MY WIFE HOLDS THE GUN 209 



I heard of a young girl in a nearby town by the 

 name of Osa Leighty who was said to have a good 

 voice. I hopped a train and went up to see her. 

 She was all for the adventure, just as she has been 

 ever since. But her mother was outraged at the idea 

 of my taking away her beautiful yoimg daughter* who 

 was still nothing but a child. 



That was Friday. For two days Osa and I talked 

 things over pretty seriously. I got a glimpse of her 

 character and I guess she got a taste of my stubborn- 

 ness. At any rate we solved our problem. On 

 Sunday we were married. 



At that time Osa had never been over thirty miles 

 from home. Today I believe she is the most widely 

 travelled woman in the world. 



I soon found married life wasn't all a bed of roses. 

 Natvirally Osa got a little homesick at first. And her 

 mother missed her a lot. So she had to go home 

 every now and then. These visits often stretched out 

 into days and weeks. Like every other young 

 husband I felt torn between my business and my 

 wife. Also I was dismayed to find that my desire 

 to wander was coming back full force. 



One day I put it right up to Osa. "I'm going tO' 

 sell the business. We can go to the west coast and 

 take a boat to the Islands. If we get some good film 

 it will be worth all the trouble." 



It was just about that time Emmet Dalton was 



