The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-27
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MN ItFat. tHtl ilht y titf Hidns
MAereasl had formerly lived in al
cranped flat, now had eight rooms,
an attic, and a bath, and all outdoors
ln which 70 cxuit danced madly
Though the eight rooms the attic.
and the bath. and ran outdoors and
shouted to the eternal hills that lay on
p0aite my house. The eternal echoed
back my shouts. Also. my neighbors
ON either side probably set me down
as madman.
was not mad ! was merely ex-
panding. ] was giving voice TO my
delight at being no longer compelled
TO walk sideways through my hall. |
was giving utterances to my JOY that
no longer had TO take half bath
al time.
But as the days went on ] found
that the suburbs also have their cares
The first time oversight, one foggy
morning, tried short cut through
a neighbors back yard, which is not
lncloscd, and my forehead came INTO
unexpected contact with a wire
ciothcsllne missed my train. 4
likewise said unneighborly things TO
my neighbor who advanced the the
ory that il was not absolutely neces-
sary for me TO run across his back
yard. that there was a boasd walk
This leads me TO the board walk.
It wa aigoodsboard walk when II was
first laid. down, but now m any OF TIE
planks are missing. ana as It runs
over marshy ground one has to know
Il well to walk in, safety While !
was learning its safe planks turned
my ankle on a missing one, so 10
speak | at once addressed words
to the mayor OF our town who was
coming down his front path.
We are only 500 souls, but we have
mayor. II gives us dignity, and i
gives him job The words adj
dressed to him did not suit him, and
he returned some OF them TO me,
j9ined to other words-such words as
! do not habitualiy use-so let him
have them back. We were both ex-
cited.
That brings us TO the dog. rhe ma
yCr has dog. We were doing our
talking On The mayors front lawn,
and when our voices rose above the
normal, the dog felt that it was up to
hom to defend the mayoral dignity,
and he gave me a bite. | did not
like the bite, and so | went to the
doctor to see what he could do about
II. He did a bandage about it, after
cauterlzing IL, and he agreed that the
dog would he mcte useful II dead.
However, spared the dog. After
week, shook hands with the mayor
because life is short at best; and
sent some fresh eggs TO my neighbor
for having intentionally loosened his
wire cothesline.
II.
AS | said at the beginning. happy is
the man who can turn his trials to
good account '".
Eden Terrace Is q lonely place. 1t
lies between Paradise Heights and
Eden Flats. Paradise Heights is
heavily wooded; Eden Flats is mar
shy. Many footpads ply their excit-
Ing trade in Eden Terrace, flying with
heir booty 10 the woods above or
the marsh below. The railroad runs
through the marsh. and the trolley
runs through the wood but only a
( lonely road runs through Eden Ter
race. after you pass the settlement.
One dark night | was coming home
from the city by trolley | am little
I near-sighted-not enOash to consult
oculst about il. As l stepped off
+ the car I saw a man who had Grim
/ inal look wished | was back on
the car. but It had gon on and the
next car would MOI be due ior nalf an
/ hour.
+ started down the hill in the dark
night. and the man started after me.
1 FASTENED little. and SO did he. !
( crossed the road going out OF my
way in order to prove 10 my own sat
isiaction that he really was following
me. ! was right He was following
me. and doing it so well that he was
only Few yards behind me.
He was bigger than and was no
match for him had good watch
ard $40 on my person-the very per-
son he was after.
I dogtrotted He d0g-trotted
am pretty good runner, so changed
my dog-trot TO hare's gait He did
/ the same. Ny way led down to the
hill. and it was his way also.
Suddenly thought Of the board
walk over the marsh. ] knew II like
book. Perhaps he did not. II
bcould break his leg. il would be allow
able under the circumstances.
Down we went to where the walk
runs to the station. and leaped nimb
us along. setting my feet on the right
panks. and avoiding the places where
there We're no planks At last |
heard an oath--at any rate. il sound
ed like an oath--and. turning ! saw
him stagger.
I Like a rabbit / doubled on my
tracks and passed him just as he fell
forward would now run across my
neighbors yard, remembering to duck
under the wire clothes-line, and so
make my home safely. ! was free
from pursultr-or so Thought, until |
heard the footpad limping behind me.
He was game. So was one leg.
tip the Hill 4 raced. and he close
at hand. When came TO the yard
had brilliant thought would in
crease MY speed and lead him to his
doom The taut rope would guillo-
line him.
Full til ran ard In the dark
hight dncked under the rope. An
instant later. suspecting nothing, he
ran into il. He was so tall that IL
hit aim in the chest and hurried him on
4. Il