The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1883-02-01
THE BAD'S HOLIDAY.
Peck's Milwaukee SUM-

pa had headache, because he haC
been out all night electioneerine
for the prohibition ticket, and he
was cross, and he was dry and
scolded me, and once he pull.
ed my ears because / asked him il
he knew the girl he was smiling al
in seat across the aisle. / didn'i
enjoy myself much, and some men
were talking about kidnapping
children, aud it gave me an idea,
and just before we got to Chicago
/ went after a drink of water at
the t'other end of the car, and !
saw man who looked as though
he wouldn't stand any fooling, and
| whispered to him and told him,
that baldheaded man I was sitting
with was taking me away from my
home in Milwaukee, and / mis-
trusted he was going to make a
thief or pickpocket of me. I
said 's-h-h-h,' and told him not
to say anything or the man would
maui me. Then 1 went back to
the seat and asked pa to'buy me a
gold watch; he looked mad and
cuffed me on the ear. The man
that I whispered to got to talking
with some other men, and when
we got off the cars at Chicago,
policeman came up to pa and took
him by the neck and said: Mr..
Kidnapper, l guess we will have
to run you in Pa was mad and
tried to jerk away, and the cop
choked him, and another cop came
along and helped, and the passen-
gers crowded around and wanted
to lynch pa,and pa wanted to know
what they meant, and they asked
him where he stole the kid, and he
said / was his kid and asked me if
[ wasn't and / looked scared as
though 1 was afraid to say no, and
I said: Yes, sir, 1 guess SO.
Then the police said the poor
boy was scarf, and they would take
us both to the station, and they
made pa walk pretty spry, and
when he held back they jerked him
along. He was offul mad, and he
would make somebody smart for
this, and [ hoped it wouldn't be
me. At the station they charged
pa with kidnapping boy from
Milwaukee, and he says it was
lie, and l was his boy; l said
course [ was, and the boss asked
who told the cops pa was a kidnap-
per, and then the boss told pa he
could go, but not to let it occur
again, and pa and me went away.
[ looked so sorry for pa that he
never tumbled me that / was to
blame.
eve walked around town all
day, and went to the stores, and
pa was offul tired, and he put me
to bed in the tavern and he went
out TO walk around and get rested.
l was not tired, and I walked
around the hotel. / thought pa
had gone to the theatre, and that
made me mad, and I thought I
would play q joke on him. Our
room was No. 40, and the next
room was 2l2, and there was an
old maid nth Scotch terrier oc-
cupied 212. / saw her twice and
she called me names cause she
thought l wanted to steal her dog.
That made me mad at her, and 80
1 took my jack-knife and drew the
tacks out of the tin thing that the
numbers were painted on, and put
the old maids number on our
door, and put our number on her
door, and then / went to bed. /
tried to keep awake, SO as to help
pa if he had any difficulty, but /
guess | got asleep, but woke up
when the dog parked. If the dog
had not woke me up the woman's
screams would, and if that hadn't
pa would. You see, pa came home
from the theatre about 'leven, and
he had been drinking. He says
everybody drinks when they go to
Chicago, even the ministers. Pa
looked at the plumbers on the
doors all along the hall till he
found 30, and walked right in and
pulled off his coat and threw it on
the lounge were the dog was. The
old maid was asleep but the dog
bsrked, and pa said, THAT cussed
) boy has bought a dogF and he