Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-02-13
cor TH5 LICKING FoR NOTHING
what Hnvoc Youpe@trr ot rive yesr,
can trHafr.

The worst licking ! over got IN my
life was ono That was wholly uade-
served. said weli-knuWu geutlemau
the other day. In fact he went uu
'it VAS the only real licking ] ever re-
ccyed aud the STUART Of % stll iiugerS
in my imagination
at happened long time ago he
continued ryllectiyoly "pnd ! wusut
more tDan s wears old Nv folks wore
living on farm then. down in Ind
mnu. aud my father believed in teach-
iug boys how 90 work Like most
Youngsters | Ancied play more thng
labor vet / was not lnlybones 10y
any means. for ! never hesltated to
help around the house and elsewhere
when ! saw something ia h.
TO stimulate ml industry my father
often offered me smnjl sums ol money
for thr performance at lule jobs to
which ! was equal such as splitting
up kindliug wood Smelling corn aud
feeding the horses On one uccosios
be made bargain with mr 20 clean up
the baruyard, promising me u quarter
Tor The job.
Well. / went 40 il with zrst. yisiuns
OF candy and raisns squirting me on,
Ii was late ia the afternoon, and ! was
scrapiu" away at the trash and refuse
like "a gu9U fellow. when glanced up
aud saw my mother approaching With
an air that told me at ouce that gome-
thing had happened. Bur | didu't OK.
peCt what was coming proceeding
''My mother always steps pretty
high when she is mad the grutIcmau
explained "and this time noticed
that her stride was unusually aWgres-
slve. wondered what could lee the
trouble. but speculation was cut -hoTs
by Ter coming up -eizing me hy the
scrun Of the frck turning ne across
her kuce and baNing me iurluuslY
with "a barre-staye which ! saw her
pick up as ahc came toward me.
1T was terrible surprise aud II
wasn't until she bad padded me uuiil
/ lelt like ! was ulire that managed
between my sObs TO demand an eK-
PLANTATION.
I'm teach you how to Kill my
chickens she painted, 'li teach you
-" and she made another dnsn 40 nc
rs if she meant 10 give me anoluc
dose Of the same medicine But ! was
ON nav guard aud c'udri her cIutc
Xii your cbiykeu,2 cried rub
bling .mnrls Why / never touched
your chickens
You did yuu little rascal Yoa
did Seei look therei Look! Oh.
TN skin You alive aud she started tot
me again but dodged her, and she
began 10 cry
"l wouldn't have believed you
could do such trcK she sobbed
Here every old hon on the place is
running about with chicken or
duck IN her bill
And sure enough that was what
saw when looked about me. The
blrn-yard was full OF hens and every
one OF them was running about with a
caick "a had evidently got out of its
she'll prematurely. There were scores
OF the biddies and they we're having a
picnic. saw what destruction had
been wrought az a glance. | knew
that dozen nests had been broken
uD aud at least yelye times that num-
her OF chicks aud duckIing5 had been
killed
"Why. ma ! didn't do IT, / didn't
You know wouldn't do so bad q
thing
Then who did, YOU little scamp
she asked. not believing.
And just then ! caGght sight of my
5year-old brother.
lie was standing at a little distance
with a ducklIug dangling IN one hand
and 70 chick in the other
But had bad the licking just :
same