Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-03
Peek,s Rad Rev.

Peek's Bad Boy.
'sWhen is your ma coming back?"
asked the grocery man of the bad boy
as he found him standing on the side
walk when the grocery was opened in
the morning. taking some pieces of
brick out of his coat tail pocket.
.'Oh, she got back at midnight last
night said the boy, as he ate few
raisins out of a case. That's what
makes me up SO early. Pas been
kicking at these pieces of brick with
his bare feet, and when I came away
be had his toes in his hand and was
trying to go up stairs on one foot.
Pa hain't got no sense
'sPm afraid you are a terror" said
the grocerynan, as he looked at the
innocent face of the boy. You are
always making your parents some
trouble, and it is wonder to me that
they don't send you to some reform
school. What deyiltry we're you up
to last night to get kicked this morn
ing?''
''No deviltry, just little fun.
You see ma went to Chicago to stay.
a week, and she got tired and ieis-
graphed she would be home last
night, and pa was down town and 1
forgot to give him the dispatch, and
after we went to bed me and a chum of
mine thought We would have 4th Of
July. You see my chum has go. a
sister, about as big as ma. and we got
her clothes, and after pa got to snor-
ing we put them in his room. Oh,
you'd a laffed. We put q pair of
number one slippers with blue stock
ings, down in front of the rocking
chair, beside pas boots, and red corr.
set ON the chair, and q hat with q
white feather in it on the bureau, and
some frizzes on the gas bracket, and
everything we could find that be-
longed to girl, in my chum's sisters
room. Oh, we got red parasol,
too, and left it in the middle of the
floor. Well, when 1 looked at the
layout, and heard pa snoring, 1
thought 1 should die. You see ma
knows pa is darn good feller, but
she is easily excited. My chum slept
with me that night, and when we
heard the door bell ring l stuffed
pillow in my mouth. There was no.
body to meet ma at the depot, and
she hired hack and came right up.
Nobody heard the bell but me and
had to 60 down and let ma in. She
was pretty hot now, you bet, at not
being met at the depot.
"Where's your father" said she
as she began to go up the stairs.
II told her her l guessed pa had
gone to sleep by this time, but 1
heard good deal of noise in the
room about an hour ago, and maybe
he was taking bath. Then i slipped
up stairs and looked over the bannis-
ters. Ma said something about heaven
and earth, and where is the huzzy?'
and lot of things could not hear,
and pa said 'damfino, and its no such
thing and the door slammed and
they talked for three hours. / sup
pose they finally layed it on to me,
) as they always do, cause pa called
me very early in the morning, and
when came down stairs he came in
the hall and his face was retlder'n 0
beet, and he tried to stab me with his
toe-nail, and if it hadn't been foI
these pieces of brick he would have
. hurt my feelings. l see they have
, my chum's sisters clothes all pinned
up in newspaper, and l suppose
when i go back shall have to carry
them home, and then l suppose She
will be down on me. tell you wha
/ have got good notion to tax,
some shoemaker's wax and stick my
!, chum on my back and travel with
circus as a double-header from Bor
neo. A fellow could have more fun
' and not get kicked all the time.
And he sampled some ginger-snap
from case on the counter and wen
:, down the street whistling for hi
= chum, who was looking out of an al
y ley to see if the coast was clear.
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