The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy: Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
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The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy: Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883
Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
American wit and humor; Boys -- Fiction; Practical jokes -- Fiction
WORKING ON SUNDAY. TURNING A GRINDSTONE IS HEALTHY--“NOT ANY GRINDSTONE
FOR HENNERY!”--THIS HYPOCRISY IS PLAYED OUT--ANOTHER JOB ON THE OLD
MAN--HOW THE DAYS OF THE WEEK GOT MIXED--THE NUMEROUS FUNERALS--THE
MINISTER APPEARS--THE BAD BOY GOES OVER THE BACK FENCE
CHAPTER XXII.
THE OLD MAN AWFULLY BLOATED. THE OLD MAN BEGINS DRINKING AGAIN--THINKS
BETTING IS HARMLESS--HAD TO WALK HOME FROM CHICAGO--THE SPECTACLES
CHANGED--A SMALL SUIT OF CLOTHES--THE OLD MAN AWFULLY BLOATED--“HENNERY,
YOUR PA IS A MIGHTY SICK MAN”--THE SWELLING SUDDENLY GOES DOWN
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE GROCERY MAN AND THE GHOST. GHOSTS DON'T STEAL WORMY FIGS--A GRAND
REHEARSAL--THE MINISTER MURDERS HAMLET--THE WATER MELON KNIFE--THE OLD
MAN WANTED TO REHEARSE THE DRUNKEN SCENE IN RIP VAN WINKLE--NO HUGGING
ALLOWED--HAMLET WOULDN'T HAVE TWO GHOSTS--“HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AN
IDIOT?”
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE CRUEL WOMAN AND THE LUCKLESS DOG--THE BAD BOY WITH A DOG AND A BLACK
EYE--WHERE DID YOU STEAL HIM?--ANGELS DON'T BREAK DOGS' LEGS--A WOMAN
WHO BREAKS DOGS' LEGS HAS NO SHOW WITH ST. PETER--ANOTHER BURGLAR
SCARE--THE GROCERY DELIVERY MAN SCARED
CHAPTER XXV.
THE BAD BOY GROWS THOUGHTFUL--WHY IS LETTUCE LIKE A GIRL?--KING SOLOMON
A FOOL--THINK OF ANY SANE MAN HAVING A THOUSAND WIVES--HE WOULD HAVE
TO HAVE TWO HOTELS DURING VACATION--300 BLONDES--600 BRUNETTES, ETC.--A
THOUSAND WIVES TAKING ICE CREAM--“I DON'T ENVY SOLOMON HIS THOUSAND”
CHAPTER XXVI.
FARM EXPERIENCES. THE BAD BOY WORKS ON A FARM FOR A DEACON--HE KNOWS
WHEN HE HAS GOT ENOUGH--HOW THE DEACON MADE HIM FLAX AROUND--AND HOW HE
MADE IT WARM FOR THE DEACON
CHAPTER XXVII.
DRINKING CIDER IN THE CELLAR--THE DEACON WILL NOT ACCEPT HENNERY'S
RESIGNATION--HE WANTS BUTTER ON HIS PANCAKES--HIS CHUM JOINS HIM--THE
SKUNK IN THE CELLAR--THE POOR BOY GETS THE “AGER.”
CHAPTER I.
VARIEGATED DOGS--THE BAD BOY SLEEPS ON THE KOOP--A MAN
DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING AT FORTY-EIGHT--THE OLD MAN WANTS
SOME POLLYNURIOUS WATER--THE DYER'S DOGS--PROCESSION OP THE
DOGS--PINK, BLUE, GREEN AND WHITE--“WELL I'M DEM'D--HIS PA
DON'T APPRECIATE.
“How do you and your Pa get along now,” asked the grocery-man of the bad
boy, as he leaned against the counter instead of sitting down on a stool
while he bought a bottle of liniment.
“O, I don't know. He don't seem to appreciate me. What he ought to have
is a deaf and dumb boy, with only one leg, and both arms broke--then he
could enjoy a quiet life. But I am too gay for Pa, and you needn't be
surprised if you never see me again. I talk of going off with a circus.
Since I played the variegated dogs on Pa, there seems to have been a
coldness in the family, and I sleep on the roof.
“Variegated dogs,” said the store keeper, “what kind of a game is that?
You have not played another Daisy trick on your Pa, have you?”
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