The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-07-20
THE BAD BOY.
TPeok's Sun. ]

| cox ouu
Don't you think my Pa is showing
lis sgs . good deal more than US
usli asked the bad boy Of the gro
creyn . ale to,k Q smoked her.
out Of box and peeled of tho akin
ring With broken blsded jack.knife,
and split it open and ripped Of the
bone threw the head at a CAT. and
took some crackers and began TO cot.
We'll, l don't know but 10 docs
hook a. though he Was getting OLD
said the grceer5 nah. rs hs took .
piecs Of yellow wrapping paper. and
charged the b'ys poor old father
With . dozen herrings and pound
Of crackers; But thsro il co wonder
he il getting old. I wouldn't 60
through what your lathe has, the
last year, for . million dollars. !
toll you, boy, when your father iS
dead, 40 d you Get step-fsther, and
hs makes you walk tie chalk
marx, You will realiz. what bouan.
"a you have fooled yourself ont Of By
killing OF your father. The way !
6gure IL, your father will last about
ak morths. and you ought to treat
him right, the little time Le has I"
live.
Well. I am going to- said the boy
as 10 picked the herring bones Of bis
teeth with q piece Of match thai
he shnpaned with HE knife. But
I dou't believe in Borrowing trouble
about . step.isthsr 20 long before
hand. don't thick Ma could get
man 10 step into Pas shoes, - lore
~ lived. not II she Was inlaid with
diamonds. and owned . brewery.
Thsrs arc brave men. I know, that
are on the marry. but none Of them
would want to be brsvet father to .
chsrubin like me, except be got
pretty good wages. And then,
since Pa was dissectsd he Is going
to lsad . different life. and guess !
will make man Of him. II he holds
out. We got him to j,in the Good
TemplArs lest night
No. you don't tell me- said the
grocery man, as he thought bis trade
in cider for miuce pies would be cot
"A. 'Sa you got him in:o tho GIod
Templars, eL!'
We'll. he thinks b. has ,ined The
Good Temrlars, 50 it's all the same
You see my cbum aud mo have been
going to private gymnasium, on the
west side kept BY Datchman, and
in back room be has all the tools
for getting up mus 10. There, look at
my arm,' said the boy, As he rolled
up his sleeve and showed q muscle
about as big is On oyster. That is
the result Of training at the gymus.
siam, Before l took lessons 1 bsd'l
ary more muscle than you have got.
Well. the du,chman was goin to n
dance on the south side ths other
night, and he asked my chum to tond
the gymgaainm. and ! told Pa il hs
would join the Good T,mplars that
night thoro wouldn't be msny ct the
lodge, aud he. wouldn't be so embar.
raised, and as I was one of the CT
6cers Of the lodge / wculd put 1t to
him light. aad he said he wouli 60,
so my cbum got 6ve other boys to
help him through. 80 We s,eeied
him down to tho symuasium, and
made him rap on The storm door
outside, and ! said who o,mos thers.
and be said it Was . prilgrim ~ho
wanted to jius our sublime order.
I asked him il be hsd made up bis
mind to turn from tie ways Of q
hyena. and adop, the truly good, and
be said ifhe knew his own heart be
had. and then I told hin 10 come 10
out Of tho snow. and take Of Lis
pants. Hs kicked . little o. taking
ID bis pants, beoause l. was cold ont
there IN the storm dog house. because
told him they all had to do it
The princes, potsntatss aud paupsrs
ell had TO como 10 It He asked me
/ "a 3