The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-13

went back 10 Colorado with about
thirty thousand dollars Of good pious
money. Yesterday pa got q paper
from Colorado giving the whole snap
away, and tho pious man has been
spending the money in Denver, and
whooping it up. Pa suspected that
something was wrong two weeks
ago, when he heard that Tho pious
man had boon on tout In Chicago,
and he wrote to q man in Denver who
used to get full with pa years. ago
when they both on the turf, and pa's
friend said the man that sold tho
stock was a fraud, and that he dido
own no mine. and that he borrowed
the samples Of ore and silver bricks
from a pawn broker in Denver. !
guess II will break pa mp for awhile,
though ho is well enough 61sd up
With mortgages and things. But it
hurts him 30 to be took in. He lays
it all to ma. he said il sho hadn't let
that exh,rter for the silver mine SO
homo with her, this would not have
occurred, and ma says she believes pa
was in partnership with the man to
beat her out OF her thousand dollars
that she was going to buy 9 pair Of
pious diamond earrings with. Oil
is o terror over to the house now.
Both the hired girls put in all the
money they had. and took stock, and
they Threatened to sua pa Cor stson,
and they arc going to leave tonight
aud ma will have to do the work.
Don't you ever try to get rich quick
said the boy, as he peeled q herring
and took q couple Of crackers.
"Never you sird me-" said tho
gro Gerry man. "They don't catch me
on any Of thoso silver mines. But !
hope this will have some influence on
you, and teach you to respect your
pas feelingo, and not play jokes on
him while he's feeling bad over bis
being swindled.
20, I don't know about that. I
think when man is in trouble. IL he
has good little boy TO take him
from his trouble, and gets him madft
something else, 1t rests him. Last,
night ve had hot maple syrup. and
biscuit for supper, and pa had 3 ssu'
Ger full in front Of him, just st. am.
ing. l could see he was thinkin !, too
much about his mining stock. al d ]
thought iithere was anything + at ]
could do to take his mind of OF IL, I
would be doing . kindness tha
would be appreciated. I sat on
the right Of pa. and when he ~asA't
looking I pulled ths table cloth 90
the saucer Of rcd hot maple syrup
dropped of in pas lap. We'll you'd
dice 10 cco how quick his thong hts
tarued from his financial troubles to
,is physical misfortunes. There Hsa
abont pint OF hot syrup, and il wsnt
all o'er his lap,snd you know how bet
melted maple sugar is, and how 1t
sort Of clinss to anything. Pa jump.
ed up and grabbed ho.d Of his penis
legs to pull them away from bi,self,
and he danced around and told ma to
turn the hose on him, and then he
took a pitchar Of ice water and pour
ed it down HE pants. and he said the
CONDEMNED old table was getting 80
rickety that o saucer would n! stay
on IL. and told pa II ho would put
come tar on his legs. the same kind
that he told me to put on my lip to
make my moustsche grow, the syrup
wouldn't burn 10, and then he caffrd
me, and I think he felt better. 1t is
great thing to get mans mind Of
troubles, but where . man hasn't
got any mind. like You for instance.
At this point the grocery man pick.
cd up q fire poker, aud the boy went
out in Q hurry, and hung up sign in
front Of The grocery: Cash paid for
fat Dogs"
"How to keep the boys at home"
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