The Bad Boy's Joke with a Stuffed Rattlesnake--He Tells the Old Groceryman About his Dad's Morbid Appetite.
Well, I'll have to depart," and the bad boy went out and left the old groceryman thinking of the hereafter.
The Bad Boy and his Dad Return from Texas--The Boy Tells theGroceryman About the Excitement at San Antonio.
If you do I will stab you with a cheese knife," said the groceryman as he picked up the broken glass.
The groceryman took a swig out of a bottle of whisky, to settle his nerves, and the took up his snake and pushed it towards the cat, which ran up a stepladder and yowled.
The young groceryman has fitted up the rooms over his grocery for passing travelers.
The groceryman was very dubious and non-committal and referred us to his wife.
He was spending some hours of his time before the solitary train came through in persuading the groceryman to commit himself for a large bill of goods.
His greatest friend was thegroceryman at the corner--the cross groceryman, who was never cross to him.
The groceryman found it in a box of lemons and gave it to me, asking if I needed anything that size for the pie--you know I told him all about it.
The boy who “squealed” to the groceryman about Jimmy had to remain away from the corner until he thought that Jimmy had forgotten it.
Circumstantial evidence was all the grocerymancould produce at any time he was accused.
The groceryman was not slow in letting his customers know how bad Jimmy was.
One afternoon, late in the fall, the gentleman was standing on the corner waiting for a car when the groceryman called him.
The Bad Boy Writes the Old Groceryman About Ocean VoyagesHis Dad Has an Argument Over a Steamer Chair.
Don't concoct long and improper titles: Justice of the Supreme Court Smith, Superintendent of the Insurance Department Jones, Groceryman Brown.
The groceryman would tell us about the attempted robbery and the escape, with the girl in pursuit.
His watch brought enough to buy everything she asked for except a can of syrup; and that, he told her, the groceryman must have overlooked, for he certainly had ordered it.
There, you drop that," said the groceryman to the bad boy, as he came limping into the store, and began to fumble around a box of strawberries.
Admiral Dewey stood the battle better than his unfortunate friend, but he too was pecked at in a way so threatening that the groceryman concluded it would be wise to get rid of him immediately.
Don't thank me, lad," said the grocerymankindly as Bob tried to pour out his thanks.
Bob agreed that the groceryman was a living example of the Golden Rule, and then the sight of oil derricks in the distance changed the trend of their thoughts.
Haven't seen anybody like that," said the groceryman positively.
The groceryman crossed the floor and took the vacant seat at her right.
The old groceryman was in front of the grocery, bent oyer a box of rutabagas, turning the decayed sides down to make the possible customer think all was not as bad as it might be, when a shrill whistle down the street attracted his attention.
The Bad Boy Writes the Old Groceryman About Ocean Voyages-- His Dad Has an Argument Over a Steamer Chair.
O, put down your hands and straighten out that cat's back," said the bad boy, as he slapped the old groceryman on the back so hard his spine cracked like a frozen sidewalk.
The Bad Boy Writes the Old Groceryman About Ocean Voyages--His Dad Has an Argument Over a Steamer Chair.
Does the groceryman ever put the big apples on top and the little ones down underneath?
It never occurred to me until that day on the train that the groceryman does not put the big ones on top and the little ones down underneath.
