The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28
THE PREVIOUS BAD BOY.
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acAI1 Anft0s8s rom fuQf 61ut1 fof tnfee months. Amt dead, Is hes~
 No. guess not said the bad boy ss be trsed 10 unite knot in his ash-isne with his teeth. He was alive at ,wo p. m, last Saturday. when he wrote me from Kalamazoo. You see my chsm was always infser nor l was. If you would besleve il, He didn't show 90 much tuffness rgh, GU: plain. oui he had ss in him hsgger'n a wolf. He didn't like ,he way things was a running a, home. and made up hss Tninc to run away and he wanted ne c go too. He pictured fo me hc~ ~e ceald go to Chic age and lo.n circas that was there. and travel. doIny some sori c; scsk tor our beard A 6rss, Ur;sl NC learned Ae~ te turn tip-aaps. and then we coulG gel A regular salary, ana eane home in she faa slih caT PoeSe;s fall of money. ana .he boys scala leoS on as as heroes never had much runaway n me and dsanh take ,o !, sers kanais. though my chun ,ried ta she~ me ho~ was abused !, home. though ] dadas think was abused halt as much AS abused other people. Aher he had pictured to me the pic-nic we would have l ~eni and asked pa ~ha, he thought abou, |. U II vas a good scheme tor a boy ,c run away from home. and told him the programme my ehum had lad og;. Ia was a boy once. and he ran s~ay frwm home, and for A week he Gidn', have enough to ca, 10 keep hs shape He told me abou, '. And hoN he skan in front ef hum tel n and almost so, glued 10 his back bone. and when he go; home they had ,o run a { eve stfetcAet SoSn his neck and stretch hisa before he could dsink milk Ia said 4 &as ,he teoli>hesl thing a boy could do io TIT away trorl home. ard told me !. Trt hun wanted ;o ge. to le, hsnl 20. and have higa Nr.,e a TIC II |, vas sue. cess. ard could 70 if 1 wanted to Ina, seemed to bc Ia enough. and so le, my ham 70. and ass go, letter from hsfn. and Inc boy ehc~ed some mere on :ae ash me
 And you arc goins 10 lo,n hun. sad he sseeen man, going 'o leave your home and all .'s hallowed asso1a,ons. its paneakes and hureh soeiahles. its cheerful surroundings. 5. and 30 o:f ~ith clrcus Wen. you are star sool And Inc srooersman ssept lol of S,r; .Eie he tang.e1 nSk Ane
 TSeIc yea are srona, sad the boy. as he pickei ap lhe lIne and spread :, ou the clean floor. and began che~inS Ii where he let; of Read that iestrr Ana 'fe sos h4nded the groceymAn A csamplez piece ei paper. which he read as fellow
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 l'eat Hen lt yea haiut soi 10 money yerse.t ;e send me pawn sost sex, and se n dog ;e she sassIdge mil. And klll rzs hen ard e. efa and scnd me aie d. ags sa cum hcam am bust fApef act par ike, and nev oin mos, Of ihe ,.mc slns lei, ~as the gol darnes; tuoi eH.. at he id ], lsylum to run away
 Thai Is m mor.y n the Slrkis birnl l 20. a ob euFrylng of the tebtay anc ieeding inc hiEheyeEies, and pred ding he kagneis, for my bored and .eFIa. hes bin kicked around all he :ime. n kanvaS men. kehray bl, a.y pants ofi. and had 10 have over asals made of ganssas. \ hisheneigh ehaNet a couple e' ml fingers lyon roored A: me An-, made me deef- 4 Sa ktea- hooked me with his hump. and A kamei walked m me and uied b ca, ny koa: < bel-dog that sleep s~lih the ely fan; go' mad cause lad down on his hay 10 sleep and he che~ed my shoes, 90 l have been barefoo, sins we left MIehi. gan stty don, get no.hn to ca, cep, what the kansass tneE leave. and that ,s not enuf 10 fa, kAnary burd. You shode sense in no; going with the s.rkis. ]; makes ire kry when stand by the kages and see the folks 70 in the show. looking happy like was a; home, and hasat had noshin to eat al day bu. piece ot ginger bred kuntryman give 10 the eIiyfant, and |; was so stale the ei. lyfin; wouldn't eA, t; and dropped Il in ,he dlri The only sastainance hes had to-day ~as hewin fubber stopper ,o q pep bottle. Ns~, Hen. deer friend Hcnne1 don, !e, our folks know hos 1 arn fsed, but send me enough munn,e for 10 ride in an emmygran, car, and 1 wiii dig out of this sirkis bsznr too quick and you can meet me at Bay l'ie~ ~hen 1 get back. with some of your old close. and will be darn glad to ge, home. b1ng some koId mese and mus tired, 100. and some of yer mas bred. No k ike nor nothin like that, cause 1 air eaten kake this year Bring boiony, and 1 don, kere fl t is mad. of yelio dog. If |, is balony. drusher be dog in Milwaukee than travel with sirkis in kallymazoo. and hev a nzppy,ite and no bolony saxs,dge. Don't tell nobody am bus,id. Kinder hin, that have made lots Of munney. ouaide my salary, but l don't kere for style ennymore. If folks think have go, los. of munney they won't notis thA, 1 don :, wear no sox. Send pos soffsos or- der care hospital for homeless wasderers, and # ~ill reach me. Don't Ele, old pard, and when ge: home vill hareer yure soc with pints oa the sirkis b,znix that will make ysre hare stand. Don, you never run ava Rannin ava Is hei, such as they told us about in sunday skool- Talk about prodigal sons, am in wuss 6x than the wun in the bible, caase ae didn', have sebrays gzIlop on h;ra and h,gkenies ehe~ him, and has old man tel on his n<x and had fzi kaf cn toast, and my pa will wzilup me ios sup