The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-04
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I did not use my new hoe on my gar
den yesterday. was going to but
l had so much 10 do that | didn't
get time, and last night didn't sleep
with II because there is no fun rolling
over on hoe, but this morning, when
my own true daddy and had had our
eats and he was going to bed took my
hoe and started for my gsrSen, and I
did not see anyone at Carpenter, when
! rambled past so ] sues they did NOT
get up sasly like l did, and aloR5eolv
] Liet, wss dressed up because u was
Sunday. and they all looked at mo and
my hoe and Rowdy and smiled. and
smiled back at them, for no one can
beat the Irish smiling. and when got
to the garden lot out by the school
went In and was going TO hoe, but nope
of the things | have planted have
poked their little green noses out Of
the ground yet so l did not know where
to hoe, and l did not want to 60 poking
around for fear might get In the
wrong place and hurt some OF them,
and II ! did that they might not un-
derstand that II was q mistake. So
took my hoe and went out to see Jim
and Maggie, and they said they had
been at the matinee, too, and they saw
me there, but did not see them. and
they said that after the man played the
violin, which is what they call a
fiddle, they came right away because
they did not want TO look at the rest
OF the show, for II they did the rest
Of the show would spoil the memory OF
the music, and guess ey had hunch
for the rest Of the show was rotten
THEN Jim asked me what was do
l ing with the hoe, and when | told
him what had been going to do he
wanted to know il | did not know that
people dd not work on Sunday, so
asked him who left the milk on oir
front porch this morning, and he did
not have any n to say because he
Is our miIkman, and then Maggie but
ted in and said the only work people
did on Sunday was necessary work, and
] guess she means that the only work
people do on Sunday is the work they
want to do. Then | took my hoe and
Rowdy over 10 the bath house by the
river and fished my bathing suit out
Of the tree, because | did not want to
go in in my dress and get il all wet
on Sunday, and me and Rowdy went in,
but our hoe didn't, and Rowdy has
learned to jump off the spring board
and we had ss much fun as one little
girl and dog could possibly have. and
then ! knew Il was Sunday school time
and ] thought how glad Worley and
John would be II Twas to come TO Sun
day school without being coaxed, and
me and R0wdy did, and we were q lit
tie late after all, because II was church
instead Of Sunday school but knew
where Worley and John would be sit
ting, 30 ask.d Rowdy TO lie down and
wait for me q little while, and then
me and the hoe went in. A man who
was talking 10 another man In the
other door motioned me to come back
but knew II was not his church, be-
cause all the churches belong to God,
20 ! just kept going before he could
get to me.
Worley and John were certainly sur
prised to see me, and | put the handle
OF the hoe on the seat beside me so
that the hoe stuck up In the air high
enoufh for everyone to see N. snd
usty soon the minister saw h and
stopped talking . little while, then
everyone turned around and looked and
then ths minister began TO talk again,
and " said. "A little child shaii lead
them. / hope tomorrow morning those
who have not done so will start q war
garden. sat very still tili II was
finished, and then me and Worley and
John went out, and we had to crowd
TO get out and everyone was looking