Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12

THE BAD BOY IN LOVE.


"llow's things over in your house z
inquired the grocery man of tho bad boy
"And say, what's tho matter with you I
You are all dressed up, aud have got a
clean shirt on, and your shoes BACKED,
and notice your ipants are not raveled
out SO at the bottom of tho legs behind,
you are not in love are you p
"Well, should smile" said the boy,
as he looked into II small mirror on the
counter, covered with fly specks. "A
girl got mashed on me, and ma says il
is good for Il boy who hasn't got no
sister to be in love with a girl, and so |
kind of tumbled to myself, and she don't
go nowhere without | go with her. |
take her to dancing school, and every
where, and she loves me like house on
fire. Say, was you ever in love Makes
fellow feel queer, don't it? Well, sir,
the first time went home with her
put my arms around her, and honest, il
scared me 1t was just like when you
take hold of an 'lcctric battery, aud you
can't let 60 till the man turns the knob.
Honest, | was just as weak as cat
thought she had needles in her bolt, and
was going to take my arm away, but il
was just like it was going on. asked
her it she felt that way too. and she said
she used to, but it was nothing when
you got used to IT, That made INC mad
But she is older than me and knows
more about It, When was going TO
leave her at the gate she kissed me, and
that was worse than putting my arm
around her. BY gosh, trembled all
over just like had the chills, but was
as warm as toast. She wouldn't let 90
for as much AS minute, and was tired
as though | had been carrying coal up
stairs. | didn't want TO go home at all,
but she said it would be the best way to
go home and come again the next day
and the next morning | went to her
house before any Of them were up, her
pa come out TO let the cat in, and he
LATED and said better go home and not
be picked till | got ripe. Say how
much does it cost TO get married y
well, | should say you had got it
bad, said the grocery man, as he get
out basket Of beets Your getting
in love will be u great thing for your pa,
though You won't have time to play
any more jokes on him."
"Oh? guess we can find time to
keep pa from being lonesome. Have
you seen him this morning? You see,
my chum's pa has got setter dog
stuffed. 1t is one that died two years
ago and he thought great deal Of it,
and he had it stuffed for an ornament.
Well, my chum and me took the dog
and put it on our front steps, and took
some cotton aud fastened il 10 the dogs |
mouth 80 it looked just like frotb, and
we got behind the door aud waited for
pa to come home from the theatre 49,
When pa started TO come up the steps | |
growled and pa looked at the dog and |
said, Mad dog, by crimus' and he
started down the sidewalk, and my chum
barked just like a dog, aud 'ki-yi-d
and growled like dog that gets licked,
and you ought to sec pa run. lie went |
around in the alley to get in the base
ment window, and my chum had II re.
volver with some blank cartridges, and
we went down in the basement, aud /
when pa was trying to open the window
my chum began firing toward pa Pa
hollored that it was only him, and not a
burglar, but after my chum fred four
shots pa run and climbed a fence, and
then we took the dog home, and stayed
with my chum all night, and this morn
ing ma said pa didn't get homo till four
o'clock, and then policeman came with
him, and pa talked about mad dogs and
being taken for a burglar and nearly
killed, aud she said she was afraid pa
had took TO drinking again, and she
asked me il heard any firing Of guns,
and then she put a wet towel on pas
head"
"You ought to be ashamed, said the
groceryman "IIow does your pa like
your being in love with the girl 2" Does
he seem TO encourage you in itT'
"0h! yes She was up to our house
TO borry some ten, and pa patted her on
the cheek and Rugged her, and said she
was dear little daisy, and wanted her
to sit in his lap, but when wanted him
to let me have fifty cents TO buy her
some ice cream he said that was all
nonsense lie said w,ook at your
ma. Eating ice cream when she was n
girl was what injured her health for life"
| asked una about il, and she said pa
never laid out ten cents for ice cream or
any other luxury for her in all the five
years he was sparkling her. She says he
took her 10 circus once, but got free
tickets for carrying water to the elephant.
She says pa was tighter than the bark TO
u tree. | tell you its going to BIO differ. |
ent with me II there is anything that /
girl wants she is going to have it If |
have 10 sell mas copper boiler to get the .
money, What is the use of having
wealth il you hoard it up and don't Gu