The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-14
THE BAD BOY.
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 ~l guess the neigAhoss viii he migshy glad when you tolks 70 of to FloaidA, ? said the grocezymaa to the bad boy d he came in with linen dusteF oa, and stamped tho snow of his teet. "Sach casryings on as you had Ia church last Sunday night. The minister vas in here this morning and he says he don't know what to think of TOUT family. He says your pa was taken with hydrophchia h church, and fothsd as the mouth, and parked like . dog, and the deacons had to take him ont and sit down on him. What did It mean, and what in thunder you got oa linen dusser for in the mid de of wintes ?"
 al am wearing this dusses to get ac- cuseomed to It. When we go s.uth we shall have to wear palm.le clothes ail the time," and the bad boy wrapped the tails ef the dusser around his cold legs and backed up to the coal stove. But you'a . dide If you had been tn our pew Sunday night You see was reading in q paper about how the senators in Wash. ingtoa amuse themselves, and there was story about Wade Hampson's joke on Senator Garland. Hampton ssts cara mels, and Garland always comes along and takes caramels off HamptonS desk, and so to her day Hampton tosk piece of brown soap and whiuled is just the size of . caramel and wrapped l. in Q glazed paper and laid it on his desk, and Garland eat 1t. It tickled me, and thought of pa in minute. When we go to church pa gets nervous. canse he can't smoks, and he always wants to b. chewing something, and % L. ways have some caady or some thing in my pocket, pa reaches In my pocket on the sly, wAsa he is watch. ing the minister, gets . gum drop oi som eshing, and chews all through meet ing. don't think 1t is right tor an old man to chew in meesinR. anyway. So l took piece of soap and kxed it juss as Senator Hampton did, and put it in tAs pocket next t0 pa. h the oshsr pocket ! had soma surs enough caramels, 'csnse [ did not waas to get the soap mysell l was chewing right along, and pa stood it unul the minister gave ous the sociable notices, and prayed, and when we stood up to sing pa hs nndged me for candy, l was busy 6nding which song they was singing. cause they all look alike in the hymn book, and when they got on the last ve,ss pa nudged me again, and kind of winksd my left eye and glanced down toward my pocket, and pa hs had his hand in thsss quicksrn . wink, and he got the brown soap caramel and had 1t In his mouth in no time, and then the choir got to the home stretch, as pa says, and we sat down. l guess pa bit right throughs he soap the 6rst Tound, for he snorted, nd said 'yah,' and guess that was what they thought sounded a though he parked like dog. Everybody looked at pa, 90 hs couldn't spit out the soap, and he held on to IL. An old maid that sits in front of us turned right around and looked at pa as though hs was . dime museum curiosity, aud she never took her eyes oG of him. 1 think . woman ought to keep her eyss oA man long enougI. to lst him spit out chunk of soap. Well, you oaght to have sesn me look ct the minister when he gave ont the text. Oar folks always complsin 'cause don't remember the text, 70 was bound to commit t to memory n l busted. l dassent look at ps for fear would snost right out, but l peeksd out of the corner of my eye, and he turned rcd and white and blns, and hs tried to keep from swallowing the soap suds. thought 1 should eatnip and quill wheel, right there on the floor. Petty soon the soap suds and ioam began to show on pas lip and moustache, and hs looked olIul ltell you. Evesybody was looking at him. and the minister Stoppod and looked over his specsaclss, and Just thsu pa couldn't stand t no longer, and hs rot up and said 'Yah again and valksd over soms of my ieet asd got out in ths aisls and hs watksd tosard the vsstibuis reai inst hks . man h hurry to ess somewhere, asd the soap vas mAiine lathas saoa8h to shave wilh, and his spgs lip vas covered, and svesybody looked st him. The dsacons ioflowsd him out and the ushers got there juss as hs began to throw lathef on the carpst. ssd De cosghed ssd sppttesed, end ihsy thought hs was mad 6oS surs, sad thsy sFabbsd held of his arms, and as he Stsuggied to gsG his had b his coat tsil pocEet Sos his handksrchisf fhsy said, sDon't Iet him bits you-dos't jes him get hold of his rsvotveYr and they scuf. led till pe could get the tasie out of his mouth @ hA coald spsak, and thsa he cid t ras all SiSht, he hsd ssten . caSamd and dida't know t vas loaded. Thsa an vss quise, aad the misisess wsnt en vith ths sermon, snd pa west to ths hydrast snd turned the hoss os his asouth, and afleS awhile hs came b and sat on . back seas, and alter church ! At<1wsx sno kSsn kefsft A~~~ kf-. ..>S 'causs ! asfsd him bs5oss chuscA H 1 eouldst % asd seay a1 sigks wieh my ekum, nd hs ssid 1 coaid. 1T yos Was in ny piacs Ao~ vonId you sxplaiS tbsf sesp buassss to psf ! dont wast ac dscsivs lin, asd tsil . iis. 1 rness l Siu tsl him n is bsiisvsd to ss sss Wei ! nsst so ess asd ese scciinsssd to this lises uises, bs6oss - ee to Floeida,S ' and the bad boy vet cut e . hop, skp asd jsnp, vAis ths gsecssy- nan iooked q him - fhosgA bs vcsId Eks se msrd9 Aim b cold bieed.