Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-07
Comforter Was Comfolted,
But He Didn't
Know 1t,
A MODERN TRAGEDY
Was Enacted in the Frisco
Depot a Few Nights
Ago.
~ NERNoN l sMIrHL

'By VERNON L. SMITH
This ls newspaper STORY. Stripped
ta me mere metallic tone OF news IL
could be told In two dozen lines But
she VAS a dear little Eirl, and she was
. crying SO n would be Cruo-ul-ty's 5
h-Dship 90 dismiss the thought Of her
N.'h mere statement Of facts Any
woman. and especially one who Is
eTllFg and Yet yogng enough 10 be
called girl deserves better treat
ment than that - perhaps II was
such thought which led the big and
iau policeman Who walks Up and
Gown the platform at the Frisco
depot when passeU ger trains come
along o. pay much notice TO her
Whether or not f IS a habit with
aN pohCemeu-tO give marked atten-
ton 90 little girls who seem lonely or
ll truuble-this one behaved as
natural as father and asked her
why the tearfall The young thing
said 10 was immaterial 10 life. this
s3Trowfll condition Of mind. and II
was sometimes a way she, had Of Civ
ing expression % her lonesomcness.
Lonely Ia Tulsa?
A womsn's tears have floated her
through many an otherwise sinking
predicameut and. she had been O, so
lonely. auG iu Tulsa. AT that And
noW-now that She was going back TO
her home up iu South Missouri 10 see
her poor old daddy and nanny on
certain straw berry ridge Of the
ozarks-oh. she was just that happy
she had 10 cry about IT, And tear
is often the prelude 10 interesting
incidents not the least suggested even
through recaptulauon OF the sur
roundincS.
IL was az nisht-nor such a night
as evil spirits are said TO consider
recherche for walking about seeking
whom they might derail There were
no shril winds blowing. the big stars
and the little star, We're each and
-eNcrally IN their right stalls the
clements behaved with no ravlng de-
hrium. II was just an ordinary Ok
lahoma night. and no. elaboration -
necessary nor permissible
Nearly every body who had
assembled to catch the train north
bound saw her Some who did not
otherwise notice her had their at
tentiOu arrested Boy her soft sobs
When a woman sorrows loudly in
CresceEdO and with a vail that would
do credit 10 the departing shrek OK
lost soul the more frivolous may
be expected 10 be found divided
equally between those VINO are dis
guested and those who determine il
comic opera. Pity that comes be
cause OF tears comes when the sob
is delicate and suppressed enough TO
seeY that an effort Is being made 10
stlfle i altogether.
Glance Was Shy.
There was that occurrences about
This particular girl which speaks
much OF school days. Her glauces
were shy and seldom her habit was
jauuty and an evident appearance
~ embarrassment iu her actions most
likely led the more Credulous 20 be-
lere sh, was some kind Of az angel
that mad come down ~ earth a lot
~ persons are always looking for the
humanity Is made bat little lower
than The winged seraphim and cher
-tlu haEar.nE with quiet hover iu
The misty diW region above. The one
reason SO many mistakes are made IN
that respect is because the devil puts
ch@I aTIr- lu hOreHsuCFIe vines But
the It-l. lady Sghbed So gently on
this haVpE-sal occasion for her. that
the way she went about IL showed
she had a- least been reared iE an
stmuspn ~ refinement
That s.. looked And that lt
seemed. So when The big ana tal
policemen offered an eNtersio' OF the
arm ut the law into the cause Of fall
IrE taars-yes sir she was Just So
happy because she was going hack
home 20 see her papa and mama that
slg had 10 cry 90 think Of 3D. They
were old. she had not seen then 10
.rer-s.-Ious and after having worked
hard and saved and scraped. the
situation filled her % o,erflowiug
Sometimes it is hard % keep from
crying il making touching sacrifice.
and uthils of tears ofumes is the
lertuletar way OF setting the MIND
az ease over untitled obligations.
Some folks are just t-at way.
scene, of Tragedies
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Many are the tragedies thst have
come 70 pass within It's four walls
,Iast 1its Oh me htafj Now mat the
hshiiH- OF fhe interior has been
sFtail! improved ul reason oi lTed
hA4Ntf news stAnd. u IS 'ni! 'H eN-
HpuoaaI Tragedy that takes place
mere