Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-11-22

ton and he would go of prodigaiing
with ma if | wou ld go, and we could
see the country and have good tim e,
and come back and be received with
open arms Well, we got all our mon
ey together, and brakeman on
freight train, that goes to cur church,
cause his wife sings in our choir, he
hid us in a caboose. and we went TO
Chicago. o, my but we had good
time. never saw money wither the
way it did with us. We eat about 20
times day the first two days and then
our app-titeS left us, because we didn't
have any more money. The first two
nights we slept in "A two shilling lodg-
ing hsuse, the third night we walked
around, and the fourth night we slept
IN the police station. When our mon
ey was gone half the fun wa. gone. If
fellow can walk around with rooney
in his pocket he feels good, even if he
don't want TO buy anything; but when
the money is gone lie feels bad, and
wants to buy lots Of things. We wait
: ed two days for our brakeman, and
when we got on his train lie put us la
a cattle car, and it was vile. I traded
my collar button for pos;al card. and
wrote to pa that tie prodi.al would
put in an appearance at o p. m., and
for him to prepare to fall on my neck,
and to send down to the msat 'sarset
for the hind quarter of fatted calf,
and have plei.ty OF gravy. You would
Mt believe il. but there was no car
riage at the depot and we had 90 walk
home. could have overlooked that,
# there lad been anything to eat when
! got 10 the house, but there wasn't
enough for n canary bird. Pa was
there however. and vas just goiu
to hold OF, lly neck for hiIh To get on
to weep, when H. grabbcd it with hi,
hand and came near twisting il of. and
then he turned me around and Ltg n
to play the bass drum Oh my cl IL s
with his feet never was so annoyed
in all my life. honestly. 1t was not
f., the kind of treatment | had a right to
expect, p tier they had told me about
, the prodigal son.of ancient times. As
, qui X as | could catch my breath
Il asked pa what he thought the prodigal
II on OF the Bible would have thought
"A if his pa had mauled him when he
y came home. ald what kind of n story
e it would have made, if it had told
abo1t the old man taking Linn by the
k nee, and kicking him all over the
d room instead of falling OH his neck
:. and weeping, and giving him veal
o pot pie Pa said he wasn't running
e any old back back number prodiga
fl Sons, and he lhJught bis way tle best
d and he sent me to bed without any
% supper. That settles the prodik;t
ID business with Hennery. No more fat
" ted calf for Hank if you please, anC
~ the boz got up and shook the herring
Is peehng- oh hI~ zap
u "Wel. how did your chum com
to out" asked the grocery man Will
much interest.
s' 90, he hasn't come out yet. He
! in the lookup" said the boy "H
~ ma put the police onto him. and whe
ne lie showed up they run him into tn
:" police station for tramp. think W
have both demonstrated that this ell
mate does not acre, with the prodigf
business. and however much they Pa
=, try to teach us the beauties OF sue
III stories. they do not expect us TO try
'c- initiate them When go TO Chicag
at after t,is ! sliall go IN pnrlor cn
MT With lunch enough to lust iae. and
'l1 retdru tick' = don't understand
he at all Nov, didn't do lalf the nea
mt things in Chicago that the prodIgal -
ed of old did in the far OF country, ar
icy Jet he got tafly when he got home al
o" ! got my spine broke. 1t may be d
IKE right, but they do things differently
lie the old country, you know"
vac "If understand the kind Of pro
igal son you are, said tie grocerym'
VI as he sprinkled the floor from wa
'4' basin. preparatory TO the semi.annu
sweeping out. you have got ev
~" with your pa before this for his OUT
''' geous treatment That is, IN ind va
- | don't sugg st yta ng for you
'''' play on him, but from what know
you. th,' account is evered up befC
nov. An. ngbi."
ol. Well, / should remark Any p
the son WHO thinks | cannot resent su
gal al insult makes a mistake as to I
)ut sort OF n prodig,d son / am. We Ii
,,a- company ut dinaer to-day, and pa