The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15

"Pd trds stamping on Il tctth hts boots"
mo, Pa has not got religion enough to
hurt yet, but no has got the symptoms.
He has Joined the church on prowbation
and is trying to be good so he can get in
the church for keeps. He said it was
hell living the way he did, and he has got
me to promise to go to Sunday school.
He said II didn't he would maui me SO
my skin wouldn't hold water,
"You see, Ma said Pa had got to be on
trial for six months before he could get
in the church, and il he could get along
without swearing and doing anything
bad he was all right, and we must try
him and see il we could cause him to
swear. She said she thought person
when they was on q prowbation ought
to be q martyr and try and overcome all
temptations TODD evil, and if Pa could
go through six months Of our home life
and not cuss the hinges of the door he
was sure Of glorious Immortality be-
yond the grave. She said it wouldn't be
wrong for me to continue to play limo
cent jokes on Pa, and IL he took & all
right he was Chistian, but II he got a
hot box and few around mad he was
better out Of church than in IL. There he
comes now" said the boy as he got be-
hind a sign, land he Is pretty hot for a
Christian. He is looking for me. You
had ought to have seen him in church
this morning.
"You see, commenced theexercises at
home after breakfast by putting piece
Of ice In each Of Pas boots, and when he
pulled on the boots he yelled that his feet
were all on fire, and we told him that it
was nothing but symptoms Of govt, SO
he left the ice in his boots to melt, and
he said all the morning that he felt as
though he had sweat his boots full. But
that was not the worst. You know, Pa
he wears liver pad. Well, ON Saturday
my chum and me was out on the lake
shore, and we found nest Of ants, these
little red ants, and ! got pop bottle
half full Of the ants and took them home.
] didn't know what would do with the
ants, but ants are always handy to have
In the house. This morning when Pa
was dressing for church saw his liver
pad on chair and noticed hole in it,
and ! thoughtwhat q good place it would
be for the ants.
II don't know what possessed me, but
I took tho liver pad into my room and
opened the bottle and put the hole over
the mouth of the bottle, and guess the
ants thought there was something to eat
In the liver pad, cause they all went
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bran and condition powders inside Of it,
and l took it back TO Pa, and he put il
on under his shirt and dressed himself,
and we went to church. Pa squirmed a
little when the minister was praying,
and / guess some Of the ants had come
out to view the landscape DER. When
we got up TO sing the hymn. Pa kept
kicking, as though he was nervous, and
he felt down his neck and looked sort Of
wild, the way he did when he had the
jimjams. When we sat down, Pa couldn't
keep still, and like TO died when / saw
some Of the ants come out Of his shirt
bosom and 60 racing around his white
vest. Pa tried to look pious and re-
signed, but he couldn't keep his legs
still. and be sweat more'n pailful.
when the minister preached about
the worm that never dieth. Pa reached
into his vest and scratched his ribs. and
he looked as though he would give $40 il
the minister would get through. Ma she
looked ut Pa as though she would bite
his head off. but Pa he just squirmed and
acted as though his soul was on fire.
Say, does ants bite or just crawl around:
Well, when the minister said amen and
prayed the second round and then said
q brother who was missionary to the
heather would like to make a few re-
marks about the work Of the missionaries
in Bengal and take up a collection. Pa
told Ma they would have to excuse him,
and he lit out for home, shaping himself
on the legs and on tho arms and on the
back, and he acted crazy. Ma and me
went home after the heather got through
and found Pa in his bedroom with part
of his clothes of, and the liver pad was
on the floor, and Pa was stamping ON il
with his boots and talking offul.
"sWhat Ia the matterr saws Ma sDonss