Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-05-10
DESERVING HEAVENS VENGEANCE.
The Bad Boy Takes D. Drive With a
Minister Sonnd on the Atone
ment, but, Ignorant OF
the Ways Of Old
PAGERS.

ment,e nute tsh0faht OF
the Ways OF Old
PAGERS. !:
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"Well, great julius Caesars bald
headed ghost, what's the matter with
you!',, said the groceryman to the
bad boy, as he came into the grocery
son cratches, withene arm In sling,
oneaeye b)ackeAed, and.a strip. of
'courtplaster icrossaone side of his
face. Where xas the explosion, or
have you been in fight, Or has your
pa been giving you what you deserve.
with a club? Here, let me help you.
There, sit down on that keg Of apple
jack. Well,~ by the great guns, you
lock as though you had called some
body iiar. What's the matter?'
And the grocery man took the
crutches and stood them mp against
the showcase
80, there's not much the matter.
with me-" said the boy, in. voice
that sounded all broke up, as he took
q big apple off a basket and began
peeling it with his upper front teeth.
"If you think l am a wreck you
ought to see the minister. They had
to carry him home in installments,
the way tehy buy sewing-machines.
| am all right, but they have got to.
stoph him up with oakams and tar be-
fore he will ever hold water again"
Good gracious, you have not had
fight With the minister, have you?
Well, have said all the time, and 1
stick to it, that you will commit a
crime yet, and go to State prison.
What was the fuss about?'' and the
grocery man laid the hatehet out of
the boys reach, for fear he would get
excited and kill him,
80, it want no fuss. 1t was in
the way of business. You see, the
livery man Twas working for pro-
NOTED me, He let mesdrive a horse
to haul sawdust for bedding first, and
when he found that l vas real careful,
he let me drive an express wagon to
haul trunks. Day before yesterday,
l think it was-(yes, 1 was in bed all
day yesterday ay9-day before yesterday
there was a funeral, and our stable
furnished the outfit. 1t was only a
common Sll funeral, so they let me
go to drive the horse for the minis
ter-you know the buggy that goes
ahead Of the hearse. They gave me
an old horse than is 80 years old, that
has not been off a walk since nine
years ago, and they told me to give
him a loose rein and he would go
along ALI right. Its the same old
horse that used to pace so fast on the
avenue, years-ago, but / didn't know
it. I just let him walk along as
though he was hauling ,sawdust, and
gave him a loose rein.l When we got
off of the pavement, the fellow that
drives the hearse, he was in hurry,
cause his folks were going to have
ducks for dinner, and he wanted to
get back, So lie kept driving along
side my buggy, and telling me to
hurry up. / wouldn' t do it, cause
the liveryman told me to walk the
horse. Then the minister, he got
nervous, and said he didn't know as
there was any use of going so slow,
because he wanted to get back in
time 70 getS his LUNCH apd go to the
minister meeting in the afternoon
but I told him we would all get to the
| cemetery soon enough if we took i,
tcool, and as for-me I wasn't in nc
sweat. Then one of the drivers that
was driving the mourners, he came
up and said he bad to- get back il
time to, run "a wedding down to the
1 o'clock train, and for me to pull
out little. ] have seen enough Of
disobeying orders, and 1 told him &
funeral in hand was worth two we'd
dings in the bush, and, as far as
was concerned, this funeral was going
to be conducted in decorous man
ner, if we didn't get back till The
next day. Well, the minister said
in his regular Snndny-scheol way
MY little man, let me take hold Of
the lines,' and, like darn fool,
Egave them to him. He slapped th'
fold horse on the crupper- with tn
Hines, and then jerked up, and tn
|old horse stuck up, his off ear, ant
then the hearse; driver told the minis
ter to pull hard and saw On the bit
little, and the old horse would wax
up. The hearse driver used to driv
the old PAGER On the track, and h
knew what he wanted. Th. minlste
took off his black kid gloves and pu
his umbrella down between us, AM
pulled his hat down tight on his head
Eland began to pull and saw on. the bit
I The old cripple began to meve alon
sort of sideways like a hog going t
war, and the minister pulled som
Pmore, and the hearse driver, who wa
fright behind, he said, so, you coul
hear him clear to Waukenshs
'Y-e-e-up,' and the horse kept goin
: faster; then the minister thought tn
procession was getting too quick, an
he pulled harder and yelled Whoa
and that made the old horse worst
and Looked through the little windo