Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-19

ont hero to spond "A week II was -four
! ycats before ! went back 10 Edge
mont. and when I did only spent
an hour there because We hrd 10
T char"c trains I guess Henry was 80
overcome with the change ut liio--
the difference between his hard work
ana the peace Of the farm, and the
|diffor,uoc b meant 10 my health
/ that he thought that il was the easiest
I way out
"Auywav. ne sold his interest In the
/ printing business for good sum, ana
/ our house on Upper Main street. The
money was invested, and hrpught.in a
small amount. and the thirty acres
of land were good. Inside of two
years We started 10 make money. !
saw we. but / never did much beside
| look on I was perfectly contcntod.
YOU were growing up, my husband
I Wis always with me, We hdd enough
! - tive on what more could be
lskod' Perhaps If | hadn't been 50
/ ul' Of my own happiness would
have found flaws i'm the happiness of
/ those about me, but didn't At first
your father used to bc called away
/ once i'm a while. bat hated to be
I left alone always cried so atter
tho end Of about the second year he
never went anywhere unless ! could
au along"
There Was " pause. much Longer
| than the two that had preceded II,
and the girl foit q hot tear fall on
her hand. Presently when 1t seemed
. 10 the listener thai me sltu'' luus'
scream. SO oppressive was the qu'et'
her mother spoke again this time IL
"a Whispcr
"If Won were to ask those who live
b,r,,i,.rt tbr,'d say that YOUR father
q l.. .t...ts II. D. Il
+ ALWAYS thought they were right
"r,rtainIy il seemed To me when
stood h.sidr the bed aud watched
I,nui. father go 10 his rest that there
,.,s notbinp i'm life. that an the light
nod .,,un from the daN Waking or
~I,opiug he'd been part Of me
.led Iocu more to me than I'd been
to mysclf-and he was gone Tho
r,ir I won't through the next month
u',s ,rnre, tb,n my actual suffering Of
". lifetime
ANA tbou you remember tn, sum
,.,., ,-. u,nt tn visit vour aunts down
- u,s share An old man sat across
I,. aisle from us ON the train: YOU
,.r,.n,t.r him don't Won. am iron
'',', ,, nam 'allrt him -frc face.
-,,y r,ir and Li, cycso n. looked
/ rid cnnugb to Lc my father. and he
/ b',n,,rd s.,t. with Won 90 let YOU
/ irnl o,it of tb, window ON his side
] .tc car
..rt, nld man talked with me.
/ ri,.t a.. talked about Won. l.d he
| ala m. of his grandchildren. and
i ,l,,n Sc asl,,J me where We were go
inc and whore we lived.
',,. .Gh ,nu come from out that way.
o.. .,.,.,, a.. ,,id vbnn told him vo
,,r,, from Pennington. Il know a
mn, o.b, Iiycd tbcrc. a fino sort ~
Inn u,orrh I can't say how long
r.. .t,,,'.J thnro nr if he. alive now
~, l.,nad across .ho aisle and
.,r, nf smiled into my cyes.
".,Inpn, hut rye told all my
Id,uphtcrs and sons about that chan
,,.,. in.t sn,nltinr Of and We sort ot
Gr,rd bis bistnt, down i'm our familN
rn,.r,llr sxomnlr' lie lau.nc,
.ud settling himself back I'm tn,
, mir .t,rtrd to toll mo about IT,
.'.Iirst off, he started. 1 know hin
v.h.r bc y,os first married. and
n,ust saw that thcrc wasn't "A pretie
,rirI i'm throc countries than his wife
f Ana eh. Vos "a rood wife in a way
',.pht smart with her needle. and sh,
could c,ro for a home. But | alwaV
allowed o. wife moods tn dc more THAI
,tnv ,t homo sewing. The Young fcl
.l,v, v,s ono of the birghtcst chan
I,.nr snt foot Ia rrouud WHY. Tim,
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