Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-04-27
miscellaneous.
His Ma Comes Home.

"When is your ma coming back y
asked the grocery man Of the bad boy
as he found him standing on the side
walk when the grocery man was open
ing in the morning, taking some pieces
of bricks out of his coat pockets.
"Oh, she got back at midnight last
night said tho boy. as he ate few
blue berries gu. Of case. "Thats
what makes me up so early Pa has
been kicking at these pieces OF brick
with his bare feet, and when | came
away he had his toes in his hand and
was trying to go back up stairs on one
foot. Pa hain't got no sense"
81 am afraid you are terror" said
the grocery man as he looked at the in.
nocent face Of the boy. "You are al
ways making your parents some trouble,
and it is n wonder to me that they don't
send you to reform school. What
deviltry were you up to last night to get
kicked this morning y
"No deviltry, just little fun You
see, ma went to Chicago to stay week,
and she got tired and autographed she
would be home last night, and pa was
down town, and forgot to give him
the dispatch, and after he went to bed
me and chum of mine thought we
would have II 18th Of July. You see,
my chum has got a sister about as big
as ma, and we hooked some of her
clothes, and after pa got to snoring we
put them in pas room. Oh you'd laiTed
We put pair Of number one slippers,
with blue stockings, down in front of
the rocking chair, and red corset on q
chair, and my chum's sisters best black
silk dress on another chair, and hat with
a white feather on it on the bureau,
and some frizzers on the glass bracket,
and everything that we could find that
belonged to girl in my chums sisters
room. Oh, we got a real parasol, too,
aud left it right in the middle Of tue
floor. Well, when looked at the lay
out and heard pa snoring, | thought |
should die. You see, ma knows pa is
darned good fellow, but she is easily
excited My chum slept with me that
night, and when We heard the door bell
ring stuffed piller in my mouth.
There was nobody to meet ma Mt the
depot, aud she hired hack and camo
right up Nobody heard the bell but
me, and | had to go down and let ina in
She was pretty hot now at not being
met at the depot"
where's your father" said she, as
she began to 60 up stairs.
81 told her | guessed pa had gone to
sleep by this time. but heard good deal
of noise in the room about an hour ago,
and maybe he was taking bath Then
| slipped up stairs and looked over the
banisters. Ma said something about
heaven and earth, and where is the hue
zy, and lots Of things | couldn't hear;
and pa said damiino, and its no such
thing, aud the door slammed and they
talked for two hours. Ispose they final
ly laid it on me, as they always do, cause
pa called me very early this morning,
and when came down stairs he came
out in the hall, and his face was redlcr'n
beet, and be tried to stab me with his
big toe-nail, and If it hadn't been for
these pieces Of brick he would have hurt
my feelings. see they had my chun's
sisters clothes all pinned up in news.
paper, and | s'pose when | go back |
shall have 10 carry them home, aud then
she will be down on me. I'll tell you
what | have good notion to take some
shoemaker's wax and stick my chum on
my back and travel with circus as a
double-headed boy from Borneo. A fell
low could have more fun and not get
kicked all the time"
And the boy sampled some strawber-
RIGS in case in front Of the store, and
went down the street whistling for his
chum, who was looking out Of AN alley
to SEQ IL the coast was clear.