St. Landry democrat., 1883-06-09
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THAT BAD BOY.
His Ma Has Returned Home.
The Trick HE Played His Pa as a
Welcome TO the Old Woman.
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"When is your ma coming home Z"
asked the grocery man of the bad boy,
as he found him standing on the SIDE
walk when the grocery was opened IN
the morning. taking some, pieces OF
brick out of his coat tail pockets,
s"Oh, she got back at midnight last
blneberries out OF case. 'IThat's
what makes me up so early. Pa has
been kicking at these brick with his
bare feet, and when [ came away he
had his toes in his hand and was trying
to go back up stairs on one foot. Ia
haint got no sense" :,
Il am afraid you are a terror" said
| the grocery man, as he looked at the IN
nocent face of the boy. You are al
ways making your parents some trou-
bic. and it's wonder to me they don't
send you to the reform school. What
develtry were you to last night to, get
kicked this morning z"
"No deviltry, just little fun. You
see, ma went to Chicago to stay week,
/ and she got tired, and telegraphed she
would be home last night, and pa was
down town and | forgot to give nm the
dispatch, and after we went to bed, me
4 and a chum of mine thought we would
have Fourth of July.
"You see, my chum has got a sister
about as big as ma, and we hooked
some of her clothes and after pa got to
snoring we put them in pas room. u
you'd a laffed. We put pair OF NUM-
, ber one slippers with blue stock.
ings down in front, OF tlie
rocking chair, beside pas boots, and {
red corset on chair, and my chums
sisters best black silk dress on another
) chair. and a hat with white feather OF
: the bureau, and some frizzes on th,
gas bracket, and everything. we coult
) find that belonged to a girl in m.
5 chum's sisters room. Q, we got,
! red parasol, too, and left it right in tn
5 middle of the floor. Well, when
/ looked at the lay out and heard p
5 thought I should die. You see,. nj
knows pa is a durn good feller, but he
a easily excited. My chum slept with m
E that night, and when we heard tn
r door bell ring stuffed pillow IN M
J, mouth. There was nobody to meet m
e AT the depot, and she hired hack an
!. came right up. Nobody heard the be-
+ but me, and had to go down and lie
n MA in. She was pretty hot, now, yo
! bet, at not being met at the depot.
II "Where's your father ~ said she, a
t she began to go up stairs. .
) 81 told her / guessed pa had gone
d sleep by this time, butt heard goo
deal of noise in the room about an hor
n ago, and maybe he was taking a batl
le Then I slipped up stairs and looke
a over the banisters. Ma said somethln
# about heavens and earth, and where
l. the huzzy, and a lot of things eouidn
re hear, and pa said damfino, and it's I
,e such thing, and the door slammed an
ir they talked for two hours. s,posee the
le laid it to me, as they always. do, 'cau
G. pa called me very early this mornnln
and when come down stars he can
r. out in the hall and his face wi
it redder'n beet, and he tried to stab n
Id with his big toenail, and it it hadr
ly been for these pieces of brick he wou
"a have hurt my feelings. I see they b;
at my chum's sisters clothes all pinned
Nv in newspaper, and s'pose when, l
or back shall have to carry them nom
land then she will be down on me-
tell you what, / have good notion
take some shoemaker's wax and stl
my chum on my back and travel with
circus as the double-headed boy fre
Borneo. A fellow could have more
and not get kicked all the time" !,
he And the boy sampled some straWD'
N berries in a case in front of the ste
of and went dawn the street whistling !
he his chum, whowas looking OUT OF I
he alley to see il the coast was clear.