The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
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boy, as he came tn with one eye black. and his nose peeled oa one side. and sat down on . board across the coal scuttle, and began whistling as anconcerned as possible Whats the matter with your eye?"
 Boy tried to goagc il out without asking my consent. and the bad boy took dried herring Out of the box and began peeling it. He's m bed now, and has ma IS poulticing him. and she says he will be out about the las, of neNt week
 70. you are going 10 be rrire lighter. amt you, said the groceryman. d,s- gusted. "When a boy leaves . lob where he Is wosk.ng. and gees to loafiag around to become a prize shter is the hrs, thing. What your pa oush, to do IS b.nd you out with a farmer. where you would have ro work all the time wish you would go away from here. because you look like one of these fellows that comes up before the police judge Mon- day morning. and gets thirty days in the house of correction. Why don't you go ou: and loaf around slaughter house. where you would look appropriate !" and the grocery man took a hair brush and brushed some loose sugar and tea. tha, was on the counter. into the sugar barrel,
 Well. if you have go, through with your sermon. w,ll too, li,,le on my hon." and the boy threw the remains of the herring over behind barrel of po- tatocs. and wiped his hands on a coffee sack. If you had this black eye. and had got 1t the way did. II would bc more priceless gem In she crown ot glory you hope 10 wear. than any gem you can gc, by putting quarters ID the collection plate. with the holes filled with lead. as you did last Sunday, when l was watch ing yous Q. didn', you look pious when you picked that filled quarter out. and held your thumb over the place where the lead was. The way oft black eye vas this. %, job tending a soda fountain. and last night. just before we closed. there was two or three young loaters in the place, and a girl came in for glass of soda. Five years ago she vas one of the brightest scholars m the ward school. when was in the in,crme- diate department. She was just zs hand some as a peach, and everybody liked her At recess she used to take my part when the boys knocked me around. and she lived near us. She had heart as big as tha, cheese box. and guess that's whats the matter. Anyway. she left school. and then 1t was sad she was going to be married 10 fellow who Is now ,n the dude business. but he weni back on her and after awhile her ma turned her ou, doors, and for year of two she was jerking beer m concert saloon, until the mayor stopped concerts. She tried hard to get sewing to do, but they wouldn't have her, ] guess cause she cried 90 much when she was sewing, and the tears vel the cloth she was sewing on. Once l asked pa why ma didn't give her some sewing to do, and he said tor me to dry up and never speak to her II l met her on the street. IL seemed tuf to pass her on the street, when she had tears m her eyes as blg as marbles. and not speak ,o her when know her Q we'll. and she had been so kind to me al school. just cause a dude wouldn't marry her. but l wanted to obey pa. so used to walk around a block when l see her coming. cause 1 didn't want to huu her feelings. We'll, last nigh, she came into the store, looking pretty shabby, and wanted glass of soda. and gave Il to her. and Q. hoa her hand tremi,lcd when she raIsed l, to her lips, and how wet her eyes were, and how pale her face was. l ehoked up SO couldn't speak when she handed me the niekle, and when she looked up a, me and smiled Jus, like she used to. and said was getting 10 be almos, man since we went tn kA old a.h put her handkerchief 10 her eyes. by gosh my eyes got so full couldn't tell whether II was nlekle or ioxenger she gave me. lust then one of those ioaiers began to laugh at her. and call her names. and say the police ought 10 take her up for stray. and he made fun of her until she cred some more. and go, ho, and ven, around to where he was and told him II he said another unkind word ,o tha, gifi would maui h,m- He laughed and asked II she was my sister. and told h,m that poor fnendless g,ri, whs was sick and in distress, and who was insulted. ought to be every boys sister. for minute. and any boy who had spark of manhood should proiec, her, and then he laughed and said ouzh, to he one of the Little Sisters Of the Poor, aad he took
 
 hold of her faded shawl and pulled the weak gih agains, the showcase, and said something mean so her, and she looked as though she wanted to die, and mashed that boy one righ, on the nose. Well. the ar secmed 10 b~ fuii Of me for minute, cause he wzs bigger than ne. and he got me down and gos hls thumb in my eye. guess he vas going to take my e,e out, but turned him over and got on ,ap and ] mauled him until he begged. bui l souidnf les him up until he asked the girls pardon, and swore he would ship any boy that in- suited her. and then i iet hlm gp and the gih thanked me, bat told her l couldn't speak to her. 'eaase she sas tuff. and pa didn't want me to speak se sn.- body who was tuf, but fl anybody ever lnsalied her so she had 10 cry. tha, would whip him fl 1 had to take club. told pa about II. and thought that he would be mad at ne for taking the pars Of gih thA, was tsH. but by gosh. pa hugged me, and the ssars came in his