Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 62, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 14, 1911 Page: 1 of 6
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CHICKASIIA DAILY EXPRESS CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA.
A i Cure for
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I"" ; Zv Lmtr?rtre Alfred Clay
Coiytilit tr Alsoclaled Lll&rwr ProJ
Uncauae Harold Spued wao twenty-
four years old and because Miss Ger-
trude Hnyburu was only nineteen;
because lie was rattier prim and pre-
cike mid khe wa a aort of tomboy;
because be ai In love with her and
becaube of several oilier ituuons lie
bud come to gpeuk of htr as JJulu
Ml I'htt.
She m nancy and Impudent and
Independent and he wan very do-
iuii re and deceitful and ingenious.
If Bhe loved him in return lie wasn't
loins; to let him know It until she
ttot pood and ready. She reseated
bin prlinne and paedaeitcit! and the
rebuke he offered.
When her mother talked to her
bout her wicked wajs ahe elevated
br c.hlttUh chla and replied:
"And who is Harold lo boss me.
He la only a bit older than I urn
ttiouKh he acts liko an old demon.
I'm KoliiK to keep at him until he
drops that awful dignity and hcts as
any other young man would.""
"He lihK anked you to marry him
I presume?" iuerid the mother.
"Yea he has and how did he do
It? We were sitting in the summer
house one evening and I was chew-
ing gum. It. was a beautiful nifclit.
The crickets were singing and the
night breeze was mailing the Mk wil-
low. It was JiiHt the nicest night In
the world to taiK love but did tie
talk it? No mamma. After we hud
fc.il there like two stupids for a Ioiik
half hour and just as I was expect-
ing him to drop to his knees and
propose he said:
" lo you think we oukM to keep a
cat when we are married?'
"Why mamma. 1 was so mad that
I almost swaiiowed n:y gum! iJid
you ever heir the Hke?"
"Harold Is a very sternly young
mini and you are hoity-toity" re-
' plied the mother.
"I'm not. It's just ot.ly thnt I won't
he a f t andtiiother till I have to he.
Oh ou wait. 1 11 brliiR that younr
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With Her Father's Hat and Cane.
dun of his pedestal if he continues
t larir around here. If ln thinks I'm
jolnjs ;o waik a rha'kline for bim
tie's very muh mistaken."
Harold was expected tliut very eve-
nliiK. and he arrived on time not a
minute too coon nor a minute too
late. The butler waved him Into the
parlor according to program and
according to further program he
expected to And Miss Gertrude sitting
holt upright In her chair as she waited
his appearance. But she wasn't In a
chair at nil. She was gittliiR on the
door like a Rtrl of ten and moreover
she was making a rajj doll. I3he
looked for Mr. Speed to exclaim. He
mlfiht even turn nd leave the house.
He did nothing of the kind lie sim-
ply said:
"Sorry Miss Chit that you haven't
ano her little girl to piny with. Ex-
cuse me plr asc. w hile I look at the
latest magazine."
"Oh sure! Wish grandma was
home to talk with you!"
And for a long hour she ant triors
and tsilked to her doll and stint: to
herself but she couldn't even ruffle
the conservative young ni:in. He
seemed quietly to enjoy the situation.
On another occasion he began to
talk politic! as soon as ho entered
her presence and after standing It
for hlf uii hour she yawned and
ked If he hail any objection to po-
n out and buying a quart of pea-
nuts to roast In the kitchen. She
hoped he would flush up and even
gwear but he disappointed her. He
remained cool and calm and nn-
awered that he hoped her frivolity
would entirely disappear some day.
Aittin he entered the parlor to
And her walking up and down with
a cane and her father's silk hat. on
her head. She continued to walk aft
er his entrance ana It wns only
after ho had seated himself and be-
Uan to read a tetter taken trom it t s
bucket that she threw hat and cane
uto ;v corner and claimed:
Harold Speed am I nobody or
liOthiiift'.'"
'Why yes you are little Miss
;hlt'' he answered.
"And you are Dignity on a mmin-
a!n! Say. would yoti Jump If a
ktreet car was coming at you?"
'I think I could walk out of It
P'l"
"I wish a policeman would arrst
you!"
"What for?" x
"J wish he'd arrest you and elsm-
bang you all over the block and that
the Judge would give you thirty days
the next morning! Oh that dignity!
How I Just wo'ild like to ae It
slam banged!"
"Thank you."
i "And you net da t Coma - her no
imore 1 "
"But I ahall."
"AM I nevef a.ld INI marry you
wuen' you asked' If ought to keep
bleat. You go to -father If you dare!'
"Ia h at bom this evening
.please?"
"And I'd elope with the butcher
boy sooner than than"
"Miss Chit I haven't seen you
playing marbles or drawing a toy
cart about yet!"
Three days later Miss Gertrude and
her mother went lo a manor house
for a week'! stay. It was winter and
the lake a quarter of a mile away
was frozen over and certain folks
were (ishlng through the ice with
good luck.' Mr. fipeed was to come
down for the last two days of their
stay. There were faur clear days In
which to snowball skate fish and
slide down hill. Kven a snowman
was built at the gate and a sign of
"Iigtilty" would have bwn huiig
around his reck If Miss Chit could
have had her way. The thought that
Mr fcpeed was to come down and
spoil the last two days set a certain
little head thinking. A plan was
laid and the hoy who had halted her
fish-hook was called in to conspire.
He grinned and Miss Chit gipgled.
"W hat's afoot now ?" asked the sus-
picious mother.
'.Vothlnc. mamma dear. Harold will
be here tomorrow. He will arrive at
H o'clock the same as we did. 1
shall he over at the lake fishing. Tell
bim where I am. No there' nothing
doing mamma. I'd Just like to se him
catch a fish through the ice."
Harold arrived. As usual he was
punctual to the minute. He was
shown the path to the lake and he
walked over there. His last few
steps were hastened by screams for
help. Ys he really hastened and
the ritfht that met his eyes as he
stood on the shore made him thrill.
Miss (iertrud was afloat on a take
of ice. She was' holding out her
hands to him in supplication. There
was a boy etanding around on one
foot with his flngfjr In bis mouth and
looking helples.
"A boat! A fjoat!" cried Harold
as he seized the !ad and shook him
out of his coat.
"There over there but it' too
la'e!"
Harold oh Harold!" from the
cuke of ice.
"Yes yes. I'll sav you! Help
me. you young villain or I'll drown
you!"
There was lee and water in the
bout and only a board for a paddle
but It was launched and ou it way
to the rescue when a strange thing
happened. Little Miss Chit seized
the end of the rope and began pulling
herself and cake of Ice back to the
main portion and presently stepped
on i!ie firm ice. As she did so she
sat down and clapped her bands and
hejan to laURh. Harold slowly re-'i.-i.'d
the boat and then walked out
to where the chuckle and glgcles
a'-.-! chirrup came from. For thirty
s ootids he kept his face mobile.
"II -n he grinned then smiled -then
b o'e down and laughed till the
tears came. '
"I just bet them two folks are
going to get married!" announced the
boy ls he sauntered up to the house.
"Wht makes you think so?"
'Cause they re sitting down on
the ice a nhukln' hands and laugh-in'
like two Idiote. Hark! You can
hear him holler clear here!"
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! One Widow's j
r?. Mistake j
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LAST MOMENTS OF WARRIORS
Dramatic Incl' tts Recorded In His-
tory as Taking Place on the Bat-
tlefield. The proposal of the Dutch to erect
at Zutpheu a statue of Sir Philip Syd-
ney recalls In Tit-Bits the world famed
episode of the dying soldier with
which his death is Inseparably
connected. It occurred when that Pa-
ladin on September lfiSfi. received
his death wound before the walls of
Zntphen. l'arched w ith thirst he call-
ed tor h drink. As he was putting the
bottle to his mouth his eyes foil upon
a desperately wounded soldier who
as he was being carried past threw
him longing glances "which Sir Philip
pircelvlnij. took the bottle from Ills
lips before he drank and delivered to
the poor man with these words: 'Thy
necessity Is greater than mine.'"
At the battle of Ravenna in 1512
when the allied Spanish and papal
forces were defeated by the renowned
Gaston do l'lx Dummolard one of
his capl.ilns played a conspicuoils
part. After a gallant charge by which
he had driven back the enemy he de-
termined to publicly drink the health
of his countrys brave ally Jacob von
Kinpsor the leader of the fi.ODO (!er-
niHti lasquenets. Wine was brought
upon the Held and having sat down
each hero tilled his goblet. At. that
moment while they were in the very
act of pledging each other's health a
cannon hall from the enemy's lines
killed both.
Of the Newest School.
She Hero comes Diana YVeybrldgo.
Doesn't she entirely satisfy your ar-
tistic sense?"
He -Dear lady she savors loo niurh
of i statement. We ante post -prandial
Impressionists eee beauty only in
semi suggested Interpretations.
Puck.
Once a week for six mouths Mr.
Charles rYird had driven over to Goi se
Lake from pentvllle to call at the resi-
dence of the Widow Hush. That madu
24 times Ou the 20th he declared his
love and asked for her hand. He was
crushed to earth when told that the
widow's heart was not in the affair.
There were reasons many reasons-
why she could not love. A a brother
be might continue to drive over from
Pentvlile as long as he wished but
any future conversation must not
touch upon the subject of love.
l.ate one afternoon a week after
the great refusal the Widow Hush set
out In her auto to go to PeiitvJIle. It
was not to see Mr. Ford and hint to
him (hat she had changed her mind
but to visit a relative. At the same
hour Mr. Ford set out. from Pentvlile
to motor over to Gorse Lake. It wa.-i
not to submit a new matrimonial pro-
posal but to see a man on business.
Hoi h motors could have made the trip
hi-lore' dusk came down but for acci-
dents. Something went wrong with
both machines. Something had to be
tinkered at. There was delay. Anil
thus It happened that an hour after
dark on moonless night with rain
threatening at any minute the two
autos came together on that long hill.
It Is Impossible to tell how thing3
happen. In this case both machines
had their lamps lit both were run-
ning slowly and carefully .Mr. Ford
was prudent and the widow's man ex-
perienced and yet those autos struck
head on. There was a jar but no one
wai hurt. It would be some hours be-
fore the Widow Hush could reach
Pentvlile or Mr. Ford could talk busi-
ness with that man in tlorse Lake.
Three of the four lamps were smash-
ed. The chauffeur took the fourth and
started on" to And a farmer to come
with a team of horses.
And thMi It began to rain and th;?
darkness thickened until Mr. Ford
could not see the tip of his nose. Th j
widow had the shelter of a tonneau:
he had none. He had to stand out and
take the pour ns it came.
After the chauffeur had departed
there was silence between the rejector
and the rejected. It didn't last loiifr
however. At the end of 10 minutes
the widow opened the door and called
out :
"Mr. Ford I am orry that you are
out in the rain."
"You ought to be. It is all owing to
that fool-man of yours!"
"Mr. Ford are we in danger cf
bears?"
"Yes we are and I hope tea or
twelve of them will come!"
"Mr Ford are you smoking?"
"Ye."
"What- that noise?"
"It sounds like the bellowing of a
bull."
"Hut will the animal come here and
attack us?"
"He may."
It was a bull and be had leaped thi
pasture fence. He came along down
the hill bellowing at every stride and
hoping to find something to demolish
and the widow began to scream and
threw the door open to Jump out.
"Get back there and stop your
noise!" commanded Mr. Ford and hU
grasp was not gentle as he seized her
arm.
Then he disappeared Into the night.
There were stones In the road. lb?
f-lt them under his feet and pelted
the bull and started hint into a re-
treat. As he came sloshing baclc
through the mud and water the wldw
asked:
"Mr Ford; don't you think you
o;:Rht to follow William and ascertain
the cause of this delay?"
"No. ma'am I don't!" he promptly
answered.
"Then I will follow bim myself!"
"Then you will stay right where yon
are! If William the biggest fool
In the state he has crawled under a
haystack somewhere and won't be
seen until daylight." .
That settled things for a long half
hour. Then the lonneau door opened
and a soft voice said:
"Mr. Ford please come nearer. You
loved me. didn't you?"
"Y-e-s" he sulkily admitted.
"You asked me to marry you and
T refused. 1 refused because I had not
read you aright. I am willing to adti.lt
that I was entirely mistaken. in your
character."
"llhow?"
"1 took you for a sissy like my Into
husband awfully good but a sissy. I
didn't know that you were aggressive.
I didn't believe you'd dare face a bel-
lowing bull even by daylight with a
six-rail t'ence between you. I couldn't
have been made to believe that you
would dare order me about. Tonight
you have shown me my errors. Oh
how mistaken I have been!"
"Then why don't you say you are
coming In here beside me and order
mo to move along? It seems to me
we ought to have a talk a new talk."
And soon after daylight when the
chauffeur returned with a farmer and
n team he saw the widow's sleepy
head resting on Mr. Ford's shoulder
and lost his presence of mind and
stepped back to exclaim:
"Well but who'd a-thought. It?"
A Great Admirer.
"Have you Thackeray's works?"
"No." sighed Mrs. Tlmpers: "al-
though 1 am a great admirer of Thack-
eray." "Indeed?"
"Yes: and I was so anxious to have
his works complete hut I couldn't
find a binding thnt would harmonize
with the color Hcheme In our itbinry"
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Evans, George H. Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 62, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 14, 1911, newspaper, March 14, 1911; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc730773/m1/1/: accessed April 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.