Daily Republican., 1883-03-08

p@k'e Sun,

i HE Pa Gsas Nod.
Peck's Sun.
| 81 was down to the drug store THU
mOrning, and saw your ma buying 1
lot Of court plaster, enough to make q
shirt, should think. What's she do
ing with 20 much court plaster 2" ask
ed the grocery man Of the bad boy, a,
he came in and pulled OF his boots by
the stove and smptiei out lot Of snow
that had collected ~ he walked through
IA drift, on the hearth which melted and
made n bad smell.
"Oh, guess she Is going to patch pa
up 80 he will hold water. Pas temper
got him into the worst muss You ever
see, last night. II that museum was
here now they would hire pa and ex'
hibit him as the tattOed man. tell
yon, ! have got too old 70 be- maue.l as
though was kid, and any man who
ATTACKS me from this out, wants 10 have
his peace made with the insurance
companies, and know that his calling
and election Is sure, because | am "A
bad man, and don't You forget il. I"
And the boy pulled on his boots and
looked 40 cross and desperate that the
grocery man asked him If he wouldn't
! try little new cider.
Good heavens, said the grocery man
AS the boy swallowed the cider, and
his face resumed its natural look, and
the piratical frown disappeared with
the cider. You have not stabbed your
father, have you. have feared that
one thing would bring on another, with
you, and that you would yet be hung"
"Naw, haven't stabbed him. 1t was
another cat that stabbed him. You see,
pa wants me TO do all the work arO" "
the house. The other day ne bough
load of kindling wood, and told me
carry it into the basement have IL.
been educated up to kindling wood. ana
didn't doit. When supper time came,
and pa found that had not carried in
the kindling WOOD he had hot box,
and he told me II that wood was not in
when he came back from the lodge,
that he would warm my jacket. Well,
tried to hire some ono TO carry il In,
aud got man to promise to come in
the morning, carry 1t in and take his
pay in groceries, and was going to buy
the groceries here and have them charg-
ed to pa. But that wouldn't help Inc
out that night. knew when pa came
home he would search for me. So
slept in the back hall on a coat.
But didn't want pa TO have all his
trouble for nothing, so borrowed an
old tom cat that my chum's old maid
aunt owns, and put the cat in my bed.
thought if pa came in my room after
me, and found that by his unkindness
that | had changed toa tom cat, he
would be sorry. That is the biggest
cat you ever see, and the worst tighter
in our ward. II isn't afraid of any
thing, and can whipa Newfoundland
dog quicker than you could put sand in
IA barrel Of sugar. Well, about eleven
o'clock heard pa tumble over the
kindling wood, and knew by the re-
mark he made, as the wood slid around
under him, that there was going to be "A
cat fight real quick. He came up toI
mas room, and sounded ma as to
whether Henry had retired to his viz
tllOls couch. Pa is awful sarcastic
when he tries to m. could hear him
take of his clothes, and hear him say. ms
he picked up trunk strap, guess |
will 20 up to his room and watch the
smile on his face, as he dreams of an
gels. ycarn 10 press him 10 my arh-
ing bosom. thought I" myself, |
mehb" You won't yearn 80 much direct
~.
He came up stairs and could hear
him brcal hing hard. Hooked ont around
I he corner and could Sc, he lust had on |
his shirt and pants, and his sIspcnicrs
were hanging down, aud his bald head
shonr like a calcium light just before il !
Pa Went inmy room, and up
10 the bed, and could hear him say,
Come ont here and bring in that kind /
ling woul, or will start Il fire ON your
base burner with this strap. And then
there was a yowling such as never
heard before, and pa said, Hrrn
hlaZrS, and the furniture III my room
began 10 fall around and break. o, my :, !
think pa took the tom eat right by the
neck, the way he does me, and that left
Ill the eats feet free 10 get in their
work
BY the way The cat sJuawled as
though it was being chok cd, | know pa
had him by the neck. ! suppose the cat
thought pa was "a whole flock of New
dogs, and the cat had "A
record on dogs; and it kicked awful.
Pas shirt was no protection at all in Il
;at fight, and the cat ust walked all
around pas stomach, and pa yelled
police, and fire, and turn on the
hose, and he called ma, and the cat
yowled. If pa had had presence Of mind
enough to have dropped the cat, or roll |
ii it up in the mattress, il would have
been all right, bur man always gets
'attled in time Of danger, and he held
INTO the cat and started down stairs
ceiling murder, and he met ma coming
,p. guess mas night cap, or some
hing, frightened the cat some more,
'ause he stabbed ma on the night
,hirt with one hind foot, and ma said
mercy on us, and she went back, and
IA stumbled on a hand-sled that was on
he stairs, and they all fell down, and
he cat 90, away and went down in the
'oal hin and yowled all night.
Pa and ina went into their room, and
guess they Amounted themselves with ,
:asrlin-, and Pond $ extract, and went
md got into my bed, cause it was cold
nut in the hail, and the eat had warmed
ny bed az well az II had warmed pa.
I was all could do togo 20 sleep, with :
IA and ma talking all night, and this
! came down the back stairs,
mi haven't been to breakfast, cause
lon't wan, to see pa when he is vex@i.
iou let the man that carries in the
,indling wood have six shillings worth
# groceries, and charge them 10 m.-
have passed the kindling wool p"rinl
n Il boys life, and have arrived at the
oai period. ! will carry in coal, but
RAW the line ut kindling wood"
Wen, yon are II cruel, bad boy, -
aid the grocery man, az he went to the
book and charged the six shillings.
"Oh, don't know, think pa is
rucl. A man who will take a poor
,itty by the neck, that hasn't done any