The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-21
Lincoln County Leader.
Saturday, April 81, 1888.
HIS MA DECEIvEs HIN
From PEcKs suS.

AARAH AAAAhN " EfAA 81 20 wy 80
the grocery man, as he came in the
grocery on a gallop, early one
morning, with no collar on, and no
vest. lie looked as though he had
been routed out of bed in Il hurry,
and had jumped into his pmts and
boots, and put on his coat and hat
on the run.
Il don't keep saffron" said the
grocery man, us he picked up Il
barrel of ax-handles the boy had
tipped over in his hurry. "Iou
want to 20 over to the drug store
on the corner, if you want saffron.
But what on earth is the mat"
At this point Tie boy shot out of
the door, tipping over a basket Of
white beans, and disappeared in
the drug store. The grocery man
got down on his knees on the side
walk, and scooped up the btans,
occasionally looking over to the
drug store, and JUST as he got them
picked up the boy cgme cut Of the
drug store and walked d|cliberatly
towards his home, as though there
was ho particular hurry. The gro
Gerry man looked after him, took
up an ax-handIc, spit on his hands
and shouted to the boy to come
over pretty soon, as he wanted to
talk with him. The boy did not
come to the grocery till towards
night, but the grocery man had
seen him running down town a
dozen times during the day, and
once he rode up to the house with
the doctor, and the grocer surmised
what was the trouble. Along to-
wards night the boy came in in a
detected sort of a tired way, sat
down on a barrel Of sugar, and
never spoke.
What is it, a boy orgirl,' said
the grocery man, winking to an
old lady with a shawl over her
head, who was trying to hold n pa
per owe q pitcher Of yeast with her
thumb.
GLOW in blazes did you know
anything about it," said the boy as
he looked around in astonishment,
and with someindignation. We'll,
its a girl, if you must know, and
that's enough" and he looked
down at the cat playing on the
floor with a potato, his face the pic
ture of detection"
80, don't feel bad about it," said
the grocery man, as he opened the
door for the old lady. ''Such things
are bound to occur. But you take
my word for it, that young one is
going to have a hard life, unless
you mind your ways. You will be
using it for a cork TO a Jug, or to
wad a gun with, the first thing
your ma knows"
81 wouldn't touch the darn thing
with the longs" said the boy, as
he rallied enough to eat some
crackers and cheese. Gosh, this
cheese tastes good. l haint had
nothing to eat since morning. |
have been all over this town troll
ing for nurses. They think a boy
hasn't got any feelings. But |
wouldn't care a gol darn, if ma
hadn't been sending me for neural
gia medicine, and hay fever snuff
all winter, when she wanted to get
rid of me. | have come in the
room lots of times when ma and
the sewing girl were at work on
some flannel things, and ma would
hide them in Il basket and send me
off after medicine. Twas deceived
mn to about four o'clock this morn
ing, when pa come up to my room
and pulled me out Of bed to 90
over OF the West Side after some
old women that knew ma, and they
have kept me whooping ever since.
What does q boy want of a sister,
unless it is a big sister. | don't
want nc sister that | have got to
hold, and rock, and hold a bottle
for. This affair breaks me all up"
and the boy picked the cheese out
OF his teeth with silver he cut off
the counter.
We'll, how does your pa take
it," said the grocery man, as he
charged the boys pa with cheese,
and saffron, and a number Of such
things.
20, pa will pull through. He
wanted to boss the whole concern
until mas chum, an old woman
that takes snuff, fired him out into
the hall. Pa sat there on my hand
sled, a perfect picture of despair,
and | thought it would be a kind
ness to play 1T on him. | found
the cat a%sleep in the bathroom,