The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-25
The facts In the celebrated case {

wrrT,- fiig--small boy had recentl
fallen out of an apple tree and brok
en- his arm, which was still restlnl
lightly In sling,
When Jones and his family had al
rived he took look around, as one l.
likely to do In new hotel He saw
he usual things and one that wa
ather unusual
A group Of ladies--"who ought t
ave known better, as Jones remark
ID to himself-were gathered arount
4 small boy, of about the same sizt
IS Jones boy The boy was sayini
things, Every tlmel he. opened bis
mouth all the ladies' laughed,
The group Of ladies' was augmented
9y the hotel doctor, he stopped To-
q moment and listened. llrhen he said
"Well, mllsti gn'hand do nisoms
york; ra gal no ,i61u /,
The hoy grinned .qgaiB, and said.
With a friendly leer: tt,.
"You work. You make 'lile sick
This sally On IFS part was greeted
With a roar OF JIailghter. '9
Then T.l6heHBiw what IT, WAS HI
raw that this boy was the regula
otel pet qIc, saw, above all thing
hat this boy needed good, old-fasl
oned licking His name, by the way
vas Bobbie Giles
About an hour later the Giles bo.
nd the Jones boy met. The Gllei
BOY was interested IN the Jones hoy'i
lrm. Pretty soon he grabbed Il, ant
hen laughed He thought it was
GOOD joke.
Jones sauntered up.
\ Young man. he said. "just rcmem
ier, please, that my boy has had Z
roken arm. and il is trying to ge
veil. II isn't going TO get woll II boy
Ike you Interfere with It, You ca
)lay with my boy and have all The
friendly dolngs that YOU want wit
aim, but don't touch that arm do yot
nderstand p
The Giles hoy grinned and walked
way Jones went back and sat down
About an hour later he chanced
ear cry. II came from his ow
oy. The Giles boy had got hold O
hat arm again. lie had caught It b
he wrist and bent II back.
Jones got up TO the Giles hoy be
ore he could get away Ne grail
bed him firmly by the shoulder. 'rhe'
he proceeded to administer goof
old-fashioned licking something th,
'iles boy had never had before. 1hel
Iones let go.
Next time.F he said, u guess 20.
viii know better
That's the exactly as It hal
,ened.
AT summer resort Il doesn't TAX
much to make ripple. The Jones
Giles case made a wave. 1t swep
aver everything The quality of tn,
meals was Immediately shelyed as
comparatively insignificant topic. Th'
location Of the hotel, the dispostio.
Of the proprietor, the size of tn,
rooms-all all were lost sight of.
IT'S perfectly awful, exclaimed on,
ady. Il knew the quality Of the pee
pie this year wouldn't be good Las
year they did have such refined lot
Jorrid thing II he felt aggrieved, h,
should have gone to the dear littl,
boy S mother. ! am only too glad L
now about by children
Certainly he should" piped M AN
other. Besides, dear little Bobbie i
so smart and cutel Why he amusel
me blythe hour"
II forgot nlyselfg he said quietly
somehow bi other La0f the impression
hat yonls b9yswas one al those Amer
can boAs that we .someiipes meet II
hotels flesh and unbearable. wht
ieyer has been cdia'ected 81 his par
eats, and who has fallen into IN,
natural andEiIieyithbac a1hblt OF sasin:
md dolne smart things Just to anus
lot Of women who think he is pre-
'ocious. !, gathered this Impression
say, from What ! saw OF him. NJ.
boy had a broken arm fhaf Was heal
Ing, and soui boy Thought he couit
twist it. ! warned him not 10, but he
ignored nv suggestion When he did
Il the second time In the absence d
his father : licked him. ought not te
nave dom Z, OF course. am sorry
viii YOU accept my apology?'
He he'd out his hand. There was
obviously only one thing for Giles Il
do and he did il.
"On one ondition. he said eana
that IS that you viii step this way with
me ! want 70 see yop privately
Mrs. Giles smiled triumphant smile
albeit tingle with a slight air or sar
caspl at the way Jones nut It. bul
there was nothing for her Ia 40 anl
ehe dbl t.
Jones had aEelogilei ~ perhaps Tin
only way that could be expected n
such atn aliogefhcf llnpdssIble person
The bdfuh liens fell away The dis
appointment was Intense.
81 jones led the way to that small
,secreet place IN, The real. of The hotel
technlcally KNOWN as Inc hsr f;ile.
ordered ths drinks, Then he turned
solenfth 9.tb Jones 7fa sli'7'n
"oldqdsmsy ktpelils9efeaolp ~ a.
tn'slds seD3ifd bbamsahddIy gfdsba
5osSfiysf aotfeniy Nat e so,u snvesl IN
lanily honor but You have done some
thing far better You have licked thal
ooy Of mine. It's a Thing have secret
y peen aching to do for years. but
never had the nerve
I don't blame you. said Jones q,
ne silently tipped his glass to hostile
rHrasol ssil1 - be xcen q t,.1 ,:s.s.a..
through thu cranL IL IL. -