The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-08-24
PECK'S BAD BOY.
How HE Made the Old Man Be
licVe Sunday Was Saturday.


lieVe Sunday Was Saturday.
Peek's sun,
"IIellO ~ said the grocery man
to the bad boy, as he came in look
ing sick at heart and all broken
up. "IIJw is your muscle this
morningF
"All right enough = said the boy,
with II look OF inquiry, as though
wondering what was coming next,
"Why e.
"0h, nothing, only was going
to grind tue hatchet aud some
knives aud things this morning,
aud l thought maybe YOU would
like to go out to the shed aud turn
the grindstOne for me TO develop
your muscles. Turning IA grind.
S, Que is the healthiest thing Il boy
can dor
"That is all right enough said
the bad, boy AS he took up "A sweet
cracker, shut please look at me.
Do | look like a grind stone boy 7
Do | resemble IA good little boy
that can't say no. aud goes of
nd turn grind stone half u day
for some old dutfer who pays him
by giving II handful of green
currents or telling him he
will he a man day, and the
boy goes off one way with a
lame back, while tho good
man goes the other way with a
sharp scythe and a chuckle ut the
softness of the boyi You are mis-.
taken in me. | have passed the
grindstoue period, and you will
have to pick up another sardine
who has never done circular work
Not any grindstone for Hennery, il
you please
"You are getting too smart,
said the grocery man, as he charged
a pound OF sweet crackers tor the
boys father. "You don't have tc
turn the griutsioae il you dom
want tor
That's what | thought says
the boy, as he takes handful o'
blueberries. "You grindstont
sharps who are always laying foI
u tool boy to give tatly to, aud GET
him to break his back, don't play il
fine enough. You bear to hard OF
the grlndst0ne. have seen th,
time when n man could get me tt
turn the grindstoLe for him Til
the cows come home, by making
me believe il was iun, and by tell
ing me that he never sawa DO,
that seemed TO throw so much sou
INTO turLinga grindst0ne as | did
hut have found that such mel
are hypocrites. They invelgle !
boy into their nest like the spider
does the fly, aud at first they dom
bear on hard, but just let the blade
OF the axe or scytbe touch the grind
stone, and they make boy be
lieve that he is u bigger man thal
old Grant. They bet him he vii
get tired and he bets he can turu d
grindstone MS long as any body; ant
when the boy has got his reputa
ton at stake, they then begin tC
bear on hard, aud the boy gets
tired, but be holds out, aud when
the tools are ground he is as fresh
as IA daisy, when he is tired enough
to die. Such men do more tt
teach boys the hollowuess Of the
world and It's tricky features than
anything, and they teach boys tC
know who are friends and who arc
foes. No, sir, the best way is tt
hire . grown person to turn YOU
grindstone. / remember | turned
o grindstone four hours for tar
mer once, aud when ! got through
he said | could go to the spring
and drink all the water ! wantet
for nothing. He was the tightes
man | ever saw. Why, tight
That man was tight enough to hole
kerosene"
"That's all right. Who wanted
you to turn a grlndstone, anyway
But what is it about your pa ant
ma being turned out of churchi
hear they scandalized themselves
horribly last Sunday"
"Well, you see, me and my chun
put up job on pa to make hin
think Sunday was only Saturday
aud guess we are all going t,
get fred from the church for work
Ing OH Sunday. You see the,
didn't 60 to church last Sunda,
because mas new bonnet hadn'
come, and Monday and Tuesday !
Iained, and the rest of the week i
was SO muddy no one called, O
they could not get anywhere; $,
Monday | slid out early and go
the daily paper, and Oh Tuesda.
my chum he got the paper off TIN
steps and put Mondays in its place
!. watched when they were readin,
it, but they did not notice the date
Then Wednesday we put Tuesday
paper on the steps and pa said !
seemed more than Tuesday, bu
ma she got the paper on the da.
before aud looked at the date an,
said it seemed so to her, but sh
guessed they had lost day some
how. Thursday we got Wednes
days paper on the steps, and Fri
day we rung in Thursdays paper
and Saturday my chum he 60
Fridays's paper on the steps, an
ma said she guessed she woul
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