The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

I'M lans NV mine oh, tell ye.. was
the WORST Teller for hectefin f9Hss you
ever seenl' Bnt ! meant it all in sua.
f0f whenI suspicioned they didn't like
hy fhaniu.vI sez. Bin sez' ! "an'
Marthy. there's only one name ia love
abdSe an tlie rest 70 eau your little
lambkln' an that's tie ,lea. .st noe on
surtAato he name q Lizzie. my
Tlht just suited 'em 20 q T an al
ways after that she Wuzrealled leetie
Lizzie, a1ls II sot on her. that name did,
like it.was madeNor Der a Rd she,for It.
We made It M, tlien- -perhaps mofe IN
fun. than IN anything else q when
the children efowed up Cyrus and
leetle Lizzie. they should get married
together, an have both the farms an
be happy. an be a blessin' 70 ms 10 our
old age.
They played together they lived to
gether: together they tended the dees-
trick school an. went huckleberryiil' ;
there was huskin's an spellet bees an
choir meetin's an skatin an slidin'
down hill-oh the happy timesuv youth
am All those times our Cyrus an leetle
Lizzie went loylnly together.
What made me start so-what made
me ask OF Bin one time: Are We a-ser-
tin old. BillT That WIZ the Thanks
givln' night when, as we set round the
fire IN Bins front room, Cyrus come 20
us. hOldin' leetle Lizzie by the hand.
an they asked as could they ger mar
red come next ThanksgiFin time
Why. II seemed only yesterday that
they wuz chicks together. Cod. how
swift the years 20 by when they are
happy years.
"Redben." sez Bill 20 me lies us 20
down cellar an draw d pitcher OF ci
derr'
You see. that bein' men. e wuzn't for
ua 10 make a show Nv ourselves Mar.
thy an Lizzie Just huesed each other
an laughed an cried-they WIZ so
gladl Then they hugged Cyrus an
leetle Lizzie an talked an iaffedl Wen.
IL did beat all how them women folks
dld tnlE an laff, an at one time! Cyrus
lated. too. an then he said he reckoned
he'd 20 ont an throw some fodder in to
the steers. an Bin nn I.-well. we went
down cellar % draw that pitcher uy
cider
Itain't for me 10 tell now uv the mel
Ter sweetness Nv their courtin' time: /
couldn't do 1t II / tried oh, how we
loved 'em bothl Yet. once In the early
summer time. our boy Cyrus he come 90
me. and sald Father, / want you to
let me 90 away FOR a spell
"Cyus. my boy. Go away
Eyes. father; President Iinkern has
called Tor soldiers; father. you have ai.
ways taught me TO obey the voice Of
duty. That voice summons nc now
"God IN heaven" / thought you
have given us this child only 10 take
him from usw
But then came the second thought;
STEADY Reubcnl You are man. be a
man. Steady Reuben; be a man
"Ner mother" sez I: yer mother It
viii break her heart.
-She leaves II an TO you. father
"But-ihe other-thc other. cyrus
lecilc Lizzie-yc know
''She is content" sez he.
A storm sweep through me Ike a cy
clone. n was an Bilrs fault. that war
rior-likc name had done it all the cy-
ciopeedy with its lies had pizened Bills
mind TO put this trouble on me am
mipel No no. thousand times nol
These wuz coward feelin's an they
misbecomc me- the ache here n this
heartily mine had no business here. The
better part uv me called 10 me aud
said: "Pull yourself together. Reuben
ketcham, an be q man.
Wen. after he went away. leetle Liz