The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-29
but of course.


day-school and there she smart; but OF course.
eunda,-school doesn't count for much. y
lfsn when YOU came 70 look al her, she vas prety
enough (awin round and little OF course but NICE
eneush), and do think She has the ptstnest eyes.
0uiy 81 course she hasn't SO mueh hair. i'&nd She
,year, good shoes too: and she has cunning voice,
! think only it TOO much like babys tWhene 1
came 70 think it over | decided that | liked people
10 have nice voice None OF the fellows mad ever
thought OF that before. But ] did, and so stuck To
it, You forget 10 look for il because you're so used
10 hear everybody call all day, upstairs and down
stairs. ike. Get up" or, Come to dinnerr or,
Aren't YOU in bed yet" And il spoils H. But Lefty
has a very nice voice for a little girl and ! liked il
when She spoke her piece the Strawberry Festival
When she did that and they all capped, | made up
my mind then that I'd better marry her. And was
ever So glad later. when her looking AT the
map Of lie Holy Land that hey have on the wall
in tte cloal-room went straight where she
vas looking at it, and I SAID her, Say, do yon
Ike geography And she says "Ye-es Don't youg
And | says. Its the only thing like in the whole
match-the aguaFs n The islands, n the exports, n
al tie rest OF -
Oh says She DO you So do Il" Well did you
ever Just hke her aunt came as ever TO
;slng her right thea that I'd take her for my Wiiei
but saw thar Ia better wait and decide, first, how
everything VAS going 10 be- Il was great fun plan
riLg the good times We wers going have when We
grew up.
got out ny school geograph, next day and began
sp9tting places fol Us TO i've on the map There's
pink island up off Scotland for onethat always like
And then Siberia looks 30 empty thought it would
be iun to l}e there rs So large and empty and de-
ssr:sd. thsyd be glad have people SETTLE there,
should taink Ana when Ne wanted to be charitable
ne could iced he Esles And then, us SO near
j Oh he b,p,
Whenever u liked, hs side, without stopping to 90
all around ghe other way. Summer would be best
l.. Siberia for while, Then when the cold grew
mercer and drove : souhN ard with the other wan
dsrins trbes, could leave all children per
fecily warm and sale with nurse Of course) and
We could SO to Africa 10 explore Lefty would be old
enough BY that time not to,mnd spiders and beacon
stTietors and things and we would take barrels OF
bead. to please the natives ana trade them for gun
powder or postage stamps; and bring home lots OF
tiger skins and elephants tusks and gold dust was
gong discover some unknown tribes in the Interior;
don't see why not. There must be some there And
after We had discovered them they might want nae
TO come and govern them; or while anyway MI
they were able 70 do il themselves And hzdnt
planned much than that
Bni tell YOU what really glad about Lefty
Il curious that I'd never thought OF her before
though was near it It's funny how my Wife seemed
to run in that family Just wait, though
One Sunday, after Sunday-school was through /
walked home with Lefty and it seemed good time
- tell her. because Benny Dst tenport was waiting n
take her home roo and I though, she'd hetter tasJ
whose Wife she was So | carried her Snndayls~hoal
books Tor her and her leaflets and her mite-box lis
one g. those yon take home and 81 up and 6ll no
ana ~ up ull you can't ingie it but you don't get
th'ns Yourself You have TO take II back TO school
and empty ont the whole thing for the heather: and
take i home and 90 through al OF i. over gain ana
Ike tn ku0 ho,t
{htE get Wei as saying started off when
Letty dld and said to her, Come along with me
ahq i tell you something
- sae came along and viii say she's always ready
10 Hsfen e Whatever know. And we went trotting
along Up the road and ! SAID to her DO you want
70 20 abroad sometime
And she SAID - e> OF course I dol"
2 siberia and Japan-and Africa with me-"
g-es She says and her eyes began to get big
~ ,tA io1n JU>. zee! nne gogglng when ! thought
Nel said to her You Just look out and keen
qulgt qE ana u marry YOU when you're grown-up And
ven 60 around the world three times without ston-
pug frs 81 all And won't stay home forever
II "e don't want 10. Won't it be great ''-'
and she says "Ne-esg
And / says, say You'll marry me then so- -a
won't YOU" ~ 'DS"' io' sure
{Noe hear thisD
SSsys Ssys she .c,;y Why yes was going to, anyway"
says she Why marry youw
Says l. What when hadn't asked van 70 20
~ STe !" ny, yes was always going TO p
you You we're planning to marry me snyxsv yth~
oui me Knowing thing about it 3 " '
What's the natter" 'ee ""y not
}as5 sad Didn't you know Girls can't do thats"
anytbjog sa$i shs. You ean't make her understand
ten. ~ 4"atese XIV
Vel" says I, They can't They wait until some
less he wants to-" y 1"'0ooy uN-
But didn't" says she
guess you ddnt~ says l. But YOU were oo;nr
TO- fast enough Said 50 yourself Yo wers o;n soins
TO- V{y S. Now .. you've gone and spoiled it att
Nv , nave she asked me, if you'll believe III
said 70 her Because now it isn't anv Sumr;s.
In 1ad It al planned and Was going 10 s1fprise yoa
eEgIyo1oy Nobody wants TO be married without
all gone up' - N"'t uo u. rs
rd 9s 'sR @ %e On and told her a was planning where
lshe.' one Of 'is mnk islands up near Scotlsnd s5r
1i g@i %. sle time and Siberia too And when i was
piore" '0 S0'e 10 AFRICA to Ex-
dn f1a tgsn. I!s II you please She began to sieqle