Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-23
CONTINUED from yesterdays paper.

tectly safe. teOrglAnnn thlnkS the
world OF her And, Captain Whit
takcr, don't Ike 10 hear these people
talk OF You as they do. don't Ike
TO read such things IN the paper-that
you were only Dragging IN order to be
popular and meant TO shirk when the
time came for action know they're
not true knew IT,"
Captain Cy was gratlned, and his
qualification showed In his voice,
Thank you Phoebe" he said. 81
nm much obliged to you But, you
see, l don't take any interest IN such
things any more. When realize that
pretty soon I've got to give up that
little girl FOR good can't bear to be
away from her minute hardly. !
don't like TO leave her here alone with
GeorgianuR and
81 will keep an eye on her. You
trust me, don't your
"1rust you? ny the big dlpper,
you're about the only one ] can trust
these days! don't know how I'd
have pulled through this II you hadn't
helped You're dlGrent from Ase and
Bailey and their kind, not meanin'
anything against them, either. But
you're broad minded and cool headed
and and DO you know, If I'd had
a woman Ike you to advise me all
these years and keep me from goin' off
the course ! might have been some.
body by now"
~ think you're somebody as It is"
'Don't talk that way, | own up
Ike to hear you, but I'm 'frad It aln't
true. You say | amount to somothin'
Wen, whatG ! come back home here
with some money IN my pocket, think
in that was all that was necessary
TO make me good deal Of feller.
The old Cy Whitaker place, said
to myself. was goin' to be real Cy
Whitaker place again. And I'd be a
real Whitaker, man who should
stand for somethin', as my dad and
granddad did afore me. The town
should respect me, and I'd do things
to help It along. And what's 1t all
come to? Why, every young one on
the street Is told to be good for fear
he'll grow up like me. Amt that sof
Course It's sol I'm
"You shall not speak so! Do you
Imagine that you're not respected by
every one whose respect counts for
anything? Yes. and by others too.
Don't you suppose Mr.. Atkins respects
you down I'm his heart-if he has one
Doesn't your housekeeper, who sees
you every day. respect and like your
And little Emily doesn't she love you
more than she does all the rest Of us
togetherp
"Well, | guess Bos'n does care for
the old man some. that's fact She
says she likes you next best, though
Did you know thati'
But Miss Dawes was indignant
captain Whitaker" she declared
zone would think you were n hundred
years old to hear you. You are always
( calling yourself an old man. Does Mr
Atkins call himself oldf And he Il
older than you"
"Wel. I'm over Hfty, Phoebe" II
spite Of the habit for which he hat
lust been reproached, the captain
found this u difficult statement t
make.
81 know. But you're younger tha'
most Of us ut thirty-hve. You see, In
confesslng, too" she added, with
laugh and n little blush.
Captain Cy made mental calculG
tlon.
Twenty years" he said musIngly
Twenty years is long time. Nc
Pm Old. And, worse than that, II
an old fool, / guess, II hadn't bee
, I'd have stayed in South America II
stead Of comm here to be hooted ou
Of the town was born in"
The teacher stamped her foot.
"Oh, what shall do with you" sh
exclaimed. 1T is wicked for you
y say such things DO you suppose thd
Mr.. Atkins would find II necessary
, work as he is doing to beat a fool
And, besides, you're not complimeI
tary to me. Should |, do you thinl
take such an interest in one who wa
an imbecileY
% "Well, It's mighty good Of you. Yor
comm here 50 to help Bos'ns tgl
9 along is
y Glow do you know It is Bos'n alt
gether? r. She stopped suddenl
and the color rushed to her face. 81
: rose from the rocker. "l-really
d don't see how we came 10 be di
IS cussing such nonsense" she said
r "our ages and that sort Of thin
p Captain Cyrus, wish you would
to Washington. l think you ought
! 60"
- But the captains thoughts were Fl
from Washington at that moment. II
" own face was allght, and his ey
shQne.
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