Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-10-16

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I her sanctified looks, and kept on tying
I it in the hardest kind of knot. And
/ tain't no use to try to'undo knot after
I she ties it.
I "Tll be even with you, miss; see If l
/ don't" said /. I'm not a-going 10 be
I Fauntleroyed any longer. I'm just a
I plain, common little boy, but l have
/ my rights as well as other people, and
/ I'm going to have 'em too" So when
nobody was looking, ! slipped round to
! the back gate and cut across to Jones
/ barn.
All the boys were there, playing
I leapfrog and wondering what had be-
come OF me. You ought TO have seen
/ 'em starel / don't blame 'em one bit,
/ though sister does say it is impolite.
4 wanted to stare myself, only
/ couldn't. l told EN- how I'd been
my revenge.
Il could have stood these" said l.,
/ pointing to my curls; ''and these, "
/ pointing to my clothes; but | won't
/ stand this here sash; l cant! l won't.
I l shan't! I viii have my revenFe.'
/ shrielled I, trying to do like the man in
the play.
bet your boots, I'd have it, too, +"
said VIII Brown. Il wouldn't let any
body tie me up in old red string like
/ was puddin', no, sir!''
''But how air you goin' to get your
revenge?" said Bill Smith; that's
what l want to know"
Yes" all the boys cried, tell us
/ NIL hal,, t-r.r
Charley" said l, looking myster-
ious, you go home and get pair of
scissors to cut these things off, cause
there amt no other way to get 'em
off; and Bill (Bill's the boy what's got
/ q washwoman for a ma, and an old
/ clothesman for pa,) you go home and
/ get the very oldest, raggedest, dirtiest
suit of clothes your pas got, III pay
! for 'em if they don't cost no more'n
thirty cents, and then bring 'em here
and I'll tell you what I'm going to do. F"
It was just like watching slyroclIets
without any fire TO 'em to see those
boys scoot away. They knew I was up
to mischief.
While they was gone. l sat on rag
bag in the corner, and the boys sat all
around looking at me like was cir
Gus bill Byme by, after a long time,
bout fifteen minutes, here they come.
| Charley had some shears what his pa
used 20 cut the hair off of the Sleeps
with, cause he couldn't find the scis-
sors, and Bill had got the clothes, sure
enough
'Pa says" said Bill, that if you had
er secured every rag shop in town, you
couldn't err found er better spetchimen
of raggedness than this here; and If
they are worth cent they are worth
twenty five of 'em; and they are, too,
you bet"
They certainly were u fine spetchi-
men, as Bill said. The coat used to be
green, think, but I'm not sure; any
how, it was yellow now. One sleeve
reached to the elbow, the other to the
shoulder. Down the back, where the
little boy that used to wear it had bust
it. his ma had put piece of red sateen
with blue flowers on it; it may be the
little boy had put it on himself, it
looked like he might have done it. Per-
haps he bust it while he was elm bing
n fence, and patched it SO his ma
wouldn't sec it. 1t had two good
white buttons on the front of it, and
two holes that used to be pockets.
But them pantsl
/ felt sorter uneasy when looked at
'em, because you see, they didn't have
but one leg.
"Bill," said /, ''er-what am Ter
what's become of the other Lego"
"Other Lego" said Bill, looking n lit
| Al 4ooIr Inrrn than l1.inht an N Or
up, as if he had just thought of some
thing; "why, boy, them pants never
did have but one leg, never did! When
them pants were new, it was fashiona-
BILE to have only one leg, it was; my pa
says So"
| didn't exactly believe him, because
I'm afraid Bills not a very truthful
boy. Besides, it looked as if there had
been leg, but it was pulled off But
Charley said: ''If you'd rather have
another leg-which / think you'd bet
ter-why not make oneP"
every thing" / cried, ''get something
in there" pointing to the rag bag.
We found piece of pink calico big
enough, and Win Brown made the leg
and pinned 1t on. Now" said ], ''eut
oef these here curls," and after few
whaclls off they came Then the boys
cut off the sash, and, tell you, | felt
like free boy once more when the
Eauntleroy suit, sash and all, lay on
the floor. Then dressed in Bills suit,
though it took pretty long time, be-
cause the boys laughed SO they couldn't
help much. After awhile | got them
nll on and when | had taken off my
slippers and stockings Bill held up a
piece of broken looking glass for me TO
see myself in.
When first saw myself | thought l
was going TO do just like sister does
when she has the highstirics, but /
chawed piece of rag right hard and
didn't do it. The boys were doubling
up like bate worms on the floor with
laughing, and | didn't blame 'em
much | laughed until I felt like do
sometimes when / get home from
school on the days when don't have
no lunch.
Charley's not very good barber, and
there was n bunch of hair here and n
bald spot there, then another bunch of
hair and another bald spot, and right
on top was "A long piece that stuck
straight up. II made me think of Tow
ser when he had the mango One leg
of the pants came 10 my knee and the
other reached TO my ankle. This was
the pink one, and it looked just like
one-half of sisters divided skirt what
she wears when she takes physical ag-
riculturc. My courage sortcr fell when
/ thought what ma would do when she
saw me, but my eyes lit on that sash
and il raised again.
"Come on, boys" / yelled; mas go
ing 10 have dinner party and expected
TO show me off, but bet she'll be sorry
she ever tried it,"
"Arc you-are you-er-going TO din
ner that way?" said Charley, little
scared.
"The time has come" said !. ''when
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