The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-06-06
THE BAD Roy.
His Pa Mistakes a V. NJ. q. A. Delegate for 70
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His Pa Mistakes a Y. M. O. A. Delegate for %
- Burglar.
well, how'syour eyer" said the gro
Gerry man to the bad boy, as he blew in
with the wind OIsatheday Of the cyclone,
and left the door open. "Say, shut that
door. You want to blow everything out
of the stOrel Had any more fights pro-
tecting girls from dudesP'
mo, everything is quiet so far. I
guess since have got a record as q
fighter the boys will be careful who
they insult when L am around. But
have had the hardest week l ever expe-
Tienced, jerking soda for the Young
Mems Christian Association" said the
boy, as he pealed a banana.
what you mean, boyP Don't cast any
reflections on such a noble association,
They don't drink, do theyP
"Drfnk2 @, mol They don't drink
anything Intoxicating, but when it
comes to soda they flood themselves.
You know there has been a national
convention Of delegates from all the
Young Mems Christian Associations of
the whole country about three hun
dred, here, and our store Is right on the
street where they passed four times a
day, and L never saw such appetites for
soda. There has been one continual fizz
in our store since Wednesday. The boss
wanted me to play it on some of them
by putting some brandy in with the per-
fumeFy few times, but / wouldn't do
it. | guess few weeks ago, before
had led different life, | wouldn't had
to be asked twice to play the game on
anybOdyg But aman can buy soda of
me and bB perfectly safe. OfcOurse, III
a man winks when ask him what flavor
he wants, and says never mind, know
enough to put in brandy, That ia diff
ferent Bnt1 wOuldn't struggle It into
a man for nothing This Christian As
sOciation convention has cansed cold
ness between pa and me, though"
"HOw's thatp Your pa isn't Jealous, Is
hep" and the,grOcery man came around
from behind the counter to get the
latest gossip to retail to the hired girls
who traded with him.
"JealOus'nothin'." said the boy, as he
took few raisins ont Of q box. ''YOu
see, tEie delegates were shnfiled out to
all the Church members to take care 'Of,
and they dealt two to ma, and she never
told pa anything, abOut it, They came
to supper the first hight, and pa didn't
get home, so when they went to- the con-
VentiOn In the evening ma gave them a
night key, and pa came home from the
boxing match about IL o'clock, and ma
was asleep. Just as pa got most of bis
clothes off he heard somebody fumbling
at the front door, and he thought 1t was
burglars. Pa has got nerve enough,
when he is on the inside of the house
and the burglars on the outside. He
opened theWfndOw and looked out and
saw two suspiciOusN looking characters
trying to pick the lock with skeleton
key, and he picked up a new slOp jar
that ma had bought when we moved,
cover and all, and dropped itd0wn right
between the two delegates. Gosh, If it
had hit one OF them there would have
been the sOlemnestF funeral you ever
saw. Just asit struck they got the door
opened and came in the hall, and the
wind was blowing pretty hard, and
.shey thOugbtS a. cyclone had taken the
!, IifVla off the house. They were talk
ing about being miTaculously saved,
and trying to strike a match on their
wet pafits, Rhe pa went to the head of
the stairs and pushed over a wire stand
filled with pOtted plants, which struck
pretty near the delegates, and one of
them said the house was coming down
sure, and they better go into the cellar,
and they went down and got behind the
furnace. Pa called me up and wanted
me to go down cellar and tell the burg
lars we were onto them, and for them to
get out, but ! wasn't very we'll, so pa
locked his door and went to bed. guess
1t must have been half an hour before
pas cold feet woke ma up, and then pa
told her not to move for her life, cause
there we're tw00f the savagest looking
burglars that ever was rumaging over
the house, Ma smelled pas breath to
see IL hAshad Rot 70 dripking again. and