Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-08-02
THE BAD BOY.

mere condemn you, you will pay
for that cat, )" said the grocery man 10
the bad boy, as he came in the store
all broke up, the morning after the 4th
of July.
What cat3" said the boy, as he
leaned against the zinc ice box to cool
his back, which had been having trou-
bic with bunch of flre crackers in his
pocket. I'VE haven't ordered sny
cat from here. Who ordered any cat
from herei Who ordered any cat sent
to our housei We get our sausage at
the market" and the boy rubbed some
cold cream on his nose and eyebrows.
where the skin was of.
Yes, that is ali right enough, " said
the grocery man, "but somebody who
knew where the cat slept, in the box of
sawdust back Of the store, filed it full
OF firecraekers Wednesday forenoon.
when was out 10 See the procession,
and never notified the cat, and touch
ed them of and the cat went through
the roof of the shed. and ,he hasn't
xot hair enough left on her to put in
tea. Now. you didn't show up ell the
forenoon, and went and asked your
ma where yea vss, and she said ,os
had been setting up four nights straight
along with sick boy in the Sd ward.
and you was sleeping oil the forenoon
the 4th Of July. II that 10 80, that
lets you out Ola the cat, but il don't
stand 10 reason. Own up. now: WAS
you asleep all the forenoon, Ia. 4th.
while Other boys were celebrating. or
lid you scorch my cati" and the yro.
cery man looked at the boy a. though
lac would believe every word he said. IL
he was bad.
We'll. said tho had hov. os ha
yawnsd IA though h. had been ND nil
night. am innocent of sitting nm
with your cat, but I plead guilty of
sitting up with Duffy. You SEE. I am
bad. and it don't make any difference
where ] am, and Duffy thumped me
once, when we were playing marbles. |
and l said l would get even with him
some time. His ma washes for us, and
when she told me that her boy WAS
sick with fever, and had nobody to
stay with him while she was away
thought It would be a good way to get
even with Duffy when he was weak.
Md went down there to his shanty
md gave him his medicine and read to
him all day and he cried, cause he
knew j ought to have mauled him and
hat night ! sat up with him while his
na did the ironing, and Duffy was 20
glad that went down every day, and
tayed there every night, and fired
Medicine down him, and let his ina
leep, and Duffy has got mashed on
ne' and he says I will be an angel
when l die. Last night makes five
lights have rat mp with him, and he
las got 80 he can eat beef tea and
rackers. Nv girl went back on me.
ause she said l was setting up with
ONE other girl. She said that Duffy
tory was too thin. but Duffy's ma was
Washing at my girls hoase and she
'roved what i said and was all right ;
gain. slept all the forenoon of the
IN, and then stayed with Duffy till 4 /
clock, and got "A furlough and took ,
ny girl to the Soldiers Home. had ,
ather sit up with Duffy, though"
20, get outi You can't make me ,
elieve you had rather stay in a sick ,
oom and set up with boy than to ,
AXE girl to the 4th of July" said q
he grocery man, as he took brush /,
nd wiped the sawdust of some bot ,
es of peppersauce that he was taking ,
ut of box. You didn't have any
'ouble with the girl, did your"
No, not with her." said the bov.
: he looked into the little round rinc
'irror to see IL his eyebrows were be-
inning to grow. But her pa Is so
nreasonabie. think a man ought
know better then to kick boy right
here he has had pack of frc crack
~ explode In his pocket. You see.
hen brought the girl back home. 4
ie was a wreck. Don't you never s
Ike girl TO the lth Of July. Take n
10 advice of . boy who has had sx. &
rrience. We hadn't more than got a
the Soldiers Home grounds befor. Il
me boys who were playing tag grab 4
I'd hold of my RirI's crushed-straw. d
'rry polonnirs and ripped Il OF. That b
"de her mad and she wanted me 70 p
Ike "ffens-' at it, aud tried to reason d
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