The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-03
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 Well. how is my htle angel w,thou, wings today asked the groceryman of the bad boy, AS he came in with rcd pain, sticking to his ears. and blue paint around his eyes and nose. which looked as though a feeble attempt had been made to wash Il of, while rooster feather stuck through his hat. and bead moce asin was on one foot and a rubber shoe on the other
 70. l am all bHShoo l,ushoo. that IS Indian. am on the wat-p path. and am no angel this week. This is my week oii. It beats.all, don't II, how ditiercn, fellow feels a, different times. For the last two weeks have been so { sod that II made me fairly ache. and since that Buffalo Bill show was here. with the Indians. and buffaloes, and cowboys. and steers, am all broke up. We have had the worst time over 10 our house that ever was You see, all of us boys in the neiehbor- hood wanted to have d Buffalo Blll show, and pa gave us permission to use the back yard. and he sad he would come out and help us. You know that Boston g,rl that was visiting d, our house. with the glasses on We'll. she went home the next day. She says this climate Is too wild for her Neu sec we boys all fi>ed up as Indians. and We laid for some one to come out of the house, ,o scalp. the way they do Tn the show Ne heard rustic ot female garments. and NC all hid, and when the Boston glrl ame out 10 pick some pansies Tn mas flower bed. we captured her. You never see girl Q astonished aS she was. Ne yelled yip. yip and l took hold oi one ei aer hands and my chum took hold of the other. and her bangs raised nigh; up. and her glasses fell oil and she said. 'o. you howxid things We took her io our ia. n inc hen house and tied her ,a a ,in rain water conductor that came down by the corner ot ,he barn, and then NC danced d war dance around her, and yelled ki-yi, un- tl she perspired. took my tomahawk and lifsed her hair and hung ii on the chicken roos,. and then l made a speech to her in Indian. l said, The p4le-faced maiden from the rising sun Is in ihe hands Of the Apaches, and they yearn for gore. Her brothers and fathers and un. cles. the Indian agents, have robbed the children of the forest of ihcir army blan- kc,s and canned lobster, and the rcd man must be avenged. Bu, we will no, harm the pretty white madden. except to bum her to the stake. What has she ,o say : Will she give the red man taffy. CT will she burn: lust then "a came out with olsiern pole, and he rescued the white madden, and said We mus,n | be so rough. Then the giri sad she would gne Us all the ,a,iy we wanted, anu she wen, m and IL I window Ia he watched us rob a coach. and he sad II was frs, rate The man that collects the ashes from the alley with horse and wagon, he had Just load ed up and got on the wagon. when two of my Indians took the horse by the bits. and four of us mounted the wagon and robbed the driver of clay pipe and pocket comb and knife. bu, he saved h!s ashes by promising never ,o reveal the names ofthe robbers. Ia lus, laughed when we gave the ash man back his knife and things, and sad he hadn't had so much fun m long tune Then we were going 10 lasso 4 wild Texas steer, and ride II, the way they did m the ,how, and pa said tha, was where he came ID handy. He sad he could throw lasso Jus, like cowboy. We go, my ehum's pas COW out of the barn. and Grove her up the alley, and pa stood there with clothes line, with a big moose m the end ard he headed of the COW and threw the lasso. We'll. you'd dide to sec pa sweep things out of the alley with h,s pants. The COW was sort of scared when ~e drove her up the alley, cause guess she though, il was time she was mixed. and when pa SfRnned fvf.rn h~k,.A k~ A throwed the rop. around her neck, guess she thought II was all day ~iih her, for she turned and galloped. and kicked up and bellered, and pa did no, know enough 10 le, go Of the rope First pa followed ihe COW down the alley sii- ung dswn. and abou, d bushel Of ashes go, Up his trowsers leg. and the tomato can. and old oyster cans few around like cyclone xas blowing Inlns climbed up or the fence 10 ge, ou, of the way. and ,ha, scared the COW more. and she sn4,ehed pa along 100 puck. yelled to pa 10 let go of the rope, and jasi a. .he COW drawed him under wagon he le, go. and ,he COW took the clothes line home. Pa go, up and shook the ashes oat of his trowsers legs and picked ep piece nf board and started back. You never saw tribe of Indians ge, scared so ouick as we did. As 1 wen, into hen coop and go, under barrel heard pa say, Ina, busss up the Buffalo Bill business No more wild western steer lassong for your uncle Ike We'll, no one vas to blame bu, pa- He thinks he can do everything, and when he tres and gets tangled, he lays i, to me. We went out on ;he street with our ,oma- hawks, when pa vent in to brush himself and disbanded, and vent op to osr reser- vstion. and peace reigns again, and the Boston girl has gone home with an idea that we are all heathens out west
 = should think your pa would learn, after awhile, that he is too old to fool around as he did when he was a boy sad the grocery man as he got away from the boy for fear he would be scaIped.
 That's what 1 told him when he