The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-20
TRAGEDY OF R WlND.
ag aEoaaE 1 RALMEa


waiting room Lock al that man
the one just getting into the elevatorl
it's too late He's gone
She sank back into her seat. III
he hadn't got away 80 quickly I should Y
have rushed up 70 him and asked him
to please pull my hair" she remarked
pensiyely
Her companion looked exasperated.
Helen. you do say the most ridicu-
Ious thingsi win you kindly ten me
why you should want to rush up 70
any man and ask him to pull your
hair?s
The girl in the toque glggled.
'Why. yes, ! was just going to tell /
you" she replied
you know two years ago last sum
mer, after ] had typhoid and had to
have my hair cut OF, ! went up 70 a
farm in Wisconsin to stay month"
q know you stayed only week"
That's part Of my story One day
when / had been up there nearly a
week started out for long walk in
the woods, in the course Of my wan
derings / came to lovely little lake
with the most beautiful pond lilies
floating on IT, There was a canoe
drawn up on the beach at one end
and a little boat house among the
trees"
When does the man come in?"
"All in good time, my dear I'm
leading up to him. I looked all
around fox somebody the canoe might
belong to, and then I decided to bor-
row It for few minutes and paddle
over and get some lilies. trusting to
luck that the owner would be kind
enough to stay away until got back"
Nice, high prineipled thing to do"
Il padded over to the lilies and
was having a beautiful time gathering
q great bunch Of them, when | discoy-
cred that the paddle was floating
around in the water just out OF reach.
leaned over as far as dared, and
was elawing for 1t, when heard a.
shout from the shore. A man was
gesticulating and gyratng on the
beach. Hey, look out' he yelled
Wait till row out and get It'll
"He dashed into the boat house and
brought out rowboat He rowed
over and pushed the paddle within
fy reach, and ! padded back with
him in my wake, feeling the way
used to when ] tried to play hooky
and got caught"
And what has all this got to do
with hair pulllng?" asked the other
young woman restlessly.
"Oh, I'm coming to that. After he
had helped me out Of his canoe and
dragged the lilies out, we looked al
each other and laughed He had the
most delightful laugh and dark blue
eyes and broad shoulders. And ther
he wanted to know II he couldni
carry the lilies home for me, and thu
first thing / knew we we're wandering
along through the woods and hayinI
a beautiful time"
you didn't think Of asking hi
name or where he came from befor'
you went strolling through the eoun
try with him. Itsuppose?" suggested
The girl who wEs doing the listening
"Well. everything went along de
lightfully." proceeded the girl wit
the toque, until just as we reache
the farm house where I was stayinl
Then nasty little gust Of wind cam
up-shere hadn't been breath G
- air stirring all day-and blew my ha
off. And, my dear, 1t took my wi
with it! You know had to wear on
because I didn't have any hair, an
there I stood looking like sheare
sheep"
He certainly FAUST have know
how it was"
Il don't know what he knew {
what he thought, for Ae minute b
brought my hat back flew into h
house and the next day skipped tt
country and came back home. I wt
afraid ! would see him again. No
you know why want to have BIZ
pull my hair.
"0h, Margaret, here be comes baC
again, right toward-look, the tall OF
with the gray oyercoatl"
'sThat mani Why. that's sidn'
Hollister I've known him for ages
Before the girl in the toque eou
stop her the other young woman hi
Intercepted the young man and
was standing smiling down at him.
Sidney, this is Helen Benedict, al
she wants you to pull her ha
please gurgled Margaret.
Pull her hair" the youth begl
amazedly, then light dawned in b
eyes as he held out his hand eagerl
rs It really you? Well, think y,
nught to have your hair pulled
the way you treated me that day, a
then skipped the country afterwa
withoue leaving trace. tried
bribe the people at the farm house
He broke off and then began aga
u won't pull it here in public, but
you'll let Margaret bring me up
see you some day III be glad to 81
It little tweak and call It square.
Didn't You really think"
- 'That you always wore wig? \
NJ for minute-and anyway" au
& ciously, you weren't such an aw
eyesore without it."