The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-06-23
MISPLACED CONFIDENCE

the bear to her.
MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
"Say, shut that door," said the groc-
cry man to the bad boy, as he blew in
with the wind on the day of the cyclone,
and left the door open. The grocery
man wound a piece of brown paper
around cob and struck it in syrup
jug he had just filled for customer, and
then licked his fingers.
81 want to ask you a question. What
has caused you to change so from being
bad. You were about as bad as they
make 'em, up to few weeks ago, and
now you get in your work doing good
about as we'll as any boy in town. What
is it that ails you?'
so, sugar, don't want to tell, said
the boy, as he wiggled around on one
foot, and looked silly. "But if you
won't laugh will tell you. l. is my girl
that has made me good. Say, did you
ever love girl? 1t would do you good.
If you loved anybody, regular old fash
Toned, the way do, people could send
little children here to trade, and you
wouldn't palm off any wilted vegetables
on to them, or give them short weight.
If you was i'll love, and felt that the one
you loved saw every act of yours, you
would throw away anything that was
spoiled and not try to sell it, for fear you
would offend her Now couldn't do
anything wrong if | tried. l slipped up
on banana peel yesterday, and hurt
myself, and l wasjust going to say some
thing offul, and l could see my girls
bangs raise right up, and there was
panied look in her face, and just smiled
and looked tickled till her hair went
down and the smile came back again to
her lips, though it hurt me like biazes
where l struck the sidewalk. | was tell
ing pa about it, and asked him if he ever
felt as though his soul was going right
out towards somebody, and he said he
did once on steamboat excursion, but
he eat lemon and got over it. Pa
thinks it is my liver, and wants me to
take pills, but tell you, boss, it has
stuck in me too deep for pills, unless it is
one that weighs about a hundred and
forty pounds and wears hat with a
feather on. Say. if my girl should walk
right into burning lake of red hot lava
and beckon me to follow, would take a
hop, skip and jump, and
80, give us rest" said the grocery
mau, as he took basin of water and
sprinkled the floor, preparatory to sweep
ing out. "Why are you not working at
the livery stable. You haven't been dis
charged, have you?' And the grocery
man laid a little lump of concentrated
lye, that looked like maple sugar, on a
cake of sugar that had been broken,
knowing the boy would nibble it.
"No, sir, | was not discharged, but
when a livery man lends me kicking
horse to take my girl out riding, that
| settles it. | asked the boss if l couldn't
have quiet horse that would drive his
self if | wound the lines around the
whip, and he let me have one he said
would go all day without driving. You
| know how it is, when a fellow takes a
girl out riding he don't want his mind
occupied holding lines. Well, l got my
| girl in, and we went out on the road, and
it was just before dark, and we rode
| along under the trees, and | wound the
lines around the whip, and put one arm
around my girl, and patted her under the
chin with the other hand, and her mouth
looked SO good, and her blue eyes looked
up at me ana twinkled and-and | was
| all of .a,tremble, and then my hand wall
| dered around by her ear and | drew her
head up to me and gave her smack.
Say, that was no kind of horse to give a
fellow to take his girl out riding. Just
| as smacked her felt like the buggy
| had been struck by a pile driver, and
when looked at the horse he was run
ming and kicking for all that was out.
| was scared, tell you. | wanted to
jump out but my girl threw her arms
around my neck and screamed, and said
We would die together, and just as we
were going to die, the buggy struck a
! fence and the horse broke loose and went
Oft, leaving Us in heap, down by the
dash board. The old horse stopped and
went to chewing grass, and he looked
up at me as though he wanted to say
,philopene.' tried to catch him, but he
wouldn't catch and then We waited till
| dark and walked home, and | told the
| livery man what thought of such treat
mept, and he said | ought to have told
him | wanted horse that wouldn't shy
| at kissing, but how did | know was
going to get up courage to kiss her. A
livery man ought to take it for granted
that when a young fellow goes out with
girl he is going to kiss her, and give
him a horse accordingly. But quit
that hasn't got sense. Gosh! What
kind of maple sugar is that? Jerusalem,
whew give me some water, o, my, it
is taking the skin off my mouth -
The grocery man got him some water
and seemed very sorry that the boy had
taken the lump of concentrated I've by
mistake, and when the boy went out the
grocery man pounded his hands on his
knees and laughed, and presently he
went out in front of the store and found
sign, ,Frensh Lettis, been picked more'n
aceek, tuBer'n tripe.
How to Exterminate Sorrell.
Many farmers are greatly troubled
with a growth of sorrel upon their lands,
which is an indication of neglect and ex-
hausted fertility. The weed, however,
appears upon land in good filth in sea-
sons when extreme drought prevails OF