The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
THE sAp BOY.
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down the alley, i" said the gsocesyman ,o the o>d boy, " and Ae didn't seem ss kitteny as usual. Anything haepeacd to
 mar bis usually pleasans seelingsi'
 Well, what has made him mad has
 been tired oa me fos aeeus dosen years,
 and t never killed me- said the boy,
 " and ] think pa wsil pull through. You sec. tor . good many yeaFs l have had
 pas old clothes made over tos me. | can't say that have enjoyed ~earing A,s closAes cut down tos me. hu, Il vas he
 osss could do. The last year have
 been growing eonssdesahle and l am
 good ceal tailes than pa though nat as
 big around. am going into speseu
 good deal. and have to have pretty ssyllsh
 clothe>. aud ,t won't do to year them
 uaul they are too old. When l get through ~i,h them they are too good to
 ,hros away, so nA sot onso a scheme to
 make my clothes oset tns pA. She took
 A pasr ot my pants assa cu, es,ough ofi oi the. bottom so nll out the space ~nese they werc soc small around tu pa, and
 he wore a ps,t ot my olc pants . ~eek
 before nc soGnd out where they came
 from. and guess he wouldn't have toand oo, only ios an accident. Ma took the pants one nigh, as,er pa vent ,o bed, ,c sew some buttons on, ius; like wo-
 man she felt in the pockets When
 wore them pants used ,o cary my love
 letters tn my pistol pocket. rolled up m a
 piece of ,ngy rubber. and when ma lei,
 in .he pocket she found couple of letters
 my gal wrote ;o me. You kno~, m, new
 gnl, the one haven, sad anything abou,
 a you. o. dear but ny ne girl can ~ri,c
 letter hat makes you have cramps
 an,er your vest. Size can ~ressle the
 English lang aase al frllow .he loves so
 he s.ll think the clouds tha, cover heavea
 haze rolled .lons and left hole tn the
 ethereal vault osc so ,ou can see r,ghi
 through and liek he sngc.s dancing a
 highland f,ng. Sne can all you dat.
 ling m forty seven different wAyx, and
 each one seems dafiinger than the athet
 in language :ks. s:l! maze h,m .ust h,
 right down and blat She can wfse oi the hours of darkness that slond
 her existence when am ao, sn.
 ling on her fathers doorstep, in sa language ,ha, l feel like taking A Lu.l e,c lantern and ge,ng sight over ,o her
 house and letting ns cfiulgen, rays s,e ~,lh the rays cf sanshiae from my face ln hghung up the slcom that has com~ ovei her like funeral pail s,nee have heen away from the vicinity of her pas boot q. gosh. hos she can make me yearn from the tune l get letter rom hef a, pm. un,'l Il s dark enough so her pa won't see me. to b~ in her sweei presence
 \ letter ' explanation tFom her AS to the reason of her pas lefking od my eoa, collar and easfi0g ne beside the head will bc eouched m such language iha, forge, the eataehe. and wan lo go ,,ght over io her house and le; her pa yank me around some more. Sine ~iii write me oi hos klss from me bfis h,ens her ~hoie fife. and eaHses each titt,e ei her beng ,o ih,oh and p,lp.t.,e, and ycatu io, my{I coming that ] can feel ihe f,'i,n. foning out of any teeth when 1 read the ie,ter. and ~hen 1 ao' usi'y do kiss her, the psys iE my boots laosen, and 1 md ihen by the quart tra~l,ng up my pan's-lrgs | think she can clsesuat the magnetic s,ri oi trofgia. .. bee ause d letter bom hrt ~iii dfa~ me away from gsme oi base bal any time. l mention this to show ~hsi sort nf glti she Is. and ~hai kind oi letter she writes. @eli. was drs .tng pi ,u'es on my slate, aud didn't r.Iiee ma as she Sss sestng buttons on She tel m the pis,pi poeke, sad ioiind Inc ,rl
 ,ers. aud ~he she opened sre aud read o blessed dafl,ng. nov sad ~as ~heI you were t1ni minutes late la.' i.lsh.. ms run needle in her hnger an1 b,eAihed hard. and then she stopped brra,h,ng for stos, minute. and then she read io shese my giii said, Every hour that you arc away tsen me seems an eternity st lonely wateh.ag. , .d iofehosiisg. oi ~ha, may have happened .o you, and when see yoa coming up the street. < l seems ss though heaven was again open 1 to me, and the birds sIng 90 sweesly ths, 1 fain would die. ma dropped the pants and raised up and looked towards the hed where pa was snoring knew there "a. case of mistaken identity, and wzs go- ing to erpia,n io ma, but she said, You 1 hush' When ma stys you hush ,hs, 1 settles II, and hush. When ma takes oh her speeiAoiss And lays them do~n, and | says oos one word then don, sa, word. eause know beer Wei. tti' 1 sorly for pa, and 1 wuaii have helped him out of fl fl he had beer s~4sr. but l ii takes about hall an hour to ~skr pa | up. and l didn, have time. 1, didD take ma more than minute Io ~aks pa and shen pas eyes opened he said. lfs no such s farned thing. i-ggo my hsn. Ma sad she had he proofs, and l she yanked pas ear. and he said. for l heavens sake don't. ii's missake | started ,o tell ma ,ha, ,hey were my 1 lcssers. bu, she told me so go out of the ! room. and pa, to be on mas see sad, yes. you g,f. and gi, quick, and got. Well, went out In the hall. and Il was a i circus, with all the performers healthy 1 Ma kept hold of pas ear and read fe~ 1 lines of the letter, and ihsn guess sss yanked, csuse pa yelled bloody murder and said i; was darped lie. and then m !, would read some more, and yank some
 more neYer Gel: 70 sorry for pa sin 2 the goz; k.fked him when us boys Sr