The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-22
FROM PECK.


 Some of the extremely religious papers have been condemning Peck's Bad Boy. They don't exactly advise the killing of the youngs.er, but advise his withdrawal from extensive circulation. In private letter to the editor of this paper, which we take the liberty to publish because Peck is not within striking distance, the father of the Bad Boy says:
 I have never had any ambition to be eea- s!de1ed great humorist, and have never, h widest imagination. thought ,ha, my name would cause any Of the pleasG-cabie emo tons in thc breasts of cthers that th,. name of Ariemus Ward and Mark Twain cause in my breast. Blu, realize. IS well as you can, thai. what write for tie S4s has become q4iie popular. This bad boy = business that go, .nio accidentally and whicL Aou.1 lke 10 drop If could hire somebody 10 acip ne let go Of the bea.," has caused many gooc people to fee. badly, and they have preached and prayed agaias, ,he de- n. n.oraliting things. but have never heard O: boy being injured by them. l can take the men that preach the lo1tcs, against them, and by pumping ,hem ia the presence Of people @ ho knew them when they were boys and make them admit that t,ey have done meaner things than my Bad Boy has ever done. hen reflect tha, ti.-re are so many thousands of people ~ho like 10 read about boys, and when 1 look al the ; 900 crcuia- ton. composed of all classes ef people, from senators, and governors, and presidents. down 10 ,hs la5oring men wi;h ;heir little in pals, aii pleased. and ready 10 fgh, anybody wko abuses the Szg a, the iro2 of the hat, Il makes me proud, and l IT not to care wha, fe~ hypoeri,.ea! cranks say o: me. hope somebody has toit you that there Is nothing mean aaoat me, because l swear Il is so, n confidence. presume some of the .l ieei Ins toward me, and my writing l. caused b. ny not catering the lists with some ot the ,aiiy singers, who admit ,ha,ihey are humot-, ists-admit l, every wcsk-ard for the life of them they cannot set up a circulation of over thousand. never could see hoM could interest nX readers tY announcing tha, some body ho ran d paper Tn New Ietses O. Con neeticut, alleged to be humorous. was getting an enormous circulation, whea Knew ti4t he "as not, and tha; he Wss not d humorous writer, only s common, cheap puns;et. have Attended strictly 10 my own busIuess for i've wears, and worked hard, as you k.c~. !; you have read the .SHr, and simply ct uat,.-- take Its course. l have thought. IS Lincoln sad once of somebody's writing. That is tnoatf fte rI nf x4s,tF i f,i.. ~ho liked that Kind oi siutf" have put ,Le stuff onto the market on i,s merits. # t had any, and have never h.ed ans hedY 10 read II oy giving ehromo, or a prei..gn, eF gising the paper away. There have been enough bold. bad men. and light hearted, Jo..ywo men in this country, 10 make quite business for the old man, and 1 have become pretty well fixed, thank you. and .f you ~Ill leave your sunny southern home whe T II gets too hot for you. and come up here. I ~itg make you the happies, man in Arkansaw or bust the boiler of the. steam yacht that will be ready 10 rccelve you when you come
 Your Friend, Gko. w tEe a.
 The above was no, intended for publi- cation, but everything ,ha, Peck says is worthy of place in print. He may no, have had an ambition to become a great humorist, but he is one. a true hu- morist of nature, full of kindness and smiles. II he sues us for breach of trust. we shall simply confess judgment and stand of" the collector.
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