The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-17
PICKS BAD BOY AND HIS PA
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Don't speak to nr, said the grocer, man ;o the b.o boy, II ne showed up n his shirt sleeves early one mosniag. anc acted iaIniiiar with ms old traenG. 60 right away from here, and please kecp away, forever have overlooked about a thousand c. your cesenuie chiIaetcr istics. because yoa have ars ded wi;h re. and showed me ;h.. you were actuaied by worthy motives. EG, lhis las, thins you have done, has been iae .ast 4If that has broken the camel ha k. ana henoeiorth you and A C strange err. asd l will ;ase II as A .teaE i! yaa all keen or your osn site e. zs4e sfsce;. and sHe gfoceryiaan opesec the door md pointed the way oa;
 What seems to he csans yos. sst the bad boy. IS se cit . ;ae 34eN eid of the grocery. leavIa5 he eiosefsfaaa pointing out the eee.. dor. s.t; G4"a on the hign sgcai me dcss, and began to figure on plece of brown ptp-.. win a stub pencil. -' You must be ,roahica with worms. and .isefe is no,ains. peter to- worms thaa se{u4irge N hat have l done now,.iha; ciGses you SucE ago n.y."
 Done You ve dis raced yoar- seif, your 'anliiy, ana ne. sad everybody. Didn't see you go down an alley Lest night, Tn your shirt sleeves. ioc&ed arms with that ngeer boy who lives down there: Don, deny u. confound you. cause was watching ,oG. aud the nig- ger was drunk CT sOme;hlng. because ne staggered. and don oelese yeu were much better That cones of loahng around and o-.ne bad. N ncu |. whme boy assot iA.es with assgers. and takes them home when they gre dtank. that ls all want To know. Ni,gefs are no be,- ter than cattle, and never saw one that would walk block with for d million dollars. Now own ap. didn't you go dosn the alley with the nlgger. and ain you ashamed of youfsel.:3
 70. IS ;hat sll Yes, did walk with the colofcd boy. and Ii l had no, held him up he would have fAlie1 down. and l am rot asnamei oi |. Here IS list oi groceries want yoa :o send io tna; boys house. down ia the alley. fl you are not ashamed 10 deliver things IF an alley. and here IS the money to pay tar them. and now tiy around, old oar soap" And the boy took an orange and began 10 ex- cavate II with h's unaer teeth.
 70, ;h.; Is different said ;he gro cry man, as he took the ls; and began io hurry 10 iill H. :. Maybe ar wrong. as usual. ou, can. bear nlggers. What was the case q: your help.Es him tome. Hennery:
 There was oause enopn. was coming down towards tho uveT and saw about fit;y people sanding on the bridge. watching li;,le German child drown and yelling 10 every body to do sorae- thing. The child had fallen of the wood dock where sAe was picking ID Chips. Just as got ;acte saw this coIored boy threw of his coat and shoes and ,ump m, and ID few seconds ne had hold of the < child. and swaIn to the dock w;th her, and hel1 her up. and somebod, pulled her out, and ,hey forgot al aooei the little nigger 4s you cail hIm and he would have drowned in ;he d,rfy wa,es hacni reached the bIr of my fish pole down to hum to c.Imb up on. They took the rescued whie child away. and brought her to oy roii,ng her OF a barrel, and no one thought aay;hing abolt the colored boy. they were all 50 glad the little girl was saved. When the crowd went aSay somebody had stolen the eoa, anu stIOCS pi LOADINA anu HG VAS not very wei. cause he had pneumonia in March and she smell of the nasty river water made Jim turn pale and he was weak as cat, 8 ! pulled oil my shoes and ccat ana made him put them on. and took him home. The patrol wagon came. and ihe policemen would have taken hin home in that bu, the colored boy said he couldn', go in the patrol wagon cause his mother ~as sick, and if she should see him brought home in patrol wagon ii would scare her into its So took him bore, and went Tn ahead and broke the news that her boy was all right to the poor old colored lady. who was setting up in bed with a small wash tub in her Lap trying 10 do some washing for a customer of hers when she looked as though she was pretty near dead. Gosh, but they are poor. The mother washes for a living, and the boy skirmishes around anywhere he can earn len cents ] gave him my coat and shoes, and went home and got some of my underclo,hes that are too warm for me, and took the