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

attNi &lNs AlltA tAlI AAN Nlul oNNE hN lnE renee
seemed to stand out very plane. 1t was
something l.ke lying down IN a nice lovely
bath after al awful hot day Only 81
course seeing The mcon and thesiccamort
and the elm, made L httel difFrcnt too
because you Couldn't u done that Il YOU
were taking bath And you couldn't oi
snleiled the roses Tho way you could now
either 81 you corldnt 81 heard Mr.. Barker
talking To your Farther or your Farther
taling l9 Mr., Barker So lay there kind
81 listening. aud watching ard wondering
4 Hafthcr was going to lct ME go TO the
dancing party, when Mr. Barker spoke up
louder than before
OF course yeu know the Bispotch Is going
to boom yeu for rayer, Mr Blanchard,
he said
/ could hear Farther kind Of laugh then.
ca nonsenca. he said, don't believe
TIN thr r'an iormayer,
Yes YOU arc, Just The man, Mr.. Barker
answered just the man cxackly And
we're going To hceia on sou carly enough so
that by iall people will know for sure who
you are.
We'll, how arc you going TO Legin2 Far
thcr asked, laughing sone more, black head
lines and photographic
| couldn't help wishing the gipsy lady
could soc him now, he seemed to feel 50
mach mole pleasant andlike talking.
No we're going begin at the beginning,
Mr. Barker said, ard lead up to ii gradually.
Beain with my toyhcod2 Farther asked,
Well, they tell ne | was q pretty lively kid
That was sind cf a surprise, too, but il it
was really So ] wished hc would % on and
tell more about It. But Mr. Barker took
oft his notebook then and asked him where
he was born
The troon was right over the siccamose
row and when locked III II tbs time, it
almost made me jump because the Man IN
the Moon was watching evrything 50 very
bright and plare never really noticed
before how very bright and plane he could
look WHY It seemed dis il be was just
watching eyrything as hard as he could
watch, and at the saIuc time smiling Just
watchingand srliimg, watching ard sn'iBng
II it hadn't been fcr that praps il wouldn't
Fave happened TIE way ii did But !
couldn't secnl to notice anything else, rot
looking back SO fard, first at tic Mar IN The
Moon and then at the stars kceping 50 stil
all round him. And pretty soon ol course
/ began to understand why il was they kcpt
ostiIl and never made the least disterhancc.
1t was because the Man in the Moon was
keeping watch, and they knew they couldn't.
SO they Just looked Ike httcl Jewels
sparkling, and the Man ID the Moon locked
like great big jewel smiling and the clouds
seemed to sale round something ike ships.
but without making the least noise or d.
terbaacc, and evrything Up there was n
Just perfect order, Till something happened.
X viii sound strange when tell IT, bQt Il
happened jus. .tc same. and this was it.
The Man ID tae Moon went cut
And what ! am going tc tell now viii
sound strange too suppose But il dds
seem 50 then, il seemed 50 very natural.
Lake this
| booked up at the Man in ibe Moon 70
make sure he wasn't there. and then locked
over AZ Farther and Mr. Barker ard pretty
soop spoke The Man in tbe Mao6 gone
ont I said
Nhat2 Farther asked tarnina his head
round So that ! could see his face very
plane ia the fight What did you cay,
FelNP The Man in the Moons gone
out
Yes, reEa'dc 20 Farther And | think L
willbring trouble
/ ail that because I could sce irata ihe
looks Of tbc stars and clouds there VAS az
ready liltel disturbance there Faah4F
seemed to see It, too. anyway he leclsc<Iat
Mr. Barker and, The Man ia the Moars
gone OUT he said And Mr. Rarker was iAc
most surprised ot all
Gone out be answered, Gone cut whmg'
Shaw What caused him to DO that Nol
cant mean fo say he's gone for good s,a
can mean q say there isn't any Man Id tse
Moon
Nes, | tod him, there vasnt at5 Man ii
the NiooD
Not any Man il the Mocnl Mi Barker
kept saying, Nfy Il au illlFsrsH@n Sar
such thing g happen It's an inlaysilioa
fer hun ID do like tAat without giving the
least Hoticc
Farther seemed to tc thinking very hard
and dee,
Oi eaune il i. he hneliy said, And Il
shows yeu epulsln really trust him, doesn't
itY X tprooves hs Wasn't ihe right man for
the place. dness titf
Etcar.inlr H~s, pplide Nr Barker quite
sew fafrseg Sc Neetl r@en th1t 1ula
SEQ l5 lafs tff Mana taN
Tent ~vrybsyly thai could fll tht place,
eisher fstlhst .A pretty soon. Il must
be lAite heavy work u be tile Man III ihe
Mnsf
sAute heavy v0fF answered All r Ser,
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