The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01
THE BAD BOY AND MS PA.
Pecks Sun.t

Want to buy any caehageS sal, the bad boy to the groceyman. as h, stopped at the door of the grocery dressed in blue wamus. his hreeche. tucked into his boots. and an old ha, os his head. with hole thA, les out hle haii through the top. He had gs, out of s democrat wagon. and was holding the lines hisched sc hosse abcu, forty years old. that leaned agains, the hitcAiag pos, to rest. only a shilling a piece.
 70. go way" said the grocery man. "l only pay three cents apiece.e And then he looked n the 5cy and said, : Hello, Hennery. is ,ha, you. have missed you all the week, and nov you come on 10 me sudden, disguised as a granger. What docs this all mean :"
 l, means that have been the victim cf as vile conspiracy as ever vas known since Cesar ~as stabbed and Mark An- tony ora,ed over his pros,raie corpse in the Roman forum. 10 an audience ot supes and scene shifters," and the boy dropped the lines on the sidewalk. said. ~Whoa, gcl darn you, to the horse that vas asleep. wiped his boots on the grass in front 0, the store and anne in, and seated himself on the old halt bushel There, this seems like home aga,n."
 What's the ro~ Who has been playins |; on you v sAid the grocery man smelling a shar? trade ,n eah5ages. as vel as other smells pecuilu ,o the farm.
 Well, I'll tel yer Lately cear folks have teen constant, talking oi he IT, depen ien; iite of the farmer and how ea>, :, Is. and how they would like |; If woald learn ;o Dc farmer They said there was nothing ikc Il. and seseta, of the neighaors iolned m and sad had the naisral ahili;s to be one O. the most successful farmers n the state The, al drew pictufes ot the ian t vas ,o work on farm, where you could ge, your work done and take yonf ,,sh-pole and go of and catch fish. or d sin and ge oa, and kill game. and how yog could rde hoyses. and pitch hay. and smell the s~eet perfume, and go to husking bees and dances. and everything. and they ga, ne all worked up so l wanted 10 go ,o work on farm Then an old deacon ,ha, be- longs ,o our church. ~ho runs a farm abou, eigh; miles ou' oi town. he came on the scene and sad he wanted boy and fl would go out and work for hum he would be easy on me he,Au{e he knew my ,oIks. and we belonged ,b the same church. l can sec Il now. IL was all a pu, up Job on me. jus, like they play three card monte on fresh stranger. wa. took in. By gosh. have been out there a week. and here's whA, there IS left of me The only way go, A chance 10 come 10 town was to tell the farmer could sell cabbages to you for shilling apiece. knew you sold them for fifteen cents and l though, you ~ould give shilling So the farmer xaid he would pa, me my wages in oabbages at shilling apiece and only charge me a dollar for the horse and wagon 10 brng them m So you only pay three cents Here are thirty cabbages. which will come to ninety cents. pay dollar for the horse. and when sc, back to the farm owe the farmer ten entS. bes,des work ing week for nothing c. i, Is all right | don't kick. bu, ths ends farming Tor Hennery. know when l have got enough of an easy life on | farm prefer l hard lie breaking stones on inc streets 10 an easy. dreamy life on a farm
 :" They dt play |, on you didn', they" saiI he grocery man. " B9, wasn the old deacon good man to work for
 Good man no,hin sald the boy. as he took up Il piece of horse rad,sh and began to era,e !, an the lnside ef hts rough hand .. l teil you ,hcresa heap pt difference n deas on m sunday school. ,elllng about soSing wheat and ;ares. and deacon oa, on farm Tn | hurDinS season. when there IS hay ,o get n md wheat to h4ryes, all at the saf,4~ tune. went aui ,oslhe farm sunday e en- ing With the deacon and his wife. and they couidr', talk too much about the nice tune we would have. and .he fun but the deacon changed more than fort, degrees m hse minutes after we 70, out ,o the farm He jumped out of ihe ~as- on and pulled of; his coat, and let his wife climb out over the whcei and yelled to he hued gitl to bring out the milk pail, and told me 10 hy around and an- harness the horse. and throw down a ot Of hay for all the work animals, and sheu told me ,o run down 10 the pasture and drlee up a lot of COWS. The pasture vas hat a nille away, and the COWS were scas- tered lroand in the woods, and the i1os- autoes ~ese thick. and go, al covered win mud and bum, and stung xithsh.s. ties. and ~hep ] R0s the cattle near to the house the old deacon yelled to me tha l VAS s,oeer han mol2sses ia the wi~ er and then ! ,ook | club and sFfok ss hgfr, the CONS ard he yelled asrre 10 sop hurrl us 'eatse sou'd retari he s3w of miA Bi gosh ! ea, mp : ask<d for F-iosquiso Jar to ps, o9ei me ne,t ;i9e weai ate, ae -owsaai ;fs people al Il xaed 4, fne 1ri 2 krr s4. 4oru or he fenee to scfaPe the mud o'; my eantay pants, Inc !e4con yelled ike ne does n the tesis al. oniy he sad. Come. come. pro rass,nziion s the thief of tune 1o4 get Gp and hamp yourself and go and iced he pgs.' He was so darn mean that eouE4 not hep ,hro4eing A ocfdocx bar sa4.Dst the siae Of the r9w he was milking, and \ .;raf k heg nghi n the flank on the other slde from ~hese the deacon was. Well you'd aide ID sec the CO.'S Jump up and blA, All foar of her iees were or the ground af a time. and I ezstNax rus.x. 4 t~~~. .k .s -.