The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-14

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tell you Mrs. Blanchard, don't yot. begin
borrowing trouble yet. We're goirg to sift
this thing right down, he sajI We're
going to hunt down them gypsy amps right
now, and by Jinjer wcll tnd your littel
girl for you before the sun rises tomorrow
morning, he said
That was the way he talked. And what's
more well show them gipsies We ain I going
to stand fer EN-, he said
Mother held out her hand and smiled just
Iittel and asked him wouldn't he come in.
Yes | will, he answered want to be
straight On the affair if I'm going to handel
ii, he said. want to know what that was
the litteI girl done about rose and who It
was saw the eppysode.
We were all going UP the steps now and
Farther was leading the way into the
libary
Have chair, be said to the poleeceman.
Mother kind Of dropped down on one end
Of the long, highback sofa BY the door, and
Farther sat down too for just minute, and
put his hand up to her shoulders. ! got
up there too, and then Farther reached
right up from where he was and turned the
lights On. The policeman hadn't really
sat down yet, and VIXEN the lights came on
he stood there for a minute looking at us'ah
and thought his face seemed kind Of queer.
But he just stood there looking at us very
steddy. And ii will sound SO strange If
tell why, that dont believe will. Instead
TIL tell what happened because that ex-
planes it anyway.
Well the poleeceman just stood there
looking, and Farther was talking quite low
to Mother as il he had forgotten about him
for a minute, and the pcleeceman acted as
If he had forgotten what he came for any
way, because all he could do was just to
stand there looking, till BY and by he
said something to himself, ! couldn't
only just hcarit What he said was, Well
by finger
That doesn't explane il either But just
exacllly as he was saying it, ttere came
something very strange. 1t started with
q htte sound don't know whether any
body really heard it, but the policeman
spoke again This time it was so evrybody
could Hear him. What he said when he
spoke again was, Well by Jupyterl
At that very seckond the httel sound
came again and Mother screamed. / don't
think / had ever heard Mother scream be-
fore, but She did then, and she jumped up
something as if someone had fired gun
right at her, and she fell down On her knees
on the floor right there by the corner Of the
sofa and she screamed again, only il was
kind Of smuthered as il She was talking at
the same time tco.
She's been asleep! Shes been asleepl
Oh my littel girl, my littel littel girl. And
she pulled her down III her arms kissing her
as if Site was most crazy ard crying and
talking to her Shes been asleep. OhI say
sizes bccn asitepi Oh, my littel littel girl
And the policeman just stood there
looking.
Farther was up on the aoor looking too,
without saying single word, but putting
his hand tip to his eyes as If plaps the lights
were dazzling him. And Mother got up
from the floor with Luly in her arms.
INu tithoN AotEtNt ll}Ef sliC cdib. klliQ OI
glansing from Farther to the policeman as
if she felt praps a littel ashamed, But ii was
a great shock Tn afraid I wasn't quite
perpafed foi it, She said, brushing off her
eyes as If she was crying and smiling at the
same time tee, Z m AFRAID WASH [ quite per-
pared. And she bent her head and wiped
Oh some tears where they had dropped
down on Lulys face,
Come Jce, \ aid with her voice all
trembly, viii yor will you, she was re-
pcating 1t Ike that, and holding out her
hand to Farther and brushing some tears
ofi her own face again, Come Joe, will YOU
carry her upstairs2
And then We seemed to be out there on
the poarch, just the poleeceman and i an
alone, Because Farther was going IN
stairs with Luly in his arms and Mother
very close beside him.
We'll Sunny, you've had quite lively
evening OIL haven YOU? the poleeceman
said, and he took out his hankerchief and
blew his nose quite hard, and iust thfn
Farther turned round on The stairs.
N N1MN NeAA AAlt 4 MAlN lD see YOU, he
SAID with \ kind " queer smile. I'll be hack
IL 4 minute Come Felix he said. and I
went up behind them.
Mother holsed at Farther for minute
after fle bad laid Luly On the bed and then
she put her hands lip IN his shoulders. ma
! Thought praps she was going to laugh Or
nIal9s II, sry s'l1ie lapFe, either ono. oh Zoe
Blanchard she said.
Farther sat down II hair and wiped his
iha'lEtrchlet across hisl-r1head. Icouldnt
hslp wondering i he vas remembering What
he salgl q dlrner time about getting Is both
% pcd q lust the proper tine. on. Tos
flsnehardl Mother said again wen
lhere one thing I'm sure 81. and that's
l / never lock policeman in the face
affasss 4 lS4,ss a. T. 80 Atss