The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-06-29
THE BAD BOY.

"You. look Sleepy" said the, gro
ceryman to the bad boy, asbe cam
in the store yawning, and stretche'
himself out on the counter On q pill
of brown wrapping paper, IN reach Q
a box Of rasins, "what's the matter
Been sitting up with your girl al
night?"
"Naw! wish had. Wakesulnes
with my girl is sweeter and NOR
restful than sleep. No, this is th'
result of being dutifiA son, and an
tired. You see pa and ma have sep
arated. That is, not for. keeps, bu
| pa has got frightened about burglars
and he goes up into the attic to sleep
| He says it is to get fresh air, but he
knows better. Ma has got 50, accas-
toned to pas snoring that she cam
go TO sleep without it, and the frs
night pa lett her she didn't sleep &
wink, and yesterday was playing or
an old accordean that I had traded g
dog collar for after our dog was poia
oned, and when I Itouched the low
notes noticed ma dosed off to slee,
it sounded SO much like pas snore
and last night ma made me sit up and
play for her to sleep. She rested
splendid, but am all broke up, and
sold the accordean this morning to
the man who watches our block. 1t
is queer what different effect music
will have on different people. While
ma was sleeping the sleep of innocence
under the infunce of my counterfeit
of pas snore, the nj ght watch was
broke of his rest byi:, and he bought
it Of me TO give it to the son OF an
enemy of his. Well, I have quit
jerking soda"
"No, you don't tell me- said the
grocery man, as be moved the box
of raisins out of reach. "You never
will amount TO anything unless you
stick to one trade or profession. A
rolling hen never catches the early
angleworm." ..,.
80, but I am all right now. In
the soda business there is no chance
for genius to rise unless the soda
fountain explodes. It is all wind ana
one gets tired Of constant fizz. He
feels that he is fraud, and when he
puts little syrup in tumbler, and
fires a little sweetened wind. and
water in it, until the, soap suds fill the
tumbler, and charges ten cents for
that which only costs, cent, a sensi-.
tive soda jerker who has reformed,
feels that it is worse than three card
monte. couldn't stand the wear on
my conscience so / have got perma-;
nent job as a super, and shall open
the first of September.
''Say, what's a super? 1t isn't one
of these free lunch places, that the
mayor closes at midnight; is i,?'' aud
the groceryman looked sorry.
so, thunder, you want salt on you.
A super is an adjunct to the stage. A
super is fellow that assists the stars
and things. carrying chairs and TAX
ing up carpets, and sweeping the sand
off the stage after dancer has .danc-
ed jig, and he brings beer for The
actors, and helps lace up corsets, and
anything that he can. do to add to
the effect of the play. Privately,
now, have been acting as a super
fora long time, on the sly, and my
folks did not know. any thing about
It, but since / reformed and decided |
20 be good, felt it my duty to tell
pa and ma aboutit. The, news:broka
ma all ap at first, but pa said some
Of the bes5. actors in the country were
'upes once, and some of them were
1oW,: and he thought. suping
would be, the making Of me-
Ma thought going on the
stage would be my ruination..
She said the .theater was the, hot-bed
'f SIN, and brought more ruin than
he church could head off. But when
told. her that they always gave a
;upe two Or three extra tickets for
lis family, she said, the theatar had.
'ome redeenning features, and when
said my entrance upon the, stage
would give me a splendid opportunity
o get The recipe for face powder
rom the actresses, for ma, and
,ould find out how the actresses
managed TO get snumber four feet
nto number one shoes. ma said she
Wished | would com mmence suping
'Ight of. Ma says there are scme
hings about the theater that are not
o allrfired. bad, and she wants me to
ret seats for the first comic opera
hat comes, along. Pa wants it uni
lerstood with. the. manager that q
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