Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-12
Little Bennv's Notebook.

I was setting on tho frunt steps
wondering how II would feel TO be
spArrsr In tho street hopping crround
every wich way an no place In par
tickular. and n lady stopped In frnnt
Of ms. saying Hello. Bsnny. don't you
remember mef
yes, man. I sod out OF polltcniss.
Well who am ~ s~d the lady
I forgot I sed, and the lady sed.
Well I'm Mrs. Davis. 10 your mother
In,
No nam. shes out, I sed, and the
lady ssd, Well as soon a. shc comes
homc, be sure 20 tell her that Mrs
Davis called and wunu To take her To
the thsayter tonite. and tell her to
call me up ON the teiefone. VIII you
remember all that7
No nam, I ssd. on account OF for.
esttine all about Mrs Davis, And
after kppk ma s-d. My soodniss, I
dan'eiSnow wat makes me feel So
rsstisN. I wish ! had rumthinE to do.
And abe started TO reed "a book and
Ayed II down agen. and picked up
|her nittiR9 and layed II down aEen.
ana diffrent thinEr, me stu not re-
n,embering about Mrs. Davis. and al.
ter q vile the fone bell rang. and
ns Sod. III answer II. And she went
down stairs. me hrerins her say.
Hulio, q its Mrs Davis. Wy dident !
watr wy the idser sertenny Jest
longing TO 70 rumware tonite, he
never sed q werd to me about II, jes,
wate TN I got hold OF him. And she
hung up tho reseever and started Ia
come up stairs, and quick ran TO
the top OF the stsps. sRyinI. Ma.
say. ma, Mira Davis was heer this al
,lrnoon and shes got tickets for the
theay,er and she wunts you TO call
her up,
doodniss you don't meen II. its a
wonder you wouldent lose little
time telling me. Its a good thing I'm
In rutrh q hurry haven't time to at
tend TO you properly. s~d ma. And
she quick put on her hat ana coat
and went out
Me and my cussin Artic was wswk
| ing along this afternoon and we each
had a sent. me saying, q. Arte,
| toll you lets wat.
Wat' sed Ar,e. and I scd. Lets
start to save up for Krissmas, lets
start With these 2 senp- and keep on
saving every sent We get, and hh inc
time krissmass comes ! bet w~wil'
have az muuh money II will take a
shoe hoS 10 hold u
We'll II mite take a seGar box, SEQ
Arue Him never looking on thc
bri,e side of things. and I sed, q, j"s'
think II We each save ssns every
day for n month. that will be 90
sents apeccr.
And In munths We will have
twice that mu,ch, q. how mutch VIII
that makef srd Artie, And n" tooH
a stump Of n pencil out Of his pocki,
and aid II on sumbodys marble run'
step. saying. Gosh. In munthr we
viii each have n dollcr and 20 sents
or q doilers and ~ s-rts Nil together.
q. that awt to fill a shoe box. YOU
better rub that of that marble. ! seq
II mite fill n resar box, sed Aruc.
And he rubbed the pencil marks otl
~ IN. step with the rubber end of
the stump. making n teaf-e smeer
looking twice ~ had, and We KERN on
wawkinr and then the waffle wasEln
came down the street tho man blow
ing HIS horn and yelling varies.
waffles get en- vile they're not Ana
me and Artie lott n 90 all the way
mast us down the street and then
sed. HAY. Ar,lc wat do you say we
run after II and buy wsffles Win
these Q sen,s and start saving up to-
morrow?
wich VIZ dld. and wioh We probcr-
ly wont