



Produced by David Widger





THE GROCERY MAN AND PECK'S BAD BOY.

Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2

By George W. Peck

1883

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CONTENTS.


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.

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.

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.

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.

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


CHAPTER VI.

HIS PA AN ORANGEMAN--THE GROCERY MAN SHAMEFULLY ABUSED--HE GETS
HOT--BUTTER, OLEOMARGARINE AND AXLE GREASE--THE OLD MAN WEARS ORANGE
ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY--HE HAS TO RUN FOR HIS LIFE--THE BAD BOY AT SUNDAY
SCHOOL--INGERSOLL AND BEECHER VOTED OUT--MARY HAD A LAMB


CHAPTER VII.

HIS MA DECEIVES HIM--THE BAD BOY IN SEARCH OF SAFFRON--"WELL, IT'S A
GIRL, IF YOU MUST KNOW"--THE BAD BOY IS GRIEVED AT HIS MA'S DECEPTION--
"SH-H-H TOOTSY GO TO SLEEP"--"BY LOW, BABY"--THAT SETTLED IT WITH
THE CAT--A BABY! BAH! IT MAKES ME TIRED


CHAPTER VIII.

THE BABY AND THE GOAT. THE BAD BOY THINKS HIS SISTER WILL BE A FIRE
ENGINE--"OLD NUMBER TWO"--BABY REQUIRES GOAT MILK--? THE GOAT IS
FRISKY--TAKES TO EATING ROMAN CANDLES--THE OLD MAN, THE HIRED GIRL, AND
THE GOAT--THE BAD BOY BECOMES TELLER IN A LIVERY STABLE


CHAPTER IX.

A FUNERAL PROCESSION--THE BAD BOY ON CRUTCHES--"YOU OUGHT TO SEE THE
MINISTER"--AN ELEVEN DOLLAR FUNERAL--THE MINISTER TAKES THE LINES--AN
EARTHQUAKE--AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE WAS OVER--THE POLICEMAN FANS THE
MINISTER--A MINISTER SHOULD HAVE SENSE


CHAPTER X.

THE OLD MAN MAKES A SPEECH. THE GROCERY MAN AND THE BAD BOY HAVE
A FUSS--THE BOHEMIAN BAND--THE BAD BOY ORGANIZES A SERENADE--"BABY
MINE"--THE OLD MAN ELOQUENT--THE BOHEMIANS CREATE A FAMINE--THE Y. M. C.
A. ANNOUNCEMENT


CHAPTER XI.

GARDENING UNDER DIFFICULTIES--THE GROCERY MAN IS DECEIVED--THE BAD
BOY DON'T LIKE MOVING--GOES INTO THE COLORING BUSINESS--THE OLD MAN
THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED--UNCLE TOM AND TOPSY--THE OLD MAN ARRESTED--WHAT
THE GROC