The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20
THE BAD BOY AND HIS pA.
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: ing. said the grocery man to the bad , toy. as he came in and stood against the
 counter, under the kerosene lamp that , was leaking on h,s hat. And l knew , you would be when saw you going down
 the dark alley las, nigh, ~i,h that ragged
 Kii that peddles apples. O. you are
 sly one, and l have watched you and
 am sa,ished you arc on the wrong road.
 Nen better let ur, young man, or your
 people w,ll be ashamed oi you. When a
 boy that belongs to the better class of ss-
 e,ssy goes down dark alley w,th lo~
 gsh-"
 " But. gei darn It. she liYed tn the
 alley Ii she hadn | lived m the alley
 wouldn't have gone in there sad the
 boy, hs,le net,led at the remarks of the
 gtoceryman. and ,ying to explain.
 fes. that is all right sad the cheese
 nend. ~iEkins al the carpenter who was
 na,lsng weather s;ttp on the dasr. and
 who looked as though he needed
 weather strip on the bottom ot h,S pants.
 to bank up his los shoes at course
 she hved there and she invei slea ,oG.
 respectable boy. into her den, and you
 didn't have to have your coat collar
 pulled oit ,o get you to Eo. I am
 ashamed oi you. ic eo eii down dark
 aiics wish a disirpu,ahle gttl
 here. hold on. condemn you. sad
 the boy. as he grated hts teeth and p4cked
 up stick of stove wood and .itsw Il on
 the efeeciy man. his lace pale as d ghost
 wh'lc the carpenter stepped work ie look
 on. oa say a word aga.nst that poor
 sal and down comes your gfot ~ she
 is christian, that gitl ls, ,h, ugh shs
 don't pa, on any ars and en to ohut,h
 ~dh >sik dresses and iich duds Ba, she
 prayS. by nnge better than any oi cm.
 There amt aonc oi these prayer sharps
 ,hA, eet ID and talk b,g words. tha, can
 make me op. bu, that iltle g,,l made me
 cry last night a> though had broke a par ot skates You sec her father IS a dfunkard. and he takes halt she make, ! peddllne apples. to buy ytn, and her ! grandmother has got The consumption. ard that takes the other hall Ia surpo.i , he l kne" ,ha, Hitl when went to school. and yesterday she come to me
 oranf, and sald she was gong to ask ; favor et me ,aase l had A heau m me , d oni know hoa shc found |, ont. hut any i. : way she sad ,Re had knosrd II fot wears. 2 l, seems her drunken father had taken ? Al her money and had gone on an .~tul hStHs ailA NslS A4Ah IakC any Ia buy l some oi these cough ssfap losenees tui her grandma. and the old lAd, was ! ehokln up pretty roush. and she wanted me to iend her dollar ull she could real fc on 'hc apple she ~as Eetne to ge, } ttu>icd ioi. Probably you noticed , haven't got any vat h tht> morning AANc fat Wf cham. ai,h bune h
 al is,~ on n my pocket. hat 2 nobody MI knoN haven't fot any watch unless they ask me ~ hat tune Il ia. 2 and then ~iI tell them t has nla down. . and gucss has. eause pawn sbfukets
 nevti ~tnd up sate hes We'll slt, 1 got
 iouf dollars on my ~aieh and vent and
 bought apple. toI her and medicine iaf
 hci ktandWA. and then vent down herne . ~',h her. foa arc ftght about ,he alley beng pretty rough. hat when 1 vent .n
 the lstlc room. where th~ old lady WAS on n hed. and heard her let o,i one oi those : regular haik-froin -,he-tombs coughs n that sounded away do~n cellar. where II
 is damp and mouldy, l tell you II made | Inc teei scrlouS And ~hcn that ragged li,ile gTi go, down on her knees and . pra, ed. theie ia the diti. and asked .od r p bless the friend that had usen up and l lifted such a load on the sufferer. do you , know, felt as though had sv Allo~ed
 piece oi iuinip or something hard, and ! couldn't get II up of down. and the tesfs | come ,o my eyes just like when you peel . onions She didn't use any oi this high. z iaiuun language. such as the hiyh salafied F preachers use. where you want d,, ton
 Ary in your pe~ ,o md what the word, , mean. II was no full dress. formal prayer. k like some of the ministers give Us. when 5 Il seems as though they had )ns, been 5 gwen a letter of introduction to tod, and , wanted ,o show Him ,hA, He was in lut < to ge, acquainted ~i,h so distinguished
 and educated preao her. She didn, yo on and adslse God ho~ io run things. i like some of the preae hefs l have heard. s and act as though If ,.od didn'i take . ,heu adyiee He would iosc has situation ? and t,e mighty lucky i he go, leb a- ying around 4 collection plate it ~asn, that sind of prayer The hule . gifl got ugh' down on her knees, and ! sad, o. a,her m heaven. tust as
 though Dod was Ntung rtshi there ln front oi her on ,hfse-egged stool. and she seened so tontlaek, that the heavenly father heard her tha, could alu.0s, see
 iiis hand on her head p~itng tho poor child. She didn't tell '.od anything about my pa~nlrg my watch and buying the apple. and shc didn't mention my name 4, all, but could imagine ,ha, . He ~ho ~atohes even the sparro~s fall. l. was onto the bunch of keys in my yea, < poo ket, hit, he'd to the watch cham. bigger than hoas-. say, do yog know. sorne of theae long prayers by ,he dress parade pfeafhers "ho ge, 4 salary bsg enough to p~n 4 yacht make me ,ifed
 and ~ani ,o RO out 10 the woods and
 hear even flock of Liar kbfr,i. ainy
 pfsises n preference to !ssieaing i3 A Iony
 efitai pl Nhai A ls,i of fniserabie sinness as!
 ihe people ate 1hp arc being prayed Tor, } bul could have lls,rned to that dirty. rag , ged gsfl pray for an hosf. she ~as so natural. and Iat.fui. and talsed 5, a,od could pnfefs,And i, whether lie had ever
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