Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-06-20
Jimmy Traut The Dreamer
WONDERFUL THINGS HAP
PENED TO HIM.
BY KENNETT HARRIS.

Nights" or course there were otner
fairy stories Jimmy got hold OF where
magic tinder boxes, rings, lamps and
the like brought treasure and conse-
quent happiness to their lucky possess-
ors.
Jimmy used TO dream over these de-
hghtml happenings by the hour il.
his childhood. and he found il great
comfort. When he WIS struggnnp
with his home lessons that tangled
themselves ~ hopc.essly In his pnlzler
brain il was SO sweet to ima.iue some
henehcant brownie or other apneariul
unexpcctcdlv to wl,ca .wlnu and cause
the eHaspeptng o.gmpps tu arrange
themselves n net, ana urrc,t solu-
lion on the tear-bist0.a r.rrI. before
him. and To p'r.rc Tie sancl.cul
surprise and katherine communications
of his teachor. lr when circus dn,
was approaohing aud d, w.s remoan
inc the parsimouy of his parents. ia,n
downward in the clover i'm secluded
corner of the orch. ra then to thinl, of
a ieprechuan whom ne u,rhl seize unr
squeeze out the price Of "a Whole row
Of the best reserved seats, Wha; NOT.
OF gold Jimmy discovered at rainbow
ends: what pmuGae 8f rnhnor band. n
secret caves; what wi hes he wished IN
series of threes, We'll we all have
wished and IMAGINED the same things
suppose. only we get over such non
sense as we grow older Jimmy nc.er
did.
He came to the city. lie did not at
all intend to stay there He would
merely remain lons enough to make y
fortune and then return to dazzle ev-
erybody with his spcndor and munih-
cence for the rest OF his days. II Jim
my's dreams had come true poverty
would have been abolished in that it
tie village of his. / can tell YOU.
But the dreams didn't seem TO come
true. Jimmy wasn't much more than
an errand boy at first and it was rather
rough shedding for him. The boss
didn't call him in and after telling him
that he had observed with gratifca-
ton the evident devotion to the bust
ness he, Jimmy. had displayed, make
him a 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 to "a
from Market street to State street and
back he would be fred.
He rose to 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 saw for himself but he had a
wonderfully ready smile and an equal
ly ready sympathy for anybody's trou-
bes. He was careless with his money.
too. 1t 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 hapuinessey of his life
He met the princess. She was the only
daughter of his employer and was
young and teautifui Jimmy opeped
the door for her as she came in one
day and she smiled graciously NJ MIN
as a princess should. and ten minute,
after that Jimmy hgd won her blusb.
ing Acknowledgement of her love for
him and her fathers consent TO their
union. The same old partnershin fol-
lowed. of course. Just then Tammlt
the chief clerk. touched him on Inc
shoulder and said: "If you've cot those
invoices ready. Mr. Trout Iu take
EN-
For two vears thot bon,iness los,o
and then the princess married Aiba,.
p Wrenshaw of Wrenshaw g pi1dos
PERHAPS that ought to have ,urcd lin
my. but # didn't
AT last Jimmy married If Mrs
Traut was not really the prinress she
was at least mighty capabe woman
and did wonders with Jimmv's small
salary. II was certainly wonder tina,
she could make it stretch TO the need.
of that family for it got 10 be a sizo-
Bile family I'm time. She was rather in