The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-19
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"Fluh % sald the victim. You think
you're smart donchug' he inquired
"AIcbbe you think didn't see that
sissy, Roscoe Howell, Kiss you good
night when he brought you back from
the movies Yahhhhhhhhw
"Whatl" cried the fnthcr Of the fum-
lly In staccato voice, "What IS thls7"
"TIuh--see how red she's gettingT
persisted the triumphant Jimmy.
"You-you are the horrldest-hateful
est" Caroline paused in breathless
inability to proceed.
"Why are you letting boys kiss your
nsked her male parent IN deadly tones.
"After all your mother has said on the
subject, toow
81 didn't let h.mw defended Caro-.
line 81 never saia he couldl He Just
did I'll Jlmmy's no business to be spy
ing on me And don't sec why every
body should make such row."
"What did you do It forY persisted
the father Of the family wearlly.
Caroline galped. 'I wanted to see
what It was llke" she said Hotly. "All
the girls have somebody in love With
'cm and when they're in love with 'em
they always want to Kiss 'cm The
girls say sol don't know whether
Roscoe Is in love With me or not, ana
j don't care is ne isn't for I don't like
him, anyhow His ears are so sort of
Happy
"You ACT as though | asked him to
do it, and I didn't Il was going to
ask anyone, I'd choose someone else
'han Roscoe HOWELL The idea We
came home from the T ovies, and we
stood n me font dovf, ard ! said
he" fv. y iAte lime, as you'y7 told inc
always TO ss.n and Roscoe said gee,
It was peach Of show nnd he
c9ughed and sort OF coughed too,
md ho said he wondered If it would
rain tomorrow, and I said hoped not,
because I was going to play tennis.
And then he leaned over and Just
kissed me nnd hustled down the steps,
us If he was afraid.
Harriet says probably he was
afraid I'd slap him, and she ought to
know because she's the only girl in our
crowd who's been cngaged--lt was Just
MS you said and her mean father broke
It all up as soon as she told him about
Toni l was so surprised at Roscoe
that Just stood there and wondered
how ought TO feel because l wasn't
bit thrilled Roscoe just sort Of
dabbed at me and 1t landed mostly on
my nose don't see anything SO very
thrilling about that Jimmy had no
business"
| "Nelther had your said Jimmy,
pointedly. "Tn bet Roscoe goes and
tells everybody he kissed you!"
"He wouldn't dare I" famed Caroline.
'Nvhen he just did it anyhow and I
never let him. It would be different
if let him He acted so sort of funny
nt the door, and | wondered If he was
thinking Of trying to kiss me and if
he did ask me to l was going to refuse
and be just as mad as | could be.
don't like him, anyhow But II boy
doesn't ask you at all. but just kisses
you all of n sudden, what are you going
to do? Mother never said ii thing
about thatw
"Wcll make out a chart" said tho
father Of the family, smoothly. "cover
Ing all possible emergencies, and when
you're III doubt Caroline just refer 70
that I suppose 1t is the spirit Of your
great-grandfather on my side cropping
out lie was a noted explorer.
"Now that your mind is set at rest
on the subject of being kissed l hope
we shall have no more scientific inves-
legations. 1t appears that the kiss was
merely q disappointment to you, after
going to all the trouble of conversing
about dry topics such as rain and mov-
les and tennis and enduring the sight
Of Roscoe's iappy ears all evening.
Kingdoms have been lost for kiss,
but, take it from ME, it wasn't worth
4 them
Didn't you ever kiss q glrl?" de-
manded Caroline interes.edly. ")f
course you kiss mother but I mean
when you were young"
/ Gardiner said the father Of the
fatally sicrnly "G aih surprised
eyes dld you, demt' coocd the moth.
er of he family in great enjoyment
"You are just a little girl of six
them" hastily said the father of the
fsmlly "And Roscoe Is callow
aosling not much older and I'm sur
rrlsed you haven't more sense! No
nice girl"
Mother" broke In Caroline more
intcrcsteily than over, "dld boy ever
Kiss you when you we're sixteen? No
body could say you weren't nice and .
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