ESOLVES TO
BE GOOD

CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XII.
THE OLD MAN SHOOTS THE MINISTER--THE BAD BOY TRIES TO LEAD A DIFFERENT
LIFE--MURDER IN THE AIR--THE OLD MAN AND HIS FRIENDS GIVE THEMSELVES
AWAY--DREADFUL STORIES OF THEIR WICKED YOUTH--THE CHICKEN COOP
INVADED--THE OLD MAN TO THE RESCUE--THE MINISTER AND THE DEACONS SALTED

CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE BAD BOY A THOROUGHBRED. THE BAD BOY WITH A BLACK EYE--A POOR
FRIENDLESS GIRL EXCITES HIS PITY--PROVES HIMSELF A GALLANT
KNIGHT--THE OLD MAN IS CHARMED AT HIS SON'S COURAGE--THE GROCERY MAN
MORALIZES--FIFTEEN CHRISTS IN MILWAUKEE--THE TABLES TURNED--THE OLD MAN
WEARS THE BOY'S OLD CLOTHES

CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XIV.
ENTERTAINING Y. M. C. A. DELEGATES--THE BAD BOY MINISTERS AT THE Y.
M. C. A. WATER FOUNTAIN--THE DELEGATES FLOOD THEMSELVES WITH SODA
WATER--TWO DELEGATES DEALT TO HIS MA--THE NIGHT KEY--THE FALL OF THE
FLOWER STAND--DELEGATES IN THE CELLAR ALL NIGHT--THE BAD BOY'S GIRL IS
WORKING HIS REFORMATION

CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XV.
HE TURNS SUPE. THE BAD BOY QUITS JERKING SODA--ENTERS THE DRAMATIC
PROFESSION--"WHAT'S A SUPER"--THE PRIVILEGES OF A SUPE'S FATHER--BEHIND
THE SCENES--THE BAD BOY HAS PLAYED WITH MC'CULLOUGH--"IWAS THE
POPULACE."--PLAYS IT ON HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER--"I PRITHEE, AU
RESERVOIR, I GO HENS!"

CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVI.
UNCLE EZRA PAYS A VISIT. UNCLE EZRA CAUSES THE BAD BOY TO
BACKSLIDE--UNCLE EZRA AND THE OLD MAN WERE BAD PILLS--THEIR RECORD IS
AWFUL--KEEPING UNCLE EZRA ON THE RAGGED EDGE--THE BED SLATS FIXED--THE
OLD MAN TANGLED UP--THIS WORLD IS NOT RUN RIGHT--UNCLE EZRA MAKES HIM
TIRED

CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVII.
HE DISCUSSES THEOLOGY. MEDITATIONS ON NOAH'S ARK--THE GARDEN OF
EDEN--THE ANCIENT DUDE--ADAM WITH A PLUG HAT ON--"I'M A THINKER FROM
THINKERSVILLE"--THE APOSTLES IN A PATROL WAGON--ELIJAH AND ELISHA--THE
PRODIGAL SON--A VEAL POT PIE FOR DINNER

CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE DEPARTED ROOSTER. THE GROCERY MAN DISCOURSES ON DEATH--THE DEAD
ROOSTER--A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH--THE TENDERNESS BETWEEN THE ROOSTER
AND HIS FAITHFUL HEN--THE HEN RETIRES TO SET--THE CHICKENS--THE PROUD
ROOSTER DIES--THE FICKLE HEN FLIRTING IN INDECENT HASTE

CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XIX.
ONE MORE JOKE ON THE OLD MAN--UNCLE EZRA RETURNS--THE BASKET ON