The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-15
PICKS BAD BOY AND HIS PA,
Es sKossx V. rex.

Well. hos did you pull through Thanksgiving day?" asked the grocery man of the bad boy. as he came in the store looking as happy as though there was good skating the year round. Have any fun "
 Fun IS no sme for ii" said the boy, as he took a knife and scratched some bees-wax of the bottom of his boots " thought l hsd seen fun before. bn, that Thanksgiving day made me tined of laughing. You sec we all wen, 10 Deacon Perkins house 10 dinner There x ,wo kinds of people in our church. One kind believes that yoa must never have any fun. and al~ sy> wear long face. and sigh. and cry easy. while the other fac ton believes m doing up religious chores and having inr,ough They believe tha, there Is a umc for praying. time for dancing. and a time for all kinds ef innocent fun Deacon Perkins IS the leader of the funny side. and he Is the lolliest old dog you ever saw, except when he IS serious. and then everybody lets up on any foolishness. and pays al tcntion. The minister belives ia Deacon Perkins ideas, bat he don't dare to take
 
 enjoys II. The deacon had our folks and abou, dozen other families 10 dinner on Thanksgiving. and we had boss d'n- ner. The deacon and the minister wew lust too happy. cNcep, vixen the deacon asked the blessing. and talked about the poor people all around. and then they were sad Ra, after they got to passing plates for more turkey and things. there was fun all around the board liu, ,he most fun was after dinner When Il began 10 ge, dark the deacon came io me and said they were going to have a dance in the big room up stars. They had taken up the carpet, and he said the floor was not just right. and he wished would get cake oi bees~ax and wax the floor the way they have |, waved down al the dancing school. and so me and my chum went up stars and waved the floor guess maybe we put on too much wax. for the first half hour II stuck to peoples shoes, but after that Il begun to get smooth, and by the time they got warmed up. the floor vas us, like glary ice The crowd vas all up stairs except tho minls- ter and tw q old maIds that cou ldn't dance They was talking politics and things. but after awhile inc ,i,ii,,;si ssti he d,dn | m nd gong up to the dancing loom to look on. so he took the Two wimmen on his arms and went up He came in the door just as a dance was over. and he started to walk across the floor io set tho wimmen down beside the hddlcr. when his lef, loo, slipped sideways and knoc ked the feet out from undo ono of the wlm- men and she started to fall and the other one pulled the other WAY. and both the . mInisters fee, slipl cd and the whole three ef them went down. and l snotted right out, Ma looked at me ktnd of sassy and 1 shut up. but pa was walking across the iloo' with big women to form on for A quadflle. and he sad. Inc wicked stand m slippery places, and )us, then one of the women who was trying to ge, up, hi, pa m the heel ~,,h her >hoc, and his feet began ,o shdc, and he grabbed ihe woman hewas walking w,th |, and they went down so the gas hstutes rattled. ra struck on hls hip, and one foot hlt the minister near the watch. pocket and he grunted, and pa was 50 heavy he kept going. and he lowed ugh, through the two women iha, wen, dosn with the minister and they called pa an old brute and then D .acon Icrkins tnd ma started ,o the rescue, and n a slipped and pulled the deacon dowf. and l went to help ma and l me; Il c fiddler and wc both fell. and then every body else laughed and when the fiddler got up he found had set down on inc addIc and II ~as al broke up. have never seen pa ut IS many hip-nals as he did tynr to keep from iallirg and the munster ~as so annoyed 4, the spectacle he presented that duc no' 20 to thureh for a week or two for fear shall think about !; when he is preaching, and snort Ugh; out III meeting We finally 50, them all on ih,H feet, and the dance was broke up. Du' they d,dn' blame me and my hum, cause the dea- eon told Us to wax the floor. eofnc of the sober dcac cons ln the hGfth heard about II, and they say II WAS judgment on the Iolly folks for dan lng Do you think |, vas judgment on us
 ludgmen, nothing sad the gfocep man. = i, WAS simply too mu bees~as. l ots of things ln this world ,ha, are had to Providence, ,s the result of too nue h bceseaS. A mar gets to lising high and drinking hard, and some day he Is found dead. and the people say II is d.spensa- ton of Providence. l. IS simply case of too much bee wax 4 man gets To do,ng an immense business on A small capital. and he lies high, and people get to thinking f he didn't make the earth he had A controlling inieres, m the con tract. He walks proud, and looks over his old friends and seems to be seeking new worlds to conquer, and all of sud. den you hear something drop, and the sheriff has the key to the store, and the high flyer finds that he IS fiat sn the ground IL ls too much beeswz, The bees~as ~as ,here all the time. bu, had no, gpl ready 10 s1e slippkry until inc high flyer go, loo ~4rm IL is Ius' 90 ID every
 ., say. says the boy, as he saw ,he grocery man WAS wound up Tor all day yol make me weary. Did ieIl you was gong into the show businessf'
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