The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-15

"Your uncle IS welcome to what I
have left
The little girl received the seeds
and bounded away. saying
.-The beds are all ready. and I'm %
show Uncle Eben how to SOW them. =
Then back she came again;
Il forgot / was 10 ask you which
are the morning glory seeds. He says
you told him they must be put near
the window"
Il never told him any such thing;
but there. them's 'em."
Don't be IN a hurry Katy said
Mrs. Carver. persuasively. $50 your
Uncle Eben is going to get married Is
hes7
aYes. ma'am"
"Who Is he going 10 marryf Now,
now. there's a good girl
Don't know. but guess mother
does. She told him she wouldn't make
the carpets unless ne told her. But
she won't tell. though I've coaxed her
ever So much. How funny it VIII seem
TO have Uncle Eben marriedg'
There's your mother coming now,
with her bonnet to be trimmed. and
she don't leave this house TIL she
tells said Mrs Carver.
"Just as though you didn't know al
ready" said Mrs. Rice IN answer 10
the all-lmpOrtant question. Hasn't
t.NA
"Of course not OK I shouldn't have
to ask you"
eOh. wen. then. mustn't tell; but
/ viii say. Polly" and Mrs. Rice
spoke mlschieyously, you're very ex-
acting. Plenty Of girls would jump
at the chance TO marry Eben' and
leave the fixing up till afterward.'
what do you meanl Oh, how l
am lnsultedg'
And Polly drew herself up proudly
and angrily.
why! didn't you agree to have him
il he'd tx up smart enough 20 suit
your
"No. never did. never told him
so. and he knows il; and. what's more,
/ wouldn't marry Ebenezer Stickney
II he was the last man on earth, and
sou may tell him 50, and Polly went
up 10 her own little room to cry away
her vexation and grief.
Polly. come here. quick" said Mrs.
Carver. one bright morning as she sat
sewing IN the window. Ebenezer is
coming down the road as fine as a I'D
die In his new buggy. dressed In a
brand-new suit, too Well, therel He's
coming here, after hls new shirts, like
H."
Polly got the shirts and sat with
them folded in her lap. while she
figured up how much Ebenezer owed
her.
put up the shirts. Polly; didn't
come for them. but for you"
Come for Pollyr' exclaimed Mrs.
Carver. Ia astonishment.
"Yes. Polly. have come for you.
You know you said you'd marry me
on certain conditions I have COM
piled with your requirements, and now
I want you 70 fuldll your promise"
"Air Suckney. / never"
"Hush. Polly" said Ebenezer. soft
ly as be stole his arm around her
waist while Betsy glided from the
room: "call me Ebenezer. dear Eben-
ezer. and make me as happy as you
did that day on the beach heard
you. POlly-heard all you said. and
I've been happier since than ever be-
fore SO get on your things and come
along. The elder is waiting at his
house TO unite us. and several Of our
friends are there to witness the cere-
mony. Wen take our wedding dinner
az our own house. and we mustn't for
get TO invite Betsy and the children,
for the extension table is provided"
This last was said a little teasingly,
and Polly hid her blushing face on his
bosom. murmuring
Don't Ehenezer. d0n'tr'
"Well therel So you 90 and get
ready right away. III never mention
it again"
Two hours later Ebenezer led his
wife proudly through his newly
ished rooms. and a more loving bride
groom or a happier bride could have
been nowhere found.-New York