The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-26
THATDEPRAVED JUVENILE.
THE BAD BOY TAKES A DOC TO TRE
GROCERY MAN.

ant Has I'M Advonture.
Hello" said the grocery man to the
bad boy, as he came in with a black eve,
leading a hungry-looking dog that was
walking on three legs and had one leg
tied up with a red silk handkerchief.
"What is this part of your amateur
theatrep Now you get out of here
with that dog mighty quick. A boy
that hurts dogs so they have to have
their legs tied up is no friend of mine"
and the grocery man took up a broom
to drive the dog out doors.
"There, you calm yourself" said the
boy to the grocery man, as the dog got
behind the boy and looked up at the
grocery man as though he was not
afraid as long as the bad boy was
around. "Set up the crackers and
cheese, and sausage, and pickles, and
everything this dog wants to eat. He
is friend of mine. That dog is my
guest, and those are my splints on his
broken leg, and that is my handker-
chief that my girl gave me wound
around it, and you touch that dog, eX
cept in the way of kindness, and down
comes your house, and the boy doubled
up his fists as though he meant busi-
ness.
"Poor doggie," said the grocery man,
as he cut off piece of sausage and of
ferel it to the dog, which was declined
with thanks, expresselby the wagging
|. tail. "Where did you steal himy"
Y "I didn't steal him, and he is no
cannibal. lie won't eat your sausage"
and the boy put up his elbow as though
to warn off an imaginary blow. You
see, this dog was following off pet
dog that belonged to woman and she
tried to shoe him away, but he wouldn't
shoe. This dog did not know that he
was low-born, miserable dog, and
had no right to move in the society of
an aristocratic pet dog, andhe followed
right along. lie thought this was n
free country, and one dog was as good
as another, and he followed that woman
and her pet dog right into her door
yard. The pet dog encouraged this
dog, and he went in the yard, and when
the woman got up on the steps she
/ threw Velocipeie at this dog,
and broke his leg, and then she took
up her pet and went in the house so
she wouldn't hear this dog howl. She
is nice woman, and / see her go to
meeting every Sunday with lot of
Morocco books in her hands, and once
l pumped the organ in the church
where she goes, and she was so pious
l thought she was an angel But
angels don't break dogs legs. Now, L
am going to lay this dog in the barrel
of dried apples, where your cat sleeps,
and give him a little rest, and l Will
give you four minutes to tell me all
you know, and you will have three
minutes on your hands with nothing
to say. Unbutton your lip and give
your teeth vacation"
"Well, you have got gall. How
ever, l don't know but you are right
about that woman that hurt the dog.
Still, it may have been her way of pet
ting strange dog. We should try to
look upon the charitable side OF peo.
pies eccentricities. But say, want to
ask you if you have seen anything of
my man that delivers groceries. sat
urday night sent him over to your
house to deliver some things about 10
o'clock, and he has not showed up
since. What do you think has be-
come Of him?'
I"Well, by gum, that accounts for it,.
Saturday night about 10 o'clock we
heard somebody in the back yard,
around the kitchen door, just as we
were going to bed, and pa was afraid
! it was a burglar after the church
money he collected last Sunday. He
had got to turn it over the next day to
, pay the minister's expenses on his va
cation, and it made him nervous to
have it around. l peeked out Of the
window and saw the man, and l told
pa, and pa got revolver and began
shooting through the wire screen to
J the kitchen window, and saw the
, man drop the basket and begin to clinib
] over the fence real sudden, and / went
! out and began to groan, as though some
J body was dying in the alley, and J
. brought in the basket with the mack
. erel and green corn, and told pa that
0 from the groaning out there l guessed
he had killed the grocery delivery man,
t and l wanted pa to go out and help me
hunt for the body, but he said he was
q going to take the midnight train to &C
9 out West on some business, and pa Lii
I out. 1 guess your man was scared
. and went one way and pa was scare
e and went the other. Won't they be
, astonished when they meet each othel
! on the other side of the world? p;
j will shoot him again when they meet
e if he gives pa any sass. Pa says wheI
n he gets mad he had just as soon eat a
|. 60 kill man. Well, must go hom
: now. I run the family since pa lit out
Il Say, send some Of your most expensiv
y canned fruit and things over to tn
u house." And the boy took the lam
g dog under his arm and went OUT
"a Peck'S Sun.
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