The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-03
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| | would not have used it with her there
and Rowdy went under the bed anC
cleaned Il up am never going tf
keep house without Rowdy, because HI
is \ BRreat hkh especially when you
need him Khen Worley got. after me
for still havisg my nighre on and she
went to help me get it off and found
the buttery place, and she said, What
is thatll" | did not know what 10 say
at first, and ] said, "Oh, that? Why
crit was so bsttery last night mean
II was SO warm fast night nearly but
tered-Oh, you know what mean; i
was so warm nearly melted" Then
| did not say anything and neither did
she for a minute She just smelt of the
greasy spot, and then she said 81 think
'buttered' was the right word, honey.
You shouldn't take slice OF bread 10
bed with you" Then she laughed and
! said would il felt like il, and then
| washed and dressed and We got the
eats for my own true daddy.
When my daddy filled his pipe after
the cats and we went out to look at our
garden, Worley told us that Pickle Face
had got passes TO the matinee at the
theater for all of us and his wife and
Pie Face and the Mutt's mother, be-
cause there was special number he
wanted us to hear, and when she said
that | chased Rowdy around the ward
till | caught him and | nearly hugged
his neck off, because ] have not been
to a matinee since | was an actor my
own self, and my daddy went y. in
and went T. bed so he would have plen-
ty Of sleep BY the time we had to 60
and me and Rowdy rambed and went
out 10 the river as fast as we could 60,
and ! stopped to tell Jim and Maggie
We were all going to the matinee, and
they said maybe they would go, too,
and II they did maybe they would see
us there Then ! went and jumped off
the springboard and then ran all the
way h me so as not to be late and
was too early, so | sat by my daddy's
bed till it was time TO go, and after
awhile we were all in the theater. and
when the curtain went up a man came
ont and put up a card and it said, "Spe-
cial Attraction" and then Pickle Face
come out on the stage with his fiddle
and stood there, and nobody clapped till
| started it, and then they all did
THEN he bowed and then he put the
end Of his fiddle under his chin and
began to play soft and easy. and all of
sudden | was not there, and | was
listening to the wind in the trees and
looking at the sunshine on the grass,
and then | heard the rattledy part Of
the river going over the stones and then
] heard a bird way Up in a high tree
almost TO heaven, and | kept trying to
see II TO see what II looked like and
Just then he stopped playing and | was
IN the matinee again and the people all
sat still tor a minute, and then all the
people went crazy and clapped and
stamped and hollered and woman
wiped her eyes right in front of US and
he played three more times and then
we went home, and Mrs Pickle Face
was so proud that we could not get her
and see the sunshine on the river and
then | heard your mother singing like
she used TO-" and then he did not say
any more, and Worley said That was
what ] seemed TO hear. too. | wish
John had been there" She always wants
to whaek up everything with John.
Worley and Mrs Pickle Face and Pie
Face wen, home mighty quiet, and my
own true daddy sat with me on his
knee and his arms around me till he
had to eat and go and Rowdy stood