Daily Republican., 1883-01-12
PECK's BAD BOY.
How he Fooled his Parents.
Peek's Sun.

P8lA'8 1AO 0O1s
How he Fooled his Parents.
Peek's Sun.
} We went down on the cars, and Dl
! had adsche, because he had beer
out ell night electioneoring for tn
|, Prohibition ticket, and he WAS cross
and hs WAS dry, and scolded me, ant
once he pulled my ear because l asked
him Ii be- knew the girl he vas smiling
/ at iu seat across the aisle. / didn'1
enjoy myself much, and some men
were talking about kidnapping chill
dreD. and 1t gave me an lice, and just
before we got to Chicago | went after Q
drink OF water q: the t'Other end of the
car, and saw = man who looked al
though he wouldn't stand any fooling,
and ! whispered to him and told him
that that bald headed man l was sit
ting with was taking me away from
my home in Milwaukee, and l mis-.
trusted be was going to make a thief
or piokpocket Of me. Isaid 's-h h'h,
and told him not 20 say anything or
the man would maui me- Then went
back to the seat and asked pa to bny
me gold watch /; he looked mad and
cufied me on the ear.
The man that whispered to 90. 70
talking with some other men, and
when We got of the cars ut Chicago, =
policeman came up to pa and took
him by the neck and said Mr.. Kidnap
per, | guess we will run you in Pa
! WAS mad and tried to jerk away, and
the cop choked him, and another cop
came long and helped. and the pas
BE gers crowded around and wanted to
ly nch pa, and pa wanted to know what
they meant, and they asked him where
he stole the kid. and be said was his
kid. and asked me /. wasn't, and l
looked SCARED a. though was afraid to
say no, and | said, Y e-s, SIR; guess
So Then the police said the poor boy
was scarf, and they would take IN both
to the station, apd they make pa walk
spry, and when he held hack they jerk
ed him along. He WAS offul mad, and
said he would make somebody smart
ior this. and l hoped it wouldn't be
me. At the station they charged pa
with kidnapping boy from Milwau-
kee, and he says IL was lie, and WAS
his boy; said OF course ! was, and the
boss asked who told tho cops pa was u
kidnapper. and they said damtino, and
then the boss told pa hs could 60. but
nc. to lot it occur again, and pa and
me went away. looked 80 sorry for
pa that he never tumbied TO NE, that
was TO blame"
ave walked around town all day,
and went to the stores, and at night pa
was otful tired, and he put me to bed
In the tavern and he went out to walk
around and get rested. was not tired,
and walked all around the hstel. l
thought pa had gone TO a theatre, and
that made ne mad, and l thought
would play joke on him. Our room
WAS 2lO, and the next room was 2I2,
and there was an old maid witt a
scotch terrier occupied 2l2 ] saw her
twice and she called me- names, cause
she thought wanted u steal her dog
That made me mad at her, and DC |
took my jaok-kDiie and drew the lacks |
out of the tin thing that the nun bers
were painted on, and put the old |
maids number on our door and our
NUN Der on her door, and then went
to bed. tried TO keep awake, 80 AZ to
belu pa If be rad auy difficulty. but
un..ss I 10, asleeu. bn, woke nm when
n, dog bnrk4d. If tine dog had not
woke me nm 1bs uor,ar's screams
would. and If hat hadn't m wonld.
You see. pa came home from the theatre
abous 'leven and he had been drinking.
He says every BODY drinks when thew
90 tn Gh,caon evan the nini.ters
"pa Iooked a. the nnmher. IN ,ha
1ooYs ali along tho hall in hs fonnd
no. and walked right in and nnlIed Of
his coat and rhrsw n nm The lounge
~ here the doc wns Tba old moi ia was
,sI4en, bnt the dog barked. and ma
,sid, THAT cussed how has houpht
loo p and h. k,ckao the dog and ,hen
he old maid w,keun and saiJ "What
a th. mater net - pa Iattad and
..id sNnth,nn =. th,. ma,z.r with mo
rat and then Won ouoht to have heard
he vellino ,Tbe old maid covered
,er head and screamed louder and ma
loo snarled and bit M and NJ. had h;s
cat nA and hs cot sc rad and ,nnk his
nat and vest and went On. In ths hall
md I onened onr nnor and told ia hs
vas in he wrono rom and he saiL he
,nassed hs Lnowsi II And ha cana in
~ onr room ana T iocIsd No Soor ard
bsn tho h.iI h',u and ,h. nortar cd
lark came m ~ see what .iIed the old
,oo,d ond sha said n hnrolar W., l., har
nnm and ,hsu fonnd No. hat on tSs
ID IL a.