The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-05
PICKS BAD BOY AND MS PA.
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& mcnd. :" santa Claus must have remem- eered you splend,dly." and the grocery man handed the boy sour orange
 q. don't talk to me about santa Claus, sad the boy. as he bi, into the orange. and then went ,o the vinegar barrel and drcw some vinegar in a glass and took swallow Ia >weeten the taste oi the orange. Do you know l wonder there Is boy Tn thu. whole world that does not grow up to be hrst-cllSs har. when they have their parents he to them the tirst seven yeaS oi their lives about santa Claus. What can a child think, when told Il IS wicked to he. and then hnd out that its parents have been lying to Il about the santa ClAu. business Do you know have watched iM santa Claus to come down ehimncys. and when asked how big iat fellow could come down such small hole, and crawl through stove pipc, pa would tell me that santa Claus was made oi Indian rubber, and was blowed up. and all he had to do was to let the ~tnd out. and then he would hc small enough to ee, into a e,mlct hole. When ,ound ,ha, santa Claus was a fraud, and accused pa ei decewlns me. he go, hot and said ~.is too Smar, tot my boots.
 "o, that is all tIsht. hu, wha, dtd you get - sad the grocery man.
 got nlcc enough things. but l haven't got them now l traded on a Ia, oi my things io, presents tot some boys down oui ~ay. that didn't gei anything made hanse m tho Chi,stmas-tree business, a, oaI ehuf,h Noa sec, the, .i. l. ehlldten together the nigh, before hiis, mas. and having a thris,mas-tree. and Ii k cruel on the poor children The ttoh parents put expensive presents on the uee> ioi then children. and the pooi ehlldtcn get a ten cen, whistle. ol pop com ball. oI an orange nc poor ,hIl- d,en began to think that Santa tlaus showed patu.lity, and that he vas in the employ ot tho neh folks, and they we're bcgnn.ng to get souf on Sania iaus. but this t,iuc mr and my ,hum soid all the presents ae gul al home. and went and bought whole la, ot m,e ,hlns, toi the pooi boys. and when the man began to distribute the presents. and the pooi bnss had then mouths made up Ion popsoin balls and they got club skates and iui ,aps, and nt,e watm n,ttenS. they yelled >a the mlnlsteI was aiisId the shareh would he pulled as dlsoIderly house l never had so much fan tn all my htc. A did in sec those poet boys rake n the presents. Ali l haze got let is ,hls neck uc and alum diamond. hu, the fun had. makes thls ioIiS-tent diamond look .as bright ,o me as though II ~as the hoh,- noot Ito you know aha, the kehineot ,s Ii i> lhe biggest diamond ,n the would
 Tha,s 4 good boy. sa,d the gtoe ety- man. as he shaded h,s eyes ,o look a, the bad boys diamond. and then ~et h,s hngc, and touched the diamond and pu, the hngei on h,s tongue to sec fl Il tasted oi alum. Hut there Is one thing want to talk to you about l sa~ you lunp an hose af, and i,de ~l,h the hicnen a, the tic las, night, and your pa saId you was hanging around the engine house d good deal. Now, you wan, to Ic, up on that Those bremen are pretty tough. and ,ou ~ill be spoiled If you go with them l wouldn't have anything ,o do ~ith them. ot you ~ill h,nf yot tatheis gray hans in sorfo~ ia the grave tue men aie hard ei,nens.
 When Nas ,hls ths, htcmen sct- h.,fd at .cn> asked the bo, indignantly
 They sre last as good .ltllens as you are II your grocery gets on Inc down eelis from the kerosenc barrel. what do you dn Ia you 70 down cellar and put f oute Aa~ you don't ioa grab your insurance pollc> and hghi out. and the iifemen come and 'be, go right down into your subtettsnean he'll of burning keroScne. and sqalr water ull they afr overcome by the sinoke. when ihelf par, nets drag them out h, tho legs. and oth- ef> take then plaseS, and they .erp up the hsh, untl your property is saved when you come back and hck be-. aase they upped over barrel ,i applea ihey fush intp bufning bnlditgs and eve he livrN pi women md thildfeh Do they do f for pay Nav All they get ts seventy hsc dollar month and you pay tha, much to ih. man who duyes your gt"'ery wagon There 'a not ire man ~hn gets as much salary as sueet tAi fandut tor, m any eiiy in the country and the ht~meu aie the bravea' men that live Why gol darn you, you haven, got sa much sense as all
 But hold on Hennefy Hear me. and the grocery man tried to stop he b4t boy
 sFt out AHt a$hAiift fb hbffS yoa saia inc boy lou and pa have AlAass told me thal ~e should honoi the brase How dc foe do if Yoa pay fireman ~hu fisks hia life every tune he ruuA to A hre lust enoagh To board and ,lo,he hin and nh hen |, IS played out and is siek. lie ,s diW hatsed, and you forge, him fvefy tune An alarm sounds, A hiernan takes ohanees of not getting back 10 ,he enginc -house alfse He pro iec,s your property and your lie, and no~ ypu tell ms he IS bad man would iik. io gre yo1 jump up ai an alarm of fire, slId. down pole ~i,h your panis half on. and ge, on An engine and be dr,yen over A rough payefnen, half mile. Tour hAir would turn zrsy s,th fright the first tune. l tell you d ei,y ough, 10 pay fireman four hundred dollars d month. and pension them when they ge, ,heir lungs busted, Or get broke up. and support the,r faniIses Fireman