The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-02-07
THE MILWAUKEE, BAD BOY.

bad boy, as he came i'll looking cross.
"Don't hello to ms, said the boy as
he took up the store cat and went to the
sausage machine on the counter and be-
gan to turn the handle. Il am ne tele-
phone"
"Well. you arc Il transmitter all the
sama, said the grocsryman, laughing at
bis attempt at z joke, but drop Shat
cat. What you want TO hurt cat for,
putting her in a sausage grinder?
so, ANITA going to hurt Your cat.
but with every cat was dsad. Oar cat
got me into al awful scraps last night,
and was 30 more to blame than tie
man in the moon," said the boy, As he
SAT down on box. Everything that
goes wrong is laid TO me, cause used
to bs a little tutf in my youth That
shows that boy Gu >, tt Esver to Re tuii,
cause it STICKS to him rs long rs he
| lives"
''t'iys us tie cat story. " ssj} the gro
ccryran as he sat down by the boy and
tried to raise his dropping spirits Hith q
glass OF rottsn apPle cider.
%. 1 wish ] bad never GecE GGrfi. OF
that had been born twice. OK tripiets,
40 there would have Gaon mnie of me to
stand the racket. Last night ~s'it to
bed a: nine o'clock, aud left ia and Ma
up playing youcur. | don't know bow
| long | had besn asleep when | heard
rafting down IN pa and mas room. and
pa yelled murder, and ne yelled police,
and a window was smashed, and heard
a cat squallag, and Iopened my windnw
aud yelled fire. and then grabbed my
pants and vert down stairs 10 see what
the row was and help put cut tie fire.
| rashed into the IoCm. and there was
the effuest smell Of burnt hair ever
smelIed. Ma was up on chair iii her
night clothes yelling, and pa was st@n'!-
ing looking ont Of the broken window,
the top was eff the Goa! stove, the stove
door OPEN and tla coal nod and the coal
scattered all around the carpet, aud pa
was all mrssed mp, with blood on the
front of his night shirt. and a scratch Oh
his leg. When | came in ~ grabbed ne
Of the neck. ana said lie You'll iea:n me
to Eli the coal hod with black cas-. and
Thought pa was crazy. Ma grabbed pa
and told him | was not to blame, ahd
about that time = p2licsmai pounded at
the door and wanted to know what tie
rios was about, and pa told him every
thing WIS all right, a@d the loleenan
told the driver Of the chemical ire cx-
tinguiaher lis could 20 home. and then
pa toll! ms what was the row. IL seems
cur cid black c&t diin'5 have no more
aensc than to so "a sleep il the Goa! ho!.
on top Of the coal, ard just before pa
got ready to get into Esd lie went to fill
up the stove, and poured the cat right
into tho fire. Wen, spose sou '1roHjd
have died to SEQ pa. As quick as the cat
struck the fire she woke up, or maybs
she woke up going down the reservoir,
but anyway thsre vas N c-o-u-w III Tie
stove, aud then the cat came night
through one of the mica doors and struck
pa with her toe nails, aud began to walk
on him, ala howl. Ia vas SO scared it
dropped tie coal hoi and grabbed tne
cat by one leg and threw hGr thrGngn
the window, and ,i.a he ;2a-an to dance
around. guess 1T frst he din't know
whether it was u for-auie cat, OF Only
imagination, cause pa las oct 10 taking
little Tom AMI jerry during the ho.i,
days, and his nerves are u little umsirutlg
| expressed my SORROW that tie eat
should have been scorGhed, #nd that
made pa mad, cause ha said we al
thought more Of the injuries the cat re-
csved than W. did foy his being scratcAed
what | on hit to have done Was 10 &c
arounG the last thing before went tt
bed aud see that there was nc cat in the
coal scuttle He SAID | owed that, al
least, TO my family. Pa Is the EnreaSon
ablcst man ever saw. Who you'd evcl
think OF looking for Il cat il a coal seat
tie? After pa had given me fits about it.
lie began to .iaw ma. and told her sh'
ought to know batter than to yell so.
Say" said the sroeeryman, stopping
the boy, Il want gen 10 tell ro IL,
truth. Did you have anything 80 d,
with pu.tiug that ca: i'll the coal seat
tie? For IL rou did. that settles it viii
me-
"No, sir, hcps to die if l did sal,
the boy. Did fever do anything t,
cause you TO think | was cod -blooGct
heartless villain? Have ever harmed -;
dumb animal? have saved lots Of dunk
animals from harm. bn: have never in
jured one in the least. No, it Yves jus
an accident, such as might occur il AM
family, but bet you pa never empties {
coal ,cuttle again without @nalyZing j
for traces of y cat aud ths tad 10!
went out feeling a,t.t that not only hi"
pa hut his old friend, the grocetymsr
should take him to be Il bog who wont
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