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WHAPPY DAYS‘
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7 PART III.”
; + Jor made a sudden dash for freedom.
He got the wrong door in his excite-
ment, .
Perhaps it was intended that he should
do so, :
Se
ia ne
JOK, THEN HE GOT UP,
Atall events, he did.
And with disastrous results,
This is what happened.
He rushed out,
Then there wasasplash. _
- He had bolted into the bath-room, .
‘ony had a private one of his own,
It wasn’t very big.
Two steps from the door would take you t
into the tub.
~ That's where it took Joe,
It was full to the brim.
He fell over the tub, and went smack
into it, -
Splash! .
The water flew in all directions,
* Wow!” said Joe.
Then he got up. .
“Good lan’ 0’ Boshen, what on ‘artn hab
I struck?" he muttered. .
Then some one came in, ~
““What’s the matter, Joe? What the
deuce are you doing?”
It was Tony's voice,
Joe looked up,
He saw Tony fast enough. .
The torment had made a quick change,
“Dat yo’, Marse Tony f’
“ Certainly it is.”
“Whar am de oder fellah?”
“What other fellow?”
Marse Bolliver?”
Tolliver, you mean?”
-m,' .
“How should I know? What are you
doing? Taking a bath in my tub? Why
don’t you go to your own room?” .
“* Marse Bolliver don’ chase me in yer,
dat’s why, an’ frowed me in de tub.” . .
“ Nonsense
TWO STEPS FROM THE DOOR WOULD TAKE YOU INTO THE TUB,
FELL OVER THE TUB, AND WENT SMACK INTO IT,
: ‘GOOD LAN’ O° GOSHEN, WHAT ON
(This story commenced in No. 221.)
THE TORMENT
_ —— oN —
Tae ROAD.
ss : By TOM TEASER,
Author of “ Tony the Torment Around the World,” “ Tony the Torment at School,”
“Tony t i imer .
‘he Torment,” ** Muldoon in Search of a Cousi:
Merry,” “ Fred Frollick,” “Our Willie,” ete, etc., ete.
in,” ** Mortin
“Well, I’se in de tub, isn’t 17”
“Yes, of course, but Tolliver didn’t
throw you in,”
“‘ Wall, he done chase me yer, "cause I
done busted him ho’n, an’ den I done fell
in de tub.
“Oh, you struck him in the nose, eh?”
it
ia
“No, I didn’.”
“But you said you did,”
“M-m! Neber did!”
“Well, you said you busted his horn,
Doesn't that mean the same %”
“No, sah. -De ting was a brass_ho'n,
one o' de kin’ dat yo" make music wif.”
“And you broke it?”
“Yas'r,
uffessah done
whole ting done flewed ter pieces.”
“But the professor hasn't been here,
Joe.” .
“*M-m, yas he has, Marse Tony.”
“But he isn’t here now, wasn't when I
came in.”
“Cyan’t he’p dat, Marse Tony, He was
eralilly while ago an’ done chase me
fhter de tub.” ye
“Tthink you're only beefing, Joe,” said
Tony, with apparent sternness, ‘‘ You
wanted to take a bath and not let me know
anything about it. You thougnt I was
out.”
made me do i
Joe stepped out.
** Wanted to took a bath I” he muttered.
“Wall, Ireckon I gen’ally take my close
off when I do dat, You'se agitatin’ you’-
se’f abo't nuffin’, Marse Tony.”
“Skip,” said Tony. ‘I'm on to you,
Don't you use my tub again.”
“Gracious sakes, Marse Tony, yo’ ain’
wine ter make me go froo de ho'se wif all
em wet close on, am 7
“No, you can take them off,” said Tony,
“but you want to get a move on you an
then get.” .
Joe took off his shoes,
Then his outer garments,
After that Tony made him get,
I didn’ wan’ ter play it, but de “
t, an’ de
He had to run for it, but he didn't see
anyone on his way,
‘Tony just shrieked when he was-alone, ,
“That worked first-class,” he said, “and
Joe never tumbled except once, and then
he tumbled into the tub.” . ‘
Joe saw Tolliver in the reading room
when he went downstairs,
“Hm! dere’s de crazy fellah, he mutter-
ed. “Ef I didn’ t’ink Marse Tony would
fiah me, I'd jus’ smash de sassy fellah in
noot,”
de snoo:
“Ahem !” coughed Tolliver, .
Joe got scared and fied,
The next day he and Tony struck a good-
sized Ohio town,
Here Tony had some more fun with his
impersonations, *
You remember Bragg, the drummer, the
fellow Tony sold in Albany?
ell, he was in town,
With as many lugs as ever,
ET
IATL ci
SURI ve
f PI olf
THAT'S WHERE IT TOOK JOE, IT WAS FULL TO THE BRIM, HB
SPLASH! THE WATER FLEW IN ALL DIRECTIONS,
“wow !” SAID
'ARTH HAB I STRUCK?” HE MUTTERED.
“Hallo, young fellow,” he said to Tony,
**do you work such small towns as this ?”
“Of course, when there’s money in ’em.”
“Tdon't. I'm just waiting for a train.
It wouldn't pay me to sell in a little place
like this, I couldn't get a big enough
order.”
Tony knew the fellow was bluffing.
He thought it no barm, therefore, to put
up a job on him.
“Where are you stopping?” he asked,
* At the Grand, of course,” sald Bragg,
without thinking. “I wouldn't stop at
any bum hotel.” .
“Oh, I thought you were just waiting
or @ train.
“That's all Tam, but the fellows at the
Grand are friends of mine, and soI thought
I would go there.”
The Grand Hotel was not as fine as its
name, but Bragg had an idea that Tony
was green,
Our young torment, on his side, knew
that Bragg was lying.
He was in the town to pick up what
business he could, just as Tony was,
“Got sample room at the Grand”
asked Tony.
“Why, of course we have. Do you
think I'd stop at one of them snide tem-
perance houses
“That wasn’t the kind of sample room
I meant,” laughed Tony, and again Bragg
was caug) .
~If he had had a room at the hotel to dis-
lay his samples to prospective customers,
Re wouldhave known well enough what
Tony meant...
He didn't bave one, and Tony caught him
napping again, |
“Oh, I know what you mean,” he said,
n a hurry to fill up his open dates, ‘ Yes,
of course I've got one, the front parlor,
Dandy lot of stuff I've got, too. Bestline
of goods on the road.”
“But you won’t have time to show
goods between two trains,” said Tony,
Once more Bragg was caught in a pret-
ty little lie, . . .
He faced it out, however, and said
boastfully:
“e yes, I will. I'ma hustler, I am,
aman at eleven,
Then he skipped out, -
He didn’t want to make any more
reaks,
The fact is, he knew Tony was too much
for him, although he would not acknowl-
edge &s much to the young fellow.
‘There was one of Tony's customers who
wasa good deal of a crank, aithough a
very ood buyer,
He bad certain ideas, however, and if
anyone went contrary to them, it was all
up with him.
After that he couldn't give away his
goods to the obstinate crank.
Tony got back to the hotel soon after
Bragg did.
He was stopping at the Grand as well a3
the fresh drummer,
n fact, there was no other place where
he could stop,
Bra;
instead of hustling about for business,
m,
He walked in and went up to Bragg.
The latter did not know him,
Neither would you, if I hadn't told you.
Tony was fixed up to look like his ec-
centric customer. :
He a bald head and feesy red
whiskers cut long, sothat the wind could
blow through them. :
Now Bragg always was fresh,
“Hallo, Whiskers!” he said, ‘‘ Don't let
the wind blow through them from you to
me, or I'll get burned.”
“Ha, ha—good joke,” said the other,
“Do you know, that’s the sort of chap
like.” .
like,’
That wasn't what Bragg had expected.
He had thought that the fellow would
get mad.
Then he would have kept up the fun, as
he considered it,
as a bit disappointed, therefore,
when the red-whiskered man took his
coarse joke good-naturedly.
“That's all right,” said the old fellow,
“You're the right sort. Say, do you know
any drummers in the house?
“T know one,” said Bragg.
He would not admit that there were any
others,
“Ts there a Mr. Bragg in the house?”
asked the fixed-up Tony.
“* He's the man I meant,” said Bragg.
“T want to see him, He's a’ first-class,
all around; up to date, never get left drum-
mer. He’s the man for my money, I want
to do business with him.” :
“My name is Bragg,” said the other.
“Ha, ha, I knewit. You look it,” chirped
the old fellow, “Shake! Call mé Redney.
That's what Tike. Say, you come to my
There's my card,
Then Tony passed over a bit of paste.
board six inches square, on which was
printed ; ‘‘ Theophilus Redmond, dealer in
all sorts of notions.”
Redmond dealt in notions,
That is to say, he was full of them.
Queer notions they were, too,
However, Bragg did not tumble to the
double meaning of the card.
“You want to treat me famlliarly, you
know,” said the bogus Redmond. '**Slaj
me on the back, poke me in the ribs, call
me Redney, and all that sort cf thing,
when you come to my place. That's the
sort of chap I like.”
Then Tony banged Bragg's hat over his
eyes and :
plenty, of business. Say, do you play bil-
iards?” ~
i
Bragg allowed that he did play alittle.
e imagined that he could beat anyone
Here was a chance to make some small
change, he thought. :
He would get square on Redney for
smashing his hat,
After a game or two, in which he would
let his opponent win, he would get him to
bet and win all his money.
“Come on, let’s have a game,” said Tony,
picking up a cue,
Then the game began.
The imitation Redmond presently hada
difficult shot to make, :
“ That's an awful hard shot,” said Bragg,
who was playing off just now,
“Easy as pie,” said Tony,
show you a new wrinkle,”
Then he jumped upon the table,
Here he began to dance,
Taking hold of one end of hia long whis-
kers with either hand, he stretched them
out and began to skip around quite lively,
“Let me
Oh :
Well, i must get back, I promised tomeet
was loafing in the billiard room
Tony knew about where he could find
you up—with orders, .
said:
“You'll have lots of fun with me and do .