Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-12-15
The bad boy Phys Indian.

"Well, how is my little angel without
wings today" asked the grocery man Of
the bad boy, rs he came in with red paint
sticking to his ears, and blue paint around
his eyes and nose, which locked rs tEougk
feeble attempt had been made to wash it
of, while 4 rooster feather stuck through
his lat, and bead moccaSin was on one
foot and rubber shoe on the other.
''Oh, am all bUShOO. Bushoo, that is
Indian. am on the war-path, and am
no angel this week. This is my week of,
1t beats xll, don't it, how different fell
low feels At diaereRt times. The last few
weeks have been so good that ii made
me fairly ache, aRd since that Buffalo Bill
show was here, with the Indians, and
bu1aloes, and cowboys and steers, | am
all broke up. We have had the worst
time over 10 our house that ever was.
You see, all of rs boys iR the ncighbcrhoOd
wanted to have 4 Buffalo Bill show, and
pa gave us permission 10 use the back
yard, and he said he " ould come out and
help us. You know that Boston girl that
WAS visiting nj our house, with the glasses
on? Well, she went home the next day.
She says this climate is too wild fOT her.
You see, we boys all fXed up rs Indians,
and we laid for some one TO come ont OF
the house, 10 scalp, tie way they do in
the show. We hesrd rustic of female
garments and We all hid, and when the
Boston girl came out To pick some pansles
in mas hower-bed, we captured her. Sou
never see girl SO astonishel rs she VAS.
We yelled 'yip-yip,' and took hold of
one of her hands and my chum took hold
of the other, and her bangs RAISED right
up, and her glasses fell oil and she said,
%, you howwid things We took her 10
our lair in the hen house and tied her 10
a tin rain water conductor that came down
hy the corner OF the barn, and then We
danced war dance around her, and yelled
'ki-yf until she pcrspircl. took my
tOmahawk and lifted her hair and hung il
on the chicken roost, and then made u
speech to her in Indian. | said, Tho
pale faced maiden from the rising sun Is
in the hands OF the Apachcs, aud ;hcy
ycarn for gore. Her brothers and fathers
and unclcs, the Indian agents, have rob
bed the children of the forest Of their
army blankets and canned lobster, aud
the red man must be avenged. But wo
will not harm the pretty white maiden,
except to burn her at the stake. What has
she to SayY viii she give the rcd men
taiIy, or will she burny' Just then pa
came out with cistcrn pole, and lac rer-
cued the white maiden, and said we must
not be so rough. Then the girl said she
would'SiYc us all the taily we wanted, and
she went in, and she and ma watched us
from the back window PA he watched
us rob coach, and he said it was first
rate. The man that collects the ashes
from the alley, with n horse and wagon,
he had just loaded up and got on tho
wagon, when two Of my Indians took the
horse by the bits, aud we mounted the
wagon, and robbed the driver of clay
pipe and pOcket-comb. and kaifc. but
he saved hi. ashes by promising never To
reveal the names of the robbers. In just
laughed, when we gave the ash man bnck
his knife aud things, aud said he hadn't
had SO much fun in long time. Then
we were going to lasso a wild Texas steer,
and ride il, tho way they did in the show,
and pa said that was where lac came ia
handy. He said he could throw lasso
just like 4 cowboy. We got my chum's
pas COW out OF the barn, and drove her
up the alley, and pa stood there with a
! clothes-line, with big moose TO the end,
! and he headed of the COW and threw the
lnsso. Well, you'd dde to see pa sweep
things out OF the alley with his pants.
The COW was sort of scared when We
drove her up the alley, cause ] guess she
thought IL was time she was miIked, and
when pa stepped out from behind the
barrel and throwcd the rope around her
neck, guess she thought it was NIL day
with her, for she turned and gdllopc1,
and kicked up and bcllcred, aud pa did
! not know enough 10 let go Of the rope.
First, pa followed the COW down TIL alley
| sitting down, and about buslel Of ashes
got up his trowsers legs, and the tomato
cans aud old oyster Caus ilew around like
n cyclone was blowing. u InjinS climb
J cd up on the fences to get cut OF the way,
and that scared the COW more, and she
! snatched pa along too quick. yelled 10
/ m lst NJ tlp rnua aud iIsf tIe
COW drawcJ him under wagon lac let go,
! and the COW took the clothes lite home.
/ Pa got up and shook the ashes out OF his
/ trowsers legs and picked up piece OF
! board and started back. You never saw
tribe OF Indians get scared 90 quick as
we did. As went in the hen coop and
! got under barrel, heard pa say, That
( busts up the Buffalo Bill business. No
more Wild Western steer lassoing for your
/ uncle Ike Well, no one was 10 blame
! but pa. lie thinks he can DO everything,
and when lie tries aud gets all tangled, he
/ lays it 10 me. We went out OF tile street
with our tomahawks, when pa went in TO
/ brush himself, and disbanded, aud went
! on to our reservation, and peace rcigns
again, aud tho Boston girl has gone home
with an idea that VIC are all hcatlicnS out
West"
81 should think yonr pa would learn
4 after awhile that nc is too old to fool
i around a. hc did when lie was a boy"
said the grocery man. as he got away from
the boy for fear he would get scaIped.
eyes, that's what / told hin. Hello,