Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-13
Little Bobbie' 3
Pa
By WILLIAM r. KIRK

.NTlFE, sed Pa to Ma last mite "a
wv you ever happen to notis ,ba,
my feeturs are not unlike n.
feeturs OF an Indian?
No. I never did, sed Ms bs,..
notised that yure ackshuns are NJ.
those Of q Indian a CRATE many tlrs,
but I doant think yurs face look. NJ.
Indians face.
Haven't you ever notised thst u-,
cheek bones is a triHs high g. nv no..
IS stern x hooked & my eyes peere,rv
sed Pa
Not Al ell sed Ma Goodness br,,,-
yure eyes doant look very PIERCING ri,
morning 60 & look at them IN n,
glass. Why, sed Ma, why are you sss
ing me all these foolish questions
What noshun is in yure he'd now
Well, sed Pa, win tell you IL yo7
Il Bobbie promise not to take what
tell you litely. vas toad this aftes
noon by vary wunderful woman tb.,
l lived on this erth I'VE hundred year,
ago, & that at that time was q famous
Indian chief in the wilds Of what is nnv
Wisconsin. She toald me that l ruls8
my peepul sternly, yet gently. & tina,
had positiv geenyus for warfare, All
this g. moar was toald me by this wun
derful woman.
& who is this wunderful woman7 ssd
Ma. I cud see that she wanted for 10
know mOsr.
She is a mistick that just cain hsrs
from India, sed Pa. A newspaper freno
Of mine was going to interview her .
he took me along, & she KEEP looking q;
me all the time she was talking 10 he
newspaper man. After she had looked
at me a long time, Pa sed, she toad
me what | have toad you & littel Bob
bic.
How romantick, sed Ma. Jus. think
Bobbie, yure father used TO be q ia
nous Indian cheef.
GOWNS L9ns before s.8 " Ma sus rs had s :as
father was seated at camp Are
with a lot Of other old Indian rummes
smoaking a 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 thai
Wen / was this famous cheef. five hun
dred yeers ago, was madly in love
with butiful Indian princess Of another
tribe 4 that the father of the princess
wuddent give his daughter to me. han
sum & powerful tho I was, sed Pa
The woman sed that / finally agreed Z.
fife another sutton for her hand, & thai
] was killed by the suitor in this due
! guess my foot must have slipped ur
something, sed Pa Anyhow, ! Wa.
killed, & the yung princess felt so bad
when she knew that ! was ded thai size
went & cruaked herself & neethcr ~
US was seen no moar as Indians
How deeliteful, sed Ma Did ta
mistiCk woman say anything abo8.
yure present married state2 She mite
have menshuned that thdre was a prlH-
cess waiting for You at hoam, watching
everything get coald.
She did menshun you. sed Pa She
sed nat now, my second time OH erth.
! am married to that saim Indian nriu-
cess so you must have lived five hun
drod yeers ago too, sed Pa.
You doant tell me, sed Ma I doau'
seam 10 feel d bit calder now that yoe
menshun It. doant take much stock iH
this having lived before, sed Ma, q
isent what we mite have been Ave hun
dred yeers ago, it's what we are going
to maik out of our lifes now. But If I
RELY did 1--we Ave hundred yeers ago,
& loved you. sed Ma, we ought to think
pritty well OF eech other By now
Deerest iuy. Ma sed. can I have thst
new hat I was telling you about ls5S
mite?