The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-24
The Bad Boys Bouquet.

4 Say, do you think little practical Joke
uVe' any hurt?' asked the bad bow of thu
grocery man, as he came in, with his Sun.
way suit on and bouquet in his button
AO'e, ana PRED Off couple of figs from q
new box that had been just opened.
u,, No, 81, said the grocery man. ms he
n nrasu , Oh the syrup that drlpped from n
ssHa,s measure, from which he had been
m mMnds a Jug ! hold that man that gets
I %au d. practical joke, that is, one that
w Vf h uSS M ure MIN, is fool, and he ought
Mo- Ge 'I h Dy all decent people. That's
W T'e, oouquet you have in your coat,
,ho aa a. = u, pansles' Let me smell it," and
how y s 81 man bent over in front of the
Ak s w ,aSe a Whit at the bouquet. As he
n"co Nv . stream OF water shot out OF the in
i in ,ha ehy bouquet and struck him full
tbs A o. ,aoe anu ran down over his shirt, and
o ro saOJery man yelled murder. and fell
snsth barrel OF axe-helves and scythe-
'oWlpo his face. '' 'o"ei
m.n i OF condum skunk" said the grocery
and s ~ .nG BOY, as he took up an AK belye
hla,toJ ' W. lor nm, what kind of gol.
man manu- vo Squlrt-gun you got there? will
uls Shlrtsleeyes '''e' w
vo,d i ns Keep your temper. | took test
betorOo' ~, Iou On The subject of practical Jokes
coniingras,;lnl acnihe began TO play upon the
whisESn " '"S mat was raging on your
mad ~ nGSyi ana You said q man that 20
II. Ucra iuHe WAS iool, and now | know
rubber ho io' me show it TO you. There is a
my coat '' ,n run. runs rom the bouquet inside
bnlh oi r rT ny pahts pocket, anu there is A
and vbon 'ooet ,hal holds about half pint
soueego H. -" ielier smells of the posy |
tx inn t N.Y. pup, and you see the result.
SoII mat gets mad '"'' ~ vi pei
mn, ne grocery man said he would yivo tbo
ny naIl pound of figs if he ,votS,i ia1' f.
i'e ooquet to him for half nm honr w III, =,
n, V"a customer and the nav 6yed I,
so n ,Ig grocery man and turned ihe no,,ic
SO 0i. would squirt right back into tha rn
on, , nlah lace, He tried IL ON the Ire,
hi, ,, o,,i mat came in and got il rirht in
Raw, V"h lace, and then the bulb In I'd,
the 'wdp, ovNet got to leaking and the rest ri
trn V wafer ran down the grocery man,
AMI SIv a',ieS and he gave il IN in disvust
Il tb asuuVu II back to the boy, "Uow wa.
Tho oa ypur pa had to be carried boma frnm
.aSknJ , 10. mi hack the other nieht y
The s,o 'ue grocery man as he stood close 10
has my, ,9 50 ms pant-lcgs would dry. "He
80 10y n s9t TO drinking again, mas hen
.bnl6 VIZ T;V, ssid the boy, as he filed tbe
MI wa. w.. VI vinegar to practice ON his ehum
.tronh,o 'n,s bouquet that got pa into Inc
AMI lou see got pa to small, i'' ~ wy !,
ue no Just llled him chuck fnll If ws,
names may mau and called me Nil Kinds of
AMI "S III ana said was no GOOD on eSrtb
anil ,hn u ! would fetch up in state,s nrison
I'M. ,nn Ju ne wanted TO borrow In 10 wear H.
Inn ,,ISVlaole. lie said he would hsv" I'm NOR,
assosjI h ~ you could shake sticl, nj anJ /
fetch mn nun H. u he didn't think he would
was di !, ~ ~ states prison, aud he said /,
man ,,ient with man. He said ,hen ~
nifty aha,t, JOKE there was certain dir.
1 lent n tn ~ tuat was lacking in boy. So
bio i'm ~ ~ w MN ,and We all went 10 the Socio
.ec ~, W. ,ue basement of the chnrcb no S
He iileJ nv. huteeny than he was that night,
iirst oNo h .ne oulb with ice water. and tho
bononnv, ue got to smell of his bn,tnn.hoie
pa il vas an old maid who thinks
10 Ia heithen, but she l,ka.
anvhoJ,, made something or h,
sidled nm ~ wears pants, and when pa
what n Wv rra 70 Fer aud began talking abou,
the lana eas work the Christian wimmen q
hestbsnu We're doing In eJncatins ,he
noticed na sno felt real good, and she tser
The toncbaaS posy In his button.hole. And
"Ous0 H. aud then reached over her her