The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-01

efably small pay tor our brave SoldieTs
and for her part she thinks they ought
to be cashicrcd much more literally,
of Mr.. Brennan's call with his mys.
terlOuS message
why worry over the mental vagaries
OF our very unpleasant landlord 2
Dioky dismissed the question idly, then
reconsidered it as quickly
Repeat his words" he said.
He insisted that his business was
with YOU" ] began, Informed me that
he transacted no business with ladies'
aad left me with this gem for parting,
Don't ever say didn't try to give ye
fair war'rnin +"
Dioky laughed heartily then suddenly
grew sober
Never can tell wha, an old gink like
that has up his sleeve" he said Guess
Id better call up Birdsall" "
He rose from the he'd and, putting on
his bathrobe and slippers, walked into
the hall and toward the extension tele-
phone outside my bedroom door
Are you sure you are able to walk
about, Dioky|" | asked anxiously re-
memberlng the severe attack OF lum-
bago he had suffered only the day be
fore.
Positively" he returned, and then,
smiling with malicious enjoyment, he
added, The home rSnedes -~of Dr.
Madge are strenuous, but certainly
effioacious think the lumbago was
routed before ever the doctor got here" "
! flushed, remembering the raw tur-
pentine which Katie had handed me in
mistake for linimcnt and which | had
copiouSly applied to Dicky'S back,
burning the flesh severely was glad
that he had forgiven me the blis,ers
sufficiently to joke about them, and then
! forgot everything else in listening TO
Dlcky'S side OF the telephone conversa-
tion with Mr.. Birdsall, the real estate
/ agent.
News That Disheartens.
What is the troublc'" | asked, wor.
riedly, as Dicky finally slammed dowr
the telephone receiver at the end of a
conversation in which he had applied
several uncomplimentary adjectives to
our absent landlord
Why Birdsall says that blasted
drunken idiot won't rent the place to
us another year, says we've spoiled his
lawn by playing tennis on it, thai we've
had too many flower beds. and that he
didn't count on renting the place to two
families, only TO one"
Two families" | calculated, puzzled
Dioky laughed aloud at the look upon
my face.
ITO the vernaL mind Of our gifted
landlord, Katie and Jim constitute tn,
second family" he explained "Bu'
fancy Our being accused of making q
tenement, on, OF his place Birdsall say,
all those things are only excuses, how
ever The real reason is that the ole
fellow wants to come back and live il
the place. We've cleaned il up for hin
after it had looked like a pigpen ior
years, and now II looks pretty good I,
him again | hope he chokes," he fin
iShed, viciously.
was too stunned by the news to pa,
much attention to Dicky's objurgation,
had not known how fond | had grow,
Of the rambling old house until face,
the prospect OF being pushed out OF i,
But ! realized presently tina, Dioky wa
talking TO me, and that mus, lisen t,
him
To think OF standing a winter ou
here, and then being cheated out OF III
next summer 7" he said. bitterly "Thi
house is false alarm as a winte
home, bu, It's certainly bully old plao
in summer
Don't Tell Me-
81 think from wha, Birdsall said, m
old chap has lurking idea we are $
fond Of the place we nigh, he induce
10 buy IT, he went on. Blu, he wa
ull Gabriel decides t. settle out j
Marvin before he gets the price he's pt
upon II, Think OF II Fourteen thou
sand dollars he wants for this acre, wit
: ramnhackle house, a barn ready I
tumble downAneatly mile IRON N
station and Is miles from the cit,
Whew Well, that settles i, for m
I'll go down to Poin, Lookou, or Ma,
sau, get hold OF one Of the best Of tho,
furnished shacks down there and we
spend the summer by the sea and z
into the city for the winter
felt my heart sink. | loathe livin
in the city Tor more than two or ,hrs
weeks at time. Apartment, life
like a nightmare to me. and more tina
ever now that have lived in III
real country with glorious summer an
autumn eolorinss in warm weather an
glowing open fires on cold DAYS r,
solved to make a desperate plea for N
life | SO loved so we'll
"Of course. we couldn't buy hi
house, Dicky" | began timidly, n,
don't you think II would he a good ide
to look around and find some nice lit,l
place, not too expensive. which we eoul
get an equity IN and start real hom
which No landlord could take ava
from wi"
For the love of Mikew Dicky e,
ploded Don, tell me. Madee, IN;
YOU have been bitten by tina, hug ,
two dollarS-do and La pound -oi tea
for the .test.o your life II YOU hav
warn you. You'll 40 and live IN
alone. No instalment suburban buns,
low for mine |"