The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-23

the saloons that all they had to do was
to get up and make the fur fly, and the
bloated capitalist would cry 'penuk, and
grant anything. He was in favor Of di.
viding up all the money in the country
every thirty days. He told the Polax to
go down to Bay View and then the
soldiers would run. When they started
to clean out the soldiers, pa got in q
street car to ride down there, cause he
was tired working his jaw. When the
soldiers fired on the mob, and the crowd
began to run, ,fpa crawled under the seat
of the car, and just then the off mule be-
gan to kick the tin dashboard of the car
and pa thought it was artillery or dyna-
mite, and he began to pray and he
crawled out of the window and run. The
mob yelled and pa thought it wuz after
him, and he whooped it up pretty lively
for fat man, and passed the Milwaukee
Garden just as the police was clubbing
the mob there, and pa got hit, of course,
and he kept running. Ma thinks he
will stop when he gets to the Missis-
sippi River. cause pa never was very fond
of water"
'.By gracious, I am sorry your pa has
gone" said the grocery man. ''Not par
ticularly because he owes me for grocer
les, but always hate to see the head of
family leave such great responsibilities
on boy. Now you will have to support
the family. won't you9"
"Well, suppose shall have to do the
managing" said the boy. ''But ma is
no slouch. She has already got two
boarders, and I can work meat market
man that am acquainted with for liver.
Ma can cook liver in more different ways
than anybody. She's fooled the board
ers three days on liver, and they think
they have had spring chicken, a la mode
beef and spring lamb with mint sauce.
We have got six hens and I am going to
trade my roller skates off for . rooster.
Oh, things are not as bad as you would
think, with big head like mine to plan.
Say, how would you like to trade good
mackerel for Chinese god9 Ma said I
might trade off the Chinese god if I could
realize on it. We haven't got no use for
q Chinese god when pa is away"
Il don't want any Chinese god," said
Cle SToCely ulau, UuI tneie 10 notuhS
mean about me, and you'll find that I am
open for trade or anything to help an
honest boy out of trouble. Now, how
would you like to trade couple of your
hens for likely setter pup2"
"Nopc," said the boy, decisively. "We
can't use pup in our business, cause
our boarders won't touch sausage no how.
But will trade you an elegant eight-day
clock for some dried apples and cod
fish. What you say2" -
''Well, dried apples and Goldfish are
cash" said the grocery man, ''but I will
trade you wooden clothes-pins for the
clock. You could 60 around town wash
ing days and trade the clothes-pins for
something, or sell them them for cash,
and come here with your money and buy
food for the boarders. What do you
say9"
t.No clothes-pins," said the boy. 'But
it is getting along toward dinner time,
so I guess I will borrow your fish pole
and 90 catch fish for the borders, and
after dinner I will bring over some brio
a-brac and trade you for something for
supper" and the boy shouldered the
pole and went out whistling: "Who will
care for mother now."-PecE's Sun.