Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-08-14


OUR PARL0R FURNITURE.
We had been married something
more than . year Had boarded at the
Mzson House for . few months. until
&c were heartily sicf of hotel life, aud
then had retreatcd IN private estzb-
Estmsnt YOU know how that goes.
Life beczme 4 burdeA- A burdens
might as well cal it an intolcrable bore.
We grew domestic Fery fast. We
eu7ied hawkins the trim little coftage
thzt bad been among the mzny giIts
bestowed upon bis fair bride. and ol
which neither he nor his bride seemed
particularly fond We mzrTeled 81
their indifference % the blessing thus
forced upon them. The conclusion of
the whole matter Was that We engaged
5l2 East Tenth street the third house
IN the whiip brick block on your right
Is Tou turn "a from Locust avenue The
hoese would not be ready for Us before
Tie expi-ation Of thirty days
In the meantime we sat down to re-
feet and you may rest assured that the
nbstrzcf consideration Of this enterprise
Was .rrended wita no small amount Of
pleasure. There were some very de-
EEhtful visions Of the coming bliss.
some very sharp contrasts drawn
between our present LOT and that which
E.s 10 be. aud some very astonishing
czlcul1tisns- As for the lasf, IL might
suuse ron TO look over the schedule Of
pEobahle expenses made out af that
time and fortunstely preserved % our
future edifc1tion- After q long series
ot household belongings that should
consrituse the original oufiaT il procseds
with the items Of ordinary daily ex-
pense Better. so much per pound and
% many pounds per week; lard. 80 and
- and 80 and 50; potatoes. 50 much per
bushel and 70 last % long; -four. etc.
etc And 10 the grand total were added
rent and fuel. and light. and water. and
scrrznt'swzces
There. you see. vile" cried I, I'VE
sha1 save annually sa even $500 and
i've as people sfould live Three hun
drsd shs frsl year, prohably more its
q low estimate | think, nv dear, we
might - wei begin 10 fzlk about that
new piano"
-0h. no." she replied. always pre-
terriAg anosher's Joy To her own. mot
anti the encvclopedis and the book
czse are bought and paid for"
..Ah. yes." said |. =. that is ike You /;
nc shall discuss that matter again"
l say that you would smile il you
could see that outline Of probsble ex-
penses; AID the elect would Be height
encd not little If you should contrast
with Il the ifemized account kept with
scrupusoas czre by my vile Suffice
L 20 say that neither piano nor book
case Was bought out Of the first yezr' 5
szEingx
But 70 20 back We had thirty DAYS
b wait before we could get possession
Of the house In the meantime nv
Uncle John paid u a visit Uncle John
wzs . man well advanced in years.
lived in the West had no family, and
had the matter of his fortune comfort
ably settled He was on his way to
Bu1Alo 10 attend \ meeting Of tie
stockholders Of the P. n 4 c. Railway.
he stopped ef fo- day to make the
scquziaIauce Of my wife and to sec
what kind Of = man his nephew hal
cons 90 be- Nothing remarkable hap
pened during his visit. and he soon 10
Fumed his Journey. We told him Of
our housekeeping pans. cf which he
heartily approved And in that connec-
Ion he casually remarked that zs he
had not remembered us in auy sub
stznfizl manner At the time Of our mar
mage he wished 20 do 50, If he could
End ANYTHING to suit. whiic he was in
the East What be said. however, was
IN such an air that ~ the time neither
wife nor gave the matter = second
thought
We furnished our house simply hut
Clara. nv wife, school
mate in other dsys. Lived next door.
She Is CHEEKY Etfle body. and when il
comes 70 homo affairs knows every
t1ing, 50 we esteemed ourselves fort
1nate m being able % retain her coun-
ssL She advised on the carpet-pat-
terms. the Wallpaper. and even the
gas-fixhrres; in short. went with US in
Al cur preliminary shopping. Il Is as
lonishing what store Of wisdom some
women carry about with them ~ to the
primary comforts and little Injuries
hat make everyday life to,er1ble
Yes, she knew eTerythinz and why IL
WIS 50. II there was a1y mistake in
ker counsel It consisted in the fact that
she was inclined TO estimate the cen
tents Of our po>kct-bOok by those Of
Aer own fat one But We succeeded in
getting through quite satisfactorily in
he firxf ouflay- And this rather sur
prises me. ~ Clara was in and out con-
staufly Tor \ week. coaxing Us into what
seemed exfravSgances, buf which we
shortly learned agers necessities that we
had overlooked
And now that we were settled snd
he first blush was beginning to sub
,sde. we received a shock Of surprise
'1ch as we shall net soon forget Ny
wife had left the house early in the
afternoon and | had joined her in the
sveaing at the house Of = friend wh-re
re took tea Circumstances made IL
necesssry for rs to return 10 our own
,b0fs af an early hour / do not think
hat 4 could have been rs late as eight
D clock In the aftrrDoOn's mail we
|ound s shabby little p0stal-card stat
ng that At the freight depot Of the C
I NJ Road there were some six hun
lred pousds Of furniture. from New
3ufal0. consigned 70 my address; sud
hst the same had been on hand for
.errr=l days. and that II would be well
or ne 9 pay The charges and remove
he a.oseszid fHraiiure at once Ny
vile icuaed over my shoulder and resd