The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-02

| pirate and you girls can be the
I 3hipwrccked passengers that ! car.
~ to my cave over there. And
/ then when ! go back TO the ship
| for plundcr. you can try 10 e5-
cape and I'll catch you again"
you do thing Of the incest
| things 20 play exclaimed Susan,
| adnlrlngly. "Lets begin right
/ nowi'
"All right" replied Tom, then
| you girls lie down on the grass over
there like as II you had been Just
washed up by the waves, ana III
come and find you and carry you
off"
IN five minutes moro the game
was under way Pirate Tom car
flcd his first prisoner, Mildred, over
the slippery rocks In safety and set
| the slippery rocks in sIfety aud set
| her down In the Damp hollow which
/ was his cave Then he went back
/ for Susan. He was half way over
| tho rocks with her when a voice
/ called from above, There doesn't
| happen to he anybody around here
who could use a couple OF bags OF
/ peanuts. does there2 p
! "Oh. Dnddah'" shouted Sups n,
we could. cause we're In "A pirate
/ cave and haven't had - sign OF any
/ provisions for---for-six days.
Dear me, dear mel" exclaimed
! Mr. Badger. TO think 81 such sad
| state of affairs And only this
| morning my daughter susan. she's
/ about your size ! should say ate
| such big breakfast that v was
| ashamed OF her."
susan giggled as she reached for
the peanuts her father handed her,
and then the game went on. After
awhile, Pirate Tom, fearing that his
cave might be raided by rival band
] OF pirate. decided that ne would car
| ~ both his prisoners to another hid
ing place.
But Tom" exclaimed Susan. you
can't carry both Of NJ at ouCei'
yes / can" said Tom, positively,
. I'm lots biGFcr'n you Eirls-just
look at my musclo" SO he picked
lp both girls and started out Of the
cave.
Sow whether Il was that he Was
trying to do too much, or whether
they had crossed the slippery rocks
So many tmea without a fall that
they had become reckless and care
lee or whether, the sound OF MIL
dreds big sisters voice calling to
them Just then disturbed him 1t
would he hard to say. but Whatever
1t was something made Tom slip
and down went the three children
kaplash, into the water.
Mid,cd's sister Alice. who was
around the turn and couldn't sec
them continued TO call, Tom! Oh,
Tom, Tom! Want To earn some
money today" And just then she
turned passed the shrubbery and saw
the spring
, Down In the water. under the fall
l.. ..nt al mn In .tF.s,
? / the vet rocks, we're The three chil
drcn she had come to find and sucf
, sights as they were!
what in The world" she began
Now don't you say one word
b. Alice" said Mildred. when she hat
: finally got The water ont of hct
mouth so she could speak. ''w'
didn't mean to do It and IT'S ole
clothes anyway. And you know SO,
can't expect pirates to do things h
civilized way--Tom's a pirate
Il thought he must be somethini
dreadful" exclaimed Alice laugh
insb II think Wen ,h,a have ,o to 90, ham an,
dry" she added Too bad that yot
happen TO be wet just now, becaus,
! YOU miss chance to earn SOM
, money"
/ Not l." replied Tom positively
, II never was known to mias any
thing like that Tell me what yo'
want and III get dry so quickl
you'u never know | was wet"
Alice looked doubtful, hut sh
p told her crrand Just the same.
| "lrs that nice little Mrs, Talsor
! you know, Tom" sho said. tina
q old lady you were 80 obliging an
kind to last week
70 ITO be sure | know her" agree
Il Tom, remember Mildred how sh
{ sat on the front porch and toll
e mother | was such a gentleman
and | hadn't done "A thing ~ he
9 that day but hold the screen door!
{ But Tom" interrupted Susar
you had done "A lot before. No
. know you've been awtully Kind I
u her and she notices It because tn
@ other boys only tease her because @
! her funny clothes"
"Sho surely does notice" sal
u Alice, shes going home on tn
~ carly afternoon train and she say
u no one but Tom shall touch he
handbags. she wants him TO carr
them TO the bus for her and sh
said if | could find him, and h
could. do u, | was TO tell him she al
ways paid dollar for that servic
and she wanted to give It to Nou."
she u nave chance, eNclalme
Tom though III feel like Il for-sur
pirate when / take a. No mor
:, play for me girls, I've got TO ~
\ dry And away Tom ran over III
lawn toward the hotel.
THE proper thing for prisoners
do I'm a case like this" suggested 81
sans father. lis TO cCape before IN
pirate comes back. suppose 80
lake your dry shoes and stocklnl
and slip up the back stairs 10 you
mothers room. Maybe she'll /
good enough TO get some dry thins
,. out OF the trunk for you 80 we ca
a. boat riding
So the pirating party broke mp bl
\ the children never forgot the IA
y they had on that last day OF vacj
o. HOn.