The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-24
THE TROUBLES Or Dad
fiiIfla Suggests . pentioa for inc Han
WAC Resrs Boys.

have had four pensions. ] am rails
ing one and | say darn durn boy
any way you take him. Hereafter
IN take girls in mine and risk the
/ trifling son-in-law in the future.
Just as soon as boy gets bic
enough to walk he will begin to play
tricks on his daddy. His mama will
always side with him and. it makes
no difference what the little galoot
does. she will think he is smart II
doesn't take a boy and his mama
long to form a combination against
the old man that will make life inter.
esting TO him for all time to come.
am the oldest Of my fathers
children. In less than two years
after my arrival Bud came TO break
the monotony.f aud with my help we
broke IL. | know only from hearsay
how our boyhood went off, but I dc
remember our sleeping on the frun.
die bed. and how we used 10 fight
over old Tom the cat / would want
him and Bud would want him. ]
would get MIN By the head and Bud
would get him By the tail aud We
would pull until old Tom would give
us both a scratching and skin out
70 the Barn 10 sleep in peace.
when We we're older we were
transferred 70 another room across
the hall We slept IN peace as only
boys can sleep. bur when we we're
not asleep things were not so peace
. F,s9 a. 81. Hs.,
Of our hNafiousness once In a while
with his peach tree limbs, but we
continued TO grow tn stature as well
as in meanness We had lots of fun
with each other, but the best of all
came in getting Pa into scrapes We
generally got whipping for our
pains. bat what cares boy for a
/ Hekings
One day a fellow came TO our
home selling pear trees. He said be
was just introducing the fruit, and
/ as their stock was limited he could
| sell hut TWO trees 10 "a family, He
/ said the pears would be az large as
/ sugar bowls. as yellow as gold. and
as sweet as sugar RE wae a smooth
! artist aud Pa took two at $500 a
/ piere He planted them In the gar
/ den and read the riot act Ia regard
/ to them 10 Bud and me Bat the
4 pear trees never gave as any concern
until they bore The fourth year
/ one OF them had tao pears On IL
and they were dandies too Pa read
4 the law 10 as again about those pears
Bud said he would never touch them
Z because pears scratched his throat
/ ! said I would never touch them be-
cause ! was a good little boy and low
sd pt Pa
/ A night or two after that after
/ Bud had gone 10 sleep I got pear
/ hungry I gog Bp And put on Bud S
old plow boots ana went 90 the gar
den and pluck9E the forbidden fruit.
/ I ate them pfaht there left the
4 peelsmes and cores TO show that the
pears had not evaporatea. In the
( mean time Z took special care 20
walk around In the piowed ground
so as 80 show that the tracks we're
made by Bud - old rundown boots.
/ then went back TO bed and slept
/ tiii morning But. you may bet your
/ socks | vas up and ont 20 the barn
feeding before Pa got up. Bud al
/ ways did steep Ike a los and be slept
q AiAe dat#A or #AAE 4ftfAtkN Ah AataA " 5AAt =
I Pa arose and mosled out 10 look az
his pears. He saw their remains
and Bad IS old boot tracks. II made
him SO mad that be took out his
knife and cut the top out OF one OF
4 the trees. trimmed IL up and started
TO the house Tor Bud. / could see
him from the barn and could tell
from hls maneuyers that the old
scratch was 70 pay.
RE went lnlo our room. gave Bud
q yank by the uape OF the neck and
SAYS, I'm show you how 20 play
1 tricks on your father you young
scamp The pears tasted good ed
they Didn't scratch your neck
much guess Bat there will be
40 doubt about some scratching
when ann through with you. You
will not want any more pears FOR
ten years. I'm cure your taste for
pears Then he struck az Bud with
his pear top, but Bud was too quic !
and lodged Hr ran out Of the door
across the hall into Mas room. and
jumped into her bed with her ia
followed san waving hiss pear TOP
and maddeF than forty hornets Hut
Ma wouldn't lea him touch Bad
Ne. alrs she says. Maybe he didn
DO IL. he says he didn't"
"af course he Says be didn't.
Saws Pa. he would say anything hul
his prayers and you would believe
him any time before yoa would me.
Dot bud sWuFs he neVeF wen'
ahoat that sardem They all thres
went umt and sa~ the tracks ana
ties NeFe made by buds boots .nt
doubt IL that. he boots Just tit ths
tracks Ma had - give IL up bat
she wouldn't lst ia whip him shs
said she would tals 20 him
Next aAy there waa "a harhesms
mnd "a wnuiaa let had go Ma sas
ktlllng - that fof she said hs needed
punishment
seat and "a save me soms
I money H* introduced gne "a san
I iidaks for roREeexs and told him
shat pfumising boy was. r
truthful. etc
tgua sos8A hia meslseine like = lltls
4 a4aa. hRf whvn IA ard | Kog bach
7 he rad Il all figured out lie says
ia ne You lid shat ann / guess
goa thiuA YOU are mighty smart. q
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