Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-16

ing state of Iowa that are more dan
gerous to handle. Now cows-I'm
timid OF cows. never feel safe when
there are cows around. | left home as
much for that reason as any other
Father insisted that I help to milk,
and just slung a few of my more
valuable possessions into. bandanna
handkerchief and followed off the first
circus that come along rather than do
t. I've never been home since. though
/ write to mother regularly every Sun
day morning. sent her the money to
clear the mortgage off the old place
last week. Know anybody in Ohio|
The girl raised her big brown eyes
big brown eyes and yellow. curly
hair had been the prime essentials to
beauty in Belwynds estimation-from
the elephant to Belwynd's face She
was trembling slightly. and her voice
| quavered.
"ohio is my home" she replied. Il
came from near Chillicothe."
That's funny. So did l. Who'd
ever have thought that two lonesome
people from the same place who'd
never seen each other before would
| have been blown out from among ten
thousand by a tornado and pumped
! down together in nice pleasant place
like this hollow to talk II overt We're
lucky not to be dead We must be
quarter OF a mile from the show
ground. and we didn't touch once on
the way, or breathe,-at least didn't
II looks like fate"
The girl smiled. "How do you know
I'm lonesome?" she asked,
Because your homes IN Obio," he
answered promptly. "and yod're long
ways from IL. nd--ald-you're
afraid of elephants. Everybody is
lonesome when he's away from home
Home wouldn't amount to shucks as
an institution II he wasn't"
81 am lonesome" admitted the girl
"I'd give anything If | was back In
Ross county this very minute" She
glanced significantly at the elephant
and wiped the corners of her eyes. 81
didn't have to leave. But my uncle
wrote to me asking If ! didn't want a
position in his restaurant out here
and | was foolish enough to take 1t
/ thought 1t would be better than the
farm. And after I'd taken IL | was
ashamed to go back till I'd stayed a
year cause | said | was going to stay
year Father wrote me long ago
saying he could tell by the tone OF my
letters that was homesick. He said
I'd better come back. | wrote and told
him that nothing but a--a-'
Tornado" suggested Belwynd
Eyes, that nothing but tornado
that's what it amounted to-would
make me come back till my year was
up. and he SAID was just like mother
set In my way. After that | got q
letter from mother, and she said she
was sorry / was so stubborn. but she
knew / couldn't help it, cause | wai
father right over again. My fathers
name is William Travis Perhaps
you've heard of him"
NO" said Belwynd. honestly, I"
never did Your home must be soutf
Of Chillicothe isn't it?"
Eyes. Yours is north?'
"Yes."
: But it's all old Ross county"
: Yes looking at the girl in franz
admiration; its all old Ross county.
And we're far away from 1t"
Ear away from IT,"
The girl drew long breath
Wouldn't you like to go back?' sh
asked.
We'll" confessed the elephant mai
slowly, sometimes do feel a banker
ing of that sort, and l can't accoun
for 1t. l never got much else thai
! kicks and pushes when | was there
Maybe twas my own fault, but lik
TO think twas more because none o
my folks understood me. Old Ros
county turned me down unreasonable
hard. yet the hankering comes In spit
o of II. I'm a good deal like a man
knew once who was with the show
Him and his wife done turn on tn
trapeze that was good for letters
I foot high on the bills. Il was a stun
}. ming act. But the little woman too
= sick. Overwork, | guess. They calle
n 1t consumption. Twas heartbreakin
: to hear her cough. But she never los
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