The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-25
PECK'S BAD BOY ABROAD.

they munchcd away at The cork, until
The woman with the false teeth had to
leave the table, then colonel went out
and then NIL quit tho table except dad and
], and by that time dad felt as though
he had swallowed q life preserycr, and
he said to mo-:
1Tennery. either tho bath or the
climate or something has upset me, and
J feel as though your dad was not very
long for this world. Before ] die want
you TO confess to mo what that stuff is
that have been eating, aid ] can die In
EpcaceW 8
~ told him that he had wanted n light
breakfast, and I thought there was moths
4 ing quite so light as cork, asd that he
was full clear to tho n,uzzlc With pulver-
lied cork. and he couldn't sink any more
when he took q bath Dad turned pale
and wo went out In tho office and found
that all the people who sat at our table
and atc breakfast food we're in the hands
! or doctors. and dad went Iii the room
With them, and each had n doctor. and
ioaethcy got It out of them Idon't know,
EasI was busy organizing n strike among
tho bellboys. I told them they could i
double their wages by striking at exactly
ten oc clock, when all tho boarders wanted
cocktails sent to5iheir rooms
''They struck all right, and the break.
lfnst-food people had all got pumped out,
and then IL came my turn. Dad gave mo
q licking, he boardcrs kicked ct me, tho
landlord ordered Inc out OF | he hoIse and
the striking bellboys, who had their
places filled in ton minutes, chased me all
over town. and when ! got back to tho
hotel dad had bought tickets to San AM
tonic. because the doctors told him TO
get ont OH the prniries and take horseback
exercise to shake the pu1verIzed cork
and the mosAeyl wrchch out of his sys--
tenn, and everybody threw stones al tho
bus tl,at4p. rode to the dcpot In Gosh,
but hate town where genius has no
chance against the mob element. Tho +
worst was that woman with the false,
teeth, because she lost them somewhere
and had 10 hold her handkerchief over
her mouth wlllio she called me names
when the porter took me- by the collar
and tho pants and flung me into The bus.
Dad told the porter. when he handed ont
the regular tip, that he would have
made II larger, I. the porter had taken
an&axe to me. Dad ig getting so funny,
he almost makes me laugh
Well, Kid !. VIC arrived here next day.
and got acclinated before night: Dad
bought d wide gray cowboy hat. with
LEATHER atra y for a, hand. and began to-
pose as a, regular jold rough rider. and /
told everybody at fhe4 hotel tha I he WAS AS
going TO buy ranch and run for on
gress. Everybody here is willing a.
Northern man should buy a ranch. but
when no. talks about running for Con-
gress they looked sassy at him. but dad car
look Just az sassy ns anybody here. He
told all around that he was n cavalry
veteran OF The war, and wanted to get
horse 10 ride that would stir up his
patriotic instinctssand his liver. nd all
his lnsides and n real kind man steered
dad 10 a livery stable. and 4 knew. BY.
the way the natives winked Mt each other
that they were going to let. him have
a horse that would jounce hin, all right
.trhcy saddlcd up a real nice pony
for mo, hit when they led out the horse
for dad I knew that trouble was coming.
The horse was rouhd-shouldcrcd3 on thS
back, and when they put the saddle on
the horse bumped up and coughedB most
Epitifnl, and when they fastened the c!nc g, 4
the horse groancd and tho crowd az
laughed a negro boy asked me Y nly5oln
man was ever on a horse before. ana no
when on told him that dad i. had eaten
.l,orses.in the army. the boy said thar
Horse would cat him, cause lie was the (
worst bucker from BuckersVille. IN me
western part Of the, State. toid naa ii'e
horse was a dangerous bucker, put no i
tipped his hat on one Side ana 8 eala
he had broken more bucldng bronchos
than those Texas livery men ever sa
: =
SPURS with a wheel In them an big as
silver dollar. and the men held the horse
BY the trIdle while dad got on, and ~
must say he got on like he Knew no -.
fIIe asked which was the road to y GUS 4
ION. md we started out OF town. & s5
well. sir. have been n 7, a Eood m aans
Fountain once when It explod ed; and
i have been on q toboggin when run
into a COW and IA, nave urrn som rats
i ioose. and ia terrier went after them
right among, the To men, but neSE na and and
80 parayzed az ta Wa toe 20 seo T d rst
and acted a1 though It was going Etc !, e
ale ana n8o S geny %9sd ad s and
70 sav eeH him Isl Such a slow horse. (,
What are sa ,hofts Z dna WY 9 don't
You run tho spokes into his slat IL ga 20, II
just to be sociable. =, e ,.d AZ
ter lave looked at The scenery awhile sl,l
da WI a 9den We nv viii SO and Visit pyra
m " was little ahead ana 3, J, did mot no,
catch in the &c, ~ Kef1pIT GRsnt
soa % IKE Re horse Went tta ike
tho haf ne tne b tie ju apd W.
=
cred his head between his legs nd JUMP 4
and md eame dSwn and chasnssei
cndds and did 1t all over again, all over
tic prairie. and dad was 4 sight lI rs
eyes stuck out and his teeth rattled a his
FEET FEEL. da ti seemed TO get shorter rs though
his spine being teiesG99peSd avn up aI hen
OF the tlrst jump. only he bad rammed
ansnEst the he 9!se b p,Rs sna
n nevnr saw such actions unless you haze
seem SEEM d Si horse 20 plum crazy The horse
kept giving dad new fancy Side steps s 81 aha a
s gun and shoot hin, or the ehorse, and he
admit care which ,Sfslled an e i dad
horsn run zIengthways Instead OF sides
and guess he dd f9 the and hopeff
nouia ect4fherc TIC horse had run under
4 inns lmb and ned seraped dad Off and when
Eo there dad was Iy,ng Ynd{e u w6 5neef
n a is spIirs werc NIL blood and hal