The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-07
.PAUL'S ADVENTURE
Ey HATTIE v. MoHR.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
1913, by the McCN
paper syndlcate.)


noon. They were, Not to dare 80 ou
Of the yard, or get all mussed up"
Eut he did go out of the yard and
he also got terribly mussed and some
jne was provoked about It at the time
For the first five minutes, which
Is long time, considering his age,
vaul followed instructions.
Then, looking up TO locate the source
Of a loud humming noise, he spied an
airplane circling above the arsenal,
tWo blocks down the boulevard. In less
Time than it takes to tell it Paul was
violating a very old rule, "Never gu
On Tie boulevard" new one, Don't
80 ont of the yard" and, if running
in the tar and gravel as fast as his
short legs would carry him would muss
him up, he was in a fair way to vio-
hate third.
lie had covered one block when the
noise became SO loud that he looked
up The plane that before had seemed
SO small as it circled high in the air,
was now headed directly at him, and
was a roaring, snorting monster.
with good sense, far in excess Of his
years, he dropped down and rolled over
the dirty tarred road to the grassy
side, while the plane, passing over him
landed, with many bumps so feet be-
ycnd
The aviator, who a moment before
had been fighting for his life in
crazy machine that, without any warn
a-, had gone out of control quickly
unsuapped himself and ran back. lie
was white as the wings Of his gas bird
as he picked up a crying baby
A terribly frightened young woman,
who a little later forced her way
through the crowd, found a greasy lieu
tenant Of aviation hugging a mussy
boy, while in a trembling voice lie re-
poated "Thank goodness" Hardly
able to speak with excitement, he said
addressing her, 81 am sure he isn't
hurt; but l don't want to ever SO
through the like again"
"Let US hope not" she answered as
she took the chief cause Of his nerv-
BUSINESS in her arms.
The crowd had by this time grown
SO large, being augmented by number
Of soldiers from the arsenal, that she
started to go.
"Woit, please" he spoke. Cant l
have the little chaps address? I'd
like to send him something"
oh" she answered. I'VE live in the
little red bungalow on the left Paul .
can tell you his own name"
"What is it, Paul?" asked the man.
paul" answered Paul, and then he
was hurried away to be scrubbed,
dressed again and scolded for "If you
had stayed in your own yard it wouldn't
have happened"
PRul's defense was II guess he didn't
know how to run it very well, any
way"
During the following week Paul CON
tinually entertained anyone that would
listen with tales of what he expected
to receive from the aviator. He was
even heard on one occasion to condde
to his woolly canine playfelow mo-
that maybe "Well get one of those big
things, so we can go way up as high
as the sky"
But later a letter came from a near
by government hospital telling Paul
that the brdman had had another acct
dent. It said that if he wanted tho
present very soon either his papa or
mamma would have to bring him there
because "a chap can't walk with a
broken leg"
The following Sunday a tall man,
pretty woman and q talk
ltiye boy who tightly clutched bou-
Iaet Of flowers so big that he had diff
-ulty in handling it, called on the in
urcd lieutenant OF course, among
lther things, the accident was dis
'ussed, at which time Paul assured
hem that he wasn't scared al all,
Wen, was scared" said the officer,
md looking at the lady, 81 guess your
aother was scared" The man laughed
md the woman blushed as Paul blurt-
ID out, u guess my mother amt scared
~ '~~tt'iH2N 'AAG ApAA h4lbM tDOul ~
cause she's away her own self"
81 think" said Paul's father rs he |
o0bed from the man to the woman and Q
huckled at their embarrassment, "that .
is time that you folks were properly !
ltroduced. Lieutenant H meet my /
lster, Miss c.. She is Paul's acting v
lother just now. His own mamaa u
vim soon, we hope, be home frol a =
lay in the country where she has been l.
onyalescing after a terrible Illness" ~
The first journey of any length that >,
be flying man made after he received -
is crutches was over to Paul's home, =
.ut it wasn't the last one. During the !,
lonths that followed he made many, -
nd each time he brought Paul some. =,
hing, until the little chap had accu- ~
lclated wonderful collection Of TOYS "
bat ranged all the way from q duck - -
lat quacked to q miniature airplane.
His parents predicted that the lieu y
nant would spoil him. Later events u
rCved that they were mistaken. Bat
2 Paul tell this part Of the story in 10
Is own words, as he told it to his ea
other in the kitchen. "The Heuten. y
lt jis took a box out of his pocket ~
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