The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-23
PICKS BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
M ,sEcEs.A W. rGck.


 mind so occupied that he did no, seen, 10 see the stove. "Wha, you thinking about; Lately you have got so you think too much. and by and by you will be one of these vacancies, that don | know beans. People arc getting so they think too much. and especially boys. Nothing hurts boy Sd much as ,c- ee, in the hahl' of thinking. Mha, did you have on your mind when you came in ]" "Oh. l was thinking of that fellow down m the Third ward that killed hls girl and then killed himself. all on ac. coun, of ,he,r religion being different brand. so they couldn't marry each other. Gosh, i, don't seem as though religion ought to bar teller oat of the heaven oi his girfs love. does Il said the boy
 We'll. said the groceDman. as he wiped some syrup of his hands on a cot tee sack, yoa can't drive Two kinds ei relielen to Inc pole. m ! family. ~,th any Nlnd ei success. You may dti,e INC kinds oi religion singlc ot tandem. but when YOU htch 'cm up together and they try to tfsse. along at good road sal,. one wit 10 oti its tee, and gallep Nntle the o.hci ,rois, and then the lallap.ns 4Nt4 ANsA NAAA AtNh aItt tbNtkt tkSsAN tN k ,te, and the other wlll break up and there they are. >ee-slwing. and ,hc an full oi ttecis, and doctrines. and there ,s danger ihey will run away aud smash something No. |, is better for the pea pie ~he atc gong to marry. .o have then measures taken tot the same kind ei le= hslon. and then each can seai the others religion. and all Will be loerl, :"
 l don't know. says the bad boy. talk ,ng an apple, "abou, this ihlng of wait ing til you hnd out about d eitl's iele- ! ion before you love her Sometimes you can't do t. Ii \ giIl has no, got any sign out warning fellow what kind ot religion she has got concealed about her person how IS he going 10 know unsl nis everias,insly too late. When d young l teller falls in love with gil II iS like falling down on skates. Everything seems 10 give way at once. IL strikes him like :. sand bag. and there he IS. asphys,ated first thing He knows ,ha, she |, ,rfeCt. and he takes her nigh, into hls .att and wraps his heart around her. Id puts rubber weather stfps on all the .aoks so she can, get out and her re sion IS the las, thing he thinks ai II r.r religion pulls her one WAY. and his s,art pulls her tother way. somelh,ng's Il to bust. sometimes i;'s the rehsion at hus,s. and sometimes ns the heart. . ,.hlnk there ought te be a convention imposed oi delegate hom all kinds oi hsion. and let them make A law tha, i. y religion shall be legal tender any acre, like d gold dollar Relgon ou .h, he pure gold, good anywhere. II .an comes m here to buy soap. and gives | ,u a gold dellAr, eolned tn Rome. oi lc , salem of CahiornIa or China, or Rus. T, or the teeice islands, he gets his ap. But | your son IS in love ~th i , ebre~ gtrl, hef ietglon says your ns tehgion x ophn,cIici', and < goes ,o her grave with yoar ms love m her heart. and he goes ,o the ,sil with her image m has heart. and ,h are ruined for life cause the, nldni Haa,C ,heif reiglons. A Baptist fiis Tn love With young fellow that perfect specimen oi manhood. bIase. ble, intelligent. tender to Ter and as ,d ~ a rllan an bc. and they began to '.n for the day when hr an take her to o.oinc and be ali the world and |. small " ,ion of heaven to her. when some da,
 
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 A and her folks ,g cd 70 sand hln4 Iiai he oinea ,helf cheiea ard this d pawn shoD and go' 4 fabb f9 H, them on the sly and her her day au,e oio~saY around h- pn' ID mo, nd and shook II and said. Hast shpea oi yoa gotng 10 do apoa, aendA says she and pa had good : therf trouble about theIr reiiglon before day fere married She was a i:aptls, bv 4 ~as democrat but pa kicked