Chapter XXI

HE AND HIS PA IN CHICAGO--NOTHING LIKE TRAVELING TO GIVE TONE--LAUGHING IN THE WRONG PLACE--A DIABOLICAL PLOT---HIS PA ARRESTED AS A KIDNAPPER---THE NUMBERS ON THE DOORS CHANGED--THE WRONG ROOM--“NOTHIN' THE MAZZER WITH ME, PET!”--THE TELL-TALE HAT

CHAPTER XXII.

HIS PA IS DISCOURAGED--“I AIN'T NO JONER!”--THE STORY OF THE ANCIENT PROPHET--THE SUNDAY SCHOOL FOLKS GO BACK ON THE BAD BOY:--CAGED CATS--A COMMITTEE MEETING--A REMARKABLE CATASTROPHE!--“THAT BOY BEATS HELL!”--BASTING THE BAD BOY--THE HOT WATER IN THE SPONGE TRICK

CHAPTER XXIII.

HE BECOMES A DRUGGIST--“I HAVE GONE INTO BUSINESS!”---A NEW ROSE-GERANIUM PERFUME---THE BAD BOY IN A DRUGGIST'S STORE--PRACTICING ON HIS PA--THE EXPLOSION--THE SEIDLETZ POWDER--HIS PA'S FREQUENT PAINS--POUNDING INDIA-RUBBER--CURING A WART

CHAPTER XXIV. HE QUITS THE DRUG BUSINESS.

HE HAS DISSOLVED WITH THE DRUGGER--THE OLD LADY AND THE GIN--THE BAD BOY IGNOMINIOUSLY FIRED--HOW HE DOSED HIS PA'S BRANDY--THE BAD BOY AS “HAWTY AS A DOOK!”--HE GETS EVEN WITH HIS GIRL---THE BAD BOY WANTS A QUIET PLACE--THE OLD MAN THREATENS THE PARSON

CHAPTER XXV.

HIS PA KILLS HIM--A GENIUS AT WHISTLING--A FUR-LINED CLOAK A CURE CURE FOR CONSUMPTION--ANOTHER LETTER SENT TO THE OLD MAN--HE RESOLVES ON IMMEDIATE PUNISHMENT--THE BLADDER-BUFFER--THE EXPLOSION--A TRAGIC SCENE--HIS PA VOWS TO REFORM

CHAPTER XXVI.

HIS PA MORTIFIED--SEARCHING FOR SEWER GAS--THE POWERFUL ODOR OF LIMBURGER CHEESE AT CHURCH--THE AFTER MEETING--FUMIGATING THE HOUSE--THE BAD BOY RESOLVES TO BOARD AT AN HOTEL.

CHAPTER XXVII.

HIS PA BROKE UP--THE BAD BOY DON'T THINK THE GROCER FIT FOR HEAVEN--HE IS VERY SEVERE ON HIS OLD FRIEND--THE NEED OF A NEW REVISED EDITION--THE BAD BOY TURNS REVISER--HIS PA REACHES FOR THE POKER--A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE--THE SLED SLEWED!--HIS PA UNDER THE MULES

CHAPTER XXVIII.

HIS PA GOES SKATING--THE BAD BOY CARVES A TURKEY--HIS PA'S FAME AS A SKATER--THE OLD MAN ESSAYS TO SKATE ON ROLLERS--HIS WILD CAPERS--HE SPREADS HIMSELF---HOLIDAYS A CONDEMNED NUISANCER--THE BAD BOY'S CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

CHAPTER XXIX.

HIS PA GOES CALLING--HIS PA STARTS FORTH--A PICTURE OF THE OLD MAN “FULL”--POLITENESS AT A WINTER PICNIC--ASSAULTED BY SANDBAGGERS--RESOLVED TO DRINK NO MORE COFFEE--A GIRL FULL OF “AIG NOGG”

CHAPTER XXX.

HIS PA DISSECTED--THE MISERIES OF THE MUMPS--NO PICKLES, THANK YOU--ONE MORE EFFORT To REFORM THE OLD MAN--THE BAD BOY PLAYS MEDICAL STUDENT--PROCEEDS TO DISSECT HIS PA--“GENTLEMEN, I AM NOT DEAD!”--SAVED FROM THE SCALPEL--“NO MORE WHISKY FOR YOU.”

CHAPTER XXXI.

HIS PA JOINS A TEMPERANCE SOCIETY--THE GROCERY MAN SYMPATHISES WITH THE OLD MAN--WARNS THE BAD BOY THAT HE MAY HAVE A STEP-FATHER!--THE BAD BOY SCORNS THE IDEA--INTRODUCES HIS PA TO THE GRAND “WORTHY DUKE!”--THE SOLEMN OATH--THE BRAND PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING

CHAPTER XXXII.

HIS PA'S MARVELOUS ESCAPE--THE GROCERY MAN HAS NO VASELINE--THE OLD MAN PROVIDES THREE FIRE ESCAPES--ONE OF THE ESCAPES TESTED--HIS PA SCANDALIZES THE CHURCH--“SHE'S A DARLING!”--WORLDLY MUSIC IN THE COURTS OF ZION

CHAPTER XXXIII.

HIS PA JOKES HIM--THE BAD BOY CAUGHT AT LAST--HOW TO GROW A MOUSTACHE--TAR AND CAYENNE PEPPER--THE GROCERY MAN'S FATE IS SEALED--FATHER AND SON JOIN IN A PRACTICAL JOKE--SOFT SOAP ON THE STEPS--DOWNFALL OF MINISTERS AND DEACONS--“MA TO THE RESCUE!”--THE BAD BOY GETS EVEN WITH HIS PA

CHAPTER XXXIV.

HIS PA GETS MAD--A ROOM IN COURT-PLASTER--THE BAD BOY DECLINES BEING MAULED!--THE OLD MAN GETS A HOT BOX--THE BAD BOY BORROWS A CAT!--THE BATTLE!--“HELEN BLAZES!”--THE CAT VICTORIOUS!--THE BAD BOY DRAWS THE LINE AT KINDLING WOOD!

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

PECK'S BAD BOY.