The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-01
Craldad's Little
Fling
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GIVE II III. egandad 70 IN ".a
mate Of "a to take Ca. II Of cattle
10 chieayo, lis tie rttz.t-t noiloh
| eyee kAew You 70 'Akf INTO yoif
head
Cray" CALCULATED aeaFdaa indis-
nantiy. That's noi The Was g laik 70
me. sen.
We'll, 10 he rcas1n@h.e ana LEI l'ah
20 Is rs-lal
Nov. hoy. I'm Just dl.ns 7" have
title fling. I'm going 70 t!ioa-o, an
don't want no garden. ne!thtf =
ny l;st chance at my time OF lie
New or never. sonny ed" @:aA'''3.
chuckled joyously as his siX-loot
grandson turned away Win an I'M
patient gesture betokenins anxiety
rather than anger.
Crandad was a fine specimen OF
wholesome and vigorous age why,
then, should he not 90 to Chicaso
without a guardian?
BE good little boy and take care
of the ranch" was his parting saiu'e
from the car window, accompanied Dy
a radiant grin.
Take care of yourself" Jack shout
ed adding to himself as the tram
moved out, you old infant"
Grandad enjoyed every moment OF
his Journey from western Iowa 10 the
great mid-western metropolis. So
when his carload OF cattle was duly
disposed Of, and thick wad OF bank
bids in his possession, he started OUT
10 take in the sights. AS he was leav-
Ing the stock yards he met two men.
whom from their appearance ne
judgal 70 be farmers.
BLESS ne. Amt it lucky we met!
You from Indiana and me from Iowa
the two finest states in the Union.
might have got lonesome, but now
we can have a roarin' good time" he
cried
SO the three started out to see Chi
cago. Their car had gone about a
block when it stopped TO take on
lady passenger
Sibclia Graham society reporter
for one Of the city's great dallies =
had awakened that morning in her
room at the Transit house, where she
was the guest for the night OF Tor
mer classmate--in the same .isheart-
ened frame of mind with which she
had retired the evening previous. The
curt, incisive words of her city edit
or we're still ringing In he rcars:
"Unless there is a marked improve
ment in your work, Miss Graham. the
tt will be obliged to dispense with
your services"
The blow was none the less dis
hcartenirg because she had expected
it. The trouble was that she simply
could no, browbeai her brain any
longer into taking enough interest in
mo details connected with her depart
mont 10 satisfy the patrons OF the pa
per who delighted In seeing their i'm
rortancc magnlied in print When
She first started In to report Tor her
.apcr she had felt a keen delight In
hcs work, and was indelatlgabe IN
htr efforts to give satisfaction Five
years of the grind, however, had dis
sipated the halo which rested upon
the brow of the newspaper woman.
The chronicling of trivial details had
become loaihsome and wearisome
task
lack was right when he said that
all Chicago had 10 offer could not COM
pare with the freedom OF western
ranch lie" she solloqui2od To
think OF my having had the nerve to
try 10 compel him to give il 9ll up
I for an unfamiliar and uncon2cnial ey-
isicncc here because, forsooth pre-
ferred Chicago as a place OF resi-.
denee, How well | renemher his sen
! sibie and manly answer:
II cannot leave Oaklands. Sihelia
owe all am, ever will be to my
grandfather. who is the dearest old
boy in the world. II would break his
heart to have me leave him. must
4 stick to the ranch. Ii does seem tc
ne. dearest. that You might be happy
there II really is sonnet hing If a
place. if do say 1T
Well, | have had my way-I am a
newspaper woman, and have my Chi
cago lBless ito. and some other Cir
better worth having will marry-ol
has married, who knows.-the. only
man | ever cared for ought to be
satisfied, but | am not long for q
Whit Of air from that self-same de
spised ranch. and chance to rest m,
poor, overwOrked, ldealess brain I
feels as empty of gray matter as m,
hat declare would prefer te
churn, make butter. or even milk tn.
cows this morning, to doing my usua
stunt"
When Miss Graham boarded III,
car. she found every seat Occupied
Suddenly she became conscious o
someone Juggling at her skirt. Turn
ing. she looked into the eyes of al
old man with a bright and jovia
countenance. who indicated. by mo
ton. the seat he had vacated. Tn,
old man was chatting genially Will
his companions