West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-04-19
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plexion" said the grocery nan as he
sprinkled some fresh water on the wilted
lettuce SO IL would look fresh while the
hired girl was buying some, land yet il
Is mighty unpleasant, where a man has
got an engagement to go to card party,
rs know your Pa has tonight. AS to
getting mad about it, IL was your Pa
would take barrel stave and SKATER
your castle scandalous What kind Of a
fate do you thirk awaits you when you
die anywayr'
"Woll, am mixed on the fate that
awaits me when | die. If | should po
of sudden, with all my sins on my
head and this burnt cork on my face. /
should probably be neighbor to Won
way down below. and they would give
me "a job as fireman, and / should feel
bad for you every time chucked in a
nuther chunk Of birthstone and thought
OF You trying Go swim dog fashion in the
lake of fire and straining your ewes to
lind an iceberg that you could crawl up
on to cool your parched hind legs. fl
don't die slow, so | will have time TO re-
pent and be saved, / shall be toasted
brown. That's what the minister says,
and they wouldn't pay him Sc 1000
year and give him vacation to tell
anything that was not so. tell you. it
Is painful to think of that place that so
many pretty fair average people here
are going to when they die. Just think
of it-a man that swears Just once. if he
don't hedge and take it back, will 30 to
the bad place. II person steals a pin,
just small. no account pin, he is as
bad as If he stole all there was in a
bank. and he stands the best chance of
going to the bad place.
You see, if a fellow steals a little
thing like pin, he forgets to repent,
cause 1t don't seem to be worth while to
make so much fuss about. But if fell
low robs bank or steals q whole lot of
money from orphans, he knows it is a
mighty serious matter, apd lie gets in his
work repenting too quick, and he is liable
to get to the good place, while you, who
have only stole few potatoes out of a
bushel that You sold to the orphan asy-
ium, will forget to repent, and you will
sizzle. tell you, the more read about
being good and going to heaven the
more | think "a Teller can't be too care
full, and from this out You won't find n
better boy than | am. When come In
here after this and take a few dried
peaches or crackers and cheese, You
charge it right up to Pa, and then won't
have 1T on my mind and have to answer
for it at the great Judgment day. am
going to shake my chum, cause he chews
tobacco, which is wicked, though don't
see how that can be, when the minister
smokes, but want to be on the safe side.
Il am going to be good or bust q sus-
pender, and hereafter you can point to
me as boy who has seen the folly of an
III spent life. aud If there is such a thing
as n 15-year-old boy who has been ter
ror getting to heaven am the hairpin
tell you when listen to the minister
tell about the angels flying around there
aud see pictures OF them purifier than
any girl IN this town, with chubby arms
with dimples in the elbows and shoulders
and long golden hair, and think of my
self here cleaning off horses in a livery
stable and smelling like an old harness,
1t makes me tired, and wouldn't miss
going there for $40. Say, you would
make healthy angel for back street Of
the New Jerusalem, but you would give
the whole crowd away unless you washed
mp and sent that skirt TO the Chinese
laundry. Yes, sir, hereafter You will
find me as good ash know how TO be.
Now am going to wash up and go and
help the minister move"
AS the boy went out the grocery man
sat for several minutes thinking Of the
change that had come over the bad bow
and wondered what had brought II about.
and then he went to tho door 20 watch
him as he wendell his way across the
street with his head down as though in
deep thought. and the grocery man said
TO himself, that boy is not as bad as
some people think he Is" and then no
looked around and saw sign hangingup
IN front Of the store written on a piece OF
box cover with blue pencil:
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