Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-08-02
i, THE BAD BOY,
How he Spent the Glorious For
With bis; s;;Girl.cDl
OQrth
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se99tHsres g e6sdeme fqu, You will pay
for that cat," said the grocery iiiah
to.the bad boy, as he came in the
store all broke up, the morning after
the Eppgth ~ Jelys;yU2
"What cat? said the boy, as he
leaned againstq the zinc ice box to
cool his back, which had been having
trouble with a bunch of fire crackers
ia4iis, pistol pocket 1--WE have6's
ordered any cat from here Who
ordered any cat sent to our house?
We get our sausage at the market, !"
and the boy rubbed some cold cream
on his nose and eyebrows, where the
skin was off. l.s aogs ,f4a - -
''Yes, that is all right enough," !"
said the grocery man, l'''but some
body who knew where that cat slept,
in the box of sawdust back OF the
store, filed it full of fire crackers
Wednesday forenoon, when I vas out
TO see the procession, and peyer mott
fed the cat; and touched them off,
and the cat went through the roof Of
the shed, and she hasn't got hair
enough left on her to put in tea.
Now, you didn't show up all the fore
noon, and went and asked your ma
where you was, and she said you had
been setting up four nights straight
along with a sick boy in the third
ward and you was sleeping AL the
forenoon the 4th Of july. II that is
SO, that let's you out on the eat. but
itdon't stand to rsason. = Own up,
now, was You aalesp ~ Aae fose enoon,
the 4th, while other boys eere cele-
bratingY or did you seorehs my, eat?'
and the grocery man looked at the
boy as though he would believe every
word he said it he was bad. 81 3
"Well," said the bad boy, as he
yawned as though he had. been up
all night. 81 am innocent Of sitting
up with your cat, but I plead guilty
to sitting up with Duffy. You see !
am bad, and it don't make any differ
ence, where / am, snd Duffy thump-
ed me once when we were playing
marbles, and | said would get even
with him some time. His ma washes
for US, and when she told me that
her boy was aiekSNith fever, and had
no one testay with him whils,she was
away, 1 thought it would bes good
way to get even With Duffy when he
was weak. and 7 went. down there to
his shanty and gave him h,s medicine,
and read to him all day, and he cried,
'cause he knew I ought to have maui
ed him, and that night sat up with
him while his ma cid the ironing, and
Duffy was so glad that i went down
there every day and stayed there
every night, and fred medicine down
him, and let his ma sheep, and Duffy
has got mashed ON me, and he says
will be- an angel when I die. Last
night makes five nights have sat up
with him, and he has got so he. can
eat beef-tea and crackers. My girl
went back on me cause she said j
was sitting up with some other girl.
She said that Duffy',s story was toe
thin, but Duffy's ma was washing al
my girls house, and she proved wha,
I said, and | was all right again
slept all the forenoon the Fourth, anG
then stayed with Duffy -untfi foul
O'Clock, and got furlough and took
my girl to the Soldiers Home. 1 ha6
rather set up with Duffy, though.
"Oh, get out. You can't, make
me believe You had rather stay in 4
sick-room and set up with a boy, thar
to take a girl to a Fourth of July, ,.
said the groceryman, as he took {
brush and wiped the sawdust of
some bottles of peppersauce that hs
was taking out of a box ffYot
didn't have any trouble with the girl
did you?'' @ .,g,3a. 10.
"No, not with her." said the boy
as he looked into the little round zins
mirror to see If his eyebrows wer'
beginning to grow. aaaT iEs.si ,.,s,
But her pa is so unreasonable. d i
think man ought to know bette,
than to kick q boy right where he ha'
had pack Of frecrackers explode il
his pocket. You see when I brough
the girl home, she was a wreck. DOM
you ever take a girl to the Fourth o.
july Take the advice Of a boy iwhs
has had experience. We hadn't NOR
than got to the Soldiers HON,
grounds before some boys who wer,
playing tag grabbed a hold Of N,
girls rushed-strawbery polonaiss
and ripped it off ri That made be-
mad, and she wanted me to take of
fense at it, and tried to reason viii
the boys and they both jumped OF
me, and l saw the only way to get ou
of it honorably was to get real spry
and i got out. Then we sat. down
under tree to eat lunch, and m,
Igirl swallowed a pickle the, .wrohl
way, and I pounded her On the back
the way ma does when I choke, ant
Ishe yelled. and policeman grabbe'
me and shook me and asked me wha
! I was hurting that poor girl for, ami
told me if / did it again he would al
lrest me. Everything went wrong
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