house ot ctsfec,ion, where her father is orking oa, a s~n,ener for