The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-16
Grandmother Cray's
Story Corner


shOotin. an everything. You ought
to hear the kind Bill Williams can
make up. Say they're grand"
"Pll tell you, Jimmie" said Grand
mother Gray, suppose you make up
a story today, and write it out. so
that Aunt Molly can put in the
Junior"
Gall right. sir" agreed Jimmi
"I'll just give her hot one"
All that afternoon. Jimmie
ed and worked. writing out
story. Sometimes he got so figs
sitting at the big grandfather desk
that he would have to 60 out to the
pantry and eat several cookies, but
he was so interested making up a
great, big, long. regular story. al
most long enough to be whole
book, that he kept right on working
until it was all done, and here 1t is:
BLACK DICKS SECURT
Chapetur l
Onez Their Wus gret big cowboy
an his nam was Black Dick an one
day he wus goin along on his greet
big blak hors an he saw gret big
Indin that was back of a ston, hid
ding and getting ready to shute the
cowboys becauz he wus mad.
Chapter
An the Indain saw the Cowboy an
he was skeared, an he came out
from behind the tree an he said.
Why are you heer? you cowared
sayed Black Bill why do you , Xix
to me | am Cow Boy an you are
onely sneekin indin 60 bak to your
Pappuse you are AFRAID of q big cow
Boy. am cheef Dere Hoorn sed
the indin for that was his nam an
then he piked up his gun an started
to shute Black Dick but jest then
all the Cow Boyes road up. stope
wher you are they saide an then
they tyed a roap around his hans an
tyed him on Blak Dicks horce.
Chaputer 3
Wen they got back to there ranch
- the Cow boys sat down in curcle
an They sed wot shall we do with
this sneekin cowared an Black Dick
sayed max him give us a bag of gold
that he stol from us and hid. / will
call my warrers first an they will
shute you ded first sed the Indain
an befor the cow Boys cud look
arond the indin had called his war
rers an thay wer shutting arroes at
the Cowboyes
Chapitur 4
An when som of. the cowboys
were ded Black Dick took his gun
an he shoot all the Indins, an then
all the cowboys got up an they
sadie to chef Deer Horen Civ us
our gold so the Indun said to the
other indians 60 to the cave back
of our barn an Their you vii find
for bags of gold give one to thes
cowareds an hid the other tire in
the secrut clcsut in the seller so
the Indins did an wen the COW boys
got the bag of gold thay SADIE wher
is the other three so the indins had
to Civ back all the gold they had
STOLEN an then the cowboys made
Black Dick Their King. An they al
we're richie an lived long time ever
aftur.
That evening. Jimmie G. scarcely
could wait until Grandmother Gray
had read his story.
"Now, honestly. grandma" he
said, don't you think it's one of the
best stories you ever read? Don't
you think that's just good enough to
be in a book an study about in
SCHOOL,"
Grandmother Gray smiled as she
looked across at her low book
shelves where Stevenson. Browning |
and all the others were standing in
their soft leather bindings.
"Of course it's good story, and
I'm proud of you." she said. And
then, after a momen's pause, she
added in her most earnest way,
but after all. Jimmie. the best
stories are about the kind of people
we want to be. Cowboys are inter
esting, but honestly. wouldn't you
rather grow up to be man like
your father?