The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-25
BY Judd Mortimer Lewis.
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stayed and helped me" Then my father
gave the other boy boost with his
foot, and Mr. Carpenter took Wilbur
by the car and led him home and We
heard him holler all the way to our
house, and my father said, Wilbur is
getting licked for telling the truth"
When me and Rowdy got to old maid
Tompkinses she skinned her teeth al
me and said why where in the world
have you becn1" so ! skinned my teeth
back at her and said, Where in the
world do you think we have been1" and
she said she was going to have fried
chicken for dinner and there would be
enough for both Of us and some bones
for Rowdy so we stayed Then | tried
to turn over endways by putting my
hands on the floor, and she said MY
gracious, no lady does anything like
that y and said Il know one lady that
is going to or break her back trying"
Then me and Rowdy rambled and we
came TO big lot with horse and a
little baby horse in it and the little
baby horse let me rub its nose, and
then man came and smiled over ,he
fence at me and Rowdy and said il /
would come over to his house he would
give me bowl of milk. so | did anil
then nc took bucket and went out 10
the barn and there was the COW that
had the bladder ! wanted, and the MAI
sat down by her and made milk come
out like everything and | said, "For
cats sake, mister how do you do that ?"
and he said Put your face right dow,
close and ! will show YOU" so did and
he bent up one OF the cows handles and
sQuirted me in the face and that made
me mad and blammed him one on the
ear and he fell off the stool and the COW
got excited and kicked him in the STUN
mick
Rowdy and ! ran out in the road and
ran away and the man ran after us AT
iirSt ! thought he might catch us. but
pretty soon ] saw he couldn't so then
! just ran fast enough to encourage
him. II was very satisfactory Then
he sat down on one side OF the road and
me and Rowdy went and sat on the
other side OF the road, and then the man
laughed, and then | laughed, and then
we all went back to his house and he
gave me a bowl OF sour milk with nut
meg and sugar In it.
When got near home me and Rowdy
met pretty Young lady and stoppe 1
to watch her go past and she said, DO
not stand Spraddled out that way, nut
your feet together and stand like =
lady. You have real golden hair haven't
your" and | said, "Yes, and my father
says ! have a real golden disposition.
too" and she said, Indeed, your moth
er must be very proud OF you" | said
She is, bet the angels get tired OF
hearing her talk about me" then she
said, "OhW Then she asked me IL
lived on that street and told her
slept there but that lived all over town
! am glad | met her because she is GO
ing TO teach the primary grade at school
and she says she likes to have one dog
IN her room and Rowdy can be the dog
IT can make him behave. SO ! guess
] will 80 TO school when il opens up.
~ then we went back TO lune's be-
cause ! wanted to sleep in that mink
nightle with The bow on the corner and
June was glad to see me and her father
came home, and we had a supper that
was so good | ate so much that it
showed on me, and June told me some
stories, and did not get to pray to my
mothers angel which art in heaven. for
the last thing could remember some
one was rocking me and singing and
| was very happy and thought was in
heaven and that my mother had me