CHAPTER XXXV. CHAPTER XXXV. HIS PA AN INVENTOR--THE BAD BOY A MARTYR--THE DOG-COLLAR IN THE SAUSAGE--A PATENT STOVE--THE PATENT TESTED!--HIS PA A BURNT OFFERING--EARLY BREAKFAST! CHAPTER XXXVI. HIS PA GETS BOXED--PARROT FOR SALE--THE OLD MAN IS DOWN ON THE GROCER--"A CONTRITE HEART BEATS A BOB-TAILED FLUSH!"--POLLY'S RESPONSES--CAN A PARROT GO TO HELL?--THE OLD MAN GETS ANOTHER BLACK EYE--DUFFY HITS FOR KEEPS!--NOTHING LIKE AN OYSTER FOR A BLACK EYE Grocery Man and Peck's Bad Boy (v.2) DETAILED CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIII. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER XXV. CHAPTER XXVI. CHAPTER XXVII. List of Illustrations Cover Frontispiece Titlepage Well I'm Dem'd One for the Old Maid The Old Man Stabbed Maple Syrup for One Great God, Hanner, We Are Blowed Up By Low Baby The Old Man, the Hired Girl and The Goat After the Earthquake Was Over Uncle Tom and Topsy The Minister and Deacons Salted The Sunday School Teachers First Appearance on Stage Pa Was All Tied up Fourth of July Misadventures Hennery, Your Pa is a Mighty Sick Man DETAILED CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER I. VARIEGATED DOGS--THE BAD BOY SLEEPS ON THE ROOF--A MAN DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING AT FORTY-EIGHT--THE OLD MAN WANTS SOME POLLYNURIOUS WATER--THE DYER'S DOGS--PROCESSION OF THE DOGS--PINK, BLUE, GREEN AND WHITE--"WELL, I'M DEM'd"--HIS PA DON'T APPRECIATE. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER II. HIS PA PLAYS JOKES--A MAN SHOULDN'T GET MAD AT A JOKE--THE MAGIC BOUQUET--THE GROCERY MAN TAKES A TURN--HIS PA TRIES THE BOUQUET AT CHURCH--ONE FOR THE OLD MAID--A FIGHT ENSUES--THE BAD BOY THREATENS THE GROCERY man--A COMPROMISE. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER III. HIS PA STABBED--THE GROCERY MAN SETS A TRAP IN VAIN--A BOOM IN LINIMENT--HIS PA GOES TO THE LANGTRY SHOW--THE BAD BOY TURNS BURGLAR--THE OLD MAN STABBED--HIS ACCOUNT OF THE FRAY--A GOOD SINGLE HANDED LIAR. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER IV. HIS PA BUSTED--THE CRAZE FOR MINING STOCK--WHAT'S A BILK?--THE PIOUS BILK--THE OLD MAN INVESTS--THE DEACONS AND EVEN THE HIRED GIRLS INVEST--HOT MAPLE SYRUP FOR ONE--GETTING A MAN'S MIND OFF HIS TROUBLES. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER V. HIS PA AND DYNAMITE--THE OLD MAN SELLING SILVER STOCK--FENIAN SCARE--"DYNAMITE" IN MILWAUKEE--THE FENIAN BOOM--"GREAT GOD, MANNER! WE ARE BLOWED UP!"--HIS MA HAS LOTS OF SAND--THE OLD MAN USELESS IN TROUBLE--THE DOG AND THE FALSE TEETH