Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1885 — A Proud Boy. [ARTICLE]

A Proud Boy.

Samuel came home the other day from school with his clothes torn and burst into the room where his mother and sisters were planning with some Indies how to advance the good manners and gentleness of their youthful offsprings. His mother had already descanted at length on Samuel, his virtues and helpfulness to his playmates. “Why, here he is himself,” she proudly shouted as he came in, threw his second reader on the piano, and unobtrusively stepped on the kitten’s tail. “What have you done at school today,” asked one of the “Oh, I had a bully time. ” And without a moment’s hesitation he opens with a grin a begrimed mouth, and in the cavity thus created appears a bloody ridge along the jaw, minus four or five teeth. “Oh, ma, I licked two boys bigger than I am. Can’t I have my picture taken with my mouth open to send to Uncle Jake?”— Portland Transcript. f