Children's Book Series

Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883

THE BOY WITH A LAME BACK--THE BOY COULDN'T SIT DOWN--A PRACTICAL JOKE ON THE OLD MAN--A LETTER FROM “DAISY “--GUARDING THE FOUR CORNERS--THE OLD MAN IS UNUSUALLY GENEROUS--MA ASKS AWKWARD QUESTIONS--THE BOY TALKED TO WITH A BED SLAT--NO ENCOURAGEMENT FOR A BOY

Chapters

1. Chapter 1

THE BOY WITH A LAME BACK--THE BOY COULDN'T SIT DOWN--A PRACTICAL JOKE ON THE OLD MAN--A LETTER FROM “DAISY “--GUARDING THE FOUR CORNERS--THE OLD MAN IS UNUSUALLY GENEROUS--MA AS...

2. Chapter 2

THE BOY AT WORK AGAIN--THE BEST BOYS FULL OF TRICKS--THE OLD MAN LAYS DOWN THE LAW ABOUT JOKES--RUBBER HOSE MACARONI--THE OLD MAS's STRUGGLES--CHEWING VIGOROUSLY BUT IN VAIN--AN...

3. Chapter 3

4. Chapter 4

THE BAD BOY'S FOURTH OF JULY.--PA IS A POINTER, NOT A SETTER--SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY--A GRAND SUPPLY OF FIREWORKS--THE EXPLOSION--THE AIR FULL OF PA AND DOG...

5. Chapter 5

THE BAD BOY'S MA COMES HOME.--DEVILTRY, ONLY A LITTLE FUN--THE BAD BOY'S CHUM--A LADY'S WARDROBE IN THE OLD MAN'S ROOM--MA's UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL--WHERE IS THE HUZZY?--DAMFINO!--T...

6. Chapter 6

HIS PA IS A DARN COWARD--HIS PA HAS BEEN A MAJOR--HOW HE WOULD DEAL WITH BURGLARS--HIS BRAVERY PUT TO THE TEST--THE ICE REVOLVER--HIS PA BEGINS TO PRAY--TELLS WHERE THE CHANGE I...

7. Chapter 7

HIS PA GETS A BITE.--“HIS PA GETS TOO MUCH WATER”--THE DOCTOR'S DISAGREE--HOW TO SPOIL BOYS--HIS PA GOES TO PEWAUKEE IN SEARCH OF HIS SON--ANXIOUS TO FISH--“STOPER, I'VE GOT A W...

8. Chapter 8

HE IS TOO HEALTHY--AN EMPTY CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE AND A BLACK EYE--HE IS ARRESTED--OCONOMOWOC FOR HEALTH--HIS PA. IS AN OLD MASHER--DANCED TILL THE COWS CAME HOME--THE GIRL FROM THE...

9. Chapter 9

HIS PA HAS GOT 'EM AGAIN.--HIS PA IS DRINKING HARD--HE HAS BECOME A TERROR--A JUMPING DOG----THE OLD MAN IS SHAMEFULLY ASSAULTED--“THIS IS A HELLISH CLIMATE MY BOY!”--HIS PA SWE...

10. Chapter 10

HIS PA HAS GOT RELIGION--THE BAD BOY GOES TO SUNDAY SCHOOL--PROMISES REFORMATION--THE OLD MAN ON TRIAL FOR SIX MONTHS--WHAT MA THINKS--ANTS IN PA'S LIVER-PAD--THE OLD MAN IN CHU...

11. Chapter 11

12. Chapter 12

HIS PA GETS PULLED--THE OLD MAN STUDIES THE BIBLE--DANIEL IN THE LIONS' DEN--THE MULE AND THE MULE'S FATHER--MURDER IN THE THIRD WARD--THE OLD MAN ARRESTED--THE OLD MAN FANS THE...

13. Chapter 13

HIS PA GOES TO THE EXPOSITION--THE BAD BOY ACTS AS GUIDE--THE CIRCUS STORY--THE OLD MAN WANTS TO SIT DOWN--TRIES TO EAT PANCAKES--DRINKS SOME MINERAL WATER--THE OLD MAN FALLS IN...

14. Chapter 14

HIS PA CATCHES ON--TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE BATHROOM--RELIGION CAKES THE OLD MAN'S BREAST--THE BAD BOY'S CHUM DRESSED UP AS A GIRL--THE OLD MAN DELUDED--THE COUPLE START FOR T...

15. Chapter 15

HIS PA AT THE RE-UNION--THE OLD MAN IN MILITARY SPLENDOR--TELLS HOW HE MOWED DOWN THE REBELS--“I AND GRANT”--WHAT IS A SUTLER.--TEN DOLLARS FOR PICKLES!--“LET US HANG HIM!”--THE...

16. Chapter 16

THE BAD BOY IN LOVE--ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN?--NO GETTING TO HEAVEN ON SMALL POTATOES--THE BAD BOY HAS TO CHEW COBS--MA SAYS IT'S GOOD FOR A BOY TO BE IN LOVE--LOVE WEAKENS THE BAD...

17. Chapter 17

HIS PA FIGHTS HORNETS--THE OLD MAN LOOKS BAD--THE WOODS OF WAUWATOSA--THE OLD MAN TAKES A NAP--“HELEN DAMNATION!”--“HELL IS OUT FOR NOON.”--THE LIVER MEDICINE--ITS WONDERFUL EFF...

18. Chapter 18

HIS PA GOES HUNTING--MUTILATED JAW--THE OLD MAN HAS TAKEN TO SWEARING AGAIN--OUT WEST, DUCK SHOOTING---HIS COAT TAIL SHOT OFF--SHOOTS AT A WILD GOOSE--THE GUN KICKS!--THROWS A C...

19. Chapter 19

HIS PA IS “NISHIATED”--ARE YOU A MASON?--NO HARM TO PLAY AT LODGE--WHY GOATS ARE KEPT IN STABLES--THE BAD BOY GETS THE GOAT UPSTAIRS--THE GRAND DUMPER DEGREE--KYAN PEPPER ON THE...

20. Chapter 20

HIS GIRL GOES BACK ON HIM. THE GROCERY MAN IS AFRAID--BUT THE BAD BOY IS A WRECK--“MY GIRL, HAS SHOOK ME!”--THE BAD BOY'S HEART IS BROKEN--STILL HE ENJOYS A BIT OF FUN--COD LIVE...

21. Chapter 21

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...

22. Chapter 22

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 CATA...

23. Chapter 23

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--...

24. Chapter 24

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...

25. Chapter 25

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-BUFF...

26. Chapter 26

27. Chapter 27

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 REA...

28. Chapter 28

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 N...

29. Chapter 29

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...

30. Chapter 30

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--“GENTLE...

31. Chapter 31

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 P...

32. Chapter 32

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!”...

33. Chapter 33

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 SO...

34. Chapter 34

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 VICTO...

35. Chapter 35

36. Chapter 36

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 GET...

37. Chapter 37

THE BOY WITH A LAME BACK--THE BOY COULDN'T SIT DOWN--A PRACTICAL JOKE ON THE OLD MAN--A LETTER FROM “DAISY”-- GUARDING THE FOUR CORNERS--THE OLD MAN IS UNUSUALLY GENEROUS--MA AS...

38. Chapter 38

THE BAD BOY AT WORK AGAIN--THE BEST BOYS FULL OF TRICKS--THE OLD MAN LAYS DOWN THE LAW ABOUT JOKES--RUBBER-HOSE MACARONI-- THE OLD MAN'S STRUGGLES--CHEWING VIGOROUSLY BUT IN VAI...

39. Chapter 39

The bad boy's mother was out of town for a week, and when she came home she found everything topsy turvey. The beds were all mussed up, and there was not a thing hung up anywher...

40. Chapter 40

THE BAD BOY'S FOURTH OF JULY--PA IS A POINTER NOT A SETTER-- SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY--A GRAND SUPPLY OF FIRE WORKS--THE EXPLOSION--THE AIR FULL OF PA AND DOG...

41. Chapter 41

THE BAD BOY'S MA COMES HOME--NO DEVILTRY ONLY A LITTLE FUN-- THE BAD BOY'S CHUM--A LADY'S WARDROBE IN THE OLD MAN'S ROOM-- MA'S UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL--WHERE IS THE HUZZY?--DAMFINO!...

42. Chapter 42

HIS PA IS A DARN COWARD--HIS PA HAS BEEN A MAJOR---HOW HE WOULD DEAL WITH BURGLARS--HIS BRAVERY PUT TO THE TEST--THE ICE REVOLVER--HIS PA BEGINS TO PRAY--TELLS WHERE THE CHANGE...

43. Chapter 43

HIS PA GETS A BITE--HIS PA GETS TOO MUCH WATER--THE DOCTOR'S DISAGREE--HOW TO SPOIL BOYS--HIS PA GOES TO PEWAUKEE IN SEARCH OF HIS SON--ANXIOUS TO FISH--“STOPER I'VE GOT A WHALE...

44. Chapter 44

HE IS TOO HEALTHY. AN EMPTY CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE AND A BLACK EYE--HE IS ARRESTED--OCONOMOWOC FOR HEALTH--HIS PA IS AN OLD MASHER--DANCED TILL THE COWS CAME HOME--THE GIRL PROM THE S...

45. Chapter 45

HIS PA HAS GOT 'EM AGAIN! HIS PA IS DRINKING HARD--HE HAS BECOME A TERROR--A JUMPING DOG--THE OLD MAN IS SHAMEFULLY ASSAULTED--“THIS IS A HELLISH CLIMATE MY BOY!”--HIS PA SWEARS...

46. Chapter 46

HIS PA HAS GOT RELIGION--THE BAD BOY GOES TO SUNDAY SCHOOL-- PROMISES REFORMATION--THE OLD MAN ON TRIAL FOR SIX MONTHS-- WHAT MA THINKS--ANTS IN PA'S LIVER-PAD--THE OLD MAN IN C...

47. Chapter 47

HIS PA TAKES A TRICK--JAMAICA RUM AND CARDS--THE BAD BOY POSSESSED OF A DEVIL--THE KIND DEACON--AT PRAYER MEETING-- THE OLD MAN TELLS HIS EXPERIENCE--THE FLYING CARDS--THE PRAYE...

48. Chapter 48

HIS PA GETS PULLED. THE OLD MAN STUDIES THE BIBLE--DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN--THE MULE AND THE MULE'S FATHER--MURDER IN THE THIRD WARD--THE OLD MAN ARRESTED--THE OLD MAN FANS THE...

49. Chapter 49

HIS PA GOES TO THE EXPOSITION. THE BAD BOY ACTS AS GUIDE-- THE CIRCUS STORY--THE OLD MAN WANTS TO SIT DOWN--TRIES TO EAT PANCAKES--DRINKS SOME MINERAL WATER--THE OLD MAN FALLS I...

50. Chapter 50

HIS PA CATCHES OK--TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE BATH ROOM-- RELIGION CAKES THE OLD MAN'S BREAST--THE BAD BOY'S CHUM-- DRESSED UP AS A GIRL--THE OLD MAN DELUDED--THE COUPLE START F...

51. Chapter 51

HIS PA AT THE REUNION. THE OLD MAN IN MILITARY SPLENDOR-- TELLS HOW HE MOWED DOWN THE REBELS--“I AND GRANT”--WHAT IS A SUTLER?--TEN DOLLARS FOR PICKELS!--“LET US HANG HIM!”--THE...

52. Chapter 52

THE BAD BOY IN LOVE--ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN?--NO GETTING TO HEAVEN ON SMALL POTATOES!--THE BAD BOY HAS TO CHEW COBS--MA SAYS IT'S GOOD FOR A BOY TO BE IN LOVE--LOVE WEAKENS THE BAD...

53. Chapter 53

HIS PA FIGHTS HORNETS--THE OLD MAN LOOKS BAD--THE WOODS OF WAUWATOSA--THE OLD MAN TAKES A NAP--“HELEN DAMNATION”-- “HELL IS OUT FOR NOON”--THE LIVER MEDICINE--ITS WONDERFUL EFFE...

54. Chapter 54

HIS PA GOES HUNTING. MUTILATED JAW--THE OLD MAN HAS TAKEN TO SWEARING AGAIN--OUT WEST DUCK SHOOTING--HIS COAT-TAIL SHOT OFF--SHOOTS AT A WILD GOOSE--THE GUN KICKS!--THROWS A CHA...

55. Chapter 55

HIS PA IS “NISHIATED”--ARE YOU A MASON?--NO HARM TO PLAY aT LODGE--WHY GOATS ARE KEPT IN STABLES--THE BAD BOY GETS THE GOAT UP STAIRS--THE GRAND BUMPER DEGREE--KYAN PEPPER ON TH...

56. Chapter 56

HIS GIRL GOES BACK ON HIM--THE GROCERY MAN IS AFRAID--BUT THE BAD BOY IS A WRECK!--“MY GIRL, HAS SHOOK ME!”--THE BAD BOY'S HEART IS BROKEN--STILL HE ENJOYS A BIT OF FUN--COD- LI...

57. Chapter 57

HIS PA IS DISCOURAGED. “I AIN'T NO JONER!”--THE STORY OP THE ANCIENT PROPHET--THE SUNDAY SCHOOL FOLKS GO BACK ON THE BAD BOY--CAGED CATS--A COMMITTEE MEETING--A REMARKABLE CAT-...

58. Chapter 58

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--AN EXPLOSION--THE SEIDLETZ POWDER--HI...

59. Chapter 59

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...

60. Chapter 60

HIS PA KILLS HIM--A GENIUS AT WHISTLING--A FUR-LINED CLOAK A SURE CURE FOR CONSUMPTION--ANOTHER LETTER SENT TO THE OLD MAN--HE RESOLVES ON IMMEDIATE PUNISHMENT--THE BLADDER-BUFF...

61. Chapter 61

“What was the health officer doing over to your house this morning?” said the grocery man to the bad boy, as the youth was firing frozen potatoes at the man who collects garbage...

62. Chapter 62

HIS PA BROKE UP--THE BAD BOY DON'T THINK THE GROCER FIT FOH HEAVEN--HE IS VERY SEVERE ON HIS OLD FRIEND--THE NEED OF A NEW REVISED EDITION--THE BAD BOY TURNS REVISER--HIS PA REA...

63. Chapter 63

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 N...

64. Chapter 64

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 FUL...

65. Chapter 65

HIS PA DISSECTED--THE MISERIES OP 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-- “GENTLE...

66. Chapter 66

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 P...

67. Chapter 67

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!...

68. Chapter 68

HIS PA JOKES HIM. THE BAD BOY CAUGHT AT LAST--HOW TO GROW A MOUSTACHE--TAR AND CAYENNE PEPPER--THE GROCERYMAN'S PATE IS SEALED--FATHER AND SON JOIN IN A PRACTICAL JOKE--SOFT SOA...

69. Chapter 69

HIS PA GETS MAD--A BOOM 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 VICTOR...

70. Chapter 70

“Ha! Ha! Now I have got you,” said the grocery man to the bad boy, the other morning, as he came in and jumped upon the counter and tied the end of a ball of twine to the tail o...

71. Chapter 71

HIS PA GETS BOXED--A PARROT FOR SALE--THE OLD MAN IS DOWN ON THE GROCER--“A CONTRITE HEART BEATS A BOB-TAIL FLUSH!”-- POLLLY'S RESPONSES--CAN A PARROT GO TO HELL?--THE OLD MAN G...