The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-19
CHAPTER XIX.
HIS PA AN INVENTOR.

HIS PA AN INVENTOR.
''Ha, ha! Now l have got YOU" said
the grocery man to the bad boy the other
morning as he came in and jumped upon
the counter and tied the end of a ball of
twine to the tail Of dog and sicked the
dog on another dog that was following a
passing sleigh, causing the twine to pay
out until the whole ball was scattered
along the block. Condemn you, I've a
notion to choke the liver out Of you.
Who tied that twine to the dogs taily'
The boy choked up with emotion, and
the tears came into his eyes, and he said
he didn't know anything about the twine
or the dog. He said he noticed the dog
come in and wag his tail around the
twine, but he supposed the dog was a
friend of the family and did not disturb
him. Everybody lays everything that
is done to me-" said the boy as he put
his handkerchief to his nose, ''and they
will be sorry for it when / die. havea a
good notion to poison myself by eating
some of your glucose sugar"
Eyes, and you do about everything
that is mean. The other day lady came
in and told me to send up to her house
some Of my country sausage done up in
muslin bags, and while she was examin-
ing it she noticed something hard inside
the bags and asked me what it was, and
] opened it, and / hope to die If there
wasn't little brass paddock and piece
Of red morocco dog collar imbedded in
the sausage. Now, how do you suppose
s..4 nd he, r,,av %.
looked savage.
The boy looked interested and put on
an expression as of deep thought and
finally said: 'I suppose the farmer that
put up the sausage did not strain the
dog meat. Sausage meat ought to be
strained"
The grocery man pulled in about half
block of twine after the dog had run
against fence and broke it and told the
boy he knew perfectly well how the
brass paddock came to be in the sausage,
but thinking it was safer to have the
good will Of the boy than the i'll will he
offered him handful of prunes.
"No," said the boy, 81 have swore off
on moldy prunes. am no kindergarten
any more. For years have eaten rot
ten peaches around this store and every
thing you couldn't sell, but have turned
over new leaf now, and after this moth
ing is too good for me. Since Pa has got
to be an inventor we are going to live
high"
Whats your Pa invented? / saw q
hearse and three hacks go up on your
street the other day, and thought may
be you had killed your Pa"
mot much. There will be more than
three hacks when kill Pa, and don't you
forget it. Well, sir, Pa has struck for
tune if he can make the thing work. He
has got an idea about coal stoves that
will bring him several million dollars il
he gets a royalty of S. on every cook
stove in the world. His idea is to have q
coal stove on castors, with the pipe made
to telescope out and in and rubber hose
for one joint, so you can pull the stove
all around the room and warm any par
ticllar place. Well, sir, to hear Pa tell
about it You would think it would revo-
lutionize the country, and maybe it will
when he gets II perfected, but he came
near burning the house mp and scared us
half to death this morning and burned
his shirt of, and he is all covered with
cotton with sweet oil on, and he smells
like salad dressing.
"You see, Pa had n pipe made and
some castors put on our coal stove, and
he tied rope to the hearth of tho stove
and had me put in some kindling wood
and coal last night, so he could draw the
stove up to the bed and light the fire
without getting up. Ma told him he
would put his foot in it, and he told her
to dry up and let him run the stove biz
ness. He said it took a man with brain
TO run patent right, and Ma she pulled
the clothes over her head and let Pa do
the fire act She has been building the
fires for 20 years and thought she would
let Pa see how good ii was. Well, Pa
pulled the stove to the bed and touched
of the kindling wood. guess maybe l
got n bundle Of kindling wood that the
hired girl had put Kerosene on, cause it
blazed mp awful and smoked, and TIE
blaze bursted out the doors and windows
of the stove, and Pa yelled fire, and
jumped ont of bed and rushed in, and he
was the scartest man you ever see, and
you'd died TO see how he kicked when
j threw a pail Of water on his legs and
put his shirt out.
Ma did not get burnt, but she was
pretty wet, and she told Pa she would
pay the t5 royalty on that stove and take
the castors of and let IL remain station
airy. Pa says he will make IL work If he
burns the house down. think it was
real mean In Pa 10 pet mad at ma