Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-10
PEoK'S REAL BOY.
A Little Story from Chinatown
About His Pas Tribulations.
fsan Francisco Examiner.


&c. W. Peck and family, Milwau-
kee," is the way they are registered
at the Palace. Detective jackson
thinks that there are about ten boys
all the same size, in the family, while
the elevator men will swear there are
no less than %. In fact, there is but
one, but he makes himself very nu-
merous, and his fund of conversation
is apparently inexhaustible.
"Say, bub, his giblets wantsa cock
tail brought to his room right away"
said the badi diboy to a bell boy yester-
day, as he carelessly stuck piece of
toothpick in the electric bell connect
ed with the elevator and brought the
machine up flying.
"What giblets ?" asked the bell boy
after the elevator man had been paci-
fled and returned to his labors. "In
this house there are 4S .nibs, "a nobs,
ID jags, II outlets and 5 giblets.
Whicn one do you mean ?"
swell, you are chump," and the
bad boy looked at the bell boy with
pity in his eye. "Why, l mean my
pa. You must know my pa. He's
the big, stout Ounce who came In last
night with his necktio underhis right
ear and tried to shampoo himself
with hand-grenade." "Oh, yes, l
know him now," said the bell. "He's
the gentleman 1 helped to his room
and who tried 10 borrow u dollar off
me 10 pay the bureau"
'That'S the old boy" assumed the
bad boy. "Did you hear why he got
full? You didn't? Well, you ought
to have been along with us last night
and you'd died. 1t was awful fun
ny. Pa got into the worst fix you
ever see. You know, pa and ma and
me went up to Chinatown last night.
Pa he paid that fat policeman down
stairs $40 to see us through, cos the
clerk with the fuzzy black whiskers
and foreign dialeck said he was the
best in town. The policeman he wore
a diamond and high hat, and ma
thought she would surely be intro
duccd to some Chinese princes. So
she put on her fine fixins, and pa he
bloomed out in a white necktie and
gray gloves. tell you they were
just galumptious. When we got to
Chinatown and went into place the
policeman called Colonee alley pa and
ma were just paralyzed Pa thought
the sewer must have bust, and ma
said that something must have crawl
ed in and died. The boy that works
in the carriage office down stairs told
me the other day that Chinatown
smelt awful, and | put some of mas
perfume on my handkerchief, so l
didn't notice it. l would have told
pa and ma, only l heard pa tell the
policeman that he wanted to enjoy it
and thought I'd let him. don't
think it right for boys TO interfere
with their parents enjoyment, do you
Well, after awhile the policeman he
saw that ma was getting sick and
told pa that he would take us right
into the Chinee theater.
"Well, he dragged ma ahead with
him down into the cellar and through
a lot of dark alleys, pa and me foller-
ing right behind. Pretty soon we
come up into a big room with lot of
Cinnamon and women sitting about
all rugged upin funny-looking clothes
and painted up to the teeth. Pa got
stuck OH a dizzy Chinee daisy and
went over to give her the business,
while ma was looking at one of the
bulliest daggers you ever saw. The
policeman told me then that all the
women was men, and that pas mash
was the healthy young galoot who
gave two fellers named Sconchln and
Cook the slip when they tried TO get
him arrested for coming to this coun-
try. Then the policeman told me to
tell pa and ma, when we went on the
stage TO see the acting, not 10 applaud
because the Chinese don't like il.
Well, he said it so quick and off-hand
like that thought he was foolin'.
always thought that actors liked ap-
plause, and asked pa if they didn't.
He said yes, of course, and asked me
9Pa went On the STAGE first With pf tbe
no,icemon and wbiSnerod 20 noa o nn, rn,
to make anp noise I never saw 90 90
MANY Chinese in all NV I;fe Tho
thsaier was ismmed and the Chinese
were hacked like sardines We stood
tbere for n little wbile besore % no,'
mash came ont bpt no WAC watcb;no
for her Suddenlv Il came waltz;no 3
ont and strnck nm attitude sAbsb.b
bowled NV na eRravoI Ioorav i
and be cla nned his hands and stamn
ed lilo he was crazy
mWe,l tbonght tbo borso vorld
fall In The noliceman and ma wa,
NOT noar enourh to ston him and IL
a minute the whole hnnse was vell.
;no nerfectlv awful pa thongbt tbev
was chinnino in with him and velIed
londer than before Then he took of
lis hot and bollered for three cbners
THAT settled it About 3OC Cbinamer
Yelling and scroecbino iumned om na
Tho Waterman rnstle3 ma and mo ont
a side door Then he went hack af
for ns Rnt before he oot in M cam,
ont m awfnl sudden. II looked as i