Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-09-14
tn T. CITIZEN.
GEORGE DISCUSSES THE TERRORS OF
AN EVIL CONSCIENCE.

He and Little Albert Try 10 Tench
Their Father Lesson and, After
All, Find Their Effort Only IA Boom
eranS.
Paw, l Don't Beleave you put in all
the Time when you're out mites by jtst
ridin Around on your Wheal."
Them was the Words nav Spoke to
paw when He Come Back from putin
His Bisickle in the Basemunt the other
mite, and you could tell She ment it by
the way she spoke.
Paw wiped about Half a pint of
Honest Swet offn His Brow with His
foretinger and Let il TIckle Down on
the Steps. | mean the Swet. Then
He says:
Whats putt That Fool idee into
your uedF'
Il Don't Beleave ennybuddy Would
Be foolish EMF" NAV Says TO Go out
Every mite and Ride stcddy fer fore
Hours Like you Do. Bet you Just
go Somewhares and Set around and
mebby Git into BAD cumpny."
That made paw purity mad. and He
says Kind of Sucerin
when you amt around 10 Suspicion
innosunt people In BE Ded Sure of
One Thing"
whats ThatT" NAV asst.
You'll BE the NicEtum of Foul play
or Else you'll Have Il Good Deal more
Commun Sent2 than YOU got now"
paw anserd.
They amt 10 use Tryin to turn it
off That way" nav says. People al
ways GIFTS mad When Thay are Found
Out"
We'll" paw Holered, you Got
Chanct to Find out Whether | tell the
Truth or not. l got 4 Siclometer on
my wheel That'll sho Whether just
Set around Somewhares or not"
Yes nav says, and Looked at
it This Eveniu Before You Started Out
Too. and no jist How menny miles
They was registered on it
So the next mornin Paw Fergot all
about IL and Went to work, and me
and the pupp and Little Albert went
Down in the Basemunt after Breckfust
and Turned paws Wheal Upside Down
and Begin Spinner the frunt one Back
werds First | would Give it Nhurl
and Then Little Albert would Spin 1t,
and the pupp would jump up and
Down and Stick His Ears torrerd and
Try to Bite the SpooX. II was Crate
Finn Then we Set il Back like we
found il, and when paw come Home
nav and me and the pupp and Little
Albert was Settin on the porch. and
says:
"Maw, | thot you was Coin to Look
at paws Bisickle to See How fur lie
rode Last mite"
"Yes." paw Says. Il want you TO See
What a Blame Goose you made OF
yourself"
So He went and Got the Wheel out
and Brot it around and pointed at the
Siclometer and says:
."Tbare. now see whether You Think
lie err not"
Nav Bent over and then She Give
paw a Look what I'd Halt to Have
ennybuddy Fire at me.
You rode iist a Half a mile Last
mite" Says nav.
Paw He looked and Says
"Oh, they's Something the matter
With the Blame Thing"
spin it awhile" says, ''and See"
So paw Give the Wheal Whurl.
and the Siclometer went all rite.
"Hen Moffett," nav Says, Beginnin
to Weap. Look at Them two inosunt
Children Settin Thare! You've Broke
up our HAPPY Home
Then She Cuvered up Her Fais with
Her hands. and paw looked at me ana
the pupp and Little Albert so Sad that
Sumthu Seemed to Crawl up into my
throtc and the Tcers Come into my
eyes, and little Albert He Blubbered
and Said He'd Be n Good Boy and
never Do it agin If paw woulden't
punish Him and Then He Up and Told
the Hole Blame BiZness
| Fell over the Railin When paw
come up the Steps, and He Tramped
on the Pupp's Tale, and the pupp
Yelled Like if it Was Gittin Killed and
nav Screened Becoz She Thot was
crippled fer life. and Everybuddy
around Thare Come a-runnin. | pur
tended | couldcn't Hardly walk and
That my Back was Hurt, SO They
Helped me in the House and nav
Brot my Supper up to me in Bed.
| Dident Hardly sleep all mite. |
was so fradc paw intent BE Over His
mad By morning It's turrable to
Have City Conscience. GEoRGIE.
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