Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-31
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Gerry. lneTP WdS not very MuCH HIe, |
and after tipping over every barrel
anG box that had not been blown sky
high the fremen gave one last look at
the inside of the grocery. one last
squirt at the burned and singed cat,
that had crawled into a bag Of CHINA
mon on the top shelf. and they went
away, leaving the doors and windows
open: the crowd dispersed, and the
tad boy went in the front door, peered
around under the counter. pulled the
cork out Of a bottle Ct olive oil and be-
gan to anoint himself where he had
been scorched. Hearing Il shutflng. as
of arctic overshoes filled with water. In
the back shed, .nd a still small voice,
saying, well, I'll be condemned he
locked up and saw the red face OF the
ole g~roceryman reeliing in the back
GoOr.
Have all The forts and war ships
come down YETI" said the old man,
looking up toward the ceiling, holding
up his elbow to ward off any possible
q descending barrel or stove lid. Il now
realize the truth tf Cen. Sherman's re-
mark that war is hell. Gosh. how IL
smarts where the skin is burnt on.
ave me some Of that salad OIL and
tic old man sopped the oil on his face
ana head. and the boy rubbed his lips
and ears, and they looked at each
other, and tried to smile two cracked.
end wrinkled and scOrched smiles.
across the counter at each other.
Nov. you little Japanese monkey. l
hope you are satisfied, after You have
wrecked my store, and fitted me fer
the hospital, and | want you to get out
of here. and never come back
Say, you are unreasonable. DO
you think | will 90 off and leave you
to die here under the counter of blood
poisoning, like a dog that has eaten
a loaded sausage? Never! | am going
to nurse you through this thing, and
bring you out as good as new. | know
how you feel towards me. Dad feit
the same way towards me, down in
Florida. the time he got skun.
what about your dad getting skun
in Florida? never heard about it,
said the cid groceryman, as he took a
, hand mirror and looked at his burned
face.
why. that was when we first go'
:. down there" said the boy, looking G.
-. the old man and laughing. Gee! bu'
= YOU would make a boy laugh if his lip!
we're chapped. You look like a CREASED
: pig at a barbecue. Well. when WI
> struck Florida. and dad got SO HI
could assimilate high balls. and ca
. oranges off the trees, like Il graf. hi
said he wanted TO 20 fishing. and re
tanned up, SO We hired n boat AM
| rowed while dad fished. ] asst hin
Why he didn't try hat new prescrip
;" ton to raise hair on his bald head tina
/ read of in a magazine. to go bare
oGded in the sun He asst me If any
body ever raised any hair on a bait
lead that way. and told him abou
. Mr.. Rockefeller. who had only on
hail on his head, and he played sol
bareheadcd and in two weeks had t
have his hair cut with a lawn mower
cause it made his brain ache. Da
said if Rockefeller could raise hair b
. the sunshine method he could. and h
threw his straw hat overheard, an
- began to fish in the sun for fish an
> hair. Well, you'd a dide to see dad
head after the blisters began to- raise
- First, he thought the blisters was hal
~ Int when We got back to the hotel an
lie looked in a glass. he see 1t wash
'" hair worth a cent. His head and fac
e. looked like one of these h%ippopots
II muses., and dad was mad, If | coul
have got dad in a side show | coul
W have made a barrel Of money, but b
~ wont never make a show of hissel
T. not even to make money, he is {
=. rlCud. There Is more proud flesh c
u dad than there is on any man | evi
:, unused. Well. dad asst me what WI
u eood for bIisters, and | told him lin
Juice was the best thing, so he SCI
~ me to get some lines. They are
~ little sour thing, like a lemon. and
y told him to cut in two and sof
the Juice on his head and face, and
10 went to supper, cause dad looked
d%,sreputable he wouldn't go to Il
81 dining room. When ! bought t
IL lines the man gave me a green pc
-, Summon, and of course dad got 4
persimmon instead Of the lime, nj
10 when | came back to- our room ait
;" supper dad was in bed, yelling for
III doctor. Say, you know how a persir
a mon Fuckers your mouth up when "
lte eat It? Well, dad had just sopp
himself with persimmon juice. a
his head was puckered up like the hi
IOJ - nlo,hont and hjg face a