The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-07-07
Lincoln County Leader.
Saturday, July z, 1888.
THE BAD BOY.
From PncK's Buzz.

1--WE WV
care you q Christianl" asked
the bad boy Of the grocery man,
as that gentleman vas placing veg
etables out in front of the grocery
one morning.
well, nope so. answered the
grocery man. II try to do what il
right and hope to wear the golden
crown when the time comes to close
my books"
Then how is it that you put out
the box of great big sweet potatoes
and when we order some, and they
come to the table, they are little
bits of things, not bigger than a
raddishi Do you expect to get to
heaven on such small potatoes,
when you use big ones for a signi''
asked the boy, as he took out his
silk handkerchief aud brushed g
speck of dust off his nice BACKED
shoes.
The grocery man blushed and
said he did not mean to take any
such advantage of his customers.
He said it must have been a mis-
take Of the boy that delivers groce-
ries.
Then you must hire the boy to
make mistakes, for it has been so
every time we have had sweet pota-
toes for five years." said the boy.
"And about green corn. You have
a few nice ears stripped down to
show how nice and plump 1t is, and
we order a dozen ears they are on
ly a few that have any corn at all,
and ma and pa gets them, and the
rest Of us have to chew cobs. Do
you hope to e a crown Of glory
on that kind of corn.
"Oh such things will happen"
said the grocery man with a laugh.
but don't lets talk about heaven.
Let's talk about the other place.
How's things over to your housed
And say what's the matter with
youl You r all dressed up, have
got a clean shirt on, have got your
shoes BACKED and I notice your
pants are not 80 raveled at the bot
tom of the legs behind. You are
not in love, are youl
"Wsll / should SMILE" said the
boy as he looked in a small mirror
on the counter with fly specks. "a
girl got mashed on me, and ma
says it is good for q boy who hasn't
got no sister to be in love with a
girl, and so l kind of tumbled to
myself, and she don't 60 no whore
without | 60 with her. / take her
to dancing school, and every where
and she loves me like a house atire.
Say was you ever iu love! Makes a
fellow feel queer, don't itl Well,
sir, the first time l went home with
her | put my arm around her, and
honest it scared me. 1t was Just ike
when you take hold of the handles
of an electric battery, and you
can't let go till the man turns the
knob. Honest, l was just as weak
as a cat. / thought she had need
les in her back, and was going to
take my arms away, but it was Just
1T Wal glued on. l asked her if she
felt that way too, and she said she
used to, but it was nothing when
you get used to it. That made me
mad. But she is older than me,
and knows more about it. When
/ was going to leave her at the gate
she kissed me, and hat was worse
than quitting my arm around her.
BY gosh, | trembled all over just
like | had chills, but | was as
warm as 3 toast. She wouldn't let
go for as much as a mint, and |
was as tired rs though l had been
carrying coal up stairs. l didn't
want to go home at all, but she
said it would be the best for me to
go home and come the next day;
md the next morning l went to
her house before any Of them were
lp.