The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-06-13
THE BAD BOY.

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"There, you drop that" said the
grocery man to the bad boy, as he
came limping into the store and be-
gan to thumble around q box of
strawberries. II have never kicked
at your eating my Goldfish and crack
ers and cheese and herrings and APP
piles, but there has got to be divld-
ing line somewhere, and l make it
on strawberries at four shillings a
box and only two layers in a box.
l only bought one box, hoping that
some plumber or gas man would
come along and buy it: and by gum,
everybody has been in this store has
sampled strawberry out of that
box, and shivered as though it was
sour, and gone off without asking
the price" and the grocery man look
ed mad, and took the hatchet and
knocked in a barrel of apples, and
said, There help yourself to dried
apples"
20, | don't want your strawberries
or dried apples" said the boy, as he
leaned against the showcase and
looked at bar of red, transparent
soap. Il was only trying TO- 1901
you. Say, that par Oh soap is ola
enough to vote. remember seeing
it in the showcase when was about
year Ola ana pa come IN mere Win
me and neid me up 10 tne showcase
to look at them tin tooacco-ooxes'
and that round zinc looking glass,
and the yellow wooden pocket como'
and the soap LOOKS Just the same
only a little iaded- II you would
wash yourself once In a while your
soap wouidn tory up on your nanus,
AID the Doy SAT GOWN III tne cnair
without any pacK' ieeilng that ne
was even with the grocery man.
You never mino the soap. IL Is
pald for, ana that Is more thah your
iather can say ABOUT tne soap tia'
has been used ABOUT MS mouse the
past month, sald the grocery man.
as ne split up a Dox lor rklndilnS sne
hre. but we won I quarrel "ha'
was IL heara aoout a oahu sereiiao-
ing your latner' r'aho MS ihViliiig the-n
IN 70 iunch =,
Don I let,that get OUT, ., pa WIN
XII me dead. IL was ioke. one
OF tnose boneinlan oahds sHa' goes
ABOUT town playing tunes ior pen
mes, was over on 'ne heSe sliee',
ana 1 toio pa 'nat l guesseo soine VI
ms irienus "no neaiu we Iau , = oaoy
AT 'he MOUSE hao hiieu d oanu anu
were Ioihihe M iem .illiu1es W
serehaoe hiin' anu nc oe.'ei piep"ie
70 MAKE q speecn' - piouu u "
oelng ia'iiel as nis "s., anG he
tnought II was no lhole 'nan lisn'
Tor MS neienpors 10 se'ehaoe MN, f
ana ne wen. " .oauine niinseh ioi
speech' III .he library, anu NE anu .
my chum went OUT anu 'oiu tle
ieaaer Oh Ine oand mere was a ianliy
up Inert 'ia, "an.su W nav sone
music ana tney oiol care ioI eA-
penses, so they gut blowing wnere
tney were ana came right alolg;
None OF them could uhoefs.ano
Engiisn except the ieauer, ana ne
only understood enough 70 take
drink wnen ne isinvl'ed- MY cnum
steered the oand up 10 our mouse
and got them to play babies on
our Block, and BABY Mime, ana l
stopped the men going nome ana
told them to walt a minute ana they
would see some fun; SO when the
band got through the second time,
and they were emptylng the peer
out OF their horns, and pa stepped
out on the porch there were more
than hundred people IN front OF
the house. You'd dide TO see pa
when he put his hand IN the breast
of his coat and struck an atutude.
He looked ike a Congressman or
tramp, the band was scared, cause
they thought he was mad' ana some
of them we're going to run, thinKlng
he was going TO throw pieces OF a
brick house at them. linen dad sail-
ed in. de commenced Feiiow cit-
izens, and then went PACK 70 Adam
and Eve, and WORKED up 10 otne pres
ent day, and gave a history Oh lhs
notable people VINO hao acquired
children, and Kept the crowd inter-
ested. felt sorry lot pa, cause l
knew how ne would leei wneh ne
come to ind out ne nad peeh soio.
The Bohemlans In the 1ano mat
couldn't understand Engllsh, & tne!
looked at eacn oiher, ana wondered
what 1t was All ABOUT. anu l,na.is pa
wound up oy s'ating tha' IVA, !. mas
every citizens au.y 70 own .1 cnl1u.sn .Sa
OF his own, ana lhen nc insi.eu she
band ana the crowu q IN 70 take sone
refreshments. "eii' you oush' ~
have seen the oand como into sie
housel They fell over each otnel
getting IN. ana tne crowu went
home, Leaving pa ana my chum anu
me ana the paEa. Ea. now
should smile. Ihey Just Ieacleu
for things and talked bohein1an
Drink? y, no guess tney uiun
pour 1T down. ia opened a Gozeh
bottles OF champagne, ana .hey iai1iy
6athed IN 1t, as tnougn lhey hao .
tba,r, about the bahv but they