Daily Republican., 1883-11-27
HE BAD BOYS LATEST IDEA.

We'll, how Is the little angel with
out wings today ?" asked the grocery
man of the bad boy, as h. came In with
red paint sticking to his ears aud blue
paint around his eyes and nose, which
looked IA though feeble attempt had
been made to wash it off, W hile . rooster
feather stuck through his hat and a
head mocassin was on one foot and q
rubber shoe on the other.
ooh, I am all bushoo BushoO, that
ia Indian. l am on the war.path, and
l am no angel this week. This is my
week of. 1t beats all, don't 1t. How
different fellow feels at different
times For the past two weeks have
been 80 good that it made me fairly
ache, and since that Buffalo Bill show
was here with the Indians, and buffa-
lOes, and COW boys, and steers, am all
broke up. We have had the worst
time over to our house that ever was.
You see, all of us boys In the neighbor.
hood wanted to have q Buffalo Bill
show, and pa gave US permission TO use
the back yard, and he said he would
come out and help us.
You know that Boston girl thai
was visiting at our house, with the
glasses on Well, she went home
the next day. She says this climate il
100 wild for her. You zee, VIZ boyt
all fixed up rs Indians, and we laid foI
some one to come out of the house, tC
scalp, the way they do In the show. W.
heard rustic of female garments, and
We all hid, and when the Boston girl
cam. out to pick some pansies IN mas
flower. bed, we captured her. You never
see q girl 80 astonished as she was. We
yelled yip-yip,' and / took hold of her
hand, and my cbum took hold of the
other, and her bangs raised right up
and her glasses fell off, and she said
ooh, you howwid things !" We took
her out to our lair in the hen. house, and
tied her to tin rain water conductor
that came down by the corner of the
barn and We danced war dane around
her and yelled ki-yi' until she per.
spired. / took my tomahawk and lift
ed her hair and hung 1t OH the chicken
roost, aud then made speech to her
in Indian.
81 said, the pale-faced maiden from
the rising sun IS In the hands of the
Apaches, and they yearn, for gore. Hel
brothers, and fathers, and uncles, the
Indian agents, have robbed the chill
dren of the forest of thei army blan,
kets and canned lobster, and the rel
men must be avenged. But we will!
not harm the pretty white maiden ex-
cept 10 burn her to the stake, What
had she to say? Will she give the red
men tafi'y, or will she bufn just then
pa came out with a cistern pole, and b c
rescued tile white maiden, aid said we
mustn't be So rough. Then the girl
said she would give us all the taify we
wanted, and she went in and she and
ma watched us from the back window.
Pa he watched us rob a coach, and he
said 1t was tirst-rate.
"The man that collects ashes from
the alley, with horse and wagon, he
had just loaded up, and got on the wag.
on, when two of my Indians took the
horse by the bits, and four of us had
mounted the wagon and robbed the
driver of u clay pipe and a pocket comb
and a knite. hut he saved his ashes by
promising never to reveal the names of
the robbers. Pa just laughed when we
gave the ash man back his knife and
things, and he said he hadn't had SC
much fun for long time. Then we
we were going to lasso wild Texas
steer and ride 1t, the way they did in
the show, and pa said that was where
he came In handy. He said he could
throw lasso just like a cowboy. We
got my chum's pas COW out of the barn,
and drove her up the alley, and pa
stood there with clothesline, with a
big moose In the end, and he headed off
the COW and threw the lass0. Well,
you'd dde to see pa sweep things out
of the alley with his pants.
"The COW was sort of scared when
we drove her up the alley, cause guess
she thought 1t was time she wa MIXED,
and when pa stepped out from behind
the barrel and throwed the rope around
her neck, l gness : hs thought IL was all
day with her, for she turned and gallop-
cd, and kicked up and bellered, and pa
did not know enough to let 60 the rope
First pa followed the COW down the al.
lev sitting down, and about bushel OF
ashes got up b is trouserslegs, and the
tomato cans and old oyster cans flew ar
round like cyclone was blowing. Us
Injins clilned up the fences to get out
of the way, and that scared the cow
more. and she snatched pa along TO"
quick. ] yelled to pa to let go Of 'be
rope, and just AZ the COW draweh him
under a wagon he let go ami the COW
took the clothes line home.
"Pa got up and shook the ashes ont
of his trOusers.legs and picked upapiece
of board and started back. You never
saw . tribe of Indians get scared 30
quick A. we did. As l went in the
hen coop and got under barrel |
heard pa say That busts up the Buffalo
Bill business. No mo wild Western
steer lassoing for your w Gle Ike Well,
no one was to blame but pa. He thinks
he can do everything, and when he
tries and gets tangled he lays 1t to me.
We went out on the street with our
omaha wks, when pa went In to brush
h mself, and disbanded, and went on to
o lr reserva ion, and peace reigns again,
and the Boston girl has gone home