The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-01

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w lies this morning breakfast was
w all finished and she was sitting
out on the step with a clean dress on
and her hair tied up and her lunch in
her lap, and so we started right away
and gave her lunch to Rowdy and
told him to carry it, which made him
very proud He is always proud be-
cause OF who he belongs to, but he is
proudcr when want him to do some
thing, and we hurried up and got out
to the springboard, and Nellie cannot
swim. 1t must have been awful to
have been a liar and not know how to
swim all at the same time, but she is
not liar any more, and | could learn
her how to swim If she was going to
play with me long enough. Before !
went in swimming ! said: There IS
baby Skwirl in that hole in that
tree" She said "Oh, less have a
look" SO she looked first, and Just
as she got her face near the hole some
thing slid mp out OF it and there was a
snake looking her right in the eye,
and we both screamed and Rowdy
jumped around and barked, and then
| heard some branches breaking, and
there was Jim. lie looked mad and
scared till he looked around and did
not see anyone and then | told him
| that the little girl with me was Nellie
Turner and that she used to hc a
| liar but that | had cured her, and Jim
said he'd like 10 see thcr liar |
couldn't cure, and then | told him
what was the matter, and he looked
surprised. lie said 1t was late in the
season for snakes. He said he would
have some fun with the snake, so he
built fire aud when it had all burned
down to Goals he got a flat piece ol
bark and rakcd all the Goals onto II
and took it and poured it into the
hole in the tree. and then there was
| fuss in that tree, and pretty soon
the snake came half way out and
wippled around and hung still, and
Rowdy jumped up and caught hold OF
it and pulled It all the way out anC
shook II around till | thought h,
would shake his head loose. Jim
said he guessed 1t was the grandadd'
OF all black snakes and he said tina
A lump in the middle Of It was III,
baby skwirl. and then we were gla,
for what he did to the snake, an,
lin unlocked the bath house and wen
in and came out with a new bathing
suit and a new rubber cap, and ! lc
, Nellie put them ON because she woul'
not 90 in in her clean dfeSS, and Sh
wanted to 20 in raw and that woul
have made linn ashamed, and | wen
IN pants and body waist and the
lin and Nellie and Rowdy and
PLAYED tag I'LL | was dry, and Nell
cannot swim at all, she Just lays i
the water and kicks her feet wher
it is not deep And when Jim tol
MS what time 1t was | told her 10 &
into the bath house and get dressed
tor we were going TO be late. and IN
went right away, and when we 81
10 Inns house he was ont in irol
with his wagon, and we clumh IN an
hung onto one another and he mad
the horse pallop, and We got to scho,
Just IN tluc
When school Yet ont we went 90 NJ
J. house 10 see If my father had an,
lr thing good 20 cat and he said Mr.
y Carpenter had been there and said
" had promised to give her our thinI
Is to wash so he had taken them up
her house for her, and was glad !
W had, because Nellie had made me fo
NJ get Wy promise, and when the Iris
y, forget a promise they like to ha'
nv someone else remember 1t We WEI
around by the Wells kids aud tn