The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-08
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EVsSNat1a eAsG tat kteStEf man &t tE< bad boys shadow came "a ,he s:ofe. fol. losec by ,ae boy aho looked ass and yel.o~. ard u,eu. sna he had los, sAli h FsesA Nha, he mater ~l,h you Haven, goi she ye.ow ,e.er. have you !: '' and he grocery man placed ! char here ,he invAiid could fall in;o ,,,
 No, t,o, the aeet sad he boy. as he ~iped the peIspsrA,,cn on ms upper lir, ane locNec around ;he store te see ii tf ere was Gnsihin. n S.En, tka; would take the 'as.e Of qaInsne eu, oi has mouth. " Had too much dreamy hte et ease oe the farm. ana been shaking ever anee. Darn farm, anyway.
 What. you haven, been 10 work ios the deacon ary more. have you l thought yoa sent ID your resign2ticu,' some limbarger cheese to strengthen him.
 70. take ,ha, cheese away" sad the boy. as he turned pale and gagged. You don't know ~ha, s.ek peson needs any more than professional nurse. What l van, IS 10 be pet,ed. You see ven, oa, 10 the farm with my ehum. and took the fish poles and renamed m the woods while he drove the horse ie the deaeon's. and he gave the deacon my resignation. and the deacon wouldn't accept II. He sad he would hold my resignaticn un,il after harvest. and then act on n He said he could put me in lail fer breach of promise II quit work and left him w,thon, givIng proper not,ee, and my chum came and told me. and so con oiuded 10 70 10 work rather than have any trouble. and the deacon sad my chum could work iew days fcr has board If he wanted 10. l, was pretty darn poor board fo, boy 10 work for. bu, my ehum wanted 10 be with me. So he stayed. IA and ma came out to the iarm 10 stay day or two to help. Ia was golng to help harvest. and ma was going to help the deacon $ wife. but pa wanted 10 carry the Jug to the held. and lay under a tree while the res, of us wo,ked. and ma iua talked the arm off the deacon's wife. The deacon and pa lad ID the shade and see my chum and me work, and ma and the deacon wife gossiped so they for got to get dinner. and my chum and me organized strike, but ~e were beaten by monopoly. Ia took me by the neck and thrashed out shock oi wheat with my heels. and the deacon took my ehum and sat down on him. and we begged and they gave us our old s,tu- ations back. But we got even with them that night. tell you. when A boy tries to be good. and qui, playing jokes on people. and then has everybody down on him. and has his pa hire him GU, on a farm to work for deacon ,ha, hasn't go, any soul eAoep, when he IS in ehuI, h. si,, boy has to get up in the night 10 SC, bfeakias, and go to work. and has 10 work until late at night, and they kick because he wants to pu, butter on hIs panc akes and feed him skim milk and rusty fA, pork, il makes hum dough, and he would play a joke on hfs aged grandmother After my ohum and me had go, all the chores done that night we sa, on fence back oi the house in the orchard. eating green apples in ihe moonlight, and trying to th,nk of a plan of revenge Jus, then l saw a skunk back of the house, righ, by the outside cellar door, and told my chum that !, would serve them r,gh, 10 drive the skunk down the cellar and shut the door, but my chum said that would be too mean. l asked him if II would be any meaner than for the deao on 10 snatch us bald headed because VIC couldn't mow hay away fas, enough for two men 10 pitch It. and he said Il wouldn't, and 80 we got on each side of the skunk and sort of scared II down cellar. and then ~e crept up softly and closed the cellar door,. Then we wen, m the house, and whit pered 10 ma and asked her .f she didn | think the deacon had some cider, and ma she began to hin, tha, she hadn't had a good drink of cider since las, wiptef, and the deAcon's wife said the boys could take A pitcher and go down cellar and draw some. That was too much didn't want any cider, any way, so l told them that l belonged to a temperance society, and l should break my pledge fl drAwed cider, and she said was a good boy. and for me never to touch a drop of cider. Then she told my chum where the cider barrel was, down cellar but he ain't no slouoh. He sad he xas afraid to go down cellar in the dark, and so pa said he and the deacon would go down and draw the cider, and the dea- con's wife asked ma ;o go down too and look al the frui, and berries she had canned for winter. and they all wen, down NCAtai. t8tiCo All OiA sifs iABk<IH SitB holes in il o light the deacon to the cider barrel, and the deacon's wife had . taller candle 10 show ma the canned fruh ] tried 10 get ma not to go. cause ma Is a friend of mine, and l didn', want Der 10 have anything 10 do with the circus. bu, she sad she guessed she kne~ her busl- mesa When anybody says ,ha, they guess they know ,heir own business, ,ha, settles ii ~ith me, and don't try to argue with them. Well, my chum and me sat there in the kitchen, and stuffed A piece oi red tAbIe-clo'h in my mouth to keep from laughing. and my chum held his nose with his finger and thumb 50 he wouldn', Knor, nigh, out. We could hear the cider run ln the pitcher, and then fl stopped and the deacon drank ou, of he pitcher. and then pa aid, and ,hen they dra~ed some more cider, and ma and the deacon's wife were talking at,ou, how much sugar !, took o can huii, and the deacon told pa 10 help hiinsesi our oi