The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-10

chairs and benches are vacant. a
country graveyard quiet pervades The
! place
Occasionally a stranger, forgetting
for the moment the present and re-
membering only the benson Of other
days. finds his way in, and the 3. p. a.
wipes tear from his eyes, shakes his
head sadly, and says with quaking
voice:
I can't do ii. can't! / can't! The
lawl The cruel and inexorable law
The ri~'7 .ueicnting stafates ~ our
land with not permit II. It Is too bad
it is indeed! They have tied US down,
hand and Foot.
THE stranger departs.
Then the K. p. d. let's out hoarse
automobile honk--a sort OF exultant,
rejoicing chuckle- known in past ages
as a horse-laugh.
rs the 4. D. a. really sorry he has
been deprived Of the popular pastime
Of peddling passes?
eIs he2 Just ask any Of them.
Those days viii return never more A
said Chauncey. with a sort of 'quoth-
the-raven sigh When people travel
nov, ali we can give them free is one
of our folders printed in red yellow,
and green. Ten years ago i was diff
ferent9
Chauncey iii the cigar he had pur
loned from me, and waited few
vegetable rlnglets ia my direction
Ten years ago ticket buying was
d fine art, he said, A good per cent
Of travel Is in groups always been
that way.
Whenever D party of people IS 70
make journey whether lodge,
church. or any other organization
there bobs an ball~wether on two
among the number 10 do all the tank
ing and planning. and al once all the
Others defer to him and permit him to
complete the details Of the journey
"Ten years ago the whole passenger
business revolyed around tho central
idea Of carrying some one free. So
you see at ONCE the talkative and IN
sstent member became the buneo
steerer Of the rest Of the party
He got his passage free, and took |
along on the same terms all his kith
and kin that he could arrange for. ln I
return. he delivered his following over /
60 the road extending him the most /
favors. |
People are very much like sheep
they follow the lead Only occasion
ally You find fellow that actually
does his own thinking. Almost every
me is a blank on everything except t
.he weather You know this to be true
rom your own experience, don't yon2'
J nodded feeble acknowledgment
There came to my mind one particular 1
recollection Of the old way OF handling
business.
There was certain religious order
rear our town, and every year the
MEMBERS had AN annual meeting
Every year We had The same SIGHT,
md the same experience in ticketing
he bunch.
Let us fix Mossbaek Maryland. as !
he place for the annval meeting.
On the first convenient and oppor-
une sunday up would arise Uncle Sol
after prayer o. two- ard
address the congregation On J
matter Of great Importance"
Sol possesses heavy sepulcmal
dice, mass Of jungle whisBers. and
rotund front When words issue
rom a combination like that they are
Llways impressive and convincing.
After a sanity roll of his eyes. and
,iously folding his hands over ME pFo-
ruding anatomy. Sol would proceed
Ike this.
Brethren and sisters. we are hop
ng you all viii attend the annual
Meeting az Mosshaek for the spiritua
strengthening you VIII get from it AS
Matthew says chapter four seven
eenth verse IT Is good for us 20 be
here. But how are We to 81. ,here
Sol stopped and looked around and
waited Tor an answer, but echo was
lot onto his Job.
I repeat continued Sol. how are
sc to ri. there Them are the praett
81 things shat w naFc gct - ihisE
lbout And what 1,es .ie good BOOK
.ay abcut them rat cans taife t.s
SINE aud ioole into tr ,hings s,a-a
allr chapter nine eg tna 1aVc za-5
70 hear. Def em near
aAnd ~hat does that mean. breth-
'eng 81 caut mean anything else,
mis- that soma ~ os has got lo iVok hip
bese tnIre and teii tae es' cf ys
md y yrE aiu4 tee~
in lsr rtaese poas , .h
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