The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-10
... THE BAD boy Z.

Star: WHEN I vas q
small and not. particularly responsible
5oy." said an officer o; the regular
arng, now on leave here. who was
wounded In the San Juan fight. ~ was
forc OF the pupils OF a parochial school
u a small townin Western Missouri.
fear was a pretty hard nut OF kid,
NJ boys CO. was caned more than
my boy in the school. but.the can!ngs
never had much effect upon me. was
tadcr the immediate instruction OF O
SISTER Of Charity, but when was due
FOR a thrashlng for some bit OF devil
fient or other-and was due. on an
average. about four times wcek-thc
selstcr would,reluctantlY turn me over to
the principal OF tho school q clever and
dtiuscular young fellow, who was also
gQrganist OF the Catholic church and In
,Atructor of the choir. He always busted
sand polished me off artisticallv on these
scccasions, but. as l say, thrashing
S1ido'ts stick with me very long "a "a
Stt II got 20 that ]; used TO be called up
the boys had been up 10 mischief. and
took many a weltinG that didn't proper
~ belong, to me. No matter whether
Was doing n little long cared bog act
md behaving myself up TO the handle.
Stf.a gang OF the Kids got into mess I
was summoned first and hammered
With tho half of n broom handle cut
down nat just for luck. at length
&esased to extract amusement from this
gott OF 4 game and took to the plan of
&piaying hockey for month or SO at q
Htretch, hiding my books under plank
Asidewalk In the morning and picking
them UP ngaln.whcn went home in the
$Safternoon.
ssWhcn I finally turned up at school
again. With q. clumsily- forged excuse
sfors Sister, Raphaclla, was always fool
boy enough 10 fancy that had sue
&ceeded in pulling the, wool over her
eyes: to imagine that she accepted the
S$penclled.; big-lettcred. misspe!t excuse
sthc. legitimate article and the real
thing. know now. OF course. that she
nav throughzmc like n book. and
blush now 1.-The, remembrance OF my
bland .impudeiiec. However. Sister
iieRarhaella always accepted these 'ex-
3euses. She never gave Inc away to my
gpeople at home. She knew that my
FATHER was big -boned and husky, and
she didn't want to bring calamity upon
me- II
sSsStShe certainly was good to me IN the
X face OF difficulties. that little. quiet
sisoft-voiced Sister Of Charity. when
~ N, =, oh .Ia 4,
sotten forbear TO report me TO the .prln-
cipal when I;becanlc involved in thrash
able affairs, and It was never her fault
when got licked This Sister Raph-
eaella was then woman of about TWEEN
Ssy-fre and n thoroughbred tother I'm
IEgers' ends-a genuinely accomplished
woman. She had pale exceeding
sElytlovely face, and 'gentlewoman' was
inscribcd all over her. By the time I
was ready to leave school to take tot,
as$a bundle carrier for n dry goods
sstpre at the salary OF 81 so a week she
Rad made a pretty decided hit with me
and changed the heap from the rut-
ffaf ] had been when I ilrstcame under
ssflets gentle. non-cocrc!rc. high-grade
gnidance. had little talk with her
.soifs the quiei on the day5I quit school to
gasto work. and remember telling her
K that when grew up and 20. to be n
rich man was going TO buy her several
'AhHfidred Thousands OF acres Of fine land
Sseoliewherc or other and build palatlal
conVaat for girls or II. and then pul her,
sSister Ranhoella.. In charge o; 1t. She
( smi!ed VITA pleasure when ] told her
this a3d pattcd me OF the head and told
S{1eii'd be ali right some old day. She
WAS Transferred away from the town
scon atta' that, and didn't see her
5gagaln until - '--''s
ISsSss's.;SFel', VIXEN | got plugged with 4
sf8user down on the heights of Juan.
$,thek transported me over to Key West
pnthe ollvctte in short order, and had
= IA non,icg-nnd- parrot time 81 It. be-
tween life and the other thing. until the
latter part OF August. when I picked
sstipsso rapidly that they decided to shin
me home to PHILADELPHIA. arrived
There atalt the middle OF September.
walked around for II week or so. and
sstltent kceled over with n bad dose Of ma
slaria that worked itself into. me Gown in
Ctba i told my folks ! wos going to a
!Gatholic hospital that I>kncw some
thing about In Philadelphia. and afte:'
Some kicking on their part. was taken
'loYer3 there.
" ri had pretty nifty Cose % the fe-
6iver,t md | went wrong in the head rs
2s1on MS struck the hospital. did de-
lfIir!ous act for week. and whom came
Sito;HI. was pretty much down in the
mouth, and not caring a dickens OF a
happened--for this malaria
Sfthing Is surely morbid affair Any
how. when opened MT eyes and was
right In the head. there WAS young
gIrlshman sitting at the foot OF my cot.
sSwatching over me. We had little
IEtsik. during which he told me how long
SIsshad been IellrIously ,alkative, and
sthen he said:
sRSit;s DO you happen 10 have sister
manned 'Raphuella?
n Nope, I replied. But there was an
Ifallrrlght little woman. n Sister Rapha-
Rtelta, who used to have all kinds Of trou-
< Die with me In school when I was q
Ssid.'
;5Siss;tSSstIs tina. so?' Inquired the young
and his eyes opened so wide
that asked him:
$.'Why d., you ask me that?'
Well he replied. you've been get
Tins off 4 heap OF CAB during your
tsdellrum about "Sister Raphaella," and
--just wait 4 minute; I've got to run in
StoSthc next ward
ssy"He was gone SO long that fell into
sifassort of dozc. The light sound OF up
aHroachlns footsteps got me awake. but
ssJ8 didn't open my eyes--was too tired
land lazy TO open EN-. Bni knew that
tile footsteps had stopped at the foot Of
my cot. Then heard soft voice. so
lslow that II didn't seem TO be Intended
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