The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-07

NJ father had had breakfast me
w and Rowdy rambled, and ]
smiled at all the people ] met; some
people il they did not have anyone TO
play with might stop smiling. but not
the Irish; the more their heart hurts
the more they smile, because you have
to be a good sport guess Nellie's
mother had a,scd her minister u |
might bring Rowdy TO Sunday school
and he had told her mighten't. and
that was what made her call me a bare
legged little savage.
was just thinking abou, that when
someone called me and there was Mrs.
Carpenter, and she had our washing
in aGbaskct on her porch and wanted
lsne to help her carry Il home to our
house. and ! asked her why she didn't
make Wilbur do it, and she said the
dear child was so proud that when she
asked him to d. It he held his head up
and marched off to school; ~ | helped
her, Just TO show her that was too
proud not to, and she helped me to put
il inside our ,fro>l door and then she
told me to tell my father that It would
be three dollars and a half. SO ] went
in and sat on the side OF his bed and
told him when had woke him up, and
he said they had ought 20 BE- mighty
clean for three dollars artl half, and
| went to the door and told her what
nv father said and she said yes they
were mighty clean and II was a big
washing, too so my father gave me the
money for her and she went and went
IN 10 give my father another goodbye
kiss and he told me the next time to
wait till evening when he was awake
to take money away from him because
II always made his head ache 10 have
money taken away from him, but !
knew by the look in his eyes he was
Joking. But guess we have got enough
clean things to last until next summer
so | won't need to take any more
money away from him, unless ! get me
a new pair OF shoes nicer than Nelliss
BY the time | got through talking
with my father did not have time to
90 10 the river, NO me and Rowdy
rambled and went righ along 10 school
and my teacher cahed me from the
window and asked me how | was feel
ing and told her fine and ! told her
about the man out by the river and
about the springboard, and she 1id
she would think that would be heaps
of fun, and she asked me il ! would
let her 40 with me after school so
said I would and | did and she did
only we went 10 her house first and me
and Rowdy sat on the steps till she
went in and 20, her bathing suit, anC
she had Il In a rubber bag, so tha
when Il got wet the wet would no
come through, and that is prett!
good idea. I think Nam beginning t
understand why my urAther wanted m
TO be educated. No pehon that was no
educated would think Of putting !
bathing suit into a rubber bag M
father says that people who are edu
Gated use their brains TO think with
while the uneducated people Just hav
their brains to anchor their hair to.
guess baldheaded men must be som'
thinkers.
When we got to the rivet and go
our bathing suits on We went and dove
off the springboard and my teacher ha'
certainly got nice bathing suit, anC
she can swim, too, and ! pointed on
the tent over on the other side ant
then | whistlcd on my fingers, and h
came out and waved, and then he go
his bathing suit on In no time AM
swan over to where We we're, and the
shook hands and he asked her II Sh
had come out to take a swim, aud sh
said no, that she had just brought he
bathing suit out to show it to the rivel
and then they both laughed; but tina
was not funny, for bathing suit can
not see. Then he said. ut is beautii,
day" She said "Yes, isn't it1" II
said, 1T certainly is" She said,
did not think yesterday that we wer