The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-03


fHNsSyyNlsssp house I have told to-
sssssssszSSsgssss0 that he has dog nance
Peat. So the only reason / should men
sion il again, is because before | car
write any thing else, am obliged TO tel
something that happened to them both this
afternoon, and | don't want TO confuze
anybody.
The way ii happened was this, II was
Friday and all the children were coming
out Of school They couldn't seem to
wait To get out either, and as soon as they
were all down the steps they began talking
and holering something as if evrybody was
trying ~ get ahead ot evrybody else.
The reason Of ii was, the EXCURSION down
thC river to Saltwater Pines tomorrow
afternoon Miss Purse and Miss Kenton
are the ones that are getting it up, and il is
going to be just Tor the children in there
grades There is going to be regular
cxkurSion boat for ii, and that is the reason
they were making 50 much more noise than
usyual on the way out cf school
Well. as / came down the steps myself,
| happened to see Peaty kind Of standing
by himself out there by the gait Of
course he wasn't talking because in the first
pi1ce he was alone, and in the next place
he isn't one of the kind to talk much unless
he knows sou real we'll Peaty doesn't
laugh or make much noise the way the
Others do, 20 very often either, 80 didn't
think il was ANYTHING espeshial when |
saw him standing cut by the gait all BY
himself Bus as soon as got out there
could see there was something the matter
So spoke To him. | can't remember just
what ] said. but | know II was so' 'ling
about tho EXCURSION 10 Saltwater les.
! wanted to sec what he would say
He didn't answer right at first, and then
when he did be only kind of n1umbled
guess ! amt going, he said
Why not? / asked him. didn't know
the real reason but / thought praps il
might be his cloes Peatv never seems to
haze any nice cloes TO wear, not even for
Sunday They seem kind OF shabby and
old and they arc apt to look too Iittel and
slarunkca Oh him besides. But | didn't
believe he would mind telling, so ] asked
him again.
Why nnt2 | said.
You have fo paw for your ticket, don't
you2 Peaty answered kind of~iHumbing
again, amt got any money for any
ticket
| hadn't thought of that You did have
to3 pay for vonr ticket, but il was only
fifteen cents They had It cheap like that
50 cwyboly could aford it,
Its only gilteen cents Peaty, said,
Couldn't your aunt give you that?
don believe she could, Peaty answered.
Lets go and ask her anyway, said TIL
SO with YOU Peaty | said.
Peaty didn't say anything, but guess
he was thinking about his aunt She is
most always real mean and cross with him,
nd guess he was about sure she wouldn't
him 10. But he looked up as much
Il to say, well he sposed we might try it,
nd we went right along lords home
As said before, Pcaty lives in house
at comes up back to back with our
adse, 50 when we got to our house we
osscd through our yard and cravled under
back hedge. and there was Peatys aunt
! 1t there hanging out some cloes.
\ was kind 81 SCARED when | saw her,
Ruse I remembered how mean and cross
! most always was, and | could see from
= way Peaty looked that he was VERSE
ed OF her than | was. | could see he
1 really TOO SCARED TO ask, now that he
4 light there, so | saw | would have to
III anyway And began without even
- ing TO think.
Can Peaty 60 on the exkurslon down the
user tomorrow after noon2 | said He has
to pay fifteen cents Tor it.
She had cloes pin in her mouth and she
.zas reaching up to the line, but she stopped
and looked at Us.
What's thiss she hollered without taking
out the cloes pin. Excursion down what
hver' Does he think I've got money for
sxkursions2 We'll, haven't and he ought
10 know it.
It's only fifteen cents. / said. but ! was
81 SCARED now guess / didn't say it very
loud
Fifecn cents She hollered, Well, haven't
any fifteen cents to spend on exkursonsl
Perhaps ny Mother would give it to
h:n. said. but my voice didn't seem 10
make any noise .wurth mensioning beside Of
hers.
Aour Mother give Il to ih..sni she answered
Isl as loud as ever. Well. VI amt ,
eee7s thank sou. And she looked at
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