Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-08-03
MR.. HALLS MISTAKE.


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Miss Carson came TO Chicago beiori
the great fire, or, as she always cN
pressed IL. the "gcat connagralion.
She kept boarlers, aud the struggle sh'
made TO at least come out even AZ th,
END Of the month gave her face !
pinehed and worried expression which
her blandcst smile could not wholly OBJ
lilerate. t1
Her boarlors were five In number and
were all gentlemen.
Mr.. Hall. an old bacheloroi fifty, had
boarded with Miss Carson for six years
though he threatened to leave on an
average OF once week.
Mr.. wilkins, Mr. Crane and Mr..
Stowe were salesmen In a large dry.
goods house. They occasionally pre-.
sentcd their landlady with gloves, hand.
kcrchiefs, or the latest thing in neck
wear, in return for which kindness she
darned their stockings and replaced
missing buttons.
Last, though by no means least, for
he was six feet tall there was Mr.. Fay,
Young lawyer who had taken room
Immediately under the mansard roof,
and who spent most of his evenings
reading ponderous volumes that his
landlady declared made her head ache
even to look at.
AT first Miss Carson was inclined TO
weave romances about Mr. FAY. He
was so handsome, SO quiet and reserved.
Was he somebody in disguise, or rwas he
suffering from an unrequited love? As
months passed on, however, and moth
ing startling was heard concerning him,
she ceased to think much sbout him,
merely regarding him as rather un-
sociable young man totally wrapped up
in his studies. Jli
Miss Carson made it point to always
show Il resdy-sympathy with whatever
interested her boarders.
If Mr.. Stowe told her that the White
Stockings had beaten the Bostons, or
some other thrilling item of news con
nected with the National idiocy, size
would exclaim: :" am surpriscdr' or
What pityw with an interest that
was only equaled by her ignorance of
the great American game.
One cold winter evening the landlady
did not appear, as was her usual Gus
tom, behind the coflee-urn at the dinner
table. "Qld girl sick?n asked Mr..
wilkins of the company in general.
No replied Mr., Crane; "shc has
gone to the Twenty-second street depot
to meet a little girl, her niece, who is
coming here to live
If she is going to take child to
raise that settles it with me, growled
MIR. Hall, in deep bass voice
Il shall leave atthe end of the month.
What is that in front of you, Stowep A
meat pie of course Meat pie is an in
vention Of boarding-house keepers to
save scraps. Miss Carson saws she
never gives us hash, but she either puts
it between crusts and calls it meat pie,
or she adds onions and calls ii an Irish
stewr
"A rose by any other name would
smell as sweet, observed Mr. Wilkins.
Tomorrow will be Sunday,n con
tinued Mr.. Hall, "and that means cod
tish-balls for breakfast. win somebody
tell me the connection between Goldfish
balls and Sunday morning, that they
should appear regularly on that particu-
lar day. Is there any creed that insists
ON codiish-balls for Sunday breakfast?n
As no one volunteered an answer to
this question Mr. Hall finished his din
ner with the remark that he hoped soon
to take his meals where he would be
served as gentleman ought to be, and
not be fed like a tramp.
Miss Carson's boarders were rather
surprised to find her niece full-erown
young lady insteadof the little girl they
had expected to see. 1t would be
difficult matter to describe Flo Sheldon.
She was not a beauty. Her nose was
trihe "tip-tilted and her mouth
little too large, though her teeth were
white and evqn; but her eyes were the
glory Of her face. They were large,
dark and bright; they were shaded bv
long curling lashes; they were such al
Turing, provoking, bewitching eyesi
:" have always mentioned Flo as my
little niece, said Miss Carson at the
IL can scarcely real |
lie that this tall young lady is the little
girl in short dresses | parted from five
years ago. All, Welt fhave changed A |
yreat deal in that time myself"
mot at all, - said Mr.. Hall, with
sudden and most unaccountable attack |
If poliieness. Il assure YOU you look |
IS young and rs er-er-rosy as YOU
did six years ago. Time has not put
Iilver threads among the gold, or er-er
-triiled with your appearance in any
way" This was true. Miss Carson's |
lair was drab, aud her complexion
il. Time could make no start
ing change in either. aft
A gradual butvery perceptible change |
anne over the house after Flo's arrival. /
'he was a very indhstrions girl, and
new how TO employ her time. The
were looped less primlv, the
,arlors had a morc comfortable. home
Ike appearance, while delicate pud-
Iings. haky pies and delicious coffee
howed her acquaintance with the culi-
lary art. rfrrfrrr
"lou are certainly the personifca-
ion Of youth. health and happiness
Miss flo," said Mr. fav, as
Re found her late one afternoon singing
-ayly as she was spreading the cloth for
inner. 1T does one good merely to
Dok at YOU
Thank you. pray continue 20 look at
BE- then. by al means. As 10 the first
observation You made. can say that
eserve r. lam young. am certainly
ealthful. and ! am rcry happy. for To-
ighi ! am going 10 the opera. When
0u learn that I an fond Of music. and
bar ! never saw a real opera in nv life.
on vii not b surprised 70 hear that I
an scarcely keep from dancing with
Zee. ss well a. singing ?
Your parents Do net approve Of that
ind of amusement. / suppose7'
"Oh. that was not the trouble. We
We in fhe country. and my father could /
RI a1ord 10 take be six daughters 70
Nv merely far q pleasure trip. Y0u
sre no idca hor glsd / was to get ny
1nf's inrfafion - cone 70 Chicago,
nd how much I enjoy myself when ]
o downtown. u is sfaie 10 city ueo-
e. I snrpose. trt I Ike 70 uatck the
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