The cousins

It was only day before yesterday that Richard and me ran and played with these 3 pictured here. I was thinking last night as I lay in the bed unable to sleep about gone by days and the happening of our youth.

The little fellow setting in between his brothers was named Donnie . Donnie was full of life and prone to get into trouble often dragging the rest of his cousins present along with him. Uncle Truman had a razor strap which was often in use on Donnie's behind.

One spring day Uncle and Aunt came to shop at Denver in Uncle's green truck. When They started home they invited Mama , Richard and me to go spend the night. with them.

We were excited enjoying the prospects of a day at play with our cousins. Uncle Truman drove a green ford truck with a rack and we loaded up in the back with the cousins for a exciting trip down the dirt road.

The Powell cousins had been some where to see a move staring Gene Audry and Donnie was telling us the movie plot and about riding champ the famous Audry horse as usual Donnie was excited and tell big stories about he would jump on his horse and gallop down the road out running Uncle Truman's truck.

We rounded the bend in the road and the home place was in sight, We turned and was looking over the cab of the truck towards the house loosing interest in Donnie's tall tales. Truman brought the truck to a halt beside the old walnut tree and we baled out ready to start our day of play when we noticed Donnie was not with us.

Uncle ask us when we last saw him in the truck and we said just past the bend in the road. Aunt Francis was screaming and Uncle Truman was running down the road and for once we children were silent awaiting news from the horse back rider of the purple sage.

Then we saw Uncle returning with a freckle face unconscious Donnie in his arms. They took Donnie to Green Forest to Doctor McCury and he sent the frighten parents to Grandpa Powell's home to awaited the out come of Donnie's troubles.

In that day the closest hospital was at Little Rock Arkansas and that was why the unconscious child was put to bed at Grandpa's home.

grandma told me later, because we children had been left at home with mama , that she was setting in a chair by her bed where Donnie lay dead to the world and when he came to he looked at grandma and said "Ma". Grandma said it was the sweetest word she had ever heard.

Donnie recovered without any side effects that we could see, He still was loud and always getting into trouble dragging us along with him.

I look back on that day of the worst trouble we could possible imagine and consider all the things that have descended on us in our old age and think if we had only known the trouble we would see we might not have been able to go forth from that day. The Bible says the evil is sufferance unto the day meaning we know not the trouble we will see and it is good that we don't know of it.