misbehaven

Updated: May 18, 2025

A man that don't respect his mother is lost to all decency; a man who will hear her name belittled is a Judas, and a man who will call his mother 'old woman' is a no-good, low-down, misbehaven whelp. Why, damn it, I'd fight a buzz-saw, if it called my mother 'old woman' and she's been dead a long time; gone to that special, exalted, gilt-edged and glorious heaven for mothers.

Jasper Ewing Brady - Danger Signals : Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers