Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa: 1883Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
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Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa: 1883
Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
American wit and humor; Boys -- Fiction; Practical jokes -- Fiction
HIS PA CATCHES ON--TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE BATHROOM--RELIGION CAKES
THE OLD MAN'S BREAST--THE BAD BOY'S CHUM DRESSED UP AS A GIRL--THE OLD
MAN DELUDED--THE COUPLE START FOR THE COURT HOUSE PARK--HIS MA APPEARS
ON THE SCENE--“IF YOU LOVE ME, KISS ME?”--MA TO THE RESCUE--“I AM DEAD
AM I?”--HIS PA THROWS A CHAIR THROUGH THE TRANSOM
CHAPTER XV.
HIS PA AT THE RE-UNION--THE OLD MAN IN MILITARY SPLENDOR--TELLS HOW HE
MOWED DOWN THE REBELS--“I AND GRANT”--WHAT IS A SUTLER.--TEN DOLLARS FOR
PICKLES!--“LET US HANG HIM!”--THE OLD MAN ON THE RUN--HE STANDS UP TO
SUPPER--THE BAD BOY IS TO DIE AT SUNSET
CHAPTER XVI.
THE BAD BOY IN LOVE--ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN?--NO GETTING TO HEAVEN ON SMALL
POTATOES--THE BAD BOY HAS TO CHEW COBS--MA SAYS IT'S GOOD FOR A BOY
TO BE IN LOVE--LOVE WEAKENS THE BAD BOY--HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO GET
MARRIED?--MAD DOG--NEVER EAT ICE CREAM
CHAPTER XVII.
HIS PA FIGHTS HORNETS--THE OLD MAN LOOKS BAD--THE WOODS OF
WAUWATOSA--THE OLD MAN TAKES A NAP--“HELEN DAMNATION!”--“HELL IS OUT
FOR NOON.”--THE LIVER MEDICINE--ITS WONDERFUL EFFECTS--THE BAD BOY
IS DRUNK--GIVE ME A LEMON!--A SIGHT OF THE COMET!--THE HIRED GIRL'S
RELIGION
CHAPTER XVIII.
HIS PA GOES HUNTING--MUTILATED JAW--THE OLD MAN HAS TAKEN TO SWEARING
AGAIN--OUT WEST, DUCK SHOOTING---HIS COAT TAIL SHOT OFF--SHOOTS AT A
WILD GOOSE--THE GUN KICKS!--THROWS A CHAIR AT HIS SON--THE ASTONISHED
SHE-DEACON
CHAPTER XIX.
HIS PA IS “NISHIATED”--ARE YOU A MASON?--NO HARM TO PLAY AT LODGE--WHY
GOATS ARE KEPT IN STABLES--THE BAD BOY GETS THE GOAT UPSTAIRS--THE GRAND
DUMPER DEGREE--KYAN PEPPER ON THE GOAT'S BEARD--“BRING FORTH THE ROYAL
BUMPER”--THE GOAT ON THE RAMPAGE
CHAPTER XX.
HIS GIRL GOES BACK ON HIM. THE GROCERY MAN IS AFRAID--BUT THE BAD BOY IS
A WRECK--“MY GIRL, HAS SHOOK ME!”--THE BAD BOY'S HEART IS BROKEN--STILL
HE ENJOYS A BIT OF FUN--COD LIVER OIL ON THE PANCAKES--THE HIRED GIRLS
MADE VICTIMS--THE BAD BOY VOWS VENGEANCE ON HIS GIRL AND THE TELEGRAPH
MESSENGER
CHAPTER XXI.
HE AND HIS PA IN CHICAGO--NOTHING LIKE TRAVELING TO GIVE TONE--LAUGHING
IN THE WRONG PLACE--A DIABOLICAL PLOT---HIS PA ARRESTED AS A
KIDNAPPER---THE NUMBERS ON THE DOORS CHANGED--THE WRONG ROOM--“NOTHIN'
THE MAZZER WITH ME, PET!”--THE TELL-TALE HAT
CHAPTER XXII.
HIS PA IS DISCOURAGED--“I AIN'T NO JONER!”--THE STORY OF THE ANCIENT
PROPHET--THE SUNDAY SCHOOL FOLKS GO BACK ON THE BAD BOY:--CAGED
CATS--A COMMITTEE MEETING--A REMARKABLE CATASTROPHE!--“THAT BOY BEATS
HELL!”--BASTING THE BAD BOY--THE HOT WATER IN THE SPONGE TRICK
CHAPTER XXIII.
HE BECOMES A DRUGGIST--“I HAVE GONE INTO BUSINESS!”---A NEW
ROSE-GERANIUM PERFUME---THE BAD BOY IN A DRUGGIST'S STORE--PRACTICING
ON HIS PA--THE EXPLOSION--THE SEIDLETZ POWDER--HIS PA'S FREQUENT
PAINS--POUNDING INDIA-RUBBER--CURING A WART
CHAPTER XXIV. HE QUITS THE DRUG BUSINESS.
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