The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-05-03

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"llow in blazes did you know any
thing about it, said the boy rs he
looked aroud in astonshment. and
with some indi ynatiou. "Well. it's
girl. If you must know, aud that :
enough, aud he looked down ut the
cat playing on tho floor with a pota
TO. his face q picture Of detection.
80. don't feel bad about it, said
tho groceryman, as he opened the
door for an old lady. Such thingr
are bound to occur. But take my
word for it, that young Que Is going
to have hard life, unless You man !
your ways. Iou will DO using it fol
u cork toa jug, or to wad aSun with.
the first thing your ma knows.
Il wouldn't touch the thing
with the ;ongs, 4ail the boy, os be
rallied cnough to eat some cracker.
and cheese. "GOsh, this cheese
tastes good. / haint hal nothing TO
cat siuce morning. | hay9 boon all
over this town trolling for nurses.
They think II boy hasu got any foel-
iugs. But wont care gol darn.
if mn bain't been sending me for
neuralgia medicine, and hay foycr
snuff all winter, when she wanted 10
get rid of me. ! have cJmC IN the
room lots of times when ma and tue
sewing girl were at work on sJmc
ilunnol thiuge, and ma would hide
them in basket and send mo oil at-
ter medicine. vas deceived up to
about four o'clock this morning,
when pa comes to my room and pull
ed Inc out of bed to 20 over on tue
west sido after some old woman that
knows ma aud they have kept me
whooping ever since. What does a
boy want with sister, unless it Is II
big sister. | don't want 10. sister
that | got to holl, aud rock, and
hold bottle fOr This affair brcnks
me all up,' and the boy picked the
cheese ont cf his teeth with silver
he cut off tue counter.
"Well, how does your pn take it,
said the groceryman "a ho charged
tne boys pa with cheese, and saifren
aud number Of such things.
80, pn will pull through. lie
wanted to boss the whole concern
until mas chum, an oil woman that
takes snuff, fired him into tho hall
IA sat there on my hand sled, II per-
feet picture Of dispair and thought
It would be n kindness to play 1t un>
to him | found the cat asleep IN
the bath room, aud rolled tue clt up
in shawl and brought it ont to pa
and told him tho nurse wanted him
to hold the baby. 1t seemed to do
him good to feel that he WAS iudis~
pensable around tho house, aud he
took the cat on his lap rs tenderly as
You ever saw n moth" hold an in.
fint. We'll, | got in the back hall,
where pa couldn't see mo, anl pret-
ty soon the cat began to wake up
aud stretch himself, and pa said
,h-h- -tooIsy so to sleep now, and
let pa hold it., aud pa he rocked
back and forth on the hrnd sled and
began to sing, by low, baby. That
settled it with tue cat. Well, some
cats can't stand music anyway, and
the more the cat wanted to get out
Of tho shawl the louder pa sung, and
bymeby heard something rip, and
yelled, scat, you brute. and when
looked around tho corner of the hall
tho cat was bracing himself against
pas vest with his toe nails, and
yowllng aud pa fell over the sled
and begun to talk about the here.
after like minister does when he
gols excited in the church, aud then
pa picked up the sled and seemed to
be looking tor mo or the cat, bot
both Of us was oifal scarce. Don't
you think there are times when boys
aud cats are kind OF few around their
accustomed haunts , Pa don't look
us though he was very smart, but he
can hold u cat as vel ms the next
man But | am sorry for ma. She
was Just getting ready to so to Flor
ida for her neuralgia, and this will
put a stop to it, cause she has to
stay aud take care of that young
one Pa says will have nice
time this summer pushing the baby
wagon. BY the great horn spoons,
there has got to be a dividing line
somewhere, between business aud
pleasure, and l strike the line al
wheeling baby. had rather catch