The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-18

spoke too. What he said was, Wen now
tell YOU Mrs Blanchard, don't you begin
borrowing trouble yet We're going to sift
this thing right down, he said We're
going to hunt down them gipsy camps night
now, and by Jinjer well find your httel
girl for YOU before the sun rises tomorrow
morning, he said.
That was the way he talked. And what's
more well show them gipsies we ain t gong
to stand fer EN-, he said.
Mother held out her hand and smiled Just
a littel and asked him woudn t he come IN.
Yes | will, he answered. want to be
straight en- the affair il I'm going to handel
it, he said want to know what that was
the Htte girl done about a rose and who 1t
was saw the eppysode.
We were all going up the steps now and
Farther Was leading the way into the
Gbary
Have chair. he said to the policeman.
Mother kind OF dropped down on one end
of the long highback sofa by the door, and
Fauher sat down too for just minute, and
put his hand up TO her shoulders. | got
up there too, and then Farther reached
right up from where he was and turned the
lights On The policeman hadn't really
sat down vet. and when the lights came on
he stood there for a minute looking at us all
and thought his face seemed kind of queer.
But he Just stood there looking at us very
steddv. And it will sound SO strange if
tell why. that don believe will. Instead
I'll tell what happened because that ex-
planes it anyway
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locking, and Farther was talking quite low
to Mother as if he had forgotten about him
for minute, and the policeman acted as
if he had forgotten what he came for any
way. because all he could do was just to
stand there looking, till by and by he
said something to himself | couldn't
only lust hear it. What he said was, Well
by jnger
That doesn't cxplanc it either. But just
cNackly as he was saying it, there came
something very strange 1t started with
a littcl sound don t know whether any
body really heard it, but the policeman
spoke again. This time it was SO evrybody
could hear him. What he said when he
spoke again was, Well by Juryterl
At that very seckond the littel sound
came again and Mother screamed. | don't
think | had ever heard Mother scream be-
fore but She did then and she jumped up
something as If someone had fired a gun
right at her. and she fell down on her knees
on tho floor right there by the corner Of the
sofa and She screamed again, only it was
Kind Of smuthercd as if she was talking at
the same time too.
She's been asleep She's been asleepl
Oh my littel girl, my littel littel girl And
she pulled her down in her arms, kissing her
as If she was most crazy and crying and
talking to her, She's been asleep! Oh say
sizes been dSlccbl Oh, my littel littel girl
And the policeman just stood there
looking.
Farther was up on the floor looking too,
without saying a single word, but putting
his hand up to lis eyes as if praps the lights
were dazzling him. And Mother got up
from the floor with Luly in her arms.
You must forgive me, she said kind Of
CLEANSING from Farther to the policeman as
il she felt praps littel ashamed, But it was
a great shock. I'm afraid / wasn't quite
porpared for it. she said, brushing off her
ewes as ii She was crying and smiling at the
same time too. m afraid wasn't quite per-
pared. And size bent her head and wiped
of some tears where they had dropped
down on Lulys face
Come Zoe, she said with her voice all
trembly, VIII you-wil you, she was re-
pcatng it like that, and holding out her
hand to Farther and brushing some tears
off her own face again, Come Joe, will you
carry her upstairs'
And then we seemed to be out there ON
the poarch, Just the policeman and | all
alone Because Farther was going up
stairs with Luly in his arms and Mother
very close beside him.
Well Sunny, you've had quite a lively
evening Of it, haven't you1 the policeman
said. and he took out his handkerchief and
blew his nose quite hard, and just then
Farther turned round on the stairs.
Sit down Carter, want to see you, he
said with a kind of queer smile, I'll be back
in a minute Come Felix he said, and |
went up behind them
Mother looked at Farther for minute
after he had laid Luly on the bed and then
she put her hands up on his shoulders, and
/ thought praps she was going to laugh or
praps CRY some more, either one. Oh Joe
Blanchard! she said
Farther sat down in a chair and wiped his
hankerchief across his forehead. couldn't
help wondering if he was remembering what
he said at dinner time about getting us both
to bed at just the proper time. Oh, Joe
Blanchard. Mother said again. Well
there's one thing I'm sure of, and that is
I'll never look a policeman in the face
again as long as live. q O ea
l don't know as | blame you, Farther
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