The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-01
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CHAPTER Xxx.

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Say, do you think little practical
Joke does any hurt" asked the bad boy Of
tho grocery man as he came in with hii
Sunday suit on and q bouquet in his but.
tonhole and pried OF q couple Of fgs
from Q new box that had been just
opened.
mo, SIR" said the grocery man as he
licked of the strip that dripped from a
quart measure from which he had been
Alling q jug. II hold that man who
gets mad at a practical joke-that is, one
that does not injure him-is q fool, and
he ought to be stunned by all decent peo-
pie. That's nice bouquet you have In
your coat. What is it-pansies? Let me
smell Of it," And the grocery man bent
over in front of the boy to take Whit
at the bouquet. AS he did so stream
Of water shot out Of the innocent looking
bouquet and struck him full in the face
and run down over his shirt, and the
grocery man yelled murder and fell over
barrel of Ak helves and scythe snaths
and then CROPPED around for a towel to
wipe his face.
You condemn skunk said the gro
Gerry man to the boy as he took up an az
helve and started for him. What kind
Of golblasted squirt gun have you got
there? I will maui you, by thunder"
aid he rolled MP his shirt sleeves.
There. keep your temper. took test
vote Of you on the subject Of practical
jokes before the machine began to play
upon the condagrstion that was raging
on your whisky nose, and you said that a
man who would get mad at a joke was Q
fool, and now know it. Here, let me
show it to you. There is rubber hose
runs from the bouquet inside my coat to
my pants pocket, and there is bulb Of
rubber that holds about half pint, and
when Teller smells Of the posy squeeze
the bulb, and you see the result. It's fun
where you don't squirt it ON person
hat gets mad"
The grocery man said he would give
he boy half pound Of figs IL he would
end the bouquet to him for half an hour
o play It ON . customer, and the boy
lxed 1t on the grocery man and turned
he nozzle 20 IL would squirt right back
INTO the grocery mans face. He tried it
N the FIRST customer that came in and
Iot 1t right In his own face, and then the
'ulb in his pants pocket got to leaking,
md the rest Of the water ran down the
,rocery mans trousers leg, and he gave
up in disgust and handed 1t back to
he boy.
How was it your Pa had to be carried
ZONE from the sociable in u hack the
'ther night" asked the grocery man as
le stood close to the stove so his pants
eg would dry. He has not got to drink
ng again, has heY'
"Oh, no." said the boy as he filled the
'ulb with vinegar to practice on his
hum. 1T was this bouquet that got Pa
INTO the trouble. You see, I got Pa to
MEL Of it, and just filled him chuck
ull Of water. He got mad and called
me- all kinds Of names and said was no
,ood on earth and would fetch up in
tate's prison, and then he wanted to Dor
ow 1t to wear to the sociablc. He said
10 would have more fun than you could
hake q stick at, and / asked him IL he
lidn't think he would fetch up in states
'rison, and he said II was different with
man. He said when q man played a
oke there was certain dignity about it
hat was lacking In boy. So lent it to
i'm, and we all went to the sociable in !.
he basement Of the church. never see
= more kitteny than he was that night.
ie filed the bulb with ice water, and {
ne first one he got TO smell Of his button
ole bouquetwas an old maid who thinks
= u heather, but she likes to be made |