Show H r ii q 1 i 6 PECKS BAD B BO 0 Y AB B BOf iO A 1 D t J f I IJ 1 t i l The Bad Boy eod ad His Has Q Trouble With a f S 1 1 if Lt N New w B re f as t F 00 d D au 3 Red Rides 1 esa B Bucking u k Ing B Broncho rone h o t 7 C 1 l f j I By O R E w cx or of Wisconsin n f formerly rm rl Publisher er of Pecks Sun A Author uthO of if J Peck fk s Bad BoyEt BoyEtt Yi ir t t I 1 f JI oDe of which thu i is tho first will appear weekly tM experiences of Pecks Bad Boy an 1 ht Dad on a tour Including or f th United States and Europe Tite fhe old had haci had an operation for appon hUe convalescing lie he conceived the Ides that the doctors had left some sume kind of an Instrument In him when they him up p The Bad Boy It IL like this Dad has been reading in the papers about that perform leavIng sponges and Inside ot of patients when they up the place find and since dad has got ot fussy Ince ainee hi 1 operation he thinks the they left sume gume thing In him Some days zie ne they left ft a roU of cotton ng Or or n a bale orha of hay but there is i a asharD ashar sharD shar Jain ai inside he thinks th y left a t earving but for a week he hits has set tied down to the belief bellet that the doctors left a monkey in him arn an he is just y on that subject Sq s he can feel It turnIng round as though It wa machinery and ht he wants to consult a new doctor ever every day as to what he hc can take talce to dissolve the monkey Wrench so It will pass off ott through the tho blood and the pores of the skin H He has taken it Into his head that nothing will save his 11 life except to travel all over Oer the tho and the world and I have got 10 go with him to look him lim d tor ho needs and I Ishall Ishall shall do wh t I 1 can to let hIm have hac It They went first to Hot Springs aUd nd San the narrative with the letter r from the thc last named city J f c tN ANTONIO Texa s Iy Dear SN 0 Chum Dad and I left Hot Springs because the man who kept the hotel got prejudiced agaInst The I suppose suppose I did ld t the e thing a ou see oi into this food habit and has got himself so worked up over the theran theL L ran mash that he e Is losing his appe appetite tite for an anything thing substantial and l lis he heis is getting weak and nutty Ma 10 told me when h n I went away with dad thit she wanted anted me to try my mJ best to break daJ dai of the breakfast food habIt and I to do It Say kid If you ou ever expect to succeed in lire life you have got gotto gotto to establish a 8 reputatIon for keeping DOUr OUr Truth Is mIghty and when heon anybody can depend upon a boy to do as he agrees his fortune Is made I Dad saw sw a new breakfast food adver advertised used in an eastern magazine and as I t the he hotel people only kept thIrty or I fort forty kinds or of mocking bird food for guests dad made me go out to the gro 10 I eri and round up the new kInd I br brought a box to the thc table at breakfast T tt nd dad fell oVer hImself to nil fill his I and then he offered some to J Jt t eight boarders th that t sat at our tack table 1 I Iad al had bad been bragging braggin for a week I about how bow he had adopted th food fad first for hile hie an anthen and then to get even with the ber trust lIe had convinced the boarders at our table that it was as the patriotic duty of very every to shut down on meat the criminal meat wa was wasI I 1 The I put up on dad Was ed 1 got at ata n a or of a 8 barrel of California Jt It looked hooked exactly lIke hike other break foods but oud H a dide to see dad invalid southern cob colo F p v 1 s t 1 1 J f I fI f t cI 4 1 Ic I I p I rIle I e AA p pi k C i I It Ii I I II TE IllA t VW IL i I I II I II I 7 I r 1 4 4 ii i 1 I j e 0 fU y t tt tI t S I I 5 Q f I v I Pa Licked Me MeI I nels neis and two women who were at t the table jour eram m ot on that pulver e cork and sprinkle sugar on it and tr try to got get the pulverized cork to soak up the cream but the particles ot of cork floated on t top p of the dream cream and acted alive Anold An old Confederate colonel who had called dad a ever since we had beeh beed there and alwa always s acted n as though he was wa on the point of draw drawIng drawing Ing a agun gun took the first mouthful an and after chewIng it awhile he sw as though hl his throat was sore but he got it down and ordered a cocktail and looked ma at dad Dad noticed that th the others were having masticating in the food and so hI he pitched In and ate his food and sa said l it was th the he had ev r ted I but the rest Qt the crowd on only tOOk cl a I spoonful or two and et fruit One who was there to be cured of the habit of betting on the races got the cork inamonGst her false teeth and It squeaked when she chewed like pull Dull DullIng pulling Ing a cork out ot a beer bottle The Theall They all seemed to want to please dad darl and so they nt at th the Ul Ui te with th bad to leave the table and then a 3 colonel went and then all quit luit the tabt except da aad and I and b by that time dad felt as though ie IC had swallowed a life i i if f 7 I II C I 1 j o 4 4 C 4 j 4 f The Tue Horse was not on n the d half the time L 4 f preserver and he said to me ine 4 Hennery Henner either the b baths o or the I climate or something has upset me mc I and I feel as though your dad was not very long for this world I die I want you to confess t to me what stuff is that I have been eating and I Ican can dIe In peace I told him that he e hail nad wanted anted a alight alight light breakfast and I thought was nothing quite quit so light hight a cork and that he was as full clear to the muzzle with pulverized cork and he c sink any n more he took a bath Dad turned pale and nd we ve went out m iii the office and found that aU all the people Who sat at our ta table ble and ate brea breakfast 1 food were in the ands of doctors and dad went in with them and each had a do tor and hw w the they got It out oat of th m dont as I wa I bus busy o organizing a strike among I I the e told them th they could double their wages by strIking at ex exactly exactly 10 when hoo all the board boarders I ers rooms wanted cocktails sent ent to their Th Thy J struck all right and the thc breakfast st food people had all got pumped out and then It came my turn Dad gave me a licking the kicked at me tIle the ordered me out of th he house bouse ang an l the striking bellboys s who fio had their pl ples es filled In len en minutes cha chased d me all allover allover over town and when I got bac to the h dad had bought tickets to San Antonio because e the doctors told i him to get out on the prairies and take horseback exercise to shaRe shake the pul d corks and the monk rench out r Is S and bodY threw i ton at the b bus fj that we roae Ie to the he jq Ji but I hate a town where has no chance a against the mOb Ie m nt The worst was as th U woman oman with the e te teeth because she lost them som somewhere and nall hafi to hold ov r her mouth j While S1 she e cared ml ames when ithen Dorter took me bt bL t qa e ollar and the pants and hung ung me into the bus pad Dad told the porter when he handed out the regular tip that he would have made It the porter had taken an ax to me lC Dad is so funny he be almost makes me mae laugh c Well kid we d here hare next lay and got tad before night Dad bought a wide gra gray cowboy hat with a leather heather trap for a band and began to pose as a regular old rough roughrider roughrider rider and told eer everybody body at the hotel that he was going to bu buy a r ranch nd run for congress EYe j s willing a northern man should buy buya 8 a ranch but when he be talks about run running DInS ning for congress they look sassy at hIm but dad can look just a as saSS sassy asan as anybody bod here He told all ait around hat he w was S a caval cavalry veteran of the thear thear ar and wanted to get a horse to ride that would stir up hIs patriotic and his liver and all his in ldes and a real kind man steered dad 30 a livery stable and I knew by the theay vay ay the natives winked at each other h hat t t the were going to lot ot h have ve po P ho horse that oun all allright right They saddled up a real nice pony or me but when they led out the horse for tor dad I knew that trouble was Hennery som Something thing hits has Upset M coming The horse was der derod Cd on the back and when they pat pt the saddle on the horse humped up and coughed i most and when I they fastened the cinch the horse groaned and tile the crowd all laughed A negro boy asked me if my mi old malt maa was ever eyer on a horse before and when I told him that dad had eaten In Inthe inthe the army anny the boy said that horse would eat him cause he was the worst buck bucker er 01 from Crom in the western part of the state I told dad the horse was a dangerous bucker but he tipped his hat on one side and said he had broken more bucking than those Texas livery men ever saw Dad borrowed a pair of these Mexican spurs with a wheel in them as big as asa a silver dollar arid and the men held the horse by the bridle while dad got on and I must say he got OR on like he knew how He asked which was the road to Houston and w we started out or of town Well leU sir I have been In a good goodman man many runaways and I was filling a soda fountain once when shen it e ode and I have been on a when wilen it run Into a cow and b been en to toa toa I a church sociable wh n w R boy some rats loose loos arid ald terrier went I after them rIght women j abut butlo I neven neve was so eQ it Iwas was to ti dad and ad b tSe tx tr i t am together Th The first two miles out 01 town the horse horde and act d 86 though it was going to die and my my i pony would get wa way ahead and have L to dad and the camel t ih lp P Dad Was mad because theY I him such a slow Blow i What ar are those tho on heels for Cor I says to iv dad Why dent dont yOU run the spokes Into his sluts slats I Isaid said just to be SOCIable Never you ou mind me says dad Ater Aftel I have look booked d at th tho senery awhile I will open the throttle ow on dromedary and we go and the pyramids I was a little ahead aud ald I c catch dad In the act of pen en t the but I heard that pounded Jike a reek and dad and the hors went by me p I like a horse race only the horse horst not on the ground halt half the time he go straight head ahead out but just lowered hIs head between his legs kul in the air and came d down wn stir legged and then jumped chan changed ed ends and did It all over gaJa aU 11 over t the e p prairie alrie and dad wa a His eyes stuck out and his teeth r rattled and every time the horse c me I down on his feet dad seemed to get et shor r as though his spine W vs betig up Into his hat I think d dould dad would have tave fallen the first juma only he had bad rammed the spurs in inamongst amongst the ribs and d L get them out Gee but you nOver saW such actions unless you have seen a ah h go plum craz crazy The 11 hug Iw l e giving dad ne new fancy side ste steps a jumps until dad yelled to me to get geta t ta a gun and shoot him or the hor he care h I yelled 0 t Ai Aito to ic loosen Joosen up the bridle and let the horse run lengthways Instead ot of side sideways wa ways s and I guess he be did for horse bone Ut lt out for some tr and before I could get there the h Qt had run under a limb and scraped daI i off and ben I got there dad wa 1 lying under a tree tryIng to pray and nd swear aU all to and his bis pm were all blood and hair ad hing a 8 horse wears on the inside or of hIa eI and the horse was not away aay e grass and looking at Jr It dad had his revolver along he wd have killed the horse but the HOrSe herue seemed to know he had bad been with an unarmed man I got fad dad righted UP and he rode my pony t town and I had to lead the QU k tg horse and he be eat some of the el cloth out of my Pants Jants say this is a bully place down just as quiet and sunshiny a eua be only dad ad Is in a hospital for fol a aci or ci so having oper operations ti ns on where f horse let him drop once in awhile on the saddle and the livery man dad buy the horse cause he said dad had ripped his sides Shies out with the spurs spur Dad says we will have lave apitI e when n he gets out of tho the e hOSPit H Re ReIs 8 is going to bu buy some a take th thu horse o oat t on the tho 1 blow low him up Dad Is so Cond dun F I lOt got your litter letter a ut beJ gl e Gee but YOU nt k t o on you nit ite truly u HEERY ERY Copyright 1941 b by Jo B Bow Copyright Great Britain |