The Herald-Sentinel. (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, October 25, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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STATE CAPITAL LETTER
BY OUI OWN CORIESPONDENT
Soat of Asp's Arguments Ajaiast the Conititution
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There has been much curiosity
Oklahoma ii to the content* of the
brief against the constitution filed by
Henry A. E. Aap with the United
States attorney general, in Washing-
ton, aud which Mr. Bonaparte is said
to have examined with great care.
The brief haa been printed in pamph-
let form, and a number of copies hart
become public.
Mr. Asp's main argument was that
the constitution waa not republican In
form, becnuse of the provisions of th*
Initiative and referendum, and there-
fore waa tn violation of the statehood
enabling act. Mr. Aap held that to be
republican In form, a atate govern-
ment should be controlled by elected
repreaentntlves of the people In other
worda, a legislature. To ppove his
aaaertlon, he quoted the opinion of
some Pf the most eminent Jurista and
statesmen that have Mved in the
United States in the laat century.
Mr. Aap declared that In effect,
whatever amendments were made by
the constitution, the Initiative and re-
ferendum says that the people may
enact laws and amend the constitu-
tion independent of the legislature,
and the veto power of the governor
•hall not extend to matters voted on
by the people. In the conclusion of
his brief he says:
"It follows from these authorities
that the proposed initiative and refer-
endum is not republican In form, with-
in the meauing of section 4, article 4,
of the constitution of the United
States, and Is Inconsistent with our
theory of government, and Is wholly
Irreconcialble with the genius of our
free institutions, and the American
plan of government. The power
which reserves to the people the right
to ppjpose and enact laws indepen-
dent of the legislature is destructive
of a representative government. Thii
is legislation by the electors directly,
without the intervention of the rep-
resentative persons chosen by the
people, and is revolutionary in Its
charter. It entirely effaces all the
familiar landmarks of a representa-
tive form of government, which was
secured to us by the fathers of cur
republic, and which has been ex-
pressly guaranteed to every atate by
the federal constitution.
"If thla should become the funda-
mental and permanent law of our
atate and ahould be held to be re-
publican in form and In harmony
with the aplrlt of our lnatluitiona, then
the convention, or perhapa rme fu
ture convention, or the people, In the
exercises of the power of amendment,
under the initiative and referendum,
would have the power to entirely sup
ersede one of the coordinate branches
of our government.
"If It could supersede or destroy the
legislative branch of our coordinate
government, It oould with equal force
and reason destroy the executive
branch; and if the executive and leg-
islative branches could be euper-
sited or destroyed In forming n basic
law for a atate, then the same power
would exist for superseding and de-
atroying the Judicial branch of the
government and vest the power of In-
terpreting our laws directly with the
people. Carried te ita ultimate con-
clusion. it reserves to the people the
power to make the |sw, to administer
the law. and to Interpret the law.
"And if this may be done by en-
croachment on established principles,
then we may have in each state, as
was stated by Mr. Lute Pease, in his
I article on the Initiative and the Re-
ferendum. hereinbefore cited, 'A
peaceful resolution; a revolution that
bids fair to spread through the union;
one which emasculates the state legis-
lature true,' and with equal right and
force might emasculate the other and
the recognised departments of the
government and overturn the entire
structure of our American govern-
ment. With the aversion exhibited by
the constitutional convention to the
constitution of the United States and
its attitude towards the national gov-
ernment and its established depart-
ments, and the vote of confidence
I given to these unpatriotic men by the
j people of Oklahoma at the recent elec-
tion, we may regret In the future to
be sown here the seeds of dissolu-
| tlon."
Buttermilk and Poen for Prohibition Oklahoma
C. A. McNabb, secretary of the
Oklahoma board of agriculture, claims
to have made an original discovery
in the geography of customs In the
new state. He declares that the but-
termilk line in the new state is about
fifty miles south of Outhrie, and pas-
ses approximately, from east to west
through the towns of Purcell, Chick-
asha and Hobart. In all that region
lying south of this line and north of
Red river. Secretary McNabb has
found that buttermilk Ib the common
drink of the Inhabitants, while north
of this line it may be procured at the
caravansaries only after much ex-
planation and insistence. In the south
country all milk is butermilk, unless
otherwise designate, while potatoes
always means sweet potatoes.
It has been proposed, since Secre-
tary McNabb made his discovery, that
the first legislature be asked to pro-
claim buttermilk the cffical and law-
ful drink of the new prohibition state.
As a healthful beverage, buttermilk,
among those acquainted with its
merits, is admitted to be without i
potable peer. No headache lurks in
a goblet of this refreshing fluid, and
no man was ever hauled into ponce
court because he was full of this de-
lightful elixir.
These are a few things that go
with buttermilk, Just like pretzels
with beer, that are unknown in the
north country, according to the veraci-
ous secretary of the board of agri-
culture. Corn pone, for instance,
munched with a glass of cold butter-
milk on a hot summer day, on a blue
grass lawn, in the shade of big tree,
is declared down in the Red river
country once to hrve been the food
of the gods. The proposal has been
made that buttermilk and com pone
societies be organized In the north
country to reveal to its benighted in
habitants the fact that they are un-
acquainted with two of the greatest
lifxurieB of life.
More Rigid Game Law to be Demanded
The first legislature will be asked
to enact a more rigid game law than
the one now in operation Ih Okla-
homa. The new law as proposed will
hardly make any greater change than
to limit the number of quail a single
hunter may kill in a day. As the law
now stands, there Is no restriction on
the number that may be killed. De-
spite this fact, however, the other fea-
tures of the law afford such protec-
tion to quail that they are increasing
enormously in numbers year after
year. It is possible that a closed sea-
son on prairie chickens for three or
four years, may be asked for. This
fine bird may Btill be found In great
numbers In western Oklahoma, but
the annual slaughter is terrific and
In a few years prairie chickens may-
become as scarce in Oklahoma as buf-
falo.
Speculation on Republican Senatorial Nominee
The announcement that Governor hiding. Among them are Denni3
Frank Frantz will ask for the repub- Flynn, former delegate in congress,
lican minority caucus nomination in B. S. McOuIre, now delegate, and
congressman-elect from the first dis-
trict, Joseph McNeal, the well known
Outhrie banker, and C. 0. Jones of
Oklahoma City, who helped fight the
battles of statehood.
The caucus nomination Is desirable
at this time, not only for the honor
conferred, but for the reason that It
may give certain eligibility to the
man who gets it, should the time ever
come when the republicans have a
chance to elect two United States sen
ators.
On the Indian Territory side of the
state there are fewer avowed candi-
dates for the caucus nomination than
on the Oklahoma side. Coi. Clarence
B. Douglas, editor of the Muskogee
Phoenix, has been looking forward
for the last three or four years to this
caucus nomination. Baying that h')
would be satisfied to get it as an
empty honor in return for whatever
services he may have rendered the
republican party. He wishes to leave
the fact of his caucus nomination as
a heritage to his children. William
Busby of McAlester may cpjss swords
with Douglas for the nomination.
the state legislature for United States
senator, has again set the republican
pot boiling. Frantz is making an ac-
tive canvass among the republicans-
elect for their support, and has the
pledges of a number of them to vote
for him. The nomination Is purely
ornamental, as out of the 153 mem-
bers of the legislature on Joint ballot
fewer than 30 are republicans. The
two United States senators, of course,
will be democrats, Robert L. Owen
and T. P. Gore.
In their support of his candidacy
for the nomination, friends of Frantz
are urging that he be given the honor
because of the sacrifice he made In
his campaign-for governor on the re-
publican ticket in the last campaign.
They assert that Frantz was chosen
because he was the most available
man In the state, and made a better
race than would any other republican.
He made the race, however, at great
personal sacrifice, paying the bulk of
bis expenses out of his own pocket.
The candidacy of Frantz ha8 started
a number of other candidates out of
A Tribune correspodent has discov-
ered that housework Is the most at-
tractive employment for women, but
that, nevertheless, they shun it. Not
being a woman, the correspondent
should know. A committee of hired
girls might view htm carelessly and
decide that shoveling sand was a
more congen.al occupation than writ
ing. but that would not drive him to
manual labor.
Emperor William and his partner
were beaten by two girls In a recent
game of tennis. Doesn't this come
dangerously near putting William In
the mollycoddle class?
$ ' '
A Massachusetts man starred on his
wedding trip without knowing whero
he was gotng to land. That is the
way roost men start when they get
married.
Best Country on Earth
"The longer a man lives the aovt
convinced he becomes that everything
has its use, and that nothing in a*
ture is wasted,' said William H Mer-
ten, a practical farmer and commis-
sion dealer in fruits and vegetables,
who has watched Intently for years
the development of th* agricultural
and horticultural resources of Okla-
homa.
The eattlemen who came first te
Oklahoma. long *e$<re the ceuntry
was opened to settlement, honestly
believed that they were telling the
truth when they said that farming In
Oklahoma was Impossible, snd that a
farmer would starve to death trying
to live on the products of his hus-
bandry. They talked of drouths, and
pointed to the red. sandy soil, eo de-
ceptive to persons accustomed to the
dark loam of northern states, and who
first mistook the Oklahoma soli for a
poor quality of clsy.
The first few years after Okla-
homa was opened to settlement
seemed to prove that the cattlemen
were right. There were crop falluren,
and while nobody starved to death, a
good many were hungrier than they
had ever been back In the slates.
Oklahoma was called a God forsaken
country.
"But the truth was that the new
settlers did not understand the rela-
tion of the climate to the soil ,and
did not know how to cultivate their
crops under chaugcd conditions 1 am
convinced that when Oklahoma was
made care was tsken to make the
soil and the climate conform to each
other. Each succeeding year proves
more and more the truth of what 1
say.
"For instance, there were more
good farmers at work In Oklahoma
laet season than ever before, the
season was the dryest and the most
inhospitable for crops that we have
had since the early 90's. Despite this
fact, men who had learned the secret !
of crop-raising did better than they
h;d In more favorable years.
"Heretofore, the first vegetable la
Oklahoma to succumb to drouth was
the tomato. In dry seasons the to-
mato was put out of business in July.
SENNiE OWENS SHOT
Noted Coach ef Oklshoms Football
Team Accidentally Shot
NORMAN: While attempting to
catch a shot gun a* It fell from a
buggy, iu which he and and John Bar
hour, a local druggist, were hunting,
Bennies Owens, football coach for Ok
lahoma university was shot under the
left arm snd in the extreme left of hts
b-dv. and seriously, possibly fatally,
Injured.
He was driven to town Immediately
after the accident and doctors were
summoned to attend his injuries. All
hopes of saving the arm have been
given up by the doctors and it Is
now feared that the shot may prsve
fatal.
Owens and Barbour left this city for
the ponds across the river and were
on their way home when Owens was
shot. Their bird dog had been fol-
lowing the buggy and Just before
crossing the river the buggy wss
stopped to sllow the dog to Jump In
As the dog Jumped he struck a gun
lying by the side of Owens snd It
started sliding to the ground. Owens
grabbed for It and caught the barrel
Just as the hammer struck the iron
step on the side. The Jar on the step
exploded the gun, the charge taking
effect in Owens' arm and side.
WILL ANgWER QUESTIONS
Hsad of National Bureau of Forestry
Will Be at Muskogee
MUSKOGEE: Gifford Pinchott.
head of the national bureau of for-
estry, has notified Chief Green Mc-
Curtain of the Choctaw nation that he
will appear at the meeting of the
frans-Mlsslssippi Commercial congress
in Muskogee and that he will be pre-
pared to answer any questions or ob-
jections which the Choctaws may ad-
vance relative to the proposed timber
reserve there covering nearly 3,000,-
000 acres of land.
This is likely to be ap interesting
incident. Chief McCurtain has recom-
mended that the Choctaw legislature
pass a resolution opening this reserve.
Within its proposed area there are
over 1,000 Indian allotments on which
Indians are living and where they
aave had their homes for half a cen-
tury. Most of these are tn the val-
Last season, canning factories were ' (eys of the myriad rivers that traverse
established at Guthrie and elsewhere the eastern half of the Choctaw na-
in the territory by an experienced f lf „ atld their little farms are actually
grower of vegetables. He contracted QOt in timber land, but are completely
surrounded by it on the hillsides and
mountains. If the allotments of these
indiaus are cancelled there will not be
anough land left In the Choctaw na-
tion for them to take on anything
like decent land.
with farmers to grow so many acres
of tomatoes, and told them how to
cultivate, with the stipulation thalt
If they failed, he would hire the labor
and deduct the cost front the sale of
the crop at the end of the season.
The result was that even In October
there is an abundance of fine toma-
toes, due entirely to the fact that they
were cultivated according to the re-
quirements of the Oklahoma soil and
climate. The yield was tremendous,
though the aeason was deficient by
fifty per cent over the average good
seasons.
"The canteloupe crop was further
proof of what I have said. Dry weath-
er had always been disastrous to the
canteloupe fields. Growers who had
learned the peculiarities of soil and
climate in Oklahoma raised a bumper
crop this last dry season and as late
as the firBt of this month I knew
fields where the canteloupes had as
g:od color and flavor as the best pro-
duct of Rocky Ford. The same story
could be told of watermelons. At
Lawrie one man cleared $700 on a ten-
acre tract planted to watermelons.
How many farmers make that much
on a farm of 160 acres?
"Peach orchards were no less an
object lesson. Near the little town of
Seward, Albert Ploeger owns 1,000 El-
berta peach trees which he cultivates „ - ,
carefully. according to th. require- A Bult.lo p.per a.ye the nation
menu ot natural conditions In Okla- b"blt lindc,ub"dl> n"k" «■
hom.. He sold *3.900 worth ot | ter Th.t be true on the hol.,
peaches from hi. orchard. I know of bu' l!°T' MhenrU.
another orchard of 2.000 trees that; k ,,
brought Ita owner not to exceed 1100 ln'h °'h 10,0 "f* nm" 81
for the crop. The difference ...T "b™'b«y come bach .th . coat of
tween knowing what to do, and doing i,luwh«BT
$1,000,000 FOR THE8E INDIANS
Chsyennes and Arapahoes to Be Rs-
lieved of Guardianship
EL RENO: The United States In-
dian agent at Darlington has received
Information from the department of
the Interior that a number of Chey-
enne and Arapaho Indians will in a
short time receive patents to their
lands and be relieved from the gov-
ernment guardianship.
This is the first time in the history
of government relations with the
Cheyennes and Arapahoes that they
have been given the right to manage
their own affairs and not be restrained
by the goverment. In all there are
j 167. They are all educated Indians.
Two of them are Emll and Peter Hau-
ler, the fam. us Indian athletes of Car-
lyle and Haskell Indian schools.
The next important event in connec-
tion with these Indians will be the dis-
tribution some time this year of the
$1,000,000 trust fund among them.
Every day people of Oklahoma learn
more and more about the inexhausti-
ble and valuable natural resources of
their state. The town of Shawnee
lately did a lot of asphalt paving, at n
cost of about $2.27 a square yard, us-
ing foreign aBphalt. Citizens grew
curious to know whether or not a bet-
ter or less costly asphalt could not
have been found closer at home. A
committee was appointed by the local
Chamber of Commerce to Investlgats
the asphalt used In paving streets at
Ardmore, the asphalt being found in I
enormous deposits in the adjacent hills
in the Chickasaw nation. In reporting
cn what the committee found, Mayor
Frank Stearns of Shawnee said:
"We saw paved streets that bad
been used more th&n a year, and they
were superior In every way to our
streets that had been paved with for-
eign asphalt. A feature of the Ard-
more product Is that It becomes hard
er, smoother, and glazed by wear.
Merely by pounding the aaphalt to-
gether. repairs can be made In the
streets.
"At the Ardmore plant the native
asphslt la ground into powder, it con-
tains both sandstone and limestone.
This powder Is place! in a large ves-
sel and heated until the asphalt begins
to run. It is then hauled to the
street* and poured in a mush-like con-
dition on the bsse of crushed stones.
A heavy roller Is applied, and in ona
day the street can be opened to trar
fie. The mors travel, the better il
seems to make the street.
"We can get the Ardmore asphalt
as It oomes from the mines at $3. SO
a ton on board cars. A ton will lay
ten square yards of paving two Inches
thick. The cost ot psviug wonld M
about $2 a square yard."
SOLD HIS WAR BONNET
Chief Geronimo Gets $100 for Old
Head Gear
COLLINSVILLE: During the Indian
pow wow here old Chief Geronimo was
the chief attraction. The war depart-
ment had permitted him to attend the
festivities. He made several ad-
dresses. all ot which would seem to
convey the impression that he is a
convert to the Christian religion.
The attendance has been large and
a great many white people have at-
tended the celebration. Chief Spy-
buck, the most, has furnished the en-
tertainment for ten Indian tribes.
Eighteen head of fat cattle were
killed in one day, the slaughter taking
place la the presence of white people.
Robert W. Bells of Washington, D.
C., bought the old war bonnet that
Geronimo wore in his last battle with
General Miles, paying the old chief
$100 for the buckskin and feathers.
He ssys the bonnet will be given to
the Smithsonian Institution.
Alfonso may visit South Amorica.
Is that a sign the baby is crying
nights?
FIRE FIEND KEEPS BUSY
CHICKASHA: Just to show the
city council that he did not fear the
offer of a $250 reward by the city
council the fire fiend who has been
terrifying' Chickasha, set fire to the
rear of Dletnel's confectionery late
Friday night. The fire was started In
the pastry rtoto. Thh proprietor
stated that there waa no fire In the
room during the day and that no one
had been In the building for several
hours before the fire started.
When Josephine Kept House j*
By L RMitu
(Copyright, by B. How Irs.)
Miss Josephine Packard and Miss
Alberta Hathaway were resting from
their arduous studies of the Normal
school, under the great elms on the
greasy slope In Sront of the Packard
farmhouae.
Josephine was 19 and good to look
upon, with fair hair, blue eyes, a
supple form and a dainty gown. Al
berta, her friend, a year older, large,
dark, dignified, stylish, was also good
to look upon. Both were In the en
Joyment of perfect health and each
prided herself on her muscular devel-
opment and powers of physical endur-
ance—and intelligence.
In the farmhouse, In the kitchen,
with a very hot stove for comiiany,
was Josephine's mother, Ironing a
much beruffled white muslin dress be-
longing to the aforesaid Josephine.
She was a plump, busy, cheerful,
little woman, whose greatest happi-
ness In life was to have other people
"take comfort." She had two ideas of
comfort; the one for her own exclu-
sive use, the other for the rest of the
world.
The first was work; she believed,
or pretended, or Imagined, that only
in keeping everlastingly at It could
she by happy. Her Ideal for every-
body else wsb Idleness.
There was one exception, however,
to this almost universal acquiescence,
and as Mrs. Parkard finished the mus-
lin this exception appeared In the
doorway, and resting his hands high
up on either side of the door, looked
into the kitchen—a well built young
man with a frank, pleasant face. He
remonstrated with his auut In a half
Joking, half vexed way. for doing the
work of "'hose two lazy, good-for-
nothing girls."
"They are much better able to do
it than you are, and 1 have half a
mind to go and tell them so."
"Oh, well, they're young." said his
aunt, indulgently. "Do let them take
comfort while they can. Hard work
will come to them soon enough."
"I wish It would come right now."
Bald Sam. "They deserve a good
shaking, and I'd like to be the one to
give it them."
That evening a message came which
was an urgent summons to the bedBide
of a dying sister.
"How can 1 go!" exclaimed Mrs.
Packard, in great distress of mind.
"What Ib to hinder your going?"
cried Josephine, warmly. "I should
think it was great If Alberta and I
couldn't do the housework for a day
or two. You must go—you shall go."
Sam took her to the railroad Btatlon
very early In the morning, speaking
comfortably to the anxious little wo-
man, who felt almost like a criminal
in thus spoiling the sorely needed
vacation of the two fragile maidens
whom she left behind.
"Now, don't you worry, Aunt Eliza-
beth." he said, as he bade her good-
bye. "Ill keep an eye on the girls
and give them a lift now and then, and
if they show signs of collapse. I'll take
hold and do the work myself."
"Aunt Elizabeth seems to think you
girls are a pretty helpless lot," ob-
served Sam, carelessly, after he ar-
rived home.
"I know it," returned Josephine, half
vexed. "I don't see but what we get
along beautifully, and I believe that
nine-tenths of the complaining about
housework being so hard and disa-
greeable Is clear rubblBh."
"I am surprised, really, to find it so
easy and pleasant," said Alberta.
"I wish mother didn't make such
hard work of it," continued Josephine,
with pensive regret. "She keeps trot-
ting all day long, and there isn't a bit
of need of it. Hut of course," she
added, excuslngly, "she can't move or
think as quickly as a young person."
8am turned his head to hide a very
broad Brnlle.
"It seems a pity she should hurry
home, when it Is so Wholly unneces-
sary, now doesn't it?" he questioned
musingly. "She so seldom gets away,
and there are a host of relatives
around there that she has been want-
ing to visit for years."
"Why not write and tell her to
stay?" said Alberta.
"1 could do that," said Josephine.
"It would be great fun "
So the letter was written—indeed,
each member of the family wrote a
letter, even Mr. Packard, who detested
letter writing from his very soul, and
"Mother" was given to understand that
everything went on swimmingly with-
out her. and that her presence In the
family circle was not desired for six
weeks at the very least.
Sam very kindly offered the girls
the loan of his alarm clock, and set It
for them at half-past four, for Mr.
Packard was to begin on the meadows
the next day, and they would want an
early breakfast
It seemed to Josephine and Alberta
as though they had hardly fallen
asleep, when "whir-r-r-r-r-rrrrr—r-rraa
—r-rr" went the alarm clock, and It
was time to get up.
They arose reluctantly and with
many sighs. It would have been so
pleasant to take one more nap.
Then their troubles began The first
day, Thursday, the meat for dinner
was only half done; the beans were
badly burned and the biscuits were as
hard as rocks.
When the girls sought their beds
that night they agreed that it was
the longest day they ever lived, and
that they had never before felt so
tired.
The next day was Friday and bore
a strong family resemblance to Ita
predecessor. Saturday was not unlike
Friday. The work dragged fearfully.
Though Josephine was learning wis-
dom from experience in the culinary
line, the food was still execrable, and
Mr. Packard's countenance wore nn
expression of settled gloom.
That evening after supper Sam cans
Into the kitchen, and finding tt dark
and still, was somewhat atartled, oo
striking a light, to see his cousin lying
face downward on the lounge.
"What Is the matter, JosephineV
he asked, going to her.
"Nothing," was the muffled reply.
"There is something—you are cry-
ing," he retorted.
"I'm disgusted with the horrid, hate-
ful. everlasting, abominable house-
keeping. then. If you must know," she
exclaimed peevishly.
"Oh. that's It. Is It? Well, I'm about
to start to the post office—you can
send for your mother."
The taunting way in which he spoke
stung Josephine to the quick, and ahe
Iwunced to ti sitting position, her eyea
blszlng Indignation.
"I know you think pretty meanly of
me. Sam Walte," she burst forth, "but
in this one Instance 1 don't deserve
your contempt. I haven't for an In-
stant thought of sending for mother.
I'm going to write to her to-morrow
and paint everything rose-colored, and
not tell of my failures. And I am go-
ing to insist on her staying six weeks
longer.. She's been working here like
a slave for 26 years, and If I can't
stand It for a few weeks, I'll—I'll per-
ish in the attempt!"
Josephine and Alberta had been
perfectly reckless about "putting
things In the wash," and as a result
it required their united efforts and
two days to do the washing that week,
and their united efforts and three dayn
for the ironing, after which they de-
Am Disgusted with the Horrid,
Hateful Housekeeping."
cided that fastidiousness and light
eotton dresses were to be dispensed
with.
But as there is no lane so long but
It has Its turning, so in good time Al-
berta tore herself away In order ta
pay a promised visit to another school-
mate, and Mr. Packard wrote that
she was homesick and was coming
home.
"1 didn't expect you'd be so glad
to see me," exclaimed the good little
woman. "Josephine gave such glow-
ing accounts of how well you all got
ulong without me, that 1 began to
think I wasn't of any use in the
world."
"I've enjoyed every minute of my
visit," she said a little later, as they
sat around the tea table, "but it
does seem so good to get home. And
how nice everything about the house
looks, Josephine. It couldn't look
nicer."
"Don't praiBe me. mother," begged
Josephine. "I don't deserve It"
"Yes. she does.' Baid Sam. "She's
done nobly."
The next morning Mrs. Packard was
up bright and early, as of old. Jo-
sephine was up bright and early, also,
at which her mother seemed sup
prised, as well she might, for early
rising had never been one of Joeeph-
ine's strong points.
"I'm as freBh as a daisy, and I don't
need rest any more than a cat," said
Josephine. "Mother, I have been look-
ing forward almost ever since you
went away, to these last days of my
vacation, and thinking what a perfect-
ly lovely time we would have working
together. And now you want to shut
me out of tt all. Of course, if you
don't want—my—company—"
"My child, of course I want your
company!" cried her mother, In a
shocked tone, "but I didn't suppose
you really wanted to help me Why,
Josephine, I've always wished that wo
could take comfort working together."
"Mother," cried Josephine, taking
her by the shoulders and giving her
an affectionate shake, while she
laughed through the tears which had
risen to her eyes, "you are a hum-
bug—a regular little humbug."
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