The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-12

trying to swim, dog-hsAioa. in the laks
 of fire. and straining your eyes to ind an
 iceberg that you could crawl up on. b
 cool yoar pasched hind legs. if dont
 die slow. so viii have time to repeut.
 rhats what the minister xays. aad they
 woaldnt pay him two thousand dollars A
 year, and give him vacation. to tell
 anything that was not so. tell yosi, t
 Is painful to think of that place that %
 many pretty fair average people here are
 going to when they dle. just think ofu
 mAa that sweAn just once, if Ae dont
 hedge. and take t back. will % to the
 bad place. fla person steals pin. lus, small. no~Accoant pin. he is as bad As
 if he stole all there was in bank. and he stands the best chance of going to the bad place. You sec. if \ fellow steals a
 istie thing like . pm. he fcWcts to re- pent. cause tt don't seem to be worth
 while to make % much fuss about but II fellow robs bank. er steals whole lot of money from orphans, he knows it
 e mighty serious matter. aud he gets in his work repenting too quick. and he Is liable tc 90 to the good place, while you. who have only stole a fc~ potatoes out of a bushcl that you sold to the or plan asylum. ~ill forget la repent. and you will s,aalc. tell you. the more read about being good. and gong te heaven. the more l think tcllcr can't won't md bette, boy than ana. When l come .n here after this and take few dr,ed peaches Ut crackers and cheese. you charge Il right up to pa. and then 1 won't have il oa my mind and have to answer iot |, at the great judgment day. am going to shake my ehum. cause he ehcws tobacco, which Is wicked. though | don't sec how that can be. when the smokes. but want ,o he on the safe side. am gosng so he good or bus, a suspendef. and hereafter you can pom, to mo as n boy who has seen the folly ol aa iil-spent lite. and fl there IS such thing as fifteen year old boy. who has been a terror. getting to heaven. am the haitp,n. tell you. when l listen to the tell about the angels dying around there. and sec pictures of them purtlef than any girl in this town. with chubby arms with dimples in the elbows and shoulders. and long golden hair. and think of myself here cleaning oA horses in A livery stable and smelling like an old harness. il makes me tired. and wouldn't miss going there for ten dollars. Say. you would make healthy angel. Tor back stree, of the nes Jerusalem. bu, ysu would give the whole crowd away unless you washed up. and sen, that shir to the Chinese laundry. Yes. air. hereafter you will ind me as good as know how ,o be. Now l anu going to wash ap and 70 and help the minister move"
 As the boy vent out the grocery man sat for several minutes thinking of the change that had come over the bad boy, and wondered what had bsough, |, about. and then went to the door to watch him As he wended hts way across the stree, with his head down, as though in deep thought. and the grocery man said so him. self. that boy Is not as had as some pep pie think he is.' and then he looked around and saw sign hanging np .n Iron, of the stc.c. written on piece ot boa cover. with blue pencil. SfofisJ lsssef lam ari fenA ss. reed saesrA Ts, fhWeh fia-sift," and he looked after the boy who sas slipping do~n an alley. and said. " The condemn little shelp. Wait
 ill 1 catch him"