The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-07-27
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THAT BAD BOY.
He Plays n Joke on His Pa, and
Gets Locked up.

fecks Sun.
"Whele have you been for a
week back n asked the grocery
man OF the boy, as the boy pulled
the tail board out of the delivery
wagon accidentally and let n couple
of bushels OF potatoes roll out into
the gutter. ~ haven't seen YOU
around here, aud you look pale.
You haven't been sick, have you =
"No, have not been sick. Pa
locked me up in the bathroom two
days and nights, aud didn't give
me nothing TO eat but bread aud
water. Siuce he has got religious
he seems to be harder than ever on
NE. Say, do you think religion sof-
tens a mans heart, or does it give
him u caked breast! rspect pa
will burn me ut the stake next"
The grocery mau said that when
Il man had truly been converted his
heart was sottened, and be was al.
ways looking for Il chance 10 do
good aud be kind to the poor, but
Il he only had this galvanized re.
ligion, this roll.pIate piety, or white.
washed reformation, he was liable
to be a harder citizen, Than before,
"What made your pa lock yol up
in the bath room Oh bread and
water n he asked.
"Well,n said the boy as he eat a
couple OF s;ht pickles out OF II jar
Oh the sidewalk, "pa iSuot convert.
ell enough TO hurt him, aud |
knowed il, aud | thought it
would he Il good joke to try
him and see II he was so con.
founded good so got my cham
to dress up III Il suit OF his sisters
summer clothes. Well, you
wouldn't believe my chum would
look 81 much like Il girl. lie woHld
fool the eldest inhabitant, lie had
to sell his bicycle to IA slim fellow
that clerks in Il store, cause he
didh't want it any more. His neck
is just as fat aud there are dimples
in it, aud with IA dress low in the
neck and long at the trail he looks
as tall as ma. He bursted Que of his
sisters slippers getting them OH,
aud her stockings were good deal
too big for him, but he tucked his
drawers down in them and tied a
suspender around his leg above the
kuee, aud they stayed on all right.
Well he looked KILN, | should
prevaricate, with his sisters muslin
dress on, starched as stiff as shirt
and her reception hat with Il white
feather as big as u Newfoundland
dogs tail. Pa SAID he had got to
20 down town to see some OF tho
old soldiers of his regiment, and L
loafed behind. My chum met pa
on the cerner and asked him where
the Lake Shore Park was. She
said she was stranger from Chi.
cago, that her husband had dc.
serted her and she didn't know but
she would jump into the Lake.
Pa looked In my chnm's eye aud
sized her up and said it would be
a sin to commit suicide, and asked
il she didn't want to take a walk.
My chum said he should litter, and
he took pa's arm and they walked
up TO the lake and back. Well,
you may talk about joining the
church on probation all you please,
but they get their arm around a
girl all the same. Pa hugged my
chum till he says he thought pa
would break his sisters corset all
to pieces, and he squeezed my
chum's hand till the ring cut right
into bis finger aud he has to wear IA
piece OF court plaster on it. They
started for the Court House Park,
as | told my chum to do, aud l
went and got ma. Ma just throw
ed shawl over her head and We
started down through the park.
When We got near pa and my
chum l told ma it was Il shame for
so many people to be sitting around
lally.gagging right before folks,
and she said it was dlsgustiu, aud
then pointed to my cbum, who
had his heal on pas bosom, and pa
was patting my chum on the cheek,
while be held his other arm around
his waist. They was on the iron
seat, and we came right up behind
them, and when ma saw pas bald
head | thought she would bust.
She knew his head as quick as she
set her eyes on it. My chum asked
pa if be was married, and he said
he was a widower. He said bis
wife died fourteen years ago, OF
liver complaint. Well, ma shook
like leaf, and | could hear her new
teeth rattle just like chewing straw
| harr;ac with aonds in thalu 1lIan