The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-03-06
his PA GETS MAD.


IL was down to the drug store thii
morning, and saw your ma buying {
lot of court plaster, enough to make {
shirt, 1 should think. What's sht
doing with so much court plaster,
faskedS the grocery man of the bad
boy, as he came in and pulled off his
boots by the stove and emptied out q
lot Of snow, that had collected as he
walked through drift, on the hearth
which melted and made bad smell
30, guess she is going to patch
pa up, 80 he will hold water. Pas
temper got him into the worst muss
you ever see, last night. Ifthat mus
eum was here now they would hire
pa and. exhibit him as the tattoed
man, / tell you, have got too old
Ito bcmauled as though was kid,
and any man who attacks me from
this out wants to have his peace
made with the insurance companies,
fand know that his calling and elec-
ton is sure, because l am a bad man,
and don't you forget it." And the
boy pulled on his boots and looked
Iso cross and desperate that the groce-
Try man asked him if he wouldn't try
a little new cider.
| Good heavensP said the grocery
man, as the boy swallowed the cider,
and his face resumed its natural look,
and the piratical frown disappeared
with the cider. You have not
stabbed your father, have you? l
have feared that one thing would
bring on another, with you, and that
You would yet be hung.r HH
'Naw, I haven't stabbed him. Ut
Twas another cat that stabbed him.
You see, pa wants me to do all the
work around the house. The other
day he bought 4 load Of kindling
wood, and told me to carry it into the
basement. have not been educated
up to kindling wood, and 1 didn't do
it., When supper time came, and pa
found that I had not carried in the
kindling wood, he had a hot box, and
he told me III that wood WAS not in
when he came back from the lodge,
that he would warm MY jacket.
Well tried to hire some one to car
ry it'in, and got a,man to promise to
come in the morning and carry it in,
and take his pay in groceries, and
was going to buy the groceries here
and have them charged to pa. But
that wouldn't help me out that night.
know wlien pa came home he
would search for me. So l slept in
the back hall on a cot. But i didn't
want pa to have all bis trouble for
nothing, SO I borrowed an old tom
cat that my ehupi's old smaid aunt
owns, and put the cat my bed. I
thought If pa came in my roomafter
me, and found that by his uhkind
ness that / had changed to d tom cat,
he would be sorry. That is the big
gest cat you ever see, and the worst
fighter in orr ward. Il isn't afraid,
of apytaihg,s and can Swhipa New
Foundland dog quicker. than you, can,
put sand in abarrcl Of sugar. Wen,
about eleven o'clock I heard pa tnSum-s tSui :
BILE over the kindling wood, aud l
knew by the remark he made, as the
wood slid around under him, that
there was going to be cat fight real
quick. He come up to mas room,
and sounded ma as to whether Hem
merry had retired to his virtuous
couch. Pa is awful sarcastic when
he tries to be. could hear him take
of his clothes, and hear him say, as
he picked up trunk strap, 4 guess /
will 60 up to his room and watch the
smile ON his face5as headreams Of an
gels. I yearn to- press him to my,
aching bosom.' I thought to myself,
tmebbe you won't yearn SO muchdi-
rcctly. He <come up Sstairs, and /
could hear him breathing hard. 1
Hooked around the corner and could
sec he just had on his shirt and pants,
and his .suspcnders were hanging
down, and his bald head shone like a
calcium light just before It explodes.
Pa went into my room, and up to the
bed, and l could hear him say,a'Come
out here and bring in that kindling
wood, orI will start a fire on your
base burner with this strap. And
then there was a yowling such as
never heard before, and pa said,
Helen Blazes, and the furniture in
my room began to fall around and
break. o, myl 1 think pa took the
tom cat right by the neck, theway he
does me, and that left all the cats
feet to get in their work. by the
way the cat squawled as though it
was being choked, l know pa had
him by the neck. / suppose the cat
thought pa was a whole flock of New
Foundland dogs, and the cat had a
record on dogs, and 1t kicked awful.
Pals shirtwas no'protection at allin
3 cat fight, and the cat Just walked
all around pas stomach, and pa
yelled police and fire, and turn on
the hose and he called ma, and the
cat yowled. If pa had had presence
of mind enough to have dropped the
cat, or rolled 1t up in the mattress, il