The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-15
PAUL'S ADVENTURE
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BY HATTIE v. MoHR.


gusted with the rules for the after
noon. They were, "Not to dare go out
Of the yard, or get all mussed up"
But he did go out of the yard, and
he also got terribly mussed, and some-
one was provoked about it at the time.
For the first five minutes, which
Is a long time, considering his age,
Paul followed instructions.
Then, looking up to locate the source
Of 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 go
on the boulevard" new one, Don't
go out 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-
late a third.
He 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 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-
yond.
The aviator, who a moment before
ho1 Gnh h q
crazy machine that, without any warn.
ing, had gone out of control, quickly
unstrapped himself and ran back. He
was white as the wings of his gas bird
as he picked up 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 he re-
peated, "Thank goodness" Hardly
able to speak with excitement, he said,
addressing her, II am sure he isn't
hurt; but I don't want to ever go
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.
wait, please" he spoke. "Can't ]
have the little chaps address? Id
like to send him something"
"Oh," she answered, tive 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"
Paul's defense was 81 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 confide
to his woolly canine playfellow, lno
that maybe "we'll 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 birdman had had another acci-
dent. 1t said that if he wanted the
present very soon either his papa or
mamma would have to bring him there
because "a chap can't walk with
broken leg"
The following Sunday a tall man,
strikingly pretty woman and a talk
ative boy who tightly clutched bou-
qaet of flowers so big that he had diff
Guilty in handling it, called on the in
jured lieutenant. OF course, among
other things, the accident was dis
cussed, at which time Paul assured
them that he wasn't scared at all,
"Well, was scared" said the officer
and looking at the lady, 81 guess your
mother was scared" The man laughed
and the woman blushed as Paul blurt-
ed out, 81 guess my mother amt scared
yet, because she don't know about it,
cause she's away her own SELF"
Il Think said Paurs father as he
looked from the man to the woman and
chucked at their embarrassment, that
it is time that you folks were properly
introduced. Lieutenant H meet my
sister, Miss c.. She is Paul's acting
mother just now. His own mamma
will soon, we hope, be home frola a
stay in the country where she has been
convalescing after a terrible Illness"
The first journey of any length that
the flying man made after he received
his crutches was over to Paul's home,
But it wasn't the last one. During the
months that followed h6 made many
and each time he brought Paul some
thing, until the little chap had accu-
INFLATED a wonderful collection of toys
that ranged all the way from a duck
that quacked to a miniature airplane.
His parents predicted that the lieu
tenant would spoil him. Later events
proved that they were mistaken. Bat
lei Paul tell this part of the story in