The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-26
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She Won I'm a Determined Battle ,,.,. =,
HOusekeeper.

Ch' WV bDattIa NTH,
H~Ousekeeper. ~
Mrs. Betty Chipley and one n
hens, Specify by name, had been ner
gagged in a novel kind Of wa.ra~ae n'
several weeks. Specify was ia,n,'
mined to bring forth a t-ond =.
chickens in the house, while t.aiS VI
solve did not meet with fayor IN ~.
part of Mrs Chipley. ''rin nat Wv
ing to have hens settin' in M hou,o,
Mrs. Chiplcy would declare. cay af,o.
day, as she drove Specify forth WIKI
the soft end OF the broom. Dimes;
tion had no effect on the resoIn,a
Specify. When she was driven sor,I
at n door she Immediately aopea rod
at another, or came flying and snnt
tcring through an open W ndow rrln
to he again elected before s1e conias
concca! herself under the bed. which
was her choice of spots for 1cnfa,
ing purposes.
But you'll not set under nv haa
nor in any other place in TIL, house
| can tell you that" Mrs. Cbjnlor
would affirm while pCking v!CorouJ,v
under the bed with her boom, ana
she would fire lpent!y add:
Now, Miss Specify. well see WIN
comes out best in this fight! Wei
see if you set in any place II tbis
house. If you do l miss my gue,,@
One day she drove Speck ~, 50
~ticrcely and with such severe wnarlss
on the back with the broom s1at tho
frightened hen fled to the tar1.yarJ
%squawking and cackling. She seemed
by her name to acknowledge her.
self defeated for several DAYS after
this. and went about Subdwed and
detected, making no attempt 20 enter
the house although the doors and
windows were open.
IL guess you've give up" sad Mrs.
Chipley, triumphantly, 'and I cues.
you'd better, if you don't want to 20
into a pot-pie some day."
Specify finally disappeared, and
Mrs. Chipley felt confident that the
hen had stolen her nest awav and
would in due time appear with al
family brought into life n some
more appropriate Matching place
than any part Of the house e ud
have been.
Three weeks and one IT NO daysI
passed and Mrs. Chipley, w1o had
kept a record of the time Of >Deckly',|
disappearance, began to expect her
return.
Mr.. and Mrs. ChipIey wera at tle|
breaktaSt-table n morning xhen
Mrs. Chipley suddenly paused witn|
her coffee cup halfway to 2er lips
and said:
"Where does that peepin' sound
come from? I've heard i. sHo Oh
three times this morning-and .teu,I
there it is again. 1t sounds for all
the world like a newly-1atched
chicken"
"Peep. peep. peep"
Suddenly Mrs. Chipley jumped upI
and said eXcitedly:
Henry Chlpley, do you >Ip10.e-I
is it possible that that sleakiasI
Specify hen has stolen her nest in
the house after all? I'll know 1efoFeI
I'm half al hour older. Hell meI
hunt for her"
They left the kitchen ard went
into the sitting-room, the OeepinsI
sound having come from that dlrec'
ton. They stood still in tie middle
of the room and listened. The sound
was repeated. and Mrs. Chirley stared
in all directions trying to locate it.
Suddenly she sank into chair and
exclaimed: We'll. fer pity saAe.
Henry Chipley, look up there"
Mr.. Chipley looked in the direction
indicated by Mrs. Chipley's tore1ngeFr
and beheld two or three dowly yel9V
heads peeping out over the ton o.,
bookcase that reached almost 70 theI
ceiling Of the room. A railing several
inches high surrounded the top Of the
case, ctfectually %concealing Madame
Specify, but it was evident Chat shs
was up there.
did anybody ever see the oeat o]
that" said Mrs. Chip]ey when ae]
husband had brought a ,teplall'I
and removed Specify and siA peepi-
chicks from their lofty el971t,p]
''Now that sly trollop of a 1en h"1
watched her chances and sCeakea y
here when I've been out, 1aC ~"
up there and laid her six eggs a~1
set Oh 'em, chuckling all the ZINE 4
think how she was getting Ghe du
vantage of me, and was naVln- ~
own way. She's sneaked down tiNe,
when Tve been out milking, ahd ~
something to eat, but she Al2N r1nI
down very often. for shes 2aI""
but skin and bone-pooF tLla-
don't know but l admire her ?er'c''
ance after ALL"