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the horse and told Audry to get in front with us and told Jack he could stand on the back, so they did and they only lived one mile and a half from the church so when we got to their house, Jack said Pearl won't you and Becky come in awhile? and I told him no; we'd better go on. So then Audry said you all come in long enough for me to play a record for you. It's a cute thing. She said the name of it is "Oh, where does daddy go when he goes out", Does he go to see the picture show or does he call at the Music Hall? So that sounded so tempting until we took her up on it and when she played that record she wanted to play another one, but I told her we couldn't stay that my daddy would be worried to death about us. So we went out and got in the buggy and started and they had a big rope swing right close to the road coming from their house and it was so dark, so I didn't see the swing and Dandy got over a little too far and the buggy shaft caught in the rope and frightened the horse nearly to death so he tore out of the buggy and tore the harness up so badly that we couldn't hitch him up again. So Jack walked with us and led Dandy. And when we got in front of my home my daddy heard us talking and he came out on the porch and said daughter is that you? and I said yes sir and he said what's wrong? So I told him I'd tell him when I got inside. I told him about Audry and Jack riding with us and I said when we stopped to put them out it had started to rain. So Audry insisted on us coming in until the rain slacked. So I went on to tell him what happened when we were driving out of their lane and I expected a good scolding but he swallowed my lie and never said a word. If that had not of happened all I would have had to do was to touch Dandy with the buggy whip and he'd of had us home in five minutes because it was only a mile and a half. Dandy was a beautiful Bay Stallion and my daddy had taught him to mind like a child. Some times when I was driving him if he'd see another horse he'd stand straight up on his hind feet and all I had to do was speak to him and he'd come right down and take me for a ride. I could have slowed him down but I was enjoying the ride. My father used to saddle him for me late in the evening for me to go bring the milk cows home so I'd ride as far as one of our neighbors, get off, hitch the horse to the fence and go in and they had a bunch of girls that I went to school with and we'd play the organ, sing and dance and have a good time, but then when I'd see it getting late (dusk) I'd jump on Dandy and away we'd go and my daddy would say daughter, where are the cows? and I'd tell him I never saw a one of them. So after dark they'd come poking in and he'd have to feed up and milk
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