The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-10-17
The Bad Boys Love Letters.


HrSks CuH.
I'll noticed your pa this morning
going down the alley" SAID the
grocery man TO the bad boy, Sand
he didn't seen rs kitteny MS usual.
Anything happened TO mar his
usually pleasant feelings ~
swell, what has made him mad
has been tried on me for about u
dozen years, aud II never killed
me,' said the boy, "and ! think pa
will pull through. You see, tor n
good many years | have had pas
old clothes made over for me. /
can't say that | have enjoyed wear.
ing his clothes cut down for me,
but 1t WAS the best | could do.
The last year | have been growing
considerable, and | am a good deal
taller than pa, though not rs big
around. am going into society u
good deal, aud have to wear pretty
stylish clothes, and it won't do to
wear them until they are TOO old.
When | get through with them
they are too obi to throw away, so
ma got into n scheme to make my
clothes over Tor pa. She took u
pair OF my pants and cut enough
OIL OF the bottom 10 ill out tie
space where they were too small
around for pa, and he wore u pair
of my old pants Il week before he
found out where they came from,
and | guess he wouldn't have found
our only for an accident. Ma took
the pants one night after pa went
to be,l, to sew some buttons on,
and just like woman she felt IN
the pockets. When | wore them
pants used TO carry my love let.
ters in my pistol pocket, wrapped
up in piece OF ingy rubber, aud
when ma felt in the pocket she
found u couple ct letters my girl
wrote me-. You know, my new giil,
the one l haven't said anything
about to you. o, dear, but my new
girl can write n letter that makes
you have cramps under your vest.
She can wrestle the English Ian.
guage ut fellow she loves so he
will think the clouds that cover
heaven have rolled along and left
b0le in the ethereal vault above
you 30 you can see right through
and catch the angels dancing a
highland fling. She can call you
darling in forty-seven different
ways, and each one seems darling.
er than the other. She can tell q
feller how she loves him in Ian.
guage that will make him just lay
right down and blat. She eau
write Of the hours OF darkness that
cloud her existence when | an not
sitting on her fathers doorstep IN
such language that l feel like TAX.
ing a bullseye lantern and going
right over to her house and letting
its effulgent rays vie With the rays
OF sunshine from my tace in light.
ing up the gloom that has come
over her like a funeral pail since |
have been away from the vicinity
OF her pas boot. y, gosh, how she
can make me yearn from the time
| get q letter from her at 9 PIN. !,
until it is dark enough SO her pa
won't see me, to be III her sweet
presence. A letter of explanation
from her as to tbe reason of her
pas jerking off my coat collar and
cutting me beside the head will be
couched in such language that /
forget the earache, aud want to 20
right over to her house aud let her
pa yauk me around some more.
She will write me Of how a kiss
from me brishtens her whole lite,
and causes each fibre OF her being
to throb and palpitate, and yearn
for my coming, that | can feel the
filing coming out of my teeth when
l read the letter, aud when / nc
tually do kiss her the pegs in my
boots loosen, and find them by
the quart crawling up my pants
legs. I think she can discount the
magnetic girl OF Georgia, because
q letter from her will draw me
away from a game Of baseball any
time. / mention this to show what
sort OF a girl she IN, and what kind
OF q letter she writes. Well, ! was
drawing pictures on my slate, and