Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-19
Ran Away From Home. Became Dish
washer and Is Now Col
lCgc Student.

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BLACKWELL. Sept. 1S.-A run
away from home, a cabin boy on a
French Windjammer, a deserter, a
dishwasher and now a prize student
at the University of WashingtOn-this
tells the story of Anthony Corbierre, a
student i'm the department of Journal
ism in that school, who left Blackwell
the last Of the week for his studies
after spending the summer in the oil
fields in this section.
Corbterre's father is commander of
the French warship Durand, now do
ing service in the entrance to the Oar
%danelles, in the Mediterranean sea
He doesn't know that his son is gar
uering scholastic honors in a foreign
land, nor that he ended a bright ca
Teer as a workman in the old fields OF
oklahoma when he went into tho
school the last time. To all intents
and purposes the boy may, so far as
his dad knows, be wandering around,
perhaps dead, instead of making u
record at the university, one Of tho
brightest Of an army Of students, with
q good record behind him as a worker
ana writer in the oil fields.
Captain stabbed Him,
Six years ago Corbierre was a cabin
boy on "A merchantmen. which lay Off
Seattle. He was then l6, couldn't
write or read English. and couldn't
speak it except for a few oaths which
felIow-sailors had taught him. Tho
captain of the ship developed a grudge
against Tony, the cabin boy, and dur
ing the stay of the ship in Puget
sound stabbed him on the hip.
At Tacoma Tony tried to run away.
but was caught each time and brought
back TO the ship. When the shln
reached Seattle to take on the balance
Of her cargo for Europe, Tony slipped
over the side of the vessel one night
and swan ashore. The ship sailed and
Tony remained in a strange land,
among strange people.
Washing dishes was the first en-
ploymcnt he obtained. He got the job
through an employment agency and
Immediately went to Kapowsin, near
Tacoma. There the lad had his first
experience in attending school. After
two years he graduated from the
grammar school, a task TO which the
average American girl or boy gives
eight years. He completed his high
school course in three years, and then
entered the university. He had a year
Of that and then the rowing habit took
him 10y storm again. He came TO
oklahoma and for a long time worked
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the Blackwell field was opened, a short
time ago, he was II of the stream OF
wOrkmCn that came up this way for
employment. Tony, however, through
all of his travels this last time, has had
the idea of eventually returning t.
Washington and completing his course
i'm the university. So when he had
enough money saved up he made his
plans 10 return to Washington and re-
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with the intention Of returning to his
native country after he has completed
his course and surprising his parents.
If they are still living.
viii Return Home.
Tony said that he had run away
from home when a small boy because
he wanted to see a great deal of the
world. and he thought that this was
the only way he could do it. Now,
when he is prepared to be somebody
when he returns to his native land. he
IS ready and willing to return and
spend the rest of his days with his
folks.
Tony has nothing in particular to
say about the European war. He fire.
uuentlv expresses the wish that his
fathers life might be spared, that he
could see that his son had the stuff
in him TO make good in the world,
even II he did do a foolish thing when
q lad. So far as fighting for France
IS concerned, Tony is not wishing ne
was in Il.
Il have a natural love for my coun-
try he said. but | do not believe
that Il would be the best thing all
around for me 10 do 10 go back TO
France now and fight Germans. II is
probable that I will be mixed up in
Il some way eventually. but lust now