The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-10

CAN / help wishing sometimes tnat
| was all educated up and finished.
My mother which art in heaven told
my father that she wanted me to be
educated so now that she IS gone away
he is trying to keep the promise he made
her that ] should be, and of course 1t
is up to me and Rowdy to help him
to make good. When anyone makes a
promise for me, have got to stand by
him. The Irish arc all like that, |
can't say like to 90 10 school, not hall
so we'll as | like coming from school
but you have to GO to school or you
can't ever come from it, | never thought
OF that before, but il is certainly right.
So If | didn't go to school would
miss a heap of fun after all. ! can't
help wondering what Rowdy thinks
about it, though dog has got heap
OF sense, and going into room with 4
lot OF NUTS like goes 70 our school ano
staying there with them all day anC
not playing with them al recess mus
look funny to him.
II was mud turtle | wouldn't
have a thing in the world to do but SIT
on my stummick on a log in the water
and let the sun shine on me, and then
could slip off the log whenever | felt
like It and paddle around till ! go
cooled off. A mud turtle has got d
tail to steer itself with in the water
like Rowdy does So has fish. So
has water snake and mushrat.
haven't got thing and ! can swir'
better than any of them, which ough
to make me mighty proud, but | Amt
The Irish don't get proud only salts
fled. am certainly satisfied with my
self. ! didn't have to watch fish nor
take lessons from anything; just wen
in and learned myself to swim. That is
what makes me glad when Saturday
comes. | don't need to. go to school, for
| can educate myself, and there are a
lot OF things in the world that ! ar
losing a heap of time finding by bein
shut up in school. But a school is al
right il il was not for the pupils, a.
my teacher calls them, that go TO il.
When my father had gone TO bed h
hung his pants ON the foot OF the bed
and went TO them and got the money
out OF the pocket OF them and divided
it with him, and he laid there wit
one eve open and smiled at me, so
gave him an extra hug and kiss, and me
and Rowdy rambled
A yellow wassup's stingerce don't s.
in very deep. and it stays hot for oni,
little while Me and Rowdy arc bot
all right this morning, but I'm glad hi.
fleas are not like wassups, II they wa
they would lift him plum off the roat
every once in a while, and he would
never dare to scratch them, ] never
tried scratching wlssup, but | don
believe it can be done. am never 60
ing 10 try TO do il. II the wassup'
will mind their own business so will !
When we went past Mrs Carpenter
there was a man in n long tailed Goa
and a plug hat standing in her dool
talking to her | wouldn't be surprise,
il she got married again. II kid eve
needed a father Wilbur does II he VA
good kid his Father which art y
heaven would he aplenty, but a Falhe
which art in heaven amt much good Il
n mutt, because angels cannot do an
Espankng, and that is what Wilbu
needs. OF course, | am going to do III
best ! can for him, but lssan't be- o
the JOB all the time. He was in fror
OF WelSes when ! was going past an
he had something inside the fence tha
he was looking at till he saw me an
then he stopped looking at whatever Wa
oyer the fence and looked at me, ju'
| like h, was a little angel ! could reyC
believe a look like that on Wilbur
J face, so ! pulled myself un and locke