Delta chief., 1883-12-19
PEcE's BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
The Hoy Waves the Floor for a Thnnksgis-
Ing Danc~---D~cid-. to Become Living
sk~irton In Museum.

Sk~irton In Museum.
We'll. bow did YOU pull through
Thanks giving day, asked the grocery
man Of the bad boy. rs he came in the
store looking as happy as1hough there
was good skating the year round. Have
any fung"
Fun is 10 name FOR H." said the
boy. AS he took knife and scratched
some beeswaN of the bottom Of his
boots Il thought'I had seen fun be-
fore, but that Thanksgiving day made
me tired Of laughing. You see we all
wen, to deacon Perkins house for din
ncr. There is two kinds of people in
our church. One Kind believes that you
must never have any fun, and always
wear long face. and sigh, and cry
easy. while iho other faction believes in
doing up rei, gious chores and having n
furlough. They believe that there is
time for praying. time for dancing.
and time Tor all kinds ,of innocent
fun. Deacon Perkins is the leader of
the funny side. and he is the jollicst old
dog You ever saw. except when he is
serious. and then everybody lets up on
any foolshress. and pays attention.
The minister believes in Deacon Per-
kinsc's ideas. but he don't dare TO
take sides. though he winks at The fun,
and enjoys it. The deacon hisi our folks
and about Il dozen other families to
dinner ON Thanksgiving. and we had
boss dinner. The deacon aml the min
ister werc just too happy. except when
the deacon sskcd the blessing, and
talked aboni tic poor people ;dl around
that had no turkey stuffed with oysters.
and then they were sad. But after they
got to passing plates for mors turkey
and things. there was fun all around
the board. But the most fun was after
dinner. When II began to get dark the
deacon came To ;ne and said they were
going TO have a dance in the big room
up stairs. They had taken up Che car
pet. and he said the floor was not Just
right. and he wished would get !, cake
of bceswaN and wax the floor the way
they have il waxed down at the dane
ing school, and SO me and my chum
went up stairs aud NaNed the floor. l
guess maybe we put on too much wax.
for the first half hour 1t stuck 10 pco-
ple's shoes. but after il begun
10 get smooth, and by the time
il got warmed up, the floor
was Just like glary ice. The crowd
was all upstairs cxceptthe minister and
two old maids that couldn't dance.
lhey Wefc IalhlnI poittlcs anu tnings,
but after while the minister said he did
not mind going up to the dancing room
10 look on, so he took the two wimmen
on his arms and went UP. He came in
the door Just as dance was over. and
he started To walk across the floor to
set the wimmen down beside the fiddler.
when his left foot slipped sidcwise and
knocked the feet out from under one of
the wimmeb and she started TO fall, and
the other one pulled the otter way, and
both the minister's feet slipped and the
whole three of them went down. and l
snortcd right out. Ma looked at me
kind of sassy. and ] shut up, but pa
was walking across the floor with a big
woman to form ON n quadrille. and he
said, the wicked stand on slippery
places, and just then one of the women
who was trying to get up, hit pa in the
heel with her shoe. and his feet began
to slide. and he grabbed the woman he
was walking with. and they went down
so the gas fixtures ratified, Pa struck |
on his hip. and one foot hit the minis
ter near the watch pocket and he
gruntcd. and pa was so heavy he kept
going. and he plowcd right through |
the two women that went down with |
the minister, and they called pa mn old