The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-24


Hi me collie. I'd eanae into our rnom
% doctor me. He rubbed my STONE
aeh. but that did no good, then IA
brought me some Of the black berry
wine. that helped but it did not en-
tireiy relieve me; finally. Pa gave
me some Of his apple brandy and
that knocked all the collie out
got to feeling pretty good and called
him governor" he boxed my ears
and told me to shut up and so to
sleep. | shut up but didn't go to
sleep. Ma told Pa to stay in bed
with me for fear | might have an
other spell. He lay over next to
the wall and was soon fast asleep.
About midnight / heard the gate
rattle and knew Bud had come back
went out and stood by the corner
of the house to watch him. He went
TO the cisteTn and got him drink.
then went around to the kitchen
back door and got the bucket of slop.
Now, that slop had the usual ingre-
dents of dishwater. cabbage leaves.
onion blades and about a gallon of
blackeyed peas.
Bud got this mixture and started
to our room for me, but when he got
TO the steps leading into the hall he
sat down and soliloquized thusly:
Yes, be did fix me, but I'll fix him
now If ! am acquainted with myself.
/ know I'll get thrashing, but it
won't be the first one / ever got.
Besides, Pa will get mad and whip us
both and will give him the most be-
cause he is the elder
He laughed a chuekle and went
in with the slop. There Pa lay all
silhouetted against the wall, and |
have no doubt dreaming OF his two
good little boys.
Bud Of course thought he was me.
He upped with his bucket and gave
him a wave from his head 70 his
heels, then he reversed his position
and gave him a dash from his heels
to his head This time the peas hit
the wall like SO many buckshot. Pa
jumped like a shot cat and lit right
onto Bud, he thought Bud was me
and that | was drunk on too much
collie medicine. Bud thought Pa was
me too, and such another fight you
never saw. They fought like kilken-
ny cats and the fur flew. Bud pulled
some of Pa pretty auburn whiskers
and Pa made 1t so hot for Bud that
he yelled so loud he brought out
some Of the neighDors.
Ma stopped the row, then cried
and said We were all disgraced; then
tried 10 explain to the bewiIdered
neighbors and wound up by saying
that Pa was to blame for 1t ALL
Pa said he did1nt care what she
and all the neighbe's and all the
L ira Ff.tE L.
was boss Of the family and would
whip Bud this time or bust.
Just look at my whiskers, a bed
ruined, and room 10 be repapered
O, we are indeed a happy, happy
family"
But ny collie medicine had over
done the thing with me and / laugh
ed too much and too loud and made
q few faCetiOus remarks, which caus-
ed PA and Ma to hold a joint coun-
ell OF war felt so good and so
big that I never denied anything.
but told il all and more too with
gusto. ! told them thatI ate the
pears, that I never had any collie.
and asked Ma If she aidnt think Pa
was the softest old c0dger this side
Of The polar stag
Ihey decided that ! needed chas- /
tisement and that | was the prime
cause of Buds stopping Pa
Pa got him a branch from q cedar
tree aud we retired 10 the wood shed
where there was a sound Of revelry
by night. He talked to me about
iails and the gallows and intimated
that I might some day come TO
bad end. He did not spare the rod
and ruin the boy. but gave me
whipping that I shall remember till
my dying day and | deserved it,
But as a man sows so shall he
reap, SOW the wind and you viii
reap the whirlwind
Yesterday morning ! went 10 put
on my shoes when I found a dead