Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-20

The Had Hoy Tcln How Court Plaster
Came 60 he Needed.
frvck's SUM-

The Had hoy Tcna How Court Plaster
Came 60 he Needed.
irvck's SUM-
II was down to the drug store this
morning, and saw your ma buying n
lot of court plaster, enough To make n
shirt. should think. What's size
doing with so much court plaster?''
asked the grocery man of the bad boy,
as he came In and pulled oil his boots
by the stove, an d emptied out lot Of
snow that had collected as he walked
through drift. on the hearth, which
melted and made bad smell.
"Oh, guess she Is going to patch
pa up so he will hold water. PAS
temper got him into the worst muss
you ever see, last night. III that mu-
scum was here now they would hire
pa and exhibit him as the t,ttooed man.
tell you have got to old to be nlaulvd
as though was kid, and
any man who attacks me from this
out wants to have his peace made with
the insurance companies, and know
that his calling and election Is sure,
because l am n bud man, and don't
yon forget it,n And the boy pulled
on his boots and looked SO cross and
desperate that the grocery man asked
him IL he wouldn't try little new
c ider.
Good heavens" said the groccm
man, as the boy swallowed the cider
and his face resumed its natural look
and the piratical frown disappeared
with the cider, lyon have not
stabbed your father, have YOU |
have feared that one thing would
bring on another with you, aud that
you would yet be hung.n
Nav, | haven't stabbed him. Ii
was another cat that stabbed him. You
see, pa wants me to do all the work
around the house. The other day he
bought "a load of kindling wood, and
toll me to carry IL into the basement.
/ have not been educated up To kind.
ling wood, and didn't do 1t. When
supper time came and pa found that
had not carried in the kiudling wood
he had n hot box, and he told me II
that wood was not In when he came
back from the lodge that he would
warm my jacket. Well, | tried to hire
some one 10 carry IL in, and got man
To promise TO come in the morning and
carry II in aud take his pay In
groceries, and was going to buy the
groceries here and have them charged
To pa. But that wouldn't help me out
that night. | knew when pa came
home he would search for me- So
slept In the back hall on u cot. But |
didn't want pa to have all his trouble
for nothing, so borrowed nm old tom
cat that nv ehum's old maid aunt
owns, and Pot the cat i'm my bed. |
thought v pa came into my room after
me and tgJad that BY his unkindness
that nae changed 10 tomeat III
| would be sorry NIhat f. the hlggesi
cat you ever Zee and The worst hghtei
In our ward. IL isu't airald OF nay,
thing and can whip IA Newfoundland
dog quicker that scu could sal{ sQsd
in barrel Of sugi2 Well ahogt n
o'clock he..cl "a tumble over th,
| kindling wood, aud ! The n.
mark he made as ttic wt,,.
him that tnerc WAS going 10 al Is
fight real quick. He cauo up IL "a !
room and sounded ma NJ 10 whether
| Hennery had retired TO his
virtuous couch. PA is awful sarcastic
when he tries to be. could heal
him take Off his clothes and hear hin
say, as he picked up "A trunk strap, !
guess l will 90 up to his room ant
watch the smile On his face, ny h,
dreams of angels. | ye,,n To pres
him to my aching BOSOM | though
to myself, maybe you won't yearn 5,
much directly. He came upstairs, mn,
i could hear him breathing hard.
looked out around the corner ant
could see he just had on his shirt aDo
pants, and his suspenders Were hang
| Ing down, and his ball head shone
| like IL calcium light just before ii ex.
| plodes. Ia went in my room and IN
TO the bed, and could hear him say
Come out here and bring me that
kndlipg wood, or | viii start fire on
your base burner with this strap And
then there was bowling such ~
never heard before, and pa said Helen
Blazes, and the furniture IN my room
began To iall around and break. O.
| my, think pa took the tomcat right
! by the neck, the way he does me, uno
that left all the cats feet free 10 get IN
| their work. BY the way the cal
squawlcd, rs though IL was being
| ciokcd, | know pa had him by Til,
neck. suppose the cnt thought pm was
q whole flock of New Foundland
dogs, and the eat had IA record on dogs,
and il kicked awful. Pas shirt war
no protection at all In a eat fight, and
the eat just walked all around pas
stomach, and pa yelled Police, and
fire. aud turn on the hose, and he
called ma, and the cat yowled. If pa
had had presence OF mind enough Ia
drop the cat, or roll IL up in the mat
tress, 10 would have been all right; but
man always gets ratified In time Of
danger, and he held onto the eat and
started down stairs yelling murder,
and he met ma coming up. | guess
mas nightcap, or something, fright
ened the cat some more, cause he
stabbed ma on the nightshirt with one
hind foot, and ma said mercy on us,
and she went back, and pa stumbled
on handslcd that was on the stairs
and they all fell down, and the cat got
away aud went down In the coal hin
ana yowled all night. Pa and ma
went into their room, and guess they
anointed themselves with vaseline and
Ponds Extract, and went and got
into my bed, cause ii was cold out In
the hall, and the cat had warmed my
bed AZ. well as il had warmed pa.
II was all could do togo 10 sleep,
with pa and ma talking all night, and
this morning ] came down the back
stairs aEd haven't been to break fast
cause | don't wont to see pa when he
is vexed. You lei the man that car,
ries In the kindling-wood have six
shiliinr's worth of groceries and
charge them 10 pa. have passed the