The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-07-25
The Bad Boy.

The Bad Boy.
lPeck's SUM-
"Here, condemn you, you will pay for that
cat" ssid the grocerymsn TO the bad boy, as
ne came in the store sll broke up, tAe morn
ing after the 4th of July.
"Whst cat2' said the boy, ss he leaned
against the zinc ice box to cool his back
which had been having trouble with a bunch
of fire crackers in his pistol pocket, ave
haven't ordered any cat from here. Who or
dered any cat cent 10 our house2 We get
our sausage at the Market" and the boy
rubbed some cold cream on his nose and eye
brows, where the skin was off,
"Yes, that is all right enough" said the
grocery man, ''but somebody who knew
where that cat slept, in the box of sawdust
back of the store, filed it full of fire cracksrs
Wednesday forenoon, when l was out to see
the procession, and never notified the cat.
and touched them off, and the cat went
through the roof of the shed, and she hasn't
got hair enough left on her to put in tea.
Now, you didn't show up all the forenoon,
and went and asked your ma where you
wss, and che said you had been setting up
four nights straight along with q sick boy in
the third ward, aud you were sleeping sll the
forenoon of the 4th of July. If that is so,
that let's you out on the cat, but it don't
sleeping all the forenoon of the 4th, while
other boys we're celebrating, CT did you
scorch my cat?' and the grocery man looked
at the boy as though he would believe every
word ne said, if he was bsd.
WELL" said the bad boy, as he yswned as
though he had been up all night, 81 am in
nocent of sitting up with your cat, but
plead guilty to sitting up with Duffy. You
see, am bad, and it don't make any differ
ence where / am, and Duffy thumped me
once, when we were playing marbles, and
said 1 would get even with him some time.
His ma WISHES for US, and when she
told me that her boy was sick, with fever,
and hsd nobody to stay with him while she
was away, 1 thought it would be good way
to get even with Duffy when he was weak,
ard l went down there to his shsuty ana
| gave him his medicine, and read TO him all
| dsy, and he cried, cause he knew ought to
| have mauled him, and that night sat up
| with him while his ma did the ironing, and
Duffy was so glad that went down every
dsy, snd stayed there every night, and fred
medicine down him, and let his ma sleep,
and Duffy has got mashed on me, and he
LAYS | will be an angel when die Last
night makes FIVE nights l have sat up with
him, and he has got SO he can eat beef tes
ard crackers. My girl went back on me
cause she said l was sitting up with some
other girl. She said that Duffy story was
too thin, but Duffy's ma was washing at my
girls house and she proved what said, and
was all right again. l slept ell the FORE
noon the 4th, aud then stayed with Duffy
till o'clock, and got furlough and took
my girl to the Soldiers Home. L had rather
set up with Duffy, though"
80, get out. You can't make me believe
L n a. a. 81
up with boy, than to take girl to the 4:h
of July" said the grocery man, as he took
brush and wiped the saw dust off some bot
ties of pepperssuce that he was taking out of
q box. "You didn't have any trouble with
the girl, did your"
"No-not with her" said the boy, as he
looked into the little round zinc mirror to
see if his eyebrows were beginning to grow.
| But her pa is unreasonable. 1 think q
man ought 10 know better than to kick a boy
right where he has had pack OF frecrsckers
explode in his pocket. You see, when L
brought the girl back home, she was a
wreck. Don't you never take girl to the
18th of July. Take the advice of a boy who
has had experience. We hadn't more thsn
got to the Soldiers Home grounds before
some boys who were playing tag grabbed
hold of my girls crushed strawberry polo
srd she wanted me to take ofiense at it, and
tried to reason with the boys and they both
Jumped on me, and / see the only way to
get out OF 1t HONORABLE !, was to get out real
spry, and 1 got out. Then we sat down un-
der tree, to eat lunch, and my girl swallow
ed pickle the wrong way, and pounded
her on the back. the wav ms does me when
] choke, and she yelled, and policeman
grabbed me and ehook me, and asked me
Whist was hurting that poor girl for, and
told me if did it again he would arrest me.
Everything went wrong. After dark some-
body fired 8 Roman candle into my girls
hat, and set it on fire, and l grabbed the hat
ard stamped on it, and spoiled her hair tha!
her ma bought her. By gosh, l thought hsl
hair was curly, but when the wig was on
her own hair was as straight as could be
But she was purity, all the same. We go'
III der another tree, 10 get away from tbs
smell of burned hair, and a boy set off mig
ger chaser, and it ran right at my girls feet
and burned her stockings, and woman pu'
the fire out for her, while looked for the
boy that fred the Niger chaser, bat L didn't
want TO find him. she was pretty near
wreck by that time, though she had all hel
d. ess left except the polonaise, and we wen
and sat under q tree in quiet place, ard
put my arm around her asd told her nevel
to mird the accidents, cause IL would be darl
when We got home, and ust thsn sPars
dropped down through the tree and fell In my
pistol pocket, right next to her. where ny
! bunch of i:e crackers was, and they begar
10 60 of. Well, / never saw such sigh
! she was. Her dress one of these
mosquito bar, cheese cloth dresses, and il
burned Just like punk. | had presence o.
mind enough to roll her on the grass and pu
out the fire, but in doing that neglected
my own conaagration, and when l go. nel
put out, my coat tail and trousers were 6
total loss. Ny. but che looked like goose
that has been picked, and | looked like
fireman that has fell through hs.chway
Ny girl wanted TO go home, and took hel
home, and her pa was setting on the 'front.'
steps, and he wouldn't accept her, looking
that way. He said he placed in my posses
zion whole girl, clothed and in he- RICH
mind, and had brought back burnt offer
ing. He teaches in our Sundsy-school, anc
knows now to talk pious, but bis boots ar
offul thick. tried to explain that wa
not responsible for the fireworks, and tha
be could bring in bill against the govern
ment, and l showed him how was bereave
of coat tail and some pants, but he woaldn'
, reason st all, and when his foot hit ma
thought it was the resurrection, sure, ant
when got over the fence, and had pickle