Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-13
Little Bobbiie's
Pa
By WILLIAM r. KIRK

TIFE, sed Pa to Ma last mite a.,
Wv you ever happen to motifs ~.
my feeturs are not unlike ~
feeturs of an Indian? -'-e
No, I never did, sed Ma .,u
| notised that yure ackshuns arc ne
those of a Indian a CRATE many +i,,a.
| but I doant think yure face looks rN.1
a Indians face. Ing
/ Haven't you ever notised the.
cheek bones is a trife high & NV w..
Is stern & hooked & my ewes nAarctn1
sed Pa
Not at all, sed Ma. Goodness know,
yure eyes doant look very PIERCING nj,
morning. Go & look at them IN >,
glass Why, SGD Ma, why are you sst
ing me all these foolish question:,
What noshun is in yure he'd now
Well, sed Pa l win tell you n "a,
& Bobbie promise not to take what
tell you litely. l Was toad this Af,.r.
noon by a vary wunderful woman ihs.
l lived on this erth I'VE hundred v.sr,
ago, & that at that time l wss a farnor,
Indian chief in the wilds Of what ia nov
Wisconsin. ShA toad me that I ruJ.1
my peepul sternly, yet gently, & that
had poSitiv geenyus for warfare, All
this & moar was toad me by this wun.
der'ful woman
who Is this wundertuI wognany ed
Ma 1 cud see that she wanted FOR n
know moar
She is a mistick that just cain her,
from India, sed Pa. A newspaper friend
Of mine was going to interview her d
he took me along, & she KEEP looking a,
me all the time she was talking 10 the
newspaper man. After she had Iooks5
a me a long time, Pa sed, she toad
me what have toad you & littsl Bob
bic.
How romsntiek, ssd Ma. Just think
BoDoie' gure tatner used to be ia
gowns, sed Ma. yure beloved gS5
father was seated at camp fire
with a lot Of other old Indian rummies
smoking . pipe & making fancy
speeches. / suppoas about that saim
time thare was a squaw that loved him
all she cud when he dident keep her
busy chopping cordwood.
Not so, sed Pa. The mistick woman
| have toald you about toad me that
wen | was this famous cheef, 1--WE hun
dred yeers ago, l was madly in love
with butiful Indian princess Of another
tribe, & that the father OF the princess
" uhNtIL give MS NauBnIST TO me. nam
sum & powerful tho ! was, sed Pa
The woman sed that l finally agreed To
fife another sutton for her hand, & that
was killed by the sutton in this due
guess my foot must have slipped or
something, sed Pa. Anyhow, ! was
killed, & the yung princess felt so had
when she knew that ! was ded that she
went & croaked herself g. neether Of
us was seen no mOar as Indians
How deeliteful, sed Ma Did this
mistick woman say anything about
yure present married state7 She mite
have menshuned that thare was a prin.
cess waiting for you at hoam, watching
everything get coald
She did menshun you, sed Pa She
sed that now. my second time or erta
| am married 10 that saim Indian ur.n,
cess so you must have lived five hun
dred yeers ago too, sed Pa.
You doant tell me- sed Ma I do9m
seem to feel a bit calder now that YOU
menshun II. ! doant take much stock In
this having lived before, sed Ma. Il
isent what we mite have been FIVE hun.
dred yeers ago, it's what we are golrg
TO mRik out of our lies now But il !
RELY did live FIVE hundred yeers ago.
& loved you, sed Ma, we ought to thins
pritty well OF eech other by now
Deerest luv. Ma sed can I have that
new. hat was telling you about last
mite?