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Pa said I made him tired . He said I had no more conception of the beauties of scripture than a mule , and then I told Pa he could n't expect a mule to know much unless the mule 's father had brought him up right , and where a mule 's father had been a regular old bummer till he got jim-jams , and only got religon to keep out of the inebriate asylum , that the little mule was entitled to more charity for his short comings than the mule 's Papa . That seemed to make Pa mad , and he said the scripture lesson would be continued some other time , and I might go out and play , and if I was n't in before nine o'clock he would come after me and warm my jacket . Well , I was out playing , and me and my chum heard of the murder in the Third Ward , and went down there to see the dead and wounded , and it was after ten o'clock , and Pa was searching for me , and I saw Pa go into an alley , in his shirt sleves and no hat on , and the police were looking for the murderer , and I told the policeman that there was a suspicious looking man in the alley , and the policeman went in there and jumped on his back , and held him down , and the patrol wagon came , and they loaded Pa in , and he gnashed his teeth , and said they would pay dearly for this , and they held his hands and told him not to talk , as he would commit himself , and they tore off his suspender buttons , and I went home and told Ma the police had pulled Pa for being in a suspicious place , and she said she had always been afraid he would come to some bad end , and we went down to the station and the police let Pa go on promise that he would n't do so again , and we went home and Pa fanned the dust out of my pants . But he did it in a pious manner , and I ca n't complain . He was trying to explain to Ma how it was that he was pulled , when I came away , and I guess he will make out to square himself . Say , do n't these peaches seem to have a darn queer taste .