Daily Republican., 1883-06-29
THE BAD BOY.
In q New RNIe-His Experience
~ a Stage SuDp.

In q New R"Ie-His Experience
~ u Stage Supe.
"You look sleepy" said the grocery
man to the bad boy, as he came in the
store yawning, and stretched himself
out on he counter with his head on IA
pile Of brown wrapping paper, in
reach of a box Of raisins what's the
matter" Been sitting up with your
girl all night ?"
Nav l wish | had: Wakefulness
with my girl is sweeler and more rest
full than sleep. No, this is the result of
being dutif,I son, and | am tired
You SEE, pa aud INA have separated
That is, not for keeps, but pa has got
frightened about burglars and he goes
up in the attic to sleep. He says 1t i,
to get fresh air, but he knows better.
Ma has got so accustomed to pas snor-
ing that she can't 60 to sleep without
it, and the first night pa left she didn't
sleep wink, and yesterday | was
PLAYING on an old accordion that l
traded dog collar for after our dog was
poisoned, and when touched the low
notes | noticed II dosed off to sleep,
it sounded 80 much like pas snore, and
last nigh ma made me Set up and play
for her to sleep. She rested splendid,
but am all bl oke up, and | sold the
accordion this morning to the watch
man who watches our block. 1t is
queer what different effect music will
have on different people. While ma
was sleeping the sleep Of innocence un-
der the influence of my counterfeit OF
pa s snore, the night Waterman was
broke of his rest by it. and he bought
it of me to give it to the son OF ar
enemy OF his. Well | have quit jerk
ing Soda
"No, you don't tell me- said the
grocery man, as he moved the box of
raisins out of reach. YOu never will
amount to anything unless you stick to
one trade or profession. A rolling hen
never catches the early angle, worm.
"Oh, but am all right now. In tht
soda business there is no chance fol
genius to rise unless the soda fountait
rxplodes. 1t is all wind. and one gets
| tried of a constant Hzz. He feels that
he is fraud, and when he puts n little
syrup in tumbler, and fires little
sweetened wind and water in it, until
the soap suds fills the tumbler, and
charges ten cents for that which only
costs "a cent, a sensitive soda joker, who
has reformed, feels that it is worse thar
three card monte. couldn't stand thu
wear on my conscience, so have got a
permanent job as a super, and shall
| open the lst Of September"
"Say, what'sssa super? 1t isn't one
of these free lunch places that the
Mayor closes at midnight, is it ?' and
the grocery man looked sorr,.
"Oh, thunder, you want salt on you
A super is an AL djunct to the stage. A
supe is a fellow that assists the stars
and things, carrying chairs and taking
mp carpets, and sweeping the sand of
| the stage after dancer has danced q
| Jig, and he brings beer for the actors
and hel ps lace up Corsets, and anything
that he can do to add to the effect o.
the play. The news broke ma all nI
at first, but pa said some of the bes1
actors in this country were supes once,
and some Of them were now, and he
thought suping would be the making OF
me. Ma says there are some things
about the theatre that are not SO alfred
had, and she wants me to get seats tOi
the first comic opera that comes along
Pa wants it understood with the mana.
ger that u supe's father has a right tC
go behind the scenes TO see that ne
harm bctal.s him, but know what pa
wants. He may seem plous, and al
that, but he likes to look at ballet girls
better than any meek and lowly fol
lower ever see, and some day you will
hear music in the air, y
"Well, I'd like to go behind the
scenes with you some night said the
grocery man offering the bad boy al
orange to get solid with him, in view o
some future complimentary tickets =
"No danger, is there 90
"No danger if you keep off the grass
But you'd dide to see my Sunday
school teacher on Saturday night last
summer He keeps books in IL store
and is pretty soon week days, but he
ear tell you more about Daniel in the
lion s den than anybody, He knew
was solid at the theatre and wanted mt
to get him behind the scenes one night
and another supe wanted to 90 to the
| SpdFIluH IlltltH, anu hHtuBlt ~ N''iN
not be any harm to work my teacher in
so got him a job that night to hold the
dogs for the Uncle Toms Cabin show
He was in one Of the wings holding the
chains, and the dogs were just anxious
to go on, and it was all my teacher
could do to held them.
81 told him to wind the chains around
his wrists and he did 50; just then Eliza
began to skip across the ice, and we
sicked the bloodhounlS on before my
teacher could unwind the chains from
the wrists, and the dogs pulled him
right out on the stage, on his stomach
and the dogs turned on my 'eacher anC
took a mOuthful of coat tail and shook
it, and | guess the dogs got some meat
anyway the teacher climbed up a step
ladder, and the dogs freed him, and the
step-ladder fell down, and we grabbed
the dogs, and put some court plaster on
the teachers nose, where the fire extin,
guisher peeled it, and he said he would
go home, cause the theatre was demor.
aliZing in it's tendencies. | s'pose ii
was not right, but when the teacher
stood up to hear our lesson the next day
cause he was tired where the dog bit
him, | said "sick en-" in u whisper,
when his back was turned, and he
| Jumped clear over the Bible class, and
put his hand around to his coat tail az
Though he thought the Uncle Tom s
Cabin party were giving matinee in
the church.
'The Sunday school lesson was about
the dogs licking the sores of Lazarus,