Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-21
The Bad Boy.


pointed contemptu0usly at a box o
oranges in front of the store.
"Florida oranges" said the grocery
man. ~ should think you woulC
know Florida oranges, after being il
Florida all winter. What's the mat
ter with them, anywayp
"Oh, nothing, only | thought they
were wilted base-balls with the juice
all knocked out. Pa telephoncd you
TO send up some Florida oranges las
night, and VIC had them for break
fast this morning. | hau just al
soon eat piece of sponge. Say, dc
you know you could be arrested fol
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, when you sell such things fol
Florida oranges? You can't fool u.
on oranges any more. The real Flor.
ida oranges are"
''Oh, give us rest" said the gro.
ceryman. "You are getting too par
ticular. Ii these oranges don't suit
you, all you have got ~ do is to pay
your bill and go somewhere else.
People who have always lived here
buy these oranges and think they
are the best, and / don't want any
customers that kick OH my oranges.
Here, eat that one and say il is good,
or l will kick nine kinds of Florida
sand out OF your pants;' and the
grocerynlan handed the boy an or
ange of the vintage ofl8S4. The boy
tOUk out little silver knife aud be-
gan 10 remove the peeling carefully,
laying u handkerchief acIoss his lap,
and was working as dulicately as "a
surgeon would cut out II cancer,
when the grOcerynlan, after watch
Ing few minutes said:
"rhe time has been when you
would grab an orange, rip open Tile
side ami run your face in clear up lo
your eyes, aud dig out all the juice
and pulp, like hog Smelling an ear
Of corn, and then cat tile skin, but
since you have beeh TO FlOrlda You
are too nice. Look Out, or you Will
get drop of juice Oh you delicate
fingers. Here, let me pass the finger
bowl" and the groceryman brought
All old tin wash h-basin full of soap
suds and sat it down in front of the
Doy, who went on with Ills orange
peeling, until the grocerylnah saw
lie could not embarrass The youth, 80
he said, "Well, how did your pa gel
along with the rebels down south Z
Did hc have any chance to pull his
revolver on any vi them! lie was
loaded Tor bear when lie went away
Never saw rebel, SAID Tie boy,
Us lie placed piece of the Oia afy
orange III his mouth. "Ihere am |
any rebels down soutll, unless IL Is
Jelf. Davis, and we lid see Jeh' ia
wanted to get IN a quarrel win some
old rebel, guess, ana get thuinpeu,
50 lie could rave u chance 10 pe
lhartyr ana tell whel nc sot noliie
what narrow escape lie iau. Wneh
lie would see man OIL the cars win
u slouch hat on, afLer we got mlo
tennessee, hc would scrape all ac-
qualntance with INN, ana iaiK ABOUT
the war. The hrst man he struck
looked haru ana pa thought 'he man
was II regular nre-ealer, anu ne
thrOwed out some remarks 10 ieau
him on, but pretty soon pa let the
man anu come DacK 10 where 1 sat.
was tlcKleu 10 see pa Dack, cause l
expected The moor OF the car wouiu
be covered with gore, fa looked
dlsgusted, and saiu, ne amt ITO
rebel. lie is from Massachusetts,
and runs s0ap.iactory AT Chatta-
nooga. Ia couldn't ieaiize that tne
war was over when he went south,
and expected that when the people.
found that he was iroln the hofth,
they would elbow him, or iooK sassy,
like the pictures he hau seen curing
the war. lie expected 10 see young
southerners come through the cars,
drunk and staggering, with reVol-
fvers, like he reads OF III the papers
sometimes, but nothing OF the klnd
ever occurred, and pa was disap-
pointed. AT Atlanta pa got acqualnt-
ed with nice OLD gentleman, VINO
did him several fayors, ana he was
so kind to pa that pa was mashed on
him, and invited him to come ana
see us up north, aud before pa lett
him he found that ms friend COM
manded a confederate battery during
the war. Pa was surprised TO iind
that those who were called rebels
twenty years ago did not have horns
on. Well, after that pa never looked
for any more rebels, put ne had
courtesies extended to INN by many
of the best people Of Georgia, Ten
nessee, South Carolina ana Florida,
and when he found tllat mostoi lhem
were once confederate soldiers, VINO
believed they were dong right ~
defending their homes, pa weakened;
The last heard pa say Oh the rebel
question was wheh lle was a guest oI
minister near Chafles'oh; Inc
minister was a regular hoDiemah,
and when he toid pa ne was . repei
during the war, ana reci,eu 70 pa
history OF the times preceding the war
and how II was as nalural IOr SOutn-