Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-04
CHAPTER XVI.

. ..-tl l. .ll,.N N'N nave Sot
mi. smJthe grocery man
.v AS De came in and began
-ran#-a. and his upper Lip
- lis teeth and was COW
a..liug that looked like
WAX. "Nou look aS though
aig-.uEpotatoes with Your
some uf Pas darn smart
him If he knew anything
Eua BOYS mustdchc grow,
rlau.sj thing he ever tried
f..rma To rub it on thick
g-rr Decd and wash it off in
r pat it ou last night, and
I'M. wash It of. Pa told me
d. was to use Il securing
would come of. and l useG
brick. and it took the skin
r Is there yet. And. S&y,
look very bad:"
u~y man told him it was tn
II a- lp De- ever saw. but J.
"a uvruubiug a httlecdy en-
-aa tar. He SAID the tar would
,a. pepper. and the pepper
IA the tar and act rs Il cool
the lacgrated lip. The boy
Il a cam ID. pepper behind the
stuck his finger in and
II l.ot IT ou his lip. and then
-u 70 rise. and he began to
4 r-l.Etoraa water pail and ran
X l..n water to wash of the
b TIE grocery man laughed, U.3
b g had got the pepper washed
b ~! resumed his rutabaSa he
your fate. No man ever
II aa feelings of the bold bgc-
d !...n without l,.r-
d. iwI Ley for Won. old
b a.-EuH ..r-.jlt. Pag..u-a-
d 2, wh.a d. got me - put tar
Fl .N .r.- wE mus;acac CUt,
d .. lays aga lid OF pain. and
h raa- ruru viii come. You
d j4at ynv dli not get down on
b and beg ny pardon. Yol
h ~ that you did not prescribe
H. for my bruised lip instead
h Pepper Beware, you base -
4 the pound huckster, you GIN
d le-os dog sausage, you sanded
i Z. You small potato three carl
-lt Of hand rotten egg fend,
In tina. sells smoked sturgeon
g. for smoked halibut. The
on your track"
\ here Young man, don't yoa
7 ne. or | viii take You by the
walk Won through green fields
.e still waters to the front door
4 r1Ur pistol pocket clear around
70 wear il for a watch pocket il
NJ boy can brighten me, By
But. tell me. how did YOU get
i your Pa"
/ give NE q glass Of cider AMI
be- friends. and ! viii tell yoU.
Gosh, uU- that cider Is made
l-..av dried apples and sewer
3D.. be took "a handful of laver
Z the top Of q box to take the
o.. his mouth, and while the
-arged a peck Of rutabagas, a
cider and two pounds of raj
he boys Pa the boy proceeded:
Pa likes a joke the best Of
\ you ever saw if it is on some
but he kicks like a steer when
pm ! asked him this morning
t'dn't be a good joke to put some
p On the front step SO the letter
you'd slip and spill himself, and
II would be elegant. The letter
: as old a man as Pa, and / didn't
humiLate MIN. but l just want
I give his consent so he couldn't
p got caught in his own trap.
/ Well, this morning the minis
Two OF the deacons called on Pa
y talk with him abouthis actions
pa on two or three occasions,
pulled out the pack of cards
I handkerchief and played the
OK and they had a pretty hot
.As back parlor, and finally they
!. ana were going to sing a hymn
Z handed them a little hymn
u Jhe minister opened it and
ale and said, What's this?' and
PSF" at II, and it was a book of
games instead Of a hymnbook.
? wasn't the minister mad. He
.,e4 to read a hymn, and he
-eF he read two lines where it
game Of four handed euchre
IMP Your partners ace, but rely
Sc 10 take the trick on suit Pa
ing g explain how the book
sIe' when the minister and the
started out, and then l poured
aFV TN pail full of soft soap on
T. step 1t was this white soap,
oT'Of OF the step, and when l got
: l Went down in the basement.
-0lS came out, and Pa was trying
u 70 them about Hoyle when one
-acons stepped in the soap, and
new up, and he struck on his
:. sLld down the steps. The min
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