Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-07-04
Jimmy Traut The Dreamer
WONDERFUL THINGS HAP
PEGED TO HIM
BY KENNETH HARRIS.

my Ira4t-Grmms ald The Arabian
Nlgh1 Of course there were other
fairy stories Jimmy ~, hold u SaeT-
magic Under 191e,. rings. lamps and
the Ike brought treasure and rJnse
quelt happiness % their lucky p1ssess-
ors
Jimmy gsei % dream over these de-
hgh,l happenings by the hour IL
his childhood and he found !, q great
o1ufort When ae Vas struggling
With bis home -,.ans ,da, tangled
themselves p aop-.e.s.y 10 a!- puzzle
brain .' vas -0 sweet fa imagine some
5-lsareu' Hr1gals or other aggaa-ia.
laAaeD'e1ly 20 warea aagl ana .a.ss
'h- asgr--'ilg eAaMy.e 'u arrange
themselves % ue4t ana correct -o.s-
u.l 20 'Hs 'eAr-b..s,.reI paper before
him uI tD picture 'ar -.1--I el'
surprise sut c4tre-lag uu-su.a.luH-
y bis teacher Jr Hlaa .-u. ds.
was approaching and Doe .eI"al
lnp me pasu.ny of bis parents ,a.
downward .H 'te clover .u .e 4ta
corner " rho nr.1.-I then 'o think d.
f. 'eere.a4an whom be- might seize 40
squeeze orr 'A- p-.0a " Whole r."
~ 't, best 20. ar,e5 eats Waa. 1.'
~ ,l.I Jimmy t!-r.,ere! AZ rainbow
elG- what pual-- 0{ ra5ae- bands .r
-a.r-, caves. what als b.. be- Wis -eI .r
series OF 'hse-s' Well ua s. have
wished and imagined the same '-l.gs.
! np,.e e. only We 90, over such nom
sense as we grow older Jimmy ueer
did
He came 20 the dry He dii ro' o.
all intend 20 stay there He w1u..
merely remain long enough 20 make p
fortune and then return 20 dazzle cy-
eryhoay w.'h hts spientor ana mlu!f-
cen.e for 'he rest Of his days II Jim
mys dreams had come true poverty
would have been abolished In that III.
tie village Of bis. can tell you
But the dreams didn't seem 10 come
true Jimmy wasn't much more than
an errand boy at first and f, was rather
rough shedding for him The boss
didn't call him in and after telling him
that he had observed with grarifca-
ton the evident devotion 10 the bust
ness he Jimmy had displayed, make
him q junior partner The only time
the young man was called into the sa-
cred presence during the first year was
when he WAS informed that the next
me he took an hour and a half 10 q
fr,m Market street 10 State street and
back he would be fired
He rose 10 bis clerkship, for. in spite
Of his dreaming he could and did work
In way and he was liked. Nobody
could help liking jimmy. He had IT.
lie to say for himself. but he had a
wonderfully ready smile and an equal
ly ready sympathy for anybody's trou.
bles lie was careless with his money,
too, II may be remarked He didn't
have a great deal. but what he had
anybody could get away from him. He
was what is known as an easy mark"
In the course Of % few years he had
one Of the great happinesses Of his life
He met the princess She was the only
daughter of his employer and was
young and beautiful Jimmy opened
the door for her AK she came In one
day and she smiled graciously at hin
as a princess should, and ten minutes
after that Jimmy had won her blush
ing acknowledgment OF her love for
him and her fathers consent to their
union The same old partnership fol-
lowed. OF course Just then Tammit,
the chief clerk, touched him on the
shoulder and said III you've got those
invoices ready Mr. Traut, IN take
'em
For two years that happiness lasted
and then the princess married Alber,
p. Wrenshaw, Of Wrenshaw a Blddles
Perhaps that ought to have cured Jim
my, hut II didn't
A. last Jimmy married II Mrs.
Traut was not really the princess, she
was at least q mighty capable woman
and did wonders with Jimmys small
salary II was certainly a wonder that
she could make 70 stretch 10 the needs
of shat family for It got 'o Dee siTa-
hlc family In time She was rather in
tolerant of Jlmmys dreaming MI,
spccuutons On the convenience. for In
stance. of mblrcloth that whenever
spread instantly covered itself with n
square meal adjusted IN size 10 the
appct'es ~ any rumbcr ~ person.
who should 81 around &c. or q carpet
that would solve the question " family
transportation 'o Michigan for the an
nual two weeks vacation l' was non
sense But FOR an that Jimmy feastet
ruylly on the rare yiauis of the magic
9blrrIo.h and yoyagci on the carpet
not only 90 Michigan but 20 an the
Spice islands. distant Adcns and ron
rlidlcrs grounds " which he had ever
heard or read. and the children feastcd
with him and iourncyed with him.
People uscl 10 say. Jimmy Trau'
must have % hard time OF IT, n lit
look % little that way to @ superficial
observer ZIP I'm thc morning early
down 90 the mill that ground him
Work. work Day IN and day out. rlir
VI shine. wet or dry and fo- rorom