Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-17


l'ate on the porch beside her
Gorge sat mp as if carved in stone.
al occasional blink the only s;Sn =.
show that he was alive. while Da.~.
lowered anXiously over him
Was Your father awful. awful cross
aid did h speall as if you mus inst
mir. him whom he lold YOU ina yaa
seoHld not 90 oil in the laky IN (. =
Tie boat"
George nodded 2loonrily thar sac4
Was h, case.
Then YOU can't 90 now and be Cri@
>oler Clumsus. can Hou. GEORGE
George shook his head dismallv.
And You must stay al home all tjaH
and be Yourself. mustn't youo"
i won't stay at home all day and hC
II yself said George. sr,mpily. Il
Won't, | won't, If | cant go and he
Chrissofcr Cmmsus. Ill b. somebody
t5se. you see if don't. If my father
vonf ge1 me 90 and discover no
=hoeans III go and discover Il little
lake anyhow. \ little one lesser than
= naceau and closer 10 the land.
And discover one with not much
Water in it. George. so hat when W.
90 on it in ou1 Ii tie boat We will not
b" fraid.'
I'm never 'fraid. retorted George
standby. I'm no girl
some DAYS wish wasn'J. sighed
. Daisy. "bu1 | wish was truly fairy.
made of windows. so you could Sc
right straight through he and that !
ecu}d LEI You have every wish You
could make Then you could joy your
s,if. couldn't yoil. George2?@
@lsh-huh wish We could be awful
poor and go balcfooled and wade l.
.he mud and sleep underline hedges
.Afe hedges warm lila quilts.
George?
Warmer. Md I'd like 20 be chased
ar,t of garbage boxes by policemen.
too. and 70 have TO earn money for my
father and mother selling Watermelon
cut MP on bon.
.-Oh.I know and sell papers on the
istreel cars and get your foo c1It off.
Yes. and never have TO go TO schooi
inor oct washed nor have amy c}ean
waist plIt ON me no3 have to go TO tht
BARRIERS and got my hair trimmed.
i foin9 all those things is like DOING
othing. and want % do someth!ne.
Yes. and Joy ourselves and have
our mothers tax in washing and car
nv bags Of coal OH their heads, and not
rnaW where ~ are all day. and make
u~ carry our fathers dinner in a pail.
..0h. come on and lots run away.
Ia.d ro1 come home any more. VIII
ycue4
.Not ne4sr. NnVer moro Al all, To
zappar or dinner or cookies. e1= to sec
l.,esco1J. my new whi.e kitty Who
VIII ppH us q bed evenings and hea''
n- say our prayers.
Georges lip cnrlcl "Frai@N. frai Y,
20 cried. Girls are AL old fraidf
tIiaes
~rh..> arp not. George Young. Girls
.a,e no 'traidv. and nciIher am
au are. too. and am GOING alone
"Yan shall not. | am going with
#4e.Q. am net no old 'fraid& thing
#o,,}v but / haven't been punished or
seoldcd. and haven't no reason }e
run away. have l?'
~of course Won haya. We all nave,
r,rlied George i'll a mast'riul# tone.
fln1= tired of being Here and | want 10
90 There. There is lots moro fun than
Here.
Us There where all the fun IS
GEORGE. and will be 'joyinS ourselves
every mortil minute?
Every. I, ism, very far com
, on.
Daisy sulped down sob and WINK
81 away a coming tear, ioi dS s'5' 81
liked Here pretty we'll. and was II
crnht as 10 What would be looho
There. but George was going. and she
INST 90. 100. though she did long for
another romp With her new N''N
Prescott. and few more OF Mena
,,,rrant cookies. with pink sugar roii-
.d into the tops of th@m, and her mlnd
straved away to four of these cookies
and glass of cool water, ana herse'l
in her little red chair on the SilaoN
sido porch: bat George was horrHlhS
hor along. and on and on they Went
for bonrs II seam"d, until they came
- the lake. which looked exactly like
,1.aat round shining turquoise se'
IL the gray silver of the sky. ana a
11av were very warm from watkins
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