The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-09-29
PICKS Rad 10Y AND MS PA.



/ black eye" said the groeeHyman to the
bad boy. as he came in with = kerosene
can. and sa, down by peach baske,
while the grocerymAn drew the kero-
sene. How dia you get ~ Have a
light. or did your pa knock you down with
chair
Got IL trying 10 be an angel said the
/ boy. as he f,'mhled around the mosquito
bar over the baske, OF peaches, 10 see il
there wasn't place where peach might
TAIL out. You know that blind woman
that gIlnds the hand organ down on the
cornes Well. a person would think that
poor blind woman who has TO support
herself and i've children grinding out
/ the awiulest music ever Was, would be
! the las, person IN the world to have tricks
played on her. bu, this morning found
couple OF dudes dropping losenges in
the cigar box that IS on her organ Tor
pennies. The first time they dropped in
one the old lady smiled and took il out
and cat ii. and WASH, very mad. cause
thought the dudes would surprise her
by dropping IN hve dollar gold piece Tor
a nickel. and make her feel good. But
the next time they dropped IN a cayenne
pepper lozenger, and they got behind
peanut stand Ia see how IL worked. She
bli II. and then she opened her mouth
and blowed cold wind on her parched
tongue. and almos, LATED at hrst.
she made such a face. but when ! see
the tears begin to pour oat Of her poor
old blind eyes, and roll down her ~iihered
cheeks. and she took the corner oi her
apron and wiped the tears away, as she
stopped right IN the middle OF Annie
Laurie and the organ drew a long
breath. and when looked AT those two
dudes latfing AT her. got crazy. some
how | felt rs though that poor old NO
man was my ma, and before ! knew IT.
| jumped right in among those dudes. and
knocked one ot them through the pea.
nu, stand on the hot chestnut roasier
and kicked the other where IL hurt. and
/ he ran. and the other one said, 'Wha,
YOU got 10 do abou, the old woman
/ don't you know and | said she Was a
/ friend Of nine. cause she was bind. aud
then the Italian hit me in the eve with a
hard peach. and policeman came along
/ and the dude told him | was ;ctrlcr.
and the policeman leiked my eost-eollat
Oft, but when | told him what Il WAS all
/ about. he gave me back my coat-collat
and chased the dude and the old l1dy
thanked me with her trembling lips. that
were smaIting from the lozengeI, and |
ven, home Ia get my collar >cwcd on.
aud pa WAS going to take Il out nj my
/ hide. guess II | hadn't told him about
the blind woman he would have been
kicking me yet. Sometimes think 1T
/ don pay To be too dafned good. For
2 81 Il.
have 20, IS this blind woman, and she
Will no, know me when she sees the
I The two dudes and the l,aifan will lay
for me. and the policeman Will. very
likely. be told by the dude tha, II was me
who hfed the lolengcf IN there. and |
have got In wear this black eye Tor two
weeks. Just for having heart IN me.
DO you think !, pays to be good. OF didn't
you ever Try ::
You bet /, pays sald the grocery
man as he stuck the ns1Ilc OF the kero-
/ sene can into "A potato. and upped of
the mosquito bar and ,cld the bo,
to help himself TO peaches. You have
go, friend in me and you can Call on
me for certificate Of character at any
time. A boy that protests the poor and
unfortunate IS thoroughbred. II he does
get a black eye oec aslonally. But |
don't sec how II Is tina, the minister Is
down on you SO. He Was IN here this
morning to &c, trusted for a number
three mackcrel, and he said he would
walk around block any time rather
than meet you, because you asked SO
many questions that he couldn't answer.
VIVA, have you been asking him lately 2
20. only wanted TO get little high,
on yachting. lie is PAID salary la ca
tighten his congregation, and he always
wants Us To ask questions, but lately he
has turned me away with = soft answer
asked him il he didn't ,nink Noun,
Ararat would have been a boss place to
hunt, Just after Capt. Noah had turned
all the game loose, and the water VA,
y high 30 you could sneak right up on To
elephants, and tigers. and ehipmsnks
and fox squirrels. and the minister. who
had been telling pa what boss ,im- he
had last winter hunting deer up IN Mich
igan, 60, offended and told pa he better
dismiss me with a boot. don, know a,
i i, would he any more harm To hunt deer
on Noun, Arara, along about :, iag year,
u. G., thai /; would nov, though they
might have mad game law that would
protect the game, on acooun, Of there
being only limited supply. Bu; sup
pose the game would have been very
poor, cause IT had been shu, up in The
ark long time withou, any food, and
the captain Of the ark fail If bug laioe.
Hold on now. boy. don't be bearing
false witness against thy aeighbos,' SAID
the grocery man. horihed al the remarks
OF the boy =. There IS no record thai
Noah had anything 70 drink On the ark
Give Noah his due, whatever 20 do"
We'll, maybe you are night, but as
understand II he had terrible appetite
for intoxicating fluid On shore. and one
would suppose il he di IN, have bar
on the yacht he would have strapped a
couple Of Jugs on the mules when they
wen, aboard, and he must have known !,
was goingso be a long and tedious cruise
and very lonesome, and n he had any