The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-24
TEN MINUTES
WIN THF
Short Story
Writers
The Romance of
a Cave
(By Claudluo Sissonl

II was such beautiful summer
morning that even a weather bugGal
man with a crouch wouLn't nave
dared predict as much as a change oI
wind The Widow Warner and hei
son Joe got started for the city by
an early train and after fussina
around with her flower Deds for al
hour Phyllis sat down on the broad
Veranda To rest and think how good
it was to be 1g years old, have d
handsome face, hazel eyes and be
alive in the twentieth century
And then, almost as swiftly as the
flight Of a bullet, things changed IL
was 2 case OF toothache II was no
uncertain thing but fixed fact 1t
didn't give jump and then depart,
but it came to stay There was a
cavity in a tooth and uac ache took
possession aud proceeded to do busi-
ness an two minutes 1t had drawn
rod-lped mouth into the figure Of q
big o. in three there were tears in
those hazel eyes in five the sole own
er and proprietor of the toothacne
and the mouth and the eyes was say
ing TO the cook in the kitcueu:
oh it won't do any good to try
hot salt or hot ashes or TO hold cam
phor IN my mouth I've just got to
suffer with the horrible old thing all
day ] shall be as COOL as dead by
night There are 90000,000 people in
the United States. and yet must be
the only one to suffer
"I'll make you a hot luultice, Miss
Phyllis. The last time, You remem-
ber-'
yes. remember it brought out a
lot Of lreckles on my right cheek, ana
il took weeks to cure tfem. / don I
want "a poultice'
Then can't You do something 20
distract your attention have
heard that il you could get 10 think
ing OF something else the toothache
would go.
but what can / thilk OIL except
that I've got it?'
81 don't know. Isn't there any
Young man you could thiak oi2'
You know there isn't ID there
was he might $50 hang,
III YOU were % take a Walk2
Il might do that Yes, q guess Ili'
20 I'm walk along and pretend tnat
haven't got the tootAache, and may
be- the old thing viii STOP lll walk
n The woods There ere skecters
here. but / might as well be eaten
live as to live ON and suffer
The woods were only 40 ro' below !
he house There was a sharp rise
rom the highway, and en- The ci esi
gas "a rocky ridge and cave. The I
ave was about the size of 1cdr0 ln /
IL a seashore hotel. Miss Phyllis
lad discovered 10 TWO years before.
md furnished it with am old chair
ind rig. That cave had a legend
.tiached 10 it. as have all respect /
,ble caves 10 was To- the effect that /
YOUNG Indian WARRIOR bad hidden
here while waiting to steal ara Indian (
princess from the lOdge of her father, /
mile away. he was successful in /
Dis entornrise. but whether divorce
after a year or So the le-
.end didn't state lt just stopped
ieht or
Miss Phyllis carried her toothache
Iown the road and mp 90 the cave
rifh her. She had to squeeze a lit /
le io get into the cave. bat once On 4
ma seated on the old w0bhly chair 4
snd her feet on the RUG. she save
,crself up 90 thoughts oi That lndiah
Did she want to elopet
Vas she handsome Was papa very
mad when he found her gonc2 Was
he warrior q iim-dandy sort Of TEL
oU. OF only so-sog Did be carry
.he princess away on his shoulder,