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


s=sy 5%s;ES9 HAVE already said tha
~ 49, riy name is Felix Farm
AENA9l l,rkZS ham Blanchard, but
M 49, will say i again, and
IlsAsl9 viii also say that | an
S writing book But O
course every book ha,
chapters toit 50 this Is gong % be just on,
Nj the chapters, The last one was about .
httd boy named Peaty, but this is going Z,
Be intirely diffFent And the thing that
il i gong to ten about is something thai
has never been written before The reasaf
ot that Is II only happened last night 81
it couldn't Of Fhat Is one reason Why
must hurry and write il now OF course ]
win tell il Just the way II happened, because
that is what the book is for, to tell things
Just the way they happen So that is
what | am gong . do and now ] wiz
begin.
II didn't really begin till most evening.
i was when Farther came home to dinner.
He didn't look tired the way he sometimes
does, but quite ireash, and as he sat d0an at
the table be said, Well, Louise it looks al If
WAS getting into pollitiz
Louise is nay Mother She and my lttel
sister arc named the same, only everybody
always calls my littel sister Luly So as not to
get them mixed up, But as | said just
now, Farther said, Wen, Louise, II looks as
If was getting into pollitix
Mother loaked quite surprised and re-
peated it after him.
Polhtix2 She said, Why not seriusly you
don meau2 You don mean t0 say your
thinking Of running for anything do y9u2
Farther Kind Of smiled and wiped his
mustaehe after a spoonful Of soop and said
we'll he didn't know fer sure Just vet, but
they had asked him would he consider
running for mayer
Mayer. Mother said, Mayer Why,
Joe, what are you thinking of2 You aren't
procurement enough to run fox mayer are
your
Farther replide rather quick that he
dsan't know why not Il he wanted to, but
the question vas did ne want to.
Wen Mother said, | should think the
question was us THE eitiseas want YOU 70.
told you they had asked me Farther
answered rather quick again. Someo the
leading citisens haze ASKED me to-day If j
would ia wiling "a cdnsidder ii.
Well what ii the world did YOU ten
them7 0Mother said as i She was really
littel TOD much surprised 10 say very
much more about ii
Why / told them 1 would consider is
Farther answered By the woy d news
paper man is conlag TO see me this even
ing They seem ta be trying bring me
before the public
Well, well, she said and smiled this time
as If SIZE had bad good deaI u news toe
Well, well, She said These are honcrs that
never expected I'm sorry tiiat ] Ri not
going to Be here this evening myself, with all
this excitement goinaon
You going @ the coral sussiety2 he asked
her.
Acs, spose I've g9t 10, she repide I
don t feel in the no31 & Il either It's too
hot But teld Fanny Maynard Id go
with her % spase I'VE gat to Iss almost
time 70 be starring tpo Is il too much 10
ask you to put Laly to bels she said after
stopping q liitel you see told Sarah and
Lizzie they eoald both go out this evening
Felix won need ans help, II YOU will just
sec that he get started IN good season.
Whal lime, eght foek2
! Yes promptly al eight Hes been very
SLOW lately about getting IA beA, and he
must be there on lime tonight
& Slow Farther repeated after her
Why yes. she explained i takes him ~
long to get there after he starts
Well Il sre that they both gci there on
time, Farther Said gIansing at me. and we
won h6ee any nonsense about II BY the
way. Feix, he said without taking oti bis
glanse, | thought sou were going TO meet
me At ferbef this afternoon to sce about
your shoes. Where we're you2
/ He meant ny pumps for dancing-school
Sarah spoiled my regular pair by getting
one ID the fireplace one day, when She was
cleaning my room and wa going 10 get
some new ones this afternoon But ! for
got il and there WASH anything else could
say for an excuse
; Forgot II Farther said, as Il that was
verse thar net amy excuse AZ all, Well, i
looks to nie a. II yJa'd be Obliged to miss
your dancing school tomorrow
! ut SCARED nae ghen he said thar because il
vas going % BE the last one, and ii the
evening with ice cream and Alt. | began
telling hilu All about III because il didn't
seenSasdf 1 could inis II anyway
VI Wei, why didn't YOU thnh N that this
afternoon he asked S9u epe I can't dn
anything aboi3t il tomorrow shall be
busy csry trirute Besids nm ret "A sure
Il wouldn't be- a verg g0cd thing fot you to
resN3 ssatfv marty Fe15z IA sASN Yrr lnow