Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-24
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.I saIuted him and asked him If he
+ hadn't found his man yet, and he said
no; the man swas IA little late. It Is q
neon boy that won't speak to- his Pa
when he sees him standing on, Q corner
=. Esnt. up street, sawP Cross over;
tthe e sort hurry,
and coDld aee gill going with a.
sswaterproof on BIT she sftdted right aiongs
and Pa looked lind OF solemn, the way
lie does Whan I ask him for new clothes
s turned and came bach, and he was
standing there in the doorway, and !
said: pa, you Will catch cold IL you stand
around waiting for man. You go
down to- the consistory and let me lay
for the man. Pa said, Never you mind;
you go about your business, and willat-
tend to the man. ~
.fWell, when boys Pa tells him to-:
never you mind and looks spunky, my,
experience Is that q boy wants to go right
away from there, and went down street.
I Thought would cross over and go up
the other side and see how long he would
stay. There was a girl or two going up
ahead of me, and / see q man hurrying
across from the drug store to Van Pelt's
corner. It was Pa, and as the girls went
along and never looked around Pa looked
mad and stepped into the doorway. 1t
was about s O'clock then, and Pa was
tired, and I felt sorry for him, and went
up to him and asked him for half dollar
to go to the Academy. / Ineyer knew him
to shell out so freely and SO quick. he
gave me dollar, and ! told him would
go and get 1t changed and bring him back
the half dollar, but he said I needn't
mind the change. It Is awful mean Of a
boy that has always been treated well to
play it on his Pa that way, and felt
ashamed
"As turned the corner and saw him
standing there shivering, waiting for the
man, my conscience troubled me, and ]
told a policeman to go and tell Pa that
Daisy had been suddenly taken with
worms andwould not be there that even
ing. peeked around the corner, and Pa
and the policeman went of to get
drink. was glad they did, cause Pa
needed 1t after standing around 30 long.
Well, when I went home, the joke was 30
good told Ma about it, and she was mad
9 Guess she was mad at me for treating
ID y! way. / heard Pa come home
5out II o'clock, and Ma was real kind
60. She told him to warm his feet,
5. fhey were just like chunks Of Ice.
The. ,asked him how many they in
itissed in lhe conastory, snd he said Six,
and then she asked him II they initiated
Daisy in the consistory, and pretty soon
Iheard Pa snoring. In the morning he
took me into the basement and gave me
the hardest talking to that ever had
With bed slat. He said he knew that ]
wrote that note all the time, and he
thought he would pretend that he was
looking for Daisy just to fool me.
ut don't look reasonable that man
would catch epizootic and rheumatism
Just to fool his boy, does it3 What did
he siYe me the dollar for? Ma and Pa
don't seem to call each other pet any
more, and as for me they both look at
me as though / was q hard citizen. l am
going to Missouri to take Jesse James
place. There Is no encouragement for
boy here. Well, good morning. II Pa
comes in here asking for me, tell him
that you saw an express wagon going to
the morgue with the remains Of pretty
boy who acted as though he died from
conclusion OF bed slat on the pistol
pocket. That viii make Pa feel sorry.
Oh, he has got the awfulest cold,
though
And the boy 1imped out to separate q
couple Of dogs that were fighting.