Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-19
The Bad Boy.
ny GEORGE W. rECR.

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Poor boy said the grocrymam {
the bad boy as he came in the stor
looking tanned and tough, Il do pit
you. [ understand your father
stomach is all gone, ahd that he can
k p anything OH it. The police nal
on this beat, who comes in here afte
cheese and crackers, and tells me {,
Keep my vegetables OF the silewall
slys he saw your pa leaning over Z;
fence down by the lake last night
sick as Il horse, and he seemed to bt
saying Moo Yoich' to somebody o,
the other side Of the fence, and tina
after he got through talking, and
wiped his face, he went up the side
walk toward home so weak and tired
that the policeman felt sorry forhiu.
lgues' your pa did not quit drinking
minute too quick. When man
drinks hard for twenty or lhirl,
years, his stomach must get tired
But the policeman said you were
walking along behind your pa smil-
ing. How was il?
THAT S a no such a thing" said
the bad boy. II don't think smiled
at all, cause tried not TO smile
Pas stomach is all right, only on
such an OCCASION"
"Sucl an occasion? What do YOU
mean " asked the grocryman in some
Indignation.
"Well, I'll tell YOU" said the bad
boy, as he sat down on a case of blue.
berries. "You see l have been ont
on the lake a good deal lately and
have learned TO sail a boat splendid
ly, and when pa see could sail a
boat he thought it was awful queer
if he couldn't sail boat, too, but
you know it is the hardest thing in
the world to sail boat unless YOU
know how. Pa see ME sailing around
on the bay, and when | came up to
the landing he said he would get in
and sail. | asked him if he knew how
TO sail, and he said he wished he had
as many dollars as he knew how to
sail, and by the way he talked about
sailing concluded pa was with Cap
tian Kidd. as he sailed l didn't
Like the way pa took hold et'tbe tiIler
q I'd the ropcs, but thoughtit was my
duty TO Keep my mouth shut, so let
pa wentl lie rHn her right out on the
lake, and | sat there expecting when
h h. turned her about he would swamp
The Sc boat Go}aat' / thought we had gone
9 %tt far enough, any way it was ffasEi4A.
y lRahh lever went, and the va W.
RSs'eG9gmhi4pgg rough rough. I a aslkq2AA IA j.
tadtnh,t better TURN tuIr 4sI. aTQ3alss' ii
4e s :Id he s supposed thls VIZ 2 am
cahliaHnge %NA s&A Us b. Ad woul'
Sl,A s.efiyh. wasn't be- tx. Health,
Aila to port his h' WELL l tol'
Iwonld ifIv 'im, or at least tina
NAM shee, yas him, and jibe tn,
N~ did. :, but pa looked as though
- mt know helm from strin.
suckers. Finally he run her RICH
around broadside to the wind, ant
never let up on the sail, and she wen
almost over, and filled half full o
water, when pa dropped the tile
and sails and began to climb up tn,
side and yell that we were lost
Says he 'Iennery, if you know any
thing abont this boat, grab sometlais.
' and get us out of this l knew sh,
would float as long as the saSt wa
Tapping, so | pulled my legs ont Of
the water and sat upon nAy feet on
the seat, and lit cigarette and tolt
pa he better sail her hoGae, cause h,
knew more about il than a little bow
You see, he had played his superior
Intelligence on me, and deceived hi.
trusting, guileless, innocent child
and | felt as though, if he wanted
me to take his place that he should
ask me in manner that would
show no had confidence in nv skill
wanted him to admit that he wa,
NO sailor. The boat was in tn,
trough ofthe sea, and il rolled, a;lf
pa began to get sick. lie turned
white, and wanted me to STOP smol,
ing. lie said those cigarettes always
made him sick, so l threw the cio.ar
clIe away Oh one side, and pa, nOa 0,
he outdone in politeness, tossed hi
supper over on the other side.
sat there enjoying the sail, vixen ~;
said, llcnnery, your pa has got tb,
cholery, and ii is your duty Oett him
home, and 90 after DOCTOR YOU'D
tide TO see ia. lie said the choler,
run in our family, and the only cur,
for it was to get your feet bracetl O,
land, and then he dropped in the wa,
ter IN the boat, all except his hcat
winch he Keep over the side, for rea
SONS mat are plain 10 any man tbar
was ever sea-sick. If pa hadn't told