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

/ rs both 1t the same instant have al
WAYS been T,zrticular about the exact
date Of that IDEAS rise IN our minds;
the bright thought struck rs both al
| fhs saEne instant namely-Uncle john
substantial token of regard, furni-
tursi We Rad the SHABBY little postal
once MON. and once more we smiled.
Bless his dear old heart Just like
him. always 50 thoughtful Ny
mothers brother. indeedf But New
Bulfal0s never heard Of such q place
You understand. don't yOusn l
szid; "a he has bought the furniture in
Buffalo. and this New Buffalo is some
suburban village where the fIrm has its
factory. Tae goods would naturally be
shipped from that point And six hun
dred p0undsi What can it be- There
does not seem 70 have been any serious
doubt IN my mind on the score Of the
charges not having been prepaid; nor
vet from the fact that 1 had received
no announcement Of the approach of
this formidable gift The former
might have been due to forgctfulness-
uncle always wss So forgetful in small
msftsrs-or it might have been owing
% certain necessities Of the situation.
And. as for the announcement. WHY, of
course the whole thing was his odd
way Of giving us . surprise. And had
he not announced if2 Had ne not said
that he meant to see what he could do
for u.s. Furnifxres Sir hundred
psuadsf On, that some artist might
has Photographed for us the ex-
pressi0ns Of JOY and cOmplacency thai
spread over our faces as we sat and
looked st each other. and chewed the
cud of satisfaction. and gave each
other knowing winks. and turned that
miserable little postal for the hum
credth time.
Come, my dear" cried !. .'what do
you think it iss" And we laughed again
in cur joy.
81 am sure lean not guess" she said
But we know il is not kitchen stove,
and IL would hardly be anything for the
dining-room- II had 70 guess believe
I should say-in fact. think something
seems TO tell me that it i parlor furni-
mre."
"A correct observation. my dear; GER
tainlv correct 1 should have said %
myself. but wished to get the benefit
Of your woman's intuition. and was
afraid that any opinion Of mine thrust
forward might throw it-of she track
You know I have great confidence N
your insuiticn- Have ! not often said
SOP
Yes" she reioined. very soberly;
'.snd II my intuition tells ne anything.
Il indicatss parior frs-niture- But then,
We must not feel too sure; it might be
= bedroom set Yet Uncle John knew
that we had one fine set I remember
distinctly Of my telling him that every
thing in our room was ours"
"You viii allow, suppose, said /.
s-thst six hundred pounds Of furniture
means several articles. II il had boen
4 bookcase. the postal would have said
bookcase; but nc. i uses the name of n
class. not OF = single object This tells
me that whatever il may be. il consists
Of several pieces Now, how much does
that sofa weight A hundred p0undsP
Less. If ANYTHING. I'll warrant you.
20 over sevenfy-five, and each Of these
easy chairs viii weigh-say eighty Let
me see, that makes three hundred and
thir4y-fve- Wen Gil in with these
common chairs at fifty pounds apiece
But see here, my dear; what would ycu
think Of Sn elegant sidebosrd for the
dining-rcom? Il would not weigh
much Let us put that down; yes. an
elegant sidebozri; what do you think7''
Sac thought well Of Al elegant side
board
AT this functure Clara. having heard
our front door open st our return. came
tripping in with blush and smile aud
spread out on my Wins lap piece after
piece Of 4 very dainty tidy set which her
own def fingers had fashioned. and
which nv wifs recsived with The usual
kiss and the inevitable tears We ad-
mired the delicate pattern and praised
again and again the cunning workman
ship. By this time both my wife and
were in such 4 very genial mood that
We could do nothing but smile and
smile. Il became really quite silly.
could see BY the trembling Of the folds
ab0ut my wife's mouth that her cheeks
ached with smiling. There was Al first
very charming fush Of Pink CONFUSION
tingeing Clzrz's Jrow and cheek, As sne
noted the verT great satisfaction with
which hrr gifLs were received But her
quick instinct OWNED other causes
whist has happenedS" she cried
taking nv wife's hand; some pleasant
fortuna. ! am sure. You seem 50 hap
py this evening"
Ny wife's eyes sparkled She looked
to me-
Yes. Mrs. A." I said to Clara
''in addition 70 v01r very thoughtful
kindness. We have received another
surprise II an nxfremely agreeable na-
ture- M Unsle John who was here
last month has sent Us = gif. e some
furniture Wa are not sure vet wheth-
er Is Is = Parior or = bedroom sOt-
Have not seen n; it's ~ the depot; viii
be here in he morning" Then the
ladies had ancthsr little celebration in
the way Of kisses aud tears, while I sat
back in my chair snd with such gravi-
" IS / could command descaufed on
the virtues. the oft tested goodness. the
genuine milk af human kindness
that constituted the prominent char
1cteristies in the personality Of Uncle
John was on the point of pushing
in . little farther nnd detailing what
We might expect vas even about 70
iint at the practically unlimited abili-
tics Of the aforesaid relative. when a
momentzry suspicion Of the insufiicien-
cy Of evidence as \ bs.sis OF our expect
afions bade me drass 4 mildly But
the six hundred pounds overcsme me.
Such . heavy invoice of household
goods NJ ono consignment so powerful
u stimulated my sanEuine nature that
discretion seems 10 have besn utterly
prostrzted did 20 on; yes. fatally
onward There was '-noTkiag ike
what you might call lnsaa about Uncle
John" and --whcn he made mp his
mind to do = thing he did it royalty"
and IL was not every one on whom toe
blessings of Heaven had descended IN