The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-12
PECk'S. BAD BOY .ABROA

| with the woodchuek Tor i furnished fiat.
| H. didn't tfilnk there wlls going to hos
anything going on III Russia except blood
sled and bombs, md things to maze
you sorry that you were here, and i was
willing to take chloroforri, and let them.
carry o,lDtnes n d box Nv til my escrlp.
tloti On the cover, until the d doctor told
ne That dad was Ia a. condition Ut
nervousness, that he needed something TO
happen to get his mind of OF .the awful
scenes l,o had wttncEsed, and asked trlt
| - couldn't think Of something to excite
lIiim,E ana wake him up, ana then dad said.
after he got 50 he could 90 out doors q
"Hennery. YOU have always been ohnny
on the SPOT when needed diversion, and
| r8whht you to take your brain apart, and
l,oil thu works, and sec II yolt can't couture
psomethlng TO get my blood circulating,
and my pores open for business. and
l'anything you think 30 es, and i swear i
will not kick II you scare the boots off
OF me-, III f n fiI s.. s III }s
well, that WIS rig1lt into my hand.
and I set my mind to- strike at four z.
Ms had been out riding once with the
Chicago man. In q sledgc, Wit three
horses abreast, salli runaway horses. and
tho driver was n Cossack who dashed the
horses into b. run every smooth place no
found III the road, and It was Ike run
! ming to d fire, 30 q got tho Chicago fell
low to 60 with me and we found tho Cos.
Eack and he was drunker than tsua !
There ID d kind OF LIQUOR here called
vodka, which, skins wood Alcohol and!
carbolic acid to a finish, and " hen % man
! Is full OF It he Is so mad he wants TO-
cut his own throat. This driver had put
up sideboards on his eek and had two
Tags ii one. and we Tired him 20 by the
hour, VI If M 8g. s 5s5 X ID sP
III told the Chicago man the oircun1-
staS,ces and that had got to get dad
out Of his trance. and he said :he would
day before Il noticed that the road was
fall OF great dane d ogs, wolf hounds and
stag hounds. which followed their
masters sledgeB out inS the country, and
the dogs loafed around. hungry. looking
for bones, and fighting each other, so
decided to get the dogs to Il chase our
sledgc, and make dad n thin we were
chased BY wolves. ! thought that would
make dad stand without hltching, and
it&did. ~ 81 s35g.t5 &
The Chicago man bought some cannon
tfirccrac ers. and n bought d cows liver.
and hitched It to q rope. and hid It Iii tho
back seat. and my Chicago friend and ]
took the back seat. and we got dad In tho
seat behind the driver, and s started about
an hour before dark out in the country, M
through}sa piece OF woods that looked
quite wolfy On the way out the driver
let his horse run away q few, times, like
you have seen In Russian pictures, and 4
dad was beginning to ssit up and tal,u
notice, and seemed to act like a. man who
expects every minute to be thrown over q
precipice. IL and mixed UP with dead
horses. Dad touched the driver once on
the coattail and told him not to hurry
50 COMPOUNDED fast, and the rs driver
thought he was mplaining because Il 4
was too slow, and 4 he gave q Cofnancho
yell, IS and threw the lines into thejS air
and the horses Just skedaddled, and run
Into a snow bank and tipped over tt,s I
sledge, and piled us out on top Of dad,
but dad only said ; SIT @ts getting
good ~ r. 38S
I'VE righted up, and dad wanted to
know whore all the pups came from that 4
we had passed. ! had been throwing
out pieces Of meat into Their for KS
mile or SO, and the dogs were having y
picnic. q II was getting pretty dark by
this time. and we started back to town
and I threw 4 out my liver. fastened to
the rope. and the ChlcaEo man, who had
given he "a liver! drink Of -yod kaSys hens