The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-06-08


off pa wotld know there had been
some smouging somewhere, 1 asked
the shoe store man how long it would
take the backing to wear off, and he
said it ought to wear off in week.
1 guess pa won't go out of doors
much, unless 1t is in the night. l
am going to get him to let me go out
in the country a fishing, till mine
wears off, and when I get out in the
country will wash up. Say you
don't think little backing does any
hurt to a mans complexion do you,
and you don't think man ought to
get mad because it won't wash off
do you p
80, probably it don't hurt the
complexion" said the groceryman,
as he sprinkled some fresh water on
the wilted lettuce, so it would look
fresh while the hired girl was buying
some, "and yet it is mighty unpleas-
ant, where man has got an engage
ment to go to card party, as I
know your pa has tonight. AS to
getting mad about it, if I was your
pa would take barrel stave and
shatter your castle scandalous. What
kind of fate do you think awaits
you when you die, anyway?
"Well Pm mixed on the fate that
awaits me when I die. If I should
go off sudden, with all my sins on
my head, and this burnt cork on my
face, l should probably be a neigh
Dor to you, way down below, and
ttey would give me job as fire
man, and l should feel bad for you
evary time I chucked in another
chunk of birthstone, and thought of
you trying to swim dog fashion in
the lake of fire, and straining your
eyes to find an iceberg that you
could crawl upon to cool your
parched hind legs. If 1 don't die
slow so will have time to repent,
and be saved, 1 shall be toasted
brown. That is what the minister
says, and they wouldn't pay him two
thousand dollars year and give him
vacation to tell anything that was
not so. Itell you it is painful to
think of that place that so many pref
ty fair average people here are going
to when they die. just think OF it
a man that swears just once, if he
don't hedge, and take it back, will
go to the bad place. If a person
steals pin, just small, no account
pin, he is as bad as if he stole all
there was in bank, and he stands
the best chance of going to the bad
place. You see, if fellow steals a
little thing like pin, he forgets to
repent, cause it don't seem to be
worth while to make much fuss
about. But if fellow robs a bank,
or steals a whole lot of money from
orphans, he knows it is a mighty
serious matter, and he gets in his
work repenting, mighty quick, and
he is liable to get to the good place,
while you, who have only stole a
few potatoes out of every bushel you
sold to the orphan asylum, will for
get to repent, and you will sizzIe. I
tell you, the more 1 read about being
good. and going to Heaven, the more
[ think Teller can't be too careful,
and from this out you won't find a
better boy than am. When come
in here after this and take few
dried peaches Or crackers aud cheese,
you charge it right up to pa, and
then l won't have it on my mind
and have to answer for It on the
great judgement day. I am going
to shake my chum, cause he chews
tobacco, which is wicked, though
don't see how that can be, when
the minister smokes, but want to be
on the safe side. l am going to be
good or bust suspender, and here.
after you can point to me as a boy
who has seen the folly of an ill spent
life, and if there is such thing as a
boy, who has been a terror getting
into heaven, l am the hairpin, I tel
you, when I listen TO the minister tel
about the angels in heaven, flying
around there, and see pictures o
them purifier than any girl in thil
town, with chubby arms with dimp-
les in the elbows and shoulders, ane
long golden hair, and think of my
self here cleaning off horses in .
livery stable and smelling like an ole
harness, it makes me tired, and
wouldn't miss going for ten dollars
tSay you would make healthy angel
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