Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-01-13

"lIow's things over In your houser"
inquired the grucrry man of the bad boy.
And say, what's the matter with your
You are all dressed up, and have 10,
clean shirt on, AID your shoes biacA-d,
and nU,ice your pSuts are not raveilri
out 80 III the bottom al the l"Ss behind.
You are not ia love, ar" you!
"Wcll, snould sm,lc, SAID the boy, as
ne looked into u small mirror on tiIr Coiiu-
ter. covered wllh ny spccks. "A g,rl yot
mashed un me, ANA ma says II Is sUud tor
"A bov who hasn't got no sister 10 bc ~
love with girI, and - | hiud oi lumU.rd
To myself, aud size uun'l 30 nowhere with
ont 1 40 with her. take her 80 dancing
| school, ami c,cTyw here, and she loves Inc
like a house on fire. Say, Wa you ever
| I'm love! Makes a fellow lCcl queer, ,lOnt
il? Well. sir, the first time l wcnl hOInc
with her pat my arms around her, aud
honest, /; scared me. IL Was just like
when YOU take hold vi IN 'irc.ric battery,
and on can I let go ill llIc man iurns iiir
Knob. li"nrst, | was jus, "a weak ns "a
cat. thought she hau needles ~ her
belt, aIid Vas going Ia lake 10! ann a"a.,
but IL VAS ju-t iiAc Il wds going oh.
asked her 10 shc iclt thaI way iwp, Hn" she
SAID she u-,d to, bui h war ifu,hlng wh'h
you got u,c,. 10 IL. Tnai niiic me mai.
! But ,hr is older lhan me and know niuge
abou; a.. When Was guiLg Ia ltaye her
at the gate shc Kissed me, aiid that was
worse than putting my arm around her.
By gosh, frcmblcd all over just LIKE
had the chills, but Sas a- warm Ne toast.
She wouldn't let go ior ~ much ~ MN.
ute. and / was ~ tired as though had
been carrying coal dp stairs. ] Jidn't
want to 20 home M all, but sh. sAiu u
would be the best way Ia 20 home nnd
come again the next day; aud the next
morning 1 " ent to her hn,ise before nny
of them acre up, her pa COIN. oui To let
the cat IN, aud lac laiicd and saiu better
go home aud not be picked tiil got ripe.
say, how much does IL cost to yet mar
ricdI"
well, should say you had got IL
bad " sail the grocery man, ~ iiu s-i out
n ba-ket oI beet. Your =, tiibg 10 love
will he "a great ihing Tor yOur pa, ih"ugb.
You wont have lame 10 play sny more
Jokes Oh him.
..Oh, guess we can find time to keep
pa II ON b,ing Lonesome. Have you seen
hin, this moruingg You SEE, my vhum's
pa has got "a seu.r dog -tuBrd. IL n one
ibat died Two years ago, AMI lac thought
n great deal ui IL A., AMI br had it -iuffca Tor
an ornament. Wril, my cbnm and mc
took th" dog aud pul lt Un our lIvDt sirps,
and look svIiIe COTTON aiI'l iaslehrd II 10
III. dogs mouth so II looked just Ike
froth, and we got behind The door and
waited for pa TO come home FROM Tie iLs-
atre. when pa started To cUme mp the
steps growls,I, and pa loOSr, at the dog
and said, Mad dog, by cfimus" aud bc
started down the sidewalk, and my ctiiin
barked just like y dog, and 'ki-yi-d' aud
growle,l like Coy that gets licked, nnd
you ought 10 see pa run. lie went around
Ia the alley tO get in the basement WIN
dow, and my chum Lad revolver ~itii
some blank cartridges, aud We went down
In the basement, and Wien pa was trying
To open the window NY eIi'iD b'-g'ut hTlbY
toward pa. Pa liollore'i that IL was only
him, aud not burglar, but after my
cbuin fired four shots IA run HBd climbed
Il fence, aud llIcn We took The dog bOme,
and stayed with my cIIum all night, and
lbis morning ma said pa diiD't get lame
tiil four O'clock, aud then "A policeman
cam. with him, aud pa talked about Biad
dogs aud being taken for a burglar nDd
nearly killed, aBi -IIe said -be Mas afraid
pa had TOOK To- drinking again, aud ,he
asked me il heard any hring OF guns,
and then che puI "et towel on pas head.
You ought 10 be ashamed, said the
grocerynan. Low does your pa bhe
your being in love With the girl! Does leo
seen, toenrourage you ia jif'ng .t8Fb
"Ob 4. yes. She was up 10 our house TO
borry some tea, aud pa p;sfted her on The
cheek aud hinged her, and said site was
~ dear little dai.y. and wanted her Ia sit
IN his lap, but when wanted him 10 let
me have fifty cenIs To buy her some ice
cream I've said that wac all DODsense. lie
said "Look nj your MA. Ealing lee cream,
when she was girl Was what injured
her health for Iife." aske'i ma about IT,,
and sbe said pa never laid onf frD c~Dfs
for ice cream or any other luxury for Ter
in all tie five yesrs lie wais sparkling her.
she says be took her 10 a cir, us once, but
got free tickets for carrying water 10 the
elephant. She rays pa Was tighter Than
the bark io q Tree. tell you it's goingfo
be different With me. II there is any
Thing that girl wants she j. going a. have
it if 1 have 70 sell pin's copper boiler To
get the money. what f. the uSe OF having
wealth IL you I,oxrl II mp aad dvi'f sploy
it7 This family will bt run on different
principles after this, you bet. Say, hoy
much are tho<e yellow woodeuc peceet
combs In sise show csseI I've g1e 3 &p4I
notion 70 bog then for her. How S<3}u
one Of them round nsirre6s vIit = sipr
cJvsr do Tor : srssssat tsf 3 Z : 8 s'fis Ihess''
noting TOO gcVu or hss.s ~
"a. 81 Eftf = -.