The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-04-12
PRcK.s BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
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"lt IS pretty tough when . feller once ] gets a reputation tot being mean." sad the bad boy to the grocefyman. Don't 1 you ind |, SO ln your business ," and the hoy held up hts elbe~ as though he eN. pected to be hit ,n the e.t.
 l never had reputation for being
 mean. sad the gtoecrymsn. so don't know anything about Il l can see. how ever. that |; must he very trying on you. What vas you kicking the tomato can GU, ot ,ha; boys hand for de~n in the ale, II vas that boys father l would ~allup you till you would see stars
 So you wouldn't. lfyou was that boys father yca would come aad thank me, and say l was the best fr,end the boy had" and the bad boy pulled halt hushel measure ap to the stove and sat down. You sec that boy is q geoi boy. one ot your swee, ls.le angels tha, never does any thiag wrong al home. His parents s.s sery high toned. and they wouldn't let h,m play with a bad boy like me fos any thing. for fear he would he spoiled. lie Is polite to hss parents. and wonldn't say darn Il before h,s tolk. tor arythlng, hut he IS meaner than pusle, away from home. About week ago l heard that he and three othe, boys were in the habs, oi going to a low saloon and buying siaic beer and taking II ,o the lott oi b m, and drinking II on the sly. and getune iail, and haNing headaches. and ,hc, parents thought the boys wrte At Als, ard pc,ied them. The boys wanted me lo 70 tn With them and have tun drinking beer. bus delivered them regula, tcla pctan,e lc 'u,e, and VI ent to the saloon. keepei and ioid hlm he MAS doing hls best tu eatn these boys. but he sa,i Il was none ot my business. and he hred me odl. The boys isngied at me ana sad Wae an old mad. and didnt know the ftst plinctp.ca oi haSln. tun. lit,ed my best to convince them that they were m danRes ol eaiss to ti.e bad, bui they hoottd Il me. and this morning when l saM them golng to the batn wnh a tomato can full oi beer, loueht t was tune some,hlng vas done. sn l kicked the tomato can cut ei the boys hand ard spilled the beer. and broke up that dI aak, sure, Bat several nice leo- pic who sa~ me kiCk the C an called me a wIeteh h, and said oush, to he sen, to the reform school. don't eatc what they say, ~lll put stop to those boys if,nk. ,ng stale beer fl get knocked gally west l vert to the humane society man and told hm about the saloon. keeper and lac is gong ;o have his Incense taken away, and Il these boys put on any more styic he is Ioing la tell then patents. When a fellow tt,es to be teiofneI, and to good the persons he tries to hcHent 70 back on h,m. and eyciyhod, thinks he s tough. s,y. do you think there ls much encouragement Ill uy,ng to do the Ian thlnR Don't yon think there ,s mafr >u=pte lon dlieote1 towards teller that, lrles !" ao good. than there ia towards one ~ho don't e.f
 "1. dGn', know, sad the gfoeetyman " II Il lciloM whu has been vile. be slns Ia du good things. people arc ai.aid hc IA not stntcsc, thai he has somr hidden schene whereby he expects to teap 4 bensht. If you had always been good, |, ~ouldn't he noiiccd so mu, h ''
 !" That what thought" sad ,hc boy, ss hc took uut n lead nlc kle and Shoscd Il to the gro CT. = aesday was down town. and an old farmer was walking along in front ui me. and saw him 1top his pos ,sel-book on the sidewalk yelled to hun and pointed to the poo ket book, and told h,,n hr dropped II. bu' he told me ,o go to the hot place. |, was Apri fool day. and he thought was fool,ng hlm. and he ven, on laughing. as much as tn say n" town boy could play any lokes on yout n ie Ike Well. pls ked up the pocket book, and II was fat one. and
 followed the old farmer. and pulled his i Il |. book. but he Int me slde of the ta~ and sald tn ro away oi he would maui me never felt so mean since my Kul wen, baf on he. ba, didG want lo keep the old mans pos kei-book, and 1 ditln [. want to be killed trying to deliver It ,n the owner So run ahead of hum and stopped and opened the pos ke, book, and when he came up l took out a foil Of bulls as big ss my wrlst, and showed them to him and asked han fl he knew whose pot e,-boak was Wha, do you think the old granger did Ils took he poe ket-hook ~iili one hand and took me b, ,h- net k with Inc other. and caiied me a thiei. and sand ought to go to statc ptlson, and took me into n stairway and set me down and stood on my coal taii so could not gel away, and  kept nae unti Ge ountcd the money in the wallet. egssiG me between every ten dollars he ceuat-d and when he toubd !, wal all there, he pu, the ~aiie, fn a po' ket inside his shT and gave me a lecture about boys growing up ,o l,e Thieves. and finally he gave me ,h,s lead niekl-, took his ioot of my eoa, tsli and iei inc 20, and then t'iea ,o kiek me as ran away don think that was ryht Only for me he would have Iosi his val l.' and probably gone cray over the loss What oe you think of that kind of en. coufsge'n~nt io he good t'
 Well, tha' gfanger was simply hard heaf'ed old siuloon, and you ought ,a have taken the wallet ,o the police sta hot. and ic' him hun, for Il." sad the gtof efyfnsn. he world IS fuIi of peo- De ~ho have no gratitude, sf.d who sns- peoi tha' everybody IS ihief ua,ii itey fsna Dtkt ifg the fQDafafy 4ua tL~r ,h~v