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

The bank would not lose anything if
fed, except my services, and at their own
estimate this would not be a serious calam-
ity. My honesty is guaranteed by fidelity
company, which gives the bank a bond on
me for $4,000. p Y the company per cent.
year for this bold, and my wife and
live on what is left of my salary. l have
every inducement to honesty, including a
detective from the fidelity compa ~, W 10
follows me into drug stores and drinks
soda wafer at my expense, If should
wink at the druggist by accident the de-
tective would report me to the COM
pany aud should lose my position. l will
be faithful to my trust | will never touch
a dollar Of the money which l earn but
don't get. l will starve to death first, by
lingo, and the sooner the better.
But my wife is not satisfied. She says
have no ambition. She urges me to go
somewhere and do something. She would
if she were a man. A short time ago she
suggested Okl lhoma. She Thought thu
name was Just lovely, and she knew that
we could go out there and have a real nice
time. She was not afraid of rough life.
She had had experience. Summer before
last she camped out for two days, and it
rained real hard for an hour. she didn't
believe il ever rained harder in Oklahoma.
And as for Indians and firearms, she wasn't
afraid bit. Years ago her brother taught
her 10 pun inc trigger vi gun Wull6 us
held it, and between them they shot a COW
II might have been an Indian OF anything
else within range, equally as we'll. She was
sure that the best thing for us to do was to
GO to Oklahoma and make fort Inc in
land. She had cousin woo made great
deal of money in land. | asked her how be
did it, and she said she did not know ex-
actly, but was under the impression that
his aunt left him quarter section in Har-
lem.
Oklahoma having once gotten into the
family there was no peace. | saw that |
must yield or die, SO resolved to compro-
mise.
INV dear" said /; 1--WE will 60"
Then wrote to my Uncle Zephas Blake
who has farm in western New York, as
follows:
TDEAR UNCLE ZEPHE-Will you. kindly
lend me the old shanty in the woods back
of your pasture. Ny wife wants to camp
out. If it is in pretty good repair will you
please knock off board or two as Maude is
something awful on the subject Of venti-
lation. Your affectionate nephew,
H. F.
P. =. Maude will do the cooking for US.
Please fix it so that | can crawl up to the
house and get square meal. Please don't
show yourself around the place for Maude
is nervous.
Maude has no idea Of locality. No woman
ever has. In regard to Oklahoma she knew
that we must go by ferry to Jersey City
and then take a train somewhere. Tnat
was what we did. after Maule had packed
up our ,ods and chattels. She wore her
best clot IS because she said that we couldn't
be to careful about making a favorable
impres lion at the very beginning.
We took an accommodation train and
was not surprised that Mauds fought We
had traversed che whole United States
when, in the edg of the evening, We got
out at Blake's Four G rne and started
across lots for the hut. | bad roamed tnat
country when a boy but somehow it was
more attractive then. When Maude aud /,
after tumbliug over the root of tree,
arose TO find ourselves before the door Of
our new home, had already begu TO wish
| hadn't come. Maude's bird cage had
grown heavier all the wav, and so had the
bandit box in which she had insisted that /
should carry my plug nat.