Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-01-13
The Had boy Again.

"WtIl, what are you iOannR aIouhu
here to,,' says tue Rruoe'ihan 10 th"
had boy ono morning this week. III
IL after nine O'Clock, and ! should
think YOU should want to be down al
tho drug = ore. How DO you know but
there will be somebody dying for dose
Of pills."
"Oh, darn the drug store. bave got
sick Of tina. business and have desOiv-
ed " it'll the urugger. have resigned.
The policy OF the store did not meet
with my approval, and have stepped
out and am waiting for them to come
and tender me better position at an
increased salary" said the boy, as he
threwa ig&r Sub INTO a barrel OF
primes and lit a fresh Ons.
"Res.gned, eh ?" said the grocerman
40 he tished out the cigar stub aud
charged the boys father With two
DO nds Of pranes. "Dou't yuu and iEo
boss agree
9 Not exactly gov" an cd lady
some gin wnen she ashed Tor camphor
and water, and sine made a show OF htr-
self Thought would ioOi her, bur
she knew mighty we'll what 1t was, ahd
she drank bout half a pint Of GIN,
and got to tipping over bottles and Kegs
If paint, and when The drug ma came
In With his wife, the old woman threw
her arms around LIS necs And called
h. III darling, and when hs pushed her
away, aud told her she WAS drunk, he
picked upa bottle OF citrate Of nagns-
STA and pon ed it at him, and the cork
caue out like pistol, a+d he thought
he was shot, and his wife tainted away,
and the police came and took the Old
gin refrigerator away, aud the drug
man told me to face the door, and when
lwAsn'l locking he kicked me four
times, ana | landed in the street, and
he said if | ever came in sight OF the
store again lao would Kill me dead.
That is the way ! ren.gued. ! tell YOU
they will send f0l me again. They
never can run that store without me.
"a CUES. tao, Wul worry along with
out you," -ain the grocery man.. How
do, your pa lake your beiu0 fired out =?
should think 1t would break him al.
up"
"Oh, l think pa rather likes it. AT
frat he thought be had soft snap with
me- in the drug store, cause ho got to
drinking again like fish, ard he has
gone back on tho church entirely, but
after had puta few things in his
brandy he concluded 1t was cheaper to
buy it, and he is now patronizing n
barrel house down by the river. One
day | put some CASTLE soap in drink
of brandy, and pa leaned over the back
han xul
finger down his throat. The man that
collects the ashes from the alley asked
pa if he had lost anything, and pa said
he was emily 'surRing off, don't
know what that Is. When pa felt
better he came In and wanted little
whiskey to take the taste out of his
mouth, and ! gave him some, with
about teaspOoIful of pulyerized alum
In it.
"Well, uir, you'd died. Pas mouth
and throat were 80 puckered up that he
couldn't talk. Idon't think that drug.
man will make anything by firing me
out, because | shall turn all tho trade
chat | can control TO smother store.
Why, sir, sometimes there were eight
and nine gtrlo In the store all to wonct,
on account OF my being there. They
coma Ia have ma mt extract on their
and IN eat pum drona
Ia will lo,. all that trade now Nv
girl that went hack nu me for the
tei.gran,, n,.s.eng,r how. sho cane
wi,S Tia rast r. ,he erik Hnt sh a found
that conlI Ina bautv as a cook. | pot
evan Win her thouob. pretended I
vasn,, md and wi an aha wanted MA
:, ,nt sn,na ,orfrr,e,v IN her handler
c,,;af I said oil riybt and mt on a
it'll. o"ran,rm ara white ros. and
,ha,, I on, an,na t,r.tura IF ,.p,i,tv and
snr;rh I'd If On her nIoak and drass
When sho went ont, That il about tbs
,vnrat um.liin,, atutr thar nvar waa and
Iuas vlnd WHEN ali. went ont and mat
,ho taianr,nh nav an ,ha cornsr
.rrbov want nt} toae,bar Int bs c.me
hack nre,ty soon ahnnr tn. homesick
est Won aver saw and hs told NV chm
he wonll never po with thar girl aya!n
he..nsa ah. srn.Il,d like sno;leL ov.-
,ars nr ,ny.r ons H.r fnlta no,icad
IL and made her % and wash her feet
and soak harselt and her hrotb.r odd
m,n , Inv II dit',t 10 hnr anV Good shs
' .Ii.S Ii,,,a Gina ,,r,nrv md nv
rru,, th. d,rnei fool. Loli her hrotn.
Wv !, na, ,nn who ,rrtu,urJ hnr' And la
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