The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-22
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CHAPTER XIII.
HIS MA pEcYIYEs HIM.

routed out Of bed in Q hurry and hai
jumped into his pants and boots and put
ON his coat and hat on the run.
Il don't keep saffron" said the grocery
man as he picked up . barrel Of az han,
dies the boy had tipped over in his hurry,
You want to 60 over to the drug store
on the corner il you want saffron. Blu,
what on earth is the mat
AZ this point the boy shot ont Of the
door. tipping over Q basket Of white
beans, and disappeared in the drug store.
The grocery man got down on his knees
ON the sidewalk and scooped up the beans,
occasionally looking v g to the drug
store. and just IS he got them picked ny
the boy came out Of the drug store and
walked deliberately toward his home. As
though there was no particular hurry.
The grocery man looked after him, took
up an AZ handle, spit on his hands and
shouted to the boy to come over pretty
soon, as he wanted to talk with him.
The boy did not come to the grocery till
toward night, but the grocery man had
seen him running down town a dozen
times during the day, and once he rode
up to the house with the doctor, and the
grocer surmised what was the trouble.
Along toward night the boy came in In .
detected sor Of q tired way, sat down on
q barrel Of sugar and lever spoke.
what Is it-a boy or girl?" said the
grocery man, winking at an old lady with
. shawl over her head, who was trying
to hold . paper over a pitcher of yeast
with her thumb.
How in blazes did you know anything
about itT' said the boy as he looked
around in establishment and with some
indignation We'll, it's . girl. il you
must know, and that's enough" and he
looked down at the cat playing on the
floor with . potato. his face q picture Of
detection
"Oh, don't feel bad about it." said the
grocery man a. he opened the door for
the old Lady. such things are bound to
occur. but Jon take my word for it, that
young ONE IL going to have q hard life
unless you mend your ways. You will
Be using 1t for . cork to . jug or to wad a
gun with the first thing your Ma knows"
Il wouldn't touch the darn thing with
the tongs." said the boy Is he rallied
enough to eat some crackers and cheese.
Gosh, this cheese tastes good. Ihain't
had nothing to eat since morning. l
have been al oveg this town trolling for
nurseA They think . boy hasn't got any
feelingA But ! wouldn't care . goldarn
II Ma hadn't been sending me- for neu-
ralgia medicine and hay fever stuff all
winter when she wanted to get rid Of
M. I have come into the room lots Of
times when Ma and the sewing girl were
ct work on some flannel things, and Ma
would hide them In . basket and send me
Oh after medicine. Twas deceived up to
about I O'Clock this morning, when Pa
como to my room and pulled me out Of
bed to 60 over ON the west side after
some old woman that knew Ma, and they
have kept me whooping Eve since. What
does . boy want Of . sister unless It Is .
big sister7 l don't want no sister that /
have got TO hold and rock and hold .
bottle for. This affair breaksm me all up,"
and the boy picked the cheese out Of his
teeth with . silver he cut from the coun-
ter.
"Well, how does your Pa take it,"
asked the grocery man - he charged the
boys Pa with cheese and saffron and Q
number Of such things.
''Oh. Pa will pull through He want
ed TO boss the whole concern until Mas
chum, an old woman that takes snuff,
fred him out into the hall. Pa sat there
on my hand sled . perfect picture Of de-
spair, and I thought it would be Q kind
ness to play In on him. I found the cat
asleep in the bathroom, and l rolled the
cat up in . shawl and brought it out to
Pa and told him the nurse wanted him
to hold the baby. II seemed to do Pa
good to feel that he wa indispensable
around the house, and he took the cat ON
his lap a. tenderly as you ever nav q
mother hold her infant. Well, l got in
the back hall. where he couldn't see me,
and pretty oon the cat began to wake up
and stretch himself. and Pa said 'S-h-h,
go to sleep now and let its Pa
held it, and Pa he rocked back and forth
on the hand sled and began to sing BY,
low. baby That settled it with the cat.