The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-17

against; ne would have beaten MS daughter with
a club If he had suspected her of it. But stealing
that was entirely different
And Fanny had turned out distinct dsap
pointment She danced and jazzed which was
improper and was about to marry a boy of no at
tainments, who probably didn't know police
"blotter' from "sQueal-book"
That night when pop" had disgruntledly
clumped of to bed Daisy took the young lovers
into the "parlor" and blessed their betrothal. She
put her arms about Fanny and kissed her and
cried over her; she advised her and the boy to
marry as soon as they could, and when she found
they were saving slowly and wouldn't be able to
make it for months, she wrote a check.
"Marreh, kids-setttle down-be the level
to one another" she sighed. And they both kissed
her and said they would.
Daisy wondered how she could have stayed
away so long-how she could have wrapped her
self up completely in her own affairs that
these, of her own flesh and of her own home, had
become faded images in an atrophled memory
though they had never been or had ceased
to be-
Here little Fanny. Daisy would have laid
down her life for little Fanny; and there was
Pete. trying to shoot square not enough of a per-
sonality to accomplish 1t without substantial aid
not enough of a character TO Withstand the old
mans crooked inclinations; here was the old man
himself, grown quite old, disappointed over all Of
his children including Daisy Daisy had turned
out the only decent crook In the whole mob" but
what good was she to him? She was up Moth
in fast company, far and away beyond his speed
like full-hedged eagle hatched by a chicken
hawk.
And here were the old walls There was the
little room where she had spent her hdhood-and
there the family sofa on which she used to get
her Dealings. and thereof. dear-there was that
old picture of the horse swishng his tail which
had hung in the dining room ever since the old
man had cleaned out farmhouse down the county
off at fuDa
Home The worn rugs, the Clipped chinaware
the oent forks, the crippled chairs, the doorknobs
wired on with hairpins, the coal to fetch Hp from
celiar-how il all made her feel like letting her
hair down her back and borrowing one of Fanuy's
e1ngham aprons, the kind all girls wear down
SCUM around home. whether. the songs say 50 or
That night she had dreams She heard the
humming OF nightingales and the chirping OF
bees; she saw moonlight on ripping water and
she saw beaming faces of contented cuuud folks
ahectionately looking TO their white massas fof
the plain needs and the treasured little luxures
ol thelr kindly, humble, grateful lives She
smelled waffles and tasted Iasses drips followed
oy crisp fried young chicken swimming in its
own gravy and lying beside its affinity corn fri.
brown. ''p'S"
And hext morning her nanny came home and
she ana Daisy had lovely cry together and
Daisy helped with the dishes and cooked the din
ner. And Pete had a little confidential talk with
her and said if he could only raise fifty dollars
ne knew Of Job in Augusta; he didn't want 10
e. -ue Just couiun l. and the old man
kept nagging and be knew he'd be a failure and
out came Daisy with the fifty, ana back came
Pete with his promise TO go straight To AuEusta
and go straight thereafter
And. when Daisy finally rsek-d 5ff t,,rt-,
tne North-"ith her mothers bubbling blessings
on on her, Petes silent grip on her little soft hand
'the business one), Fanny and her upright cake.
eater beaming her even the old man : rr,,rr,.
more outspoken than genuine-she began 10 l--l.
nat maybe thoSe Dixie songs wcrerf 80 slllF
after ail' maybe she was glad she'd rolled home.
"A ziu iur1r Nura
, ieyee in the moonlight