The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-09-25
THE BAD BOY.
The Bad By Gets the Old Man in
a Tight Place, and Suffers for It.

ing hospital" said the grocery man,
as the bad boys shadow came in the
store, followed by the boy, who
looked sick and yellow, and tired.
and he had lost half his flesh.
"Whats the matter with you? Hav-
en't got the yellow fever, have you.T'
and the grocery man placed a chair
where the invalid could fall into it.
| mo. Got the ager," said the boy,
as he wiped the perspiration off his
upper lip, and looked around the
store to see if there was anything in
sight that would take the taste OF
quinsne out of his mouth, "Had too
much dreamy life Of ease on the
farm, AMI been shaking ever since.
Darn farm, anyway"
"What, you haven't been TO work
forthe deacon any more, have yonl
| thought you sent in your rcsigna-
tion," and the grocery man offered
the boy some linburger cheese to
strengthen him.
30, take that cheese away" said
the boy, as he turned pale and gag
ged. "You don't know what a sick
person needs any more than pro-
lessional nurse. What / want is to
be pettcd. You see l went out tu
the farm with my chum, and 1 took
the fish poles and remained in tho
woods while he drove the horse t.
the deacon,s, and he gave the deacon
my resignation and the deacon
wouldn't accept it. lie said he
would hold my resignation until af-
ter harvest and then act on it. ii,
said lie could put me in Jail fol
breach ofpromise if quit work and
left him without giving proper no
tice, and my chum come and told me
aud so l concluded TO go TO worn
rather than have any trouble, and thu
deacon said my chum could work /;
few days for his board if he wanted
to. 1t was pretty darn poor for boy
10 work for, but my chum wanted tt
be with me, so he stayed. Pa and
ma came out to the farm to stay /
day or two to help. Pa was going tt
help harvest and ma was going t,
help the deacon's wife, but pa wantet
to carry the jug to the field, and Ia!
under tree while the rest of III
worked, and ma just talked the arm
off the deacon's wife. The deacon
and pa laid in the shade and see III,
chum and me worl and ma and tn,
deacon's wife gossippcd so they for
got TO get dinner, and my chum ant
me organized strike, but we wer,
beaten by monopoly. Pa took me b!
the neck and thrashed out a shock o
wheat with my heels, and the deacon
took my chum and sat down on hin
and we begged and they gave us on
old situation back. But we got evel
with them that night. tell yol
when boy tries to be good and qui
playing jokes on people, and then ha
everybody down on him and has hi
| pa 10 hire him out on a farm to worl
ior a deacon that hasn't got any sou
except when he is in church, and
ooy has to get up in the night to &c
breakfast and 90 to work and has I,
work until late at night, and the
Kick because he wants to put butte
on his pancakes and feed him skin
milk and rusty fat pork, it make
aim tough, and he would play jok
on his aged grandmother. After m
chum and me had got all the chor,
done that night, e.sat on fenr
back of the house in the orchard cal
ing green apples in the moonligl
and trying to think of a plan of l.,
vengc. just then saw skunk bac
of the house right by the outside &c
lar door, and | told my chum that
: would serve them right to drive Il
skunk down cellar and shut I'll
door, but my chum said it would
: too mean.. / asked him if 1T wOul
. DC any mcancr than for the deacon
l snatch us bald headed because "
couldn't NOW hay fast enoue
for two men to pitch it and,he said
wouldn't, and so we got on each si'
of the skunk and sort Of scared
down cellar and then we crept U
and closed the cellar door. Then
went i'll the house and L whispered
= ma and asked her if she didn't thil
= the deacon. had some cider, and n
7 she began to hint that she hadn't h,
|, a good drink of cider since last wi
/. ter, and the deacon's wife said
boys could take pitcher and
down cellar and draw some. Th
(, was too much. didn't want any
!, der, anyway, SO I fold them tina
n belonged to temperance society, a
ns | should break my pledge ifI draw
), cider, and she said | was good b
,, and for me tonever toucha drop
70 cider. Then she told my chum Will
!, the cider barrel was, down cellar,
he amt no slouch. He said lie v
! afraid to go down cellar in the da
- and so pa said he and the deac
would go down and draw the cid
and the deacon's wife asked ma to