The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26
PEcx.s BAD BOY AND HIS PA
ss GEORGE VI. rscx.


 ~Whew." sad the grocecman. as the bad boy came in and backed up against the stove. when a strong smell of horse filled the air and eounseracfed the smell of decayed eggs you haven't gone to work m the iivery stable again. have yous"
 .' No. but is abou, the same. am taking care ot pas totter, and Il Is more work than running a whole livery stable. 'caasc you have to rub a trot,er about all the tune. m one place or another. and blanke, hum, and bed hlm down. and treat hlm hke baby. sand the bad boy. as he took a leather troi,ing boot out oi his oa; pocket. and sat down by the stove ,e punch hole m the strap
 We'll. by gum. ,ha; beats me" saii the groeesyman. as he put on h,s spceta- cles and looked a, the boy. and held hts nose as .he horse fumes came fresh from the stove. Only TWO weeks ago ,ouF father failed and now he keeps a trouet, and he IS member ot the church. too. in good standing and pta,S regularly. l SNOW. l have lost confidence m every. body
 o yoa don't have to ~otfS ahou, pa. U ssia the hoy, ,s he bas kie,l the uotifng boo; around hf> oWn ankle. And kleke his ankle. together to see tt t woult hru | he nteEieted = a., knows ha> hassness Ilfnv- were never So eaa4 @ eHt iaa4s a, gheN have been since D. tAsleA unesstt w4s that sIn.c ehen pa ts >cttiss >fes II tltc slNet wFae Nhs pA ts so i1lI oi i4n al hume, tBd ma. >he lsl.s apd ps .ei- her 4a} ;sa.G. she asu;> lie haeEh; her .t Nlsmond !aee pun las, week ~sth iout htE diafaead> .ts hic A< hazel nuts tat IB5 isn't golne to ~eai Ii here at ha.ae. where people think pa busted. hut she lS eosnc to wait ttit they 70 oti ttavehnss. and pai- ah C people a, thc hotels Hut < pose pa has more iun ~ith the troitcr than ou can shake stiek at. He pAd terrible pnee ior the horse. cause he ~as learned to trot ~i,hou, pulling on the lines Ia goes ou, on the road. and when any body trics io pass him he lets tho reins lay on the dashboard ot the cutter loose. and pa sort of shuts hls eyes as though he vas swee,'y sleePing. and the horse lus, paws the snow. ii anybody comes along that belongs ,e ouf church, pa begins ia sing hymn like he was happy. and the tro,,er goes for all that is out Some of 'em th,nk pas mind k affect ted l., his I t1AsUft anu mat iAAN tt.th te Nt3k. Rftsi they don, want to tsol ,hemSel,es mn h en pa. \ man who can settle wi,h hls eteditoi, iot len cents on 4 dellAi and stand them ali t"f ike ,cp cent. tu,t fHf hts money n bonds. don Heed IF h smpath}
 Wei. guess yaut pa will fall through b1i wha, ls tn, heal about Haa and Youi eaam A=snGtn. atornd the pa5ssc eoat, heara that ,aa and him made ae purse io paN :, fellows hae. and save him tom gong tc the house nt eettetilea nH ieilass ~lll get ,o mN- inE in with thieves. and the htst ihlng yeH know. yoa ~,.l get pulled hy the peHttc. and salipetre won't save saa. snd the grocery man looked MISC a> though he had saved Two boys from fuin hy h,s sage remarks
 N ell, SIT. II we hadn't happened down To the police cont. that morning. that boy would have been ruin~d. The judge had lusi sand, hAc dollais hne. ot len days Tn the house ot correction. and the policeman led the boy out, and A he passed me ] thought his face MAS familiar. and as knew the cop 5 sister. he let me 70 to the station and see tae boy He used to Hsr where we tlid before sc came here. and hi> folks were q then. but his father fiiied and has mother dted and ihe boy never learned to do anything and he has been. for t year, waking around from town tu town. eating when any bedy offered h,m a meal and goinE without when they dldn |.
 other ulshi he slru thls town. and he Was hungry and hr didn | have amhf,ton ef4n4.srH fa ffG trH f.ess ( bread. and he stood icanlnR agalnst an itan ienee ready ip freeze when a polle.- 'Y9n took hum In he ambI,ion was ali htilcd ua, of him. and he dtdn'i make any defence at the charge of vagtaney and Was sptng ,o be srtt up ~ith thteves and dIunIards. ~hea ~e happened .o see hHfa tel yae II deb make any diti,' ente hos ri'h t boy's father is. every kos ought to leafn ,o da some kind of work, be ause the tune may come when hr ~ill haVe to work CT starVe Neii he was tic kled ,o see me and cred sufnr and 4aid when he got out oi lat he would go and dtoNn hmseti. cause he wasn no good and he talked about h ls mother dylng. un,l h- broke us all ap. and then we pAtd his tin- ant took him ep 'o our house. and gave hifn sotne of my tinihes, and we tried all The evening 70 think oi some wotk h- could do. but he never leaned 10 do ,hing hen his pa sas reh- eseep' to walk down town and back. never see boy sa helpiess happened 10 thins that when ~r were ll''ie boys ~e ased io 20 m hA ma , ki; nea on baking days. and they ~ogld g,sc es some dough to mn. and asked hlm II he remembered |. and he sad he dId That was the only thing he could de. S0 l ~enl down to the bakery and ioid the baker hat l had d ftl.ud Aho didn't kno~ any ih'nE oa earth but to mix dough, and ! wanted 'o ge, lob fot him H.li, sir. Il happened that one of tho bakers ~as of on a drunk and the boss sad to bring my friend In. and told the boy, and impressed upon hIs mind tha, he mus; Al, as though he