The Dawson journal., 1883-07-26
THE BAD BOY.
court.

when is your ma coming back?" asked
the grocery man of the bad boy as he found
him standingon the sidewalk when the gro
Gerry was opened in the morning, taking
some pieces of brick out of his coat tail
rockets.
30 she got back at midig1rt, last night"
aid the boy as he eat a, few blue berries
out of a case. That's what makes me up
so early, pa has been kicking at these pie
oes of brick with his bare feet, andwhen I
came away he had his toes in his hand and
was trying to go back up stairs on one foot.
Pa haint got no sense"
II am afraid y0u&re a terror" Said the
grocery man, as he looked at the innocent
face OF the BOY" You are always making
your parents some trouble, and it is a Won
der til y don't send you to some reform
school What deViltry were you up to last
night to get kicked this morning."
mo deviltry, just alittle fun. You see,
ma went to Chicago to stay week, and
she got tired, and telegaphed she woul DID
home last night and pa was down in town
and forgot to give him the dispatch,
and after he went to bed, me and a cham
of mine thought we would have 4th of
July.
You see my eSum has got SISTER about
as big as ma, and we hooked some of her
clothes and after pa got to snoring we put
them in pas room. o, you'd of laffed.
We put pair of number one slippers with
blue stockings down in front of the rock
ing chair, beside pas Soots and red cor
set on chair, and my chum's sisters best
black silk dress on another chair, and a hat
with white feather on, on the bureau,
and some frizzes in the gas bracket, ard
everything we could find that belonged to
girl in my ohum's sistsr's room. o, we
got red parasol too, and left it right in the
middle of the floor. Well, when looked
at the layout, and heard pa snoring, l
thought l should die. You see, ma knows
pa is darn good Teller but she is easily ex-
cited. Ny chGm slept with me that night,
and when we heard the door bell ring
stuffed pillow in my mouth. There was
nobody to meet ma at the depot, and
she hired hack and came right up.
Nobody heard the bell but me and had to
go down and let ma in. She was pretty
hot, now you bet, at not being met at the
depot.
"Where's your father" said she as she
began to go up stairs.
II told her guessed pa had gone to
sleep by this time but heard good deal
of noise in the room about an hour ago,
and may be he was taking bath. Then l
slipped up stairs and lookrd over the ban
listers Ma said something about heavens
and earth, and where is the huzzy, and a
lot of things Lcouldn't hear, and pa said
its no such thing and the door slammed
and they talked for two hours. l s'pose
they finally layed it to me, as they always
do, cause pa called me, very early this
morning, and when came down stairs he
came out in the hall and his face was red
der'n beet, and he tried to stab me with
his big toe-nail. and if it hadn't been for
these pieces of brick he would have hurt
my feelings. see they had my ehum's
sisters clothes all pinned up in newspa-
per, and s'pose when get back I shall
have to carry them home, and then she will
be down on me. I'll tell you what l have
got a good notion o ia some shoemak-
er's wax and stick my chum on my back
and travel with circus as double head
cd boy from Borneo. 4 fellow could have
more fun, and not get kicked all the time"
And the boys sampled some strawberries
in case in front of the store and went
down the street whistling for his chum,
who was looking out of the alley to see if
the coast was clear.