The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-24
HELPING HIS PA TO MOVE.
THE BAD BOY MAKES HIMSELF Ex-
CEEDINGLy USEFUL.
Aiding His Paternai PregenitOr TO Disguise
Himself With Backing that Wouldn't
Wash on in Less Than II Week.

Aiding His Paternai Progenitor TO Disguise
Himself With Backing That Wouldn't
Wash on in Less Than IA Week.
"See here, you coon, get out of here, .
said the grocery man to the bad boy,
as he came in the store with his face
black and shining, al don't want any
colored boys around here. White boys
break me up bad enough"
"Oh, philopene," said the bad boy,
as heput his hands on his knees and
laughed so the candy jars ratified on
the shelves. "You didn't know me.
am the same boy that comes in here
and talks your arm oil, and the hoy
opened the cheese box and cut off a
piece of cheese 50 natural that the gro
Gerry man had no difficulty in recogniz-
ing him.
"What in the name of the seven
sleeping sisters have you got on your
hands and face" said the grocery man,
as he took the boy by the ear and
turned him around. "What you got up
in such an outlandish rig for?'
"Well, Ill tell you, if you will keep
watch at the door, If you see bald
headed colorel man coming along the
street with club, you whistle, and |
will fall down cellar. The bald-headed
cOlored man will be pa You see, we
moved yesterday. Pa told me to get a
vacation from the livery stable, and we
would have fun moving, But | don't
want any more fun. L know when l
have got enough fun. Pa carried all
the light things, and when it came to
lifting, he had a crick in the back.
Gosh, | never was 50 tired as l was
last night, and | hope we have got
settled, only some of the goods haven't
turned up yet. A drayman took one
load over on the west side and deiv-
cred them to q house that seemed to
be expecting load of household furni-
ture. lie thought it was all right, if
everybody that was moving got
load Of goods. Well, after we got
moved pa said we must make garden,
and he said we would go out and spade
up the ground and SOW peas and rad
ishes and beets. There was some
neighbors lived in the next house to
our new one, that was all wimmen,
and pa didn't like to have them think
he had to work, SO he said it would he
a good Joke to disguise ourselves as
tramps, and the neighbors would think
we had hired some tramps to dig in
the garden. told pa of boss scheme
to fool them. suggested that we take
some of this shoe backing that is put
on with sponge, and black our faces,
and the neighbors wanld think we had
hired an old colored man and his boy
to work in the garden. Pa said it was
and he told me TO 60 and
black up, and if it worked he would
black hiss eff. So | went and put this
burnt cork on my face, cause it would
wash off, and pa lookel at me and said
It was a whack, and for me to fix him
up too. So | got the shoe backing
and painted pa so he looked like coal
HEAVIER. Actually, when ma saw him
she ordered him off the premises, and
when he LATED at her and acted sassy
she was going to throw billing
water on pa, but told her the scheme
md she let up on pa. Oh, you'd dide
to see us out in the garden. Pa
ooked like Uncle Tom, ana | looked
ike Topsy, only | amt that kind of a
,olored person. We worked till boy
,hrowed some tomato cans over the
llley fence and hit me, and l piled |
,yer the fence after him, and left pa.
It was my chum, and when | had
'aught him we put up a job to get pa |
o chase us. We throwed some more
ans, and pa come out and my chum
tarted and after him, and pa after
10Th of us. He chased us two blocks
md then we got behind policeman,
nd my chum told the policeman it
vas a crazy old colored man that
wanted to kidnap us. and the police
nan took pa by the neck and was GO
ng to club him, but pa said he would
% home and behave. lie was offul
mad, and he went home and we looked
through tie alley fence and saw pa
rying to wash off the backing. You
ee that backing won't wash off. You
ave to wear it off. Pa would wash
is face with soapsuds, and then
Ook in the glass, and he was blacker
very time he washed, and when ma
iffed at him he said the olfulest words,
Omething like sweet spirit hear my
rayer,' then he washed himself again.
am going to leave my burnt
ork on, cause if l washed it
# pa would know there had been
ONE smouging somewhere. l asked
he shoe store man how long it would
axe the backing to wear off, and he
aid it ought to wear off in week. |
uesS pa won't 60 out doors much, un-
'ss it is in the night. am going to
ct him to let me 60 off in the country
shing, TIL mine wears off, AMI when
get out Of town | will wash up. Say,
ou don't think a little blacking hurts
mans complexion do you, and you
ont think man ought to get mad
ecause it won't wash off, do you?'
"0h, probably it don't hurt the COM
lexion," said the grocery man, as he
Drinkled some fresh water on the
Tilted lettuce, 50 it would look fresh
lille the hired girl was buying some,
and yet it is mighty unpleasant,
here a man has got an engagement
, go to card party, as | know your
a has tonight. As to getting mad
bout it, if | was your pa | would take
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