Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23
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"Hellol Hello, H-llo,' yelled the
grocery man q the b,d boz. q, be- Pssk-d
tsroash The wirdlw from the oa,siis to
see Il any customer. we're Ia. Come IN
and let me look a. those bfiise. You ate
carving. Great Heavens. how DID you
se, that dlic syle on yolf hose. md
d.i the same bios blaokea both eyes
and the groccryman laughed a. The broke
up con hiion Of the boy.
30. yoa laugh Il you wan, 20. bal,
when YOU get walked over by an inhirl.
And have some teeth Knocked dosn your
throat. you won't laugh - much, And
the boy poa,sd a. much as he could siih
hi. mouth swellei aad looked a, the gro.
cer q. ,housh he would like to Up the
stove over.
"what about an inaiel You haven't
been fshiing siih a heAihen have you :
Tell ms ell about IL. because you are on
your last legs. and confession j. good Tor
the soul. Reveal 20 me the cause Of thai,
le.aias tower of Pea nose. ani that h'e
jaea cllorsd eye And the grocerman
wiaksd a, carpenter Who came IA to hll
hi. tobacco box.
"well. yol see. one Of the boys beloog-
ins TO oar gang u widos helpers. his pa
!. an inflsl, aud don't believe Anythins.
but be can sAw more wood for ~Idoss
than any Of the boys. lie i a good iel.
lo~, only he does no, go 70 sunday S,ho1l
a,d don't believe there Is ODD, o. devil.
or anything lie has made US boys tired
more than six times, when We have been
saving wood. taking aboa, things that
We believed IN and tha, he tIdat. lie
aid ,ha, the idsa that . ~hale ssAllo~ed
Jonah was ell bo.h. and Ehiah going uP
in a ehAuo, Of fe was PoPpyeol'e aud
everything was wrong. lwent 10 deA-
con OF our church, a regular old hard shell
and told him about the boy, and asked
him whA, ough, to be done about Il. aud
he was mad At the ia6iel boy. and be
..ii be ought TO be scoarged. aud ,ha, we
should smite him and beat him With msny
.npe. asked the deacon Il !, ~oIli
be rish, for Us good boy. 10 pile on TO the
inaiel boy and make him believe things.
II we had 20 choke them down him. and
he said il would be doing service to
humanity, and would ~ia for us eseflasi-
ins fame and glory. Well. here's your
CORY. Gaze on my lsil handed nose and
yoa can see the fame. tell yoa don
take no more Dos converting inhiel..
want TO do everything tha, Is night, but
hereafter Il "a in6del meets me on the
sidewalk. | shall 20 across the street and
let him have the whole street. You see
W. 70, the infdel boy up in the h'y mo~
Of the barn. and while the boys were
talkiag to him. slipped a clothes lins
around hi. legs and tied them. and ,her
tied hi. Arm., and We had him - tight
he couldn't wiggle. Ne tried to geta~s,
bu, he couldn't. and then | commenced
on him aboa, Adam aud Eve eating th'
apples. At fist be woulda't believe any
thing, but | ehoked him until he admit
ted tha, the devil go, them into tbs
.crspe. Then | asked him II be believed
tha, the Lord cut spa rib out OF Adsr
and took lot Of dus, and put,ied !, uI
aad made Eve, and set her up in the sui
TO dry. The dsrned ln6del kicked OF
tha, and said be never would believe u
but sat down on bis stomach and tickle'
his nose with a straw. and haally b
cayed, and .aid he believed IL. but h
vas mad, and tried 10 chew the clo,he
line around his arms to get away. but W
held him tight. Then | tackled him Of
the ehlldrea Of Israel walking tarous
the sea withost getting their feet vet
catching cold. and he said ths, was
blasted lie. gave him two minutes
believe that. ssd when the time had ex
pi,ed he said he eoaldn't swallow IL, 90
took hold Of his ears aud tried to Pi
them together a, the back Of his head
and faally he weakened and said th
story did begin TO look reasonable and b
believed IL. We were getting aion
splendidIy. and ! thoaght what trump
ii would be to bring that boy into sanda
S.hool, q firm believer. . brand placke
from the burning. We took recess an
played mambls,y peg. all exeep, the u
hdel, for ten minutes, and then ] tackle