The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-03
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II was u wonderful adventure for
| Annie TO go homo with Aunt Mog-
gle aud sbcnd the night II usually
! happened on Sttufdhys. because
| Aunt Moggic didn't nhave TO go TO
! tho office next day There we're al
ways increasing things to play with
| IN Aunt M0gglc'H ruosl. and u
| never falling bag Of gumdrops or
| chocolate creams tucked In a drawer
| Of tho desk.
This desk a. Aunt Moggic's was
4 In Itself - mine uf treasure II wah
| 10 spindlcy weakling OF desk like
| tho ono IN tho 'parlOr' at Edith
| Rumcr's house, with a turn-up flap
In front that you pulled down when
YOU wanted to write And the whole
thing wigglcd when YOU touched Il.
and there was an inkwcll made of
u stags foot WITH the FUR on, that
never had any Ink IN II. And a pen
wiper with a hand painted celluloid
top layer that said on II. MAY all
YOUR Joys bc underlined and an your
sorroNa7hlottcd uui. Nlgarn Falls.
No Aunt MogEic's desk was square
ana flat There was tier uf drawers
down ono side that mystetJwts'y
locked themselves when YOU closed
something at the top In the drawers
we're sta, KS ~ clean, white parcr and
envelopes And some shcetH of very
thin. black paper with one side
glossy ana when YOU put It between
the white sheets II made u miraCp-
luus copy ~ whatever YOU wrote on
the white
nut the GROWING joy ~ all was
what sal on top ~ the desk and
ID f.l,
when the desk shut \ typewriter
when Aunt Moggle had first got n
two years before she let no one
touch II but herself she had bought
IL lat too much sacrifice tn have
anything ahoppcn to iG}r whatever
that meant
Annie sat hv the hour Watching
her work pt ~ with flying hnEcr-.
while the thing clicked and cRttcrcd
and printed or pages and pages Of
neat straight lines
Even when Aunt NngEic was not
writing on the wonderful machine
AuuiN liked To look ~ her Annie
thought Aunt Margaret Rainy must
hc Years and 'curS Younger than
her sisteI who was Aunic's moihcr.
Shc was 80 slim and neat looking.
iICr htir was never IN loose locks
Her shutNairt~ were never muSs sod.
or damn under the arms and across
'hr back She never mad To wash
AND iron clothes aud cook Tier boots
never lacked buttons she had nice
Eiuyos and a muff besides .Aun,"'s
mother h.d only one pair NJ gloves.
and thcy were worn and hlggy and
uut az the i,uS Aunt Mocgic never
sighed ana snd sho was $50 tired
sh' roult ius' die aS Annle's
mother often aid
~ a matter W hc; hnulr's Aunt
Marrtrcr kitlh was welt past so
onIN few wears Younger than MIS-.
Ilprgtn Nu' thcuo were plenty "
reasons for her looking younger
The Road Ia Riches
"Aunt MoggIo.' hogan Annie into
whose mind gradual connection
VAS hciurswpdc between the single
ness and prosrcrou'ucs' ~ hcr tuut,
and tho WlrrIoinCs~ AVID Nuruucss
and poverty ~ her mother. Aunt
MoFgie why are Nou llrh and why
isn't mothcJ
I'm mo-, rich, dar'r far from
IT, said Aunt N0Egic II work
wlghty hard for what get
"Bui Nuu get money for = Nplhor
works AN tho time why incan, she
get none, tor li''
Aunt Norglo didn't answer ~, q
minute Shr vas looking 'r off,
somewhere She hN n.F h..c c,r~
That we're usually grave q r'pruSI
slralgh, nose that Annie cn'lol with