Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-24


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Esther Whined as he carried hcr
! down sihira and dfuoled All over
/ tho precious smO0thncsa Of his new
coat Ho dared nU nut her down
/ while he rot tho cart from the
darkness uf the lower hallway. 30
hc had ~ Kick II AWAY from other
Rocnrts aud bicycles stabbed there.
They ull seemed ~ fan AGAINST his
saturday shine which was 10 last
thru sunday
A. lost, In. spite of her hoWls and
riruRElcH the baby wa- strapped iu
place ana allowed 90 bump down thu
front steps. Two ucighbors watc he'd
Hf he started away
"Atud't that Bonno Reuben a
good' poy %" hr heard one woman
ary such comfortable he is 10 his
! mother
lie could tccl tho splintors N hls
shattered heart work STRAIGHT thru
the cloth NJ hls breast pocket what
"a label f1r youth who hoped tho
noighbors would Hy
! There goes that rcuny Reuben.
| Amt he the aW"ll sport"
IN the park where Esther
| promptly went 10 sleep ~ tho cool
ing breeze, hp was surrounded by
mHn' rIrls who we're also baby
I''rdinV but he looked 1T them
Igloomi'Y Saturday, he wanted 20
r'1c "u Charwors that wore also
! IsttiIHh The rest ot his crowd would
/ hr hren~lug the exciting traffic At
/ ErHtdHuF and fourteenth street. or
/ standing in front of Charlie char.
! NH ""o''o. wni'hlGs 'qu-ens' aud
hrk"u7' and "polrhcs" After
" hour he decided tu push the ga.
. cart toward the uptown district
/ slowly Pcrhap, u he stayed I'm the
h'HdoWH with it ne could watch
! without being conspicuous lie
adopted the pcnsiye air ~ a mar
| Nr io duty ana found "a certain
morbid pleasure ~ the role
Thrd avenue and Fourteenth
street ho ulaccd the baby carriage
AGAINST tho wall ana stood Va front
| "t %, win his back turned oh. sn
'nr"le'slN iust us n II could u,t
! possibly nc ~ even remote Interest
10 him Past him surEod dozens %
ihe very Kind of girls he would tIkc
TO take io movies ,Dut way down
ip hir Is ycar.old heart Kenny was
too generous ana 700 loyal to ME
family 10 seriously contemplate
Keeping company with anyone tir
mover nj anything on lmuae.
mcnis 'a-ept what he saved by Dc.
nv,nR himself luuch-s on carfarc. or
'htnrH hy workiug uortimc
Ito kGow he was success. with
cIi9s. They always looked at HIM
like anything other follows sp,ut.
more money but fhcy alwl,g. noticed
hrnuy's st}'". He puffcd . clg
arctic and watched tho pretty uncs
10 the moving throngs There may
have been some nice. scnsible girls
fh"ro but somehow ne never cared
to look after ono who wore wide
toes aud flat heels
Behind hinr his little sister slum
horcd, quite forgotten Reforc him
wave after Gave OF cheap fincry in
,ited his cyc one girl. with blond
curls laughed right IN his face hHti
hv stood II like man OF the world
and never hnrrd lash AT hcr dhr-
lnE But another 'skirt'--oro with
blue shoes and a gray dress at
roses In her hat
She could charm at fifty PAGES
Penny felt himself siEh -.and slump.
She was lust tho kind OF girl he
" ished he was swell enough a. meet.
lnt she would probably never even
speak 20 such q hcnpecked little duh
from the east side he wouldn't dare
to try 20 get acquainted. even II she
lived across the air-shafL She'd
sCorn -."
And then ~ Bcnuy's horror he
woke to find his little sisters go
cart lowering on the brink of dIsas
ter II had slid from It's stand
against tho wall and rolled swiftly 1
down the sloping sidewalk. bumped 4
over The curb, and started toward F.
an excavation that yawnod deeply /
iu the road
There was u shrill scream Refore .
Kenny could move m his trance Of .
terror, slender gray figure dartcd .
forward aud caught tho handle bar
'Arh God ThanHs YOU got 'cr"
saspcd the boy gratefully lie found !