The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-13

had depended upon the discomforts Of
the nut 10 bring Maude to proper appre-
citation Of the merits of New York city as
a place of residence, but to my deep disAp-
pointment she arose in the morning feeling
quite well. She cooked some hap-jacks
cheerfuly, and then sat down to play with
Claude and wait for the surrounding real
estate to improve in value so that we couli
sell out and return with wealth in our
clothes. She insisted me7r while that
should 90 out and stake cial.a, or plough
a couple of acres of ground. or do some
thing else to indicate an active and ambi-
tious spirit Sne SAID she did not want the
Indians when they called, to get an idea that
l was lazy.
This was not what had bargained for.
and resolved to do something right away
that should make Oklahoma unpopular in
our family. At this moment | caught sight
| of Uncle Zephe's boy jim peeDing around
| the corner of tree. Maude did not see him
| | excused myself on the ground that | was
| going out to borrow yoke of oxen, and iu-
tercepted Jim with whom put up job
against Maude's peace of mind. We agreed
! that he should come down in the afternoon
as an Indian with horse blanket, war
paint and a carving knife, and if nece ssary
scalp Claude, aud create any other disturb
auce calculated to harrow up my wife's
| feelings.
| When l went back to the hut Msude was
! getting ready for dinner. She had discov-
cred a couple Of dozen of eggs in ecoruer,
which Uncle Zephe had thoughtfulIy left
| for us
"Oh, Howdy," she said, "just see all these
nice eggs that the prairie chickens have
laid for US. Wasn'5 it just tco sweet Of
! them
said it was indeed and she began 70 get
ready some dropped eggs on toast.
At that moment g OF my uncle'S cows,
which had strayed down into the woods,
| put Ter head through hole in the side Of
| the hut and smiled broadly into Maudes
face. Now, il there is anything that can
scare my wife into mysteries it is COW.
| She cast one glance upon this sudden ap-
| partition and fell upon the fiojr in dead
| faint AS she fell she kept hold of the
handle of the frying pan and Its contents
| struck the writer in the back of the neck
| What he said so shocked the moral sen,i-
hilities of the COW that she hastily with
drew.
BY the time that | had resuscitated
Maude, she was in a condition to hear adj
| verse argument in relation to Oklahoma
! She had had no idea that there would be any
cows there SONY cowboys" she said, "and
Pm not afraid of Them"
! was telling her of the number, variety
| and iniquty of the cows in Oklahoma
" men piercing snTIek dWOko tho eCuOeS VI
the forest and Jim hove in sight He was
| the worst looking Indian that ever saw,
and his make up was calculated to produce
serious effect upon anybody who poo
sessed sense of tue ludicrouS. But Maude
didn't see it in that light. Sle took hin
for genuine manifestation, and the way she
slid out of the hut aud made tracks across
lots was wonder. jim went after her
with a first-class imitation war whoop
| A hOut III Clrad va a : from the lu1 he
freed her. There was an old trunk with
branches arraigned on it like the spokes Of
ladder, and Maude managed to scramble
up. Jim was laughing 50 hard that he
couldn't chase her. AT this interesting
! junclure Uncle Zephe appeared.