The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-11-10
THE BAD BOY.


morning. SAID the grocery man to
the bad boy, a. lac stood NJ behind
the stove To- gct warm, ANA looked
asthougalif was NOT one continued
picii.. AZ heretofore. What the
matter with You! Your father has
not been tampering with you with
II boot, has he Z"
"'No. sir" said the boy, as he
frightened mp. "Pa and me are
good friends now, lie says that
he has discovered that my heart is
in the right place, and that am
going t. amount to something. and
he has forgiven every foolish thing
| ever did hun, and says for me
to come to him any time when !
want advice or money to 40 good
with. Why, when pa found had
pawned my watch to get money to
buy mdicinc for the old woman, he
went and redeemed it, and offered
to whip the pawnbrokcr for clarg-
ing me too much money. O, pa
is a darling now. He went to the
funeral with us ~
"'What funeral" said the grocery
man, with a look of surprise.
"You crazy ! | haven't heard Of
any funeral at your house. Don't
ypu come no Joke on me-"
so. there is no Joke about it"
said the boy. ''You sce, the little
apple girls grandma lost her glip
ON thiS earth, soon after she got the
medicine and the doctor, and died.
| was down there AMI it was the
salenncst scene | ever witnessed.
| looked around, and see that
somebody had got to act, and !
bractd up and told the girl that /
was all wool. Il ward wide, and for
her to Just let me things. She
was going to the poor-nasrer, and
have the city bury the old lady,
but | couldn't bear to see that little
girl play solitaire as mourner and
ride in an express wagon with the
rcmaius, and not hate any minister,
and go to the pauper burylng
ground where they don't say grace
over the coffin, but two sIIovelers
smoke black pipes and shovel the
Garth in too quick and talk Bohe-
milan all the time. 1t didn't
right for Il poor little girl that new
or committed Il crime except to be
poor and sell wormy apples, to
lave no style about her grandma's
funeral, so | told her to brace ~
and wipe her eyes IN n of my
han ikerchiefs, and wait for Hen
ucly. Well, sir, | dindn't know
~ i mad 50 much gall. You have
got to b. put in IA tight place be-
tore YOU know the kind of bailed
hay there is in you. ! rushed ont
and found Il motAtrly old lady that
used cot do oar washing, and give me
ana d tt + with brown sugar on it,
when i went after the clothes. !
knew woman that would give a
had boy a bread and butter with
brown sugar on it, and cut the
slices thick, had IA warm heart,
and / got her to go down the alley,
and stay with the little girl, and be
81 sort of mother to her fora couple
Of days. Then ! got my bicycle
and took it down to the pawn shop
and got twenty dollars on it, and
with that money in my pocket, !
fit az though l owned a brewery,
aud went to a Teller that runs an
excursion hcarsc and told him
wanted il hearse and one good car
RAG at two o'clock sharp, and the
mourners would be ready. He
thought | was fooling, but | show
cd my roll of bills and hat settled
linn. lie would have turned out
six horses for me, when he see
had the wealth to put tip. | went
and told the little girl howl had ar
ranged things, and she said she
wasn't fixed for no such turn out as
HAT. She hadn't any clothes, and
the toes OF one foot were all out of
tlc Shoe, and the heel was off the
other one, so she walked sort of
ita.c like. | told her not to borrow
ANY trouble, and | would rig her
out so She would do credit to a
regular avenue funeral, with plumes
on the hearse, and | went home
aud hunted through the closets and
got a lot OF clothes ma wore years
ago. when my little brother died,
and a pair of her shoes, and Il long
yail, and everything complete. |
was going to jump over the back
fence with the bundle when pa got
sight of me and called me back.
felt guilty, and didn't want to ex-
plain, and pa opened the bundle
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