The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-01-11


corner aud told him the best thing
he could do would he to see Almird
and compromise with her, and that
made pa mad aud he was going 10
lit uncle Ezra with chair. Pa
was perfectly wild, and il he had
gun | guess he would have shot all
Of us. Ma took the baby up stairs
and had the girl put il 10 bed, and
after pa got mad enough uncle Ezra
told him it was all n joke, and it
was his own baby, that we had put
in the basket, and then he Was
madder than ever, and he told nm.
Gle Ezra never to darkpn his door
again. idon't know how he made
up with ma for calling It Il dutch
baby from the Polack settlement,
but anyway, he wheels it around
every day, aud ma aud pa have got
so they speak again.
"That was a mighty mean trick,
aud YOU ought to be ashamed of
yourself. Where do you expect
to fetch up when you dier said
the grocery man.
III told Uncle Ezra it was q mean
trick" said the boy, "bnt he said
that wasn't u priming to some OF
the tricks pa had played on him
years ago. lle SAYS pa used to
play tricks on everybody. may
be mean, but / never played wick.
ed jokes on blind deople, as pa did
whel he Was u boy. Uucle Ezra
says once there was Il party OF
tour blind vocalisls, all girls, gave
an entertainment ut the town
where pa lived, and they stayed
at the hotel where pa tended bar.
Another thing, never sold rum,
either, as pa did. We'll, before the
blind vocalists went to bed pa
caught u lot OF frogs and put them
III the beds where the girls we're to
sleep and when the poor blind girls
got into bed tho frogs hopped all
over them, aud the way they got
out was a caution. Ii is bad enough
to have frogs hopping all over gills
that can see, but for girls that are
deprived of their sight, aud don't
know what anything is except hy
the feeling OF it, it looks to me like
pretty tongb joke. | guess pa is
sorry now, Tor what h. did, 'canse
when Uncle Ezra told the frog
story, | brought home n frog aud
put it in pas bed. Pa h = been
afraid Of paralysis for years, aud
when bis leg, or anything gets
asleep, he thinks that il the
cnd of him. Before bed time
| turned the conversation
into paralysis, and told about
u man about pas age having it on
the West side, and pa was nervous,
and soon after he retired | gness
the frog wanted to get acquainted
with pa, cause pa yelled six kinds
OF murder, and we went into his
room. You know how cold n frog
isl Well, you'd u dide to see pa.
He laid still, and said his end had
come, and Uncle Ezra asked him il
it was the end with the head on, ol
the feet, and pa told him paraly sis
had marked him Tor u victim, aud
lie could feel that his left leg WAS
becoming dead. He said he could
feel the cold, cMmmy hand of death
walking up him, and he wanted MA
10 put Il bottle of hot water to his
feet. Ma got the bottle of hot
water and put it to pas feet, aud
the cork came out aud pa said he
was dead, sure enough now, be-
cause he was hot in the extremities
and that cold wave WAS going up
his leg. Ma asked him where the
cold wave was, aud be
told her, and she thought
she would rub it, but she began tt
yell the same kind OF murder pi
did, und she said u snake had gone
up her sleeve. Then | thought il
was time to stop the circus, and
reached up mats lace sleeve am
caught the trog by the leg ant
pulled it out, aud told pa l guessed
he had taken my frog to bed Will
him, and | showed it to him, ant
then he said did it, aud be woul,
maui me so | could not get NJ
alone, and he said a boy that woul,
do such a thing would go to hell Al
sure as preacbin', aud | asked hin
if he thought man who put frog
in the beds with blind girls, whel
he was a boy, would get to heaven
aud then he told me to lite out, an,
l lit. | guess pa will feel bette
when Uncle Ezra goes away, caas'
he thinks Uncle Ezra talks to-
much about old times. Well, her
comes our baby wagon, and | CUES
pa has done penance long enough
aud 1 will 60 and wheel the Iii
awhile. Say, you call pa in, after
take the baby wagon, and tell bin
you don't know how he would ge
along without such nice boy a
inc, and you can charge it in on
next months bill"
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