Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-03-08


groomod jesse nlene hA spoiled tho old
horAeA ldf Wa baddl0n
VAN, nshaw Jack Why didn't you toll
me you wanted alch an animal A uurley
ought "a know the points " d horse, but |
could ppl sou uN 70 a thing or two,n
"y0u'h say you couldn't hayo done better
when you see her. eaid uurley, warmly
"hllght liInha, head well up, good shoulders,
and full Of fire.
"ola, eAA weak in tho knees, IN bo
hNAd.n
"Just three years, and aa quick as q cat -
"rhoro wasn't nothin' about horse doalin
" oar sermon tonight remarked Randy
Thompson, with tho freedom NJ long
priced domestic.
rs Todrlts asldcpiN aslsed Mrs. Holmes,
watihiAg Nor graceful hands.
"Nes, and snug Ia his crib, said Phmbo
81 thank you 80 much for relieving Randy
and me-
II think OF relieving Randy altogether
said phphe With laugh. awe will on.
rhangd work.
~ wouldn't be school miss for no
money! remarked Randy, bluntly. "Neith.
or In this doostrick nor any othprn
She was bony wcnnah with one small
blue eypi we DtRer had been put out Her
handy HAIR was lmobbcd tightly al the back
Of her head, and as 10 her features they
greatly sandorcd q kind nature.
When Gurlcy started homo the night was
turning sharp and clear
Tom Holmes, continuing Ma talk about
the horse, WALKED to the lawn gate with his
old chum
GOOD sugar weather. no commented
pausing there. "My men in the sugar camp
are going to stir of couple Of kottlcs TO-
morror evening Como over Jack, and try
paddlc-full Ride that nog nad let me
look at hor,n
"perhaps wlll,n said Gurloy
"You know the place on the woods road
near Black Hollow, Won all DO over
thcren
"Well, count on me, Haid uurley.
"You wouldn't expect 10 sea any Of the
modern improvements, haven't enough
maplea 70 mako II pay Adam and Nose
Guy boil the old way, on the shares
"The ground has turned stiff, said Cur.
Icy II shah have a bracing walk home
Who is this young teacher you've taken
into the housc Tomm
~ don't know replied Holmes, indfIer-
emily. 'She'a aorhe ncd little thing from
nowhere The district doesn't pay enough
ld employ man.
"McArdle seems to admire hor.n
"May be he does McArdles a kind Of
sop. | guess, though, he thinks she adj
mrcs him. Living directly by the school
house as we do were always pestered to
board the teacher Drusio was entirely
willing to take this ono into the family, and
she does seom comfortable enough TO have
aboutn
"You don't know her pcoplcr
"No. Barker tho old schoolmaster
vouches for her sho has nobody but an
idiotic brother, believe, ard she put him
too, Pity she's numbered with the IDIOT
You've seen PSYCHE since her returniN
"Ohi yes; a number Of times. She's
more like swansdown than over,h
"You can't complain Of ill-luck, my lad,n
said Tom Holmes, AS they exchanged Il
parting grip over tho gate.
The trivial experiences Of common people,
mere atoms in the universe, may seem
scarcely forth the great readers attention,
until he remembers that he is himself mere
ly one Of those atoms, and that the ancient
Of ull readers increasingly cons this primer
world and its simple combinations
Several people wero grouped around tho
deep rcd fire, over which hung three iron
kettles breathing an odorous steam into the
air Beyond this stood tent of poles COW |
cred with brush and blankets where the |
men who tended camp slept 1t was close
" wooded spot.
Tom Holmes, in one Of his woolly over
coats was stretched at the roots Of tree |
smoking Randy Thompson, insulated by |
silence sat upright and attentive near the /
fire A sister Of the two men who were /
boiling sugar occasionally helped them try |
ladlo-full in cold water, or took her turn |
at the long stirer AS Gurcy approached |
the camp he noticed these people after he /
had seen that McArdle was there sitting by |
Phmbc White
To her black dress Phmbe White had |
added a scarlet shawl looping il around her /
waist and hooding one corner over her |
head He felt sure no influence Of the dark /
outdoors world was lost upon her. She /
was listening TO other sounds besides Nc 1
Ardes remarks. She heard the first sigh
ings Of spring in the tops Of naked trees.
You're late, my lad said Holmes, ris-
ing TO meet Gurlcy and his horse, and at
once taking hold Of the bride.
But 'tain't sugarcd YETI called out the
elder Of the boilers "Moso, he poured
bucketiul Of cold sugar-water in the kittle
when my back was turned
81 didn't do no such thing,n rctorted
Nose. "'Twas you went to sleep carly in
the ovenin at let the fire go out.n
"le went to slccpl when everybody in
the dcCstrick knows you amt never half
awake. Folks mind yet how you used TO sit
in school all day with your chin on your
breast and the boys llrin wads down your
throat
"There amt one word o. truth in it,
muttcred Nose, fixing his torpid regards on
the fire.
"1his looks like tho gypsy scene in Tro-
vatorc," lifting his hat as he joined the
party, "cvcn TO the anvil-ohorus- Adam
and Nose arc going to fail to and hammer
each othcr.n
at is rather picturesque admitted Nc
Ardle, looking about him. "But apprc-
hond you find il different from Miss Faw-
cctts diningroom.n
Miss Fawcetts drawing-room is not 10
be allowed any picturesquoness, thcni re-
sponded Gurley.
'Ionly meant in point Of fact, McArdlo
FASTENED TO add, THAT this is what you
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