Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-07-10
SANS STORY.

SANS STORf.
Rob tanks I had better tel this story,
suppose because he feels sort Of bash
full and Uncle Rufe saws \ hero ne. CT
ouEhf 90 tell his OWE Story. Rob pre-
tends that il wasn't nnrh Of anything
thai he did. but we al think il was
pretty smart. Rob Is smart, i he IS my
brother. He can puzzle the school
master asking arithmetic questions, and
he isn't afrzid of the minister. II anv-
body in this town ever gets 70 be Presi-
,en- I re<z pretty vel who il win
1-t r>-<AES 10 20 on telling he
s1o1J y "a gong "a. aad not put in 50
many dourishes.
We lire sf White Oak Farm, with
Uncle Rule snd Amt Penelope. and
Dolly Thers are three Of us-Rob and
rally and l. am SAN Rob Is twelve
and Fhllly Is eight. an | am a great
deal older than Philly. but not cuife 50
old IS kob- We haren'i any father o.
mother. but Aunt Penelope and Uncle
Rafe think Just rs much Of US as thew
DO Of Dolly anyway none Of rs can see
any dlnerence- Dolly Is eight. but she
y g1ri. and she seems kind of small
and young We take care Of Dolly
White Oak Farm is L splendid bic
farm. but Uncle Rufe has been growing
poor lately. A bad man chesfcd him
out Of great deal Of money, and then
II was bad year for crops and it costs
ever 50 much 10 tzke care of as. Rob
thinks He Is in an awful hurry 70 rrSw
cp on that account. and be tres to learn
everything. he knows almost As much
about farming as Uncle Rufe does. and
he ear handle too.s Ike carpenter. 1
don't see Of what nss tisuse things are
wher he says he's going to be = civil /
engineer. or N archifect but he SAYS /
he wants 70 be ready for anything.
Well ss I was SAYING. Uncle Rufe has
grown poor. 50 poor that he had 10
mortgage the farm. and then he could 1
not pay the interest on the mortgage
whsn Il came doe be felf pretty badif.
1 can tel you- that day when be went /
over TO Easton TO tel the man that he
couldn't pay him BE didn't know but
the man would forecsose, and take the
tazm right away, aud then we should
Be homeless We loved every inch of
White Oak Fam. and 70 think of It's be-
longing 20 anybody else was swfnl Il
vas December day, and there was
snow IN he air Aunt Penelope went
with Uncle Rufe becfzlse she wanted 10
.ec her sister. Aunt Maria. who lived in
E1ston. and they were not coming home
unt5l the next day. 'Lishz. the hired
man. and keziah. the hired girl, were
left 70 keep house and take care of Us
Of course We could take care Of 0ur-
selves. but AEnt Penelope used not to
'hink 50; perhaps she thinks differently
BOW.
IheT went away in the forenoon. and
hat afternoon keziah got = message
hat her sister. over At Oxford Mill.
Ess very sick and wanted her. CT
sourse Lisha had 90 harness old Pegasus.
md carry her over there lie made a
-rsat fuss about leaving Us alone. and
% did keziah. though She was awfullv
worried about her sister. buf we were
,ot afraid
White Oak farm was nile and = half
rom the village. and in q pretty lone
'one place. but trzmps didnf often
'ome around at fhaf time Of year. and
se couldn't think of srything that
'ould trouble US keziah could. though.
hes awfuliy nervous. She said we
bou;d let Dolly's apron get on fire, and
he would be burned 10 death, or we
hoGid tumble over Beelzebub. the old
lack cat who always would sit on the
Lairz. snd break our neeks. or 90 out
0 the barn and drop q lighted match
n the hay. and burn everything up. or
ut kerosene on the siore, and blow
verything up. or choke ourselves. or ,
n the rat poison on the top shelf of
be closet can't begin to tel You all
be things that Kezizh prODheSied would
appen 10 us. but she didn't once think
( what did happen, That's always the
rsy with people that worry Rob saws
e never any use
II had begun TO snOwiB the middle of
be sffernoon. and il was a very busi-
ess-like snoE-sfcrm-
Il don't know about getting back on ,
rheeis tonight said 'Lisha. .-but
bail have &c nv Il. for can't get along +.
4 runners now.
We told him not TO try 20 get back I
haf night, for we shouldn't be q bit
frzid 70 stay alone ali night. but he ,
hook his head When 1 saw him do .
.zf knew he'd come back Il he had
D walk 'Lisha Is ike that; yoa can
epend upon him
As ne was driving out of the yard he {
zlleo 20 Bob % be sure n0t TO let any I
ranger into the house- The bank in
1e village had been broken into the I
eek before. and lots of bonds and !
zsngs stolen- suppose that was !
'hsf made him think of that But | '
;dn't think there was much danger of .
1rgisrs coming n White Oak Farm :
ftsr hey were fairly out OF the yard S
cf,sh made 'Lisha drive back so she ;
1uld call 70 rs Bos % get blown up i
ith ne gunpowder and shot thas was c
D 10 the barn chamber. We never d
ent mp IN the barn chamber. and the
dder was broken anyway. but thai {
~ just Ike KeziAh- D
Il was nighl before they were OF a
ob and went f-ound and fastened all
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