The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-04-26

Then when you came TO pok at her, she Was pretty
enough (awful round and little OF course bat nice
enough and do think she has tile prettiest eyes,
Only, OF course size hasn't much hair. And she
wears good shoes TOO; and she hasa cunning voice
think only it too much like a bsby's. (When
came to think II over decided that liked people
to have nice voice None OF the fellows bad eyor
thought Of that before But did and SO Il sick to
it, You forget to lock for it because Won used
70 bear everybody call all day. upstairs anu down
stairs, like, Get up" or, Come 10 diRner! or.
Aren't you in bed YETI And il spoiIs it.. But Lefty
has very nice voice for little girl and 4 liked Il
when she spoke her piece the Strawberry Festival
When she did that and they all Slappsd msde DIP
my mind then that I'd better marry her. Ard i was
ever SO glad, later, when ! her looking At the
map Of the Holy Land that they have on The wall
in the cloak-room went straight over where she
was looking at it. and | said to her, Say do yon
like geography And she says 'Ye-es Don't you;'
And | says IT'S the only thing | like in the ~iles
matcb-the aguars N the islands, n the ssporis. n
all the rest Of itl9
Oh says she, DO you3 So do lw Well did YOU
ever; Just like her aunt | came as near Is ever to
telling her right then thar ia take her for my Wite;
but | saw that Id better wait aud decide, first how
everything was gong 10 be Il was great fun plan.
ning the good tmes going to have anen we
.gEsw up,
got out my school geography next day and began
spottihg places for as to live the map There's
pink island up off Scotland for onsthst always like
and then Siberia looks empty | thought IL would
be run 10 live there Its large and empty and de-.
serted, they'd be glad to have people settle there
should think And when wanted to be charitable
We could iced the Eses. And then its so near
Japan II ought to bs iners.tng (lou could 20 home
whenever you liked that side, without stopping TO 20
all around the other way SUMMER would be best
Tor Siberia foT while Then when the cold grew
mercer and drove Iii southwark with the other an
dsfHs tribes, could leave all our ehildsn (per-
tscly warm and safe with nurse of course) and
We could 80 Africa to explore Lefty would be old
enough by that time not to mind spiders and boa con
strietors and things and We would rake barrels OF
beads to please the natives ana trade them for gun
powder or postage stamps and bring home lot, OF
ngtr-skins and elephants tusks and gold dust | was
gong to discover unknown tribes in the Int, or
don't see why not There must be some there. And
after we had discovered them the, might want me
to come and govern them for while anyway, Ill
they were able 10 do il themselves And hadn't
planned much more than that
But tell you wha was really glad abo.it / et,.
II was curious thai aeyer thought OF her before,
though was near ]: is innny how my Wife seemed
TO run in ths family lust wait though .sea
One SUNDAY, alter Sunday school wsS through, 4
walked home with Lefty; and it seemed good tim.
TO tell her. becais, Benny Davenport was ya;tjng 70
rake her home TOO, and ! thought she'd better know
whose Wiie she was So carried her Sundsy-school
books ior her and her leaflets and her mite Dor ,x
one o, those you take home and 6ii mp and NIL ID
and Ill Up TIL you cant nele 1t. but Won don't o.,
thing yourself Yod have IA take Il bsct ~ 80
and empty out the whole thing for the heather. ,rd
ta1 home and go through all of It over aeain and
y~ keep ihai up forever. I'd like 10 know how nuth
ihe' getl. vel, as | was SAVING | started Oft al .1
Le.y did and ] said to her Come along viii ;,
and I'll tel you something"
80 She csme along and viii say shes awa,. .-, 4,
% listen to whatever know. Aud We VEN troul0q
along up iae road and .aid to her. 10 you a,,.t
70 81 abroad .omeime.f
And She SAID. Yes Of cours~ | do"
TO Siberia and japan aal Africa with mr."
"le-ss' She says and her c, s began IA oct -
and could iust feel nine eosrlme Shen Go,e.
of the journeys we'd iraytl
Well said to her "lou inst look out and segl
qaissi and Il marry yoa when sou' goNn-up Aai
We'll 20 around the world three times without .ao
qlng ri Of all And we won't .isy hone I5-..r
II We don't want 10 Won't beaereat."
And she SAYS "\e-ss''
Ana says, say. yonll marry me ;hsn for iur..
won't you
tNow hear this)
Say, Wa YES wa. going to ANYWAY"
say ,he WA, MARI, Ju'"
SAYS What when hadn't asked YOU 10 -
SAYS 'hr Why yes was always going ,or'
lhen ] said "Grea snakes you're not cheeky srs
Soui ou %eTe planning 70 narry me sryway Sita-
out nc knowing tMng about It r
AND she s4l Why yes don, see why no,
What's The matter.
iust said 1)idn't YOU know Girl. csn' do Thai -
no says she tfou can't make her uuderstand
anything She's rSactls IKE the Tysr's Maltese XII
ten. ~
'W'N' says I, They can't They wA,r unnl some.
BODY marrts them. But they cant marry ANYBODY IN
less he wants TO-
Bat ! didn't" says She
" guess you didn't" SAYS But YOU were going
10 fasi enous SAD yourself You ,sere soins
to anyway = Now You've gone and spoiled il an
Nh0 have Ii she asked me if youl hrh-v- IL,
said To- heg Because now il ISN'T any Sn,nri.,
! had all planned and was goihc 10 surprise ,y,
and everybody Nobod, wants 10 be married wjtbaut
asking his lene Aud ! tell YOU, you cant do il Us
all gone up =
Then went IN ard told her. "a was PLANNING wbsrt
ID tax. You and where we'd live picked out ia,
iafthest one oi The pink Islands up near Scotland lot
part oi the time and Siberia TOO And when i yss
cold we'd have lett there and gone 10 Africa 10 a..
pore'
And then. ii YOU please, she began to sissle
oh Nick-hee-hec hee'"
Nell Heehce what
And She saws to me- I'VE ccudnt do that ANYWAY