The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08
-WelI. here zoe. then.' saId

Il hayn't got ilk pans enough"
'sOfc course you haven't, said Lefty.
"You must scald out yesterdays.
You know you said you couldn't set
up tin shop when / asked for
dozen more last month
'fThey smell like a fat boiling fac
tory" said George, disdainfully.
''What ails emp"
hYou should have scalded them
out last night" wishing that she had
wings like a dove that she might soar
into the milk room and restore order
out Of chaos.
Here's a go" said George. There
isn't any hot water"
'Oh. George, you've forgotten to-
put the kettle on"
80 did, said her husband; and
the sticks, hang 'em, are all burned
outl'
''You know / wanted you TO get a
ton Of coal, said Lefty, "but you
said that as long as wood cost moth
ing but the eh0pping and hauling,
wood it should be
''HaNe | got TO walt for that water
TO heat?' groaned george
"a don't know anything else for
you TO do, remarked Lefty, drylH.
"Humper observed her lord and
master whats for breakfasts"
allan and eggs, / Isu pose"
.Well, I'm up TO that part Of the
program, at lea L said he, cheer
fully. oh, the dickens What IS
the use Of keeping your knives so
sharp? I've nearly cut my thumb
on Where do you eep the Oatneaig
can be attend NJ to your milk pans
while the breakfast is cooking sup
pose. There is nothing like economy
in work"
But IL was a mortal hour before the
milk was strained and the pigs fed,
and by that time the house was blue
with a sort OF smudgy smoke.
'Hullo " shouted George, coming
in whats all this lis the house
on fre?"
"No," said Lefty, calmly; "only
the breakfast has burned up
George uttered a long sigh
Who'd have thought the fire was
so hot" said he. "Nhat am 10 do
now
Cook another suppose " an
swered Lefty.
"And what next?" demanded
George, tugging az his moustachc.
"Nhy set the table, and then clear
10 away and wash the dishes"
HWith this cut nnger?" complained
the husband.
Il was obliged to do it the weeks
I had the sore felon on nv middle
nnger.n remarked Lefty The
Young turkeys and gee-e ought 70
have been let out and fed long before
this: aud the IN ee calves in the barn
yard must he attended TO And then
there are the kitchen and sitting
room 10 be swept and busted, ana the
beds TO make, aud the string beans TO
be picked, and bread 10 bake and
hurkleberry pie 30 make, and your
white vests TO be ironed and potatoes
70 he peeled. and the preserves 70 ibe
scalded over and the cheese to be
turned. and dinner 10 get and the
table 10 clear and the dishes TO be
washed"
Hold on" said George; you've
said that uncen
"Nery likely, but IL has 20 be done
three times a day and the chickens
10 he looked after. and the linen pill
loS cases 70 be put bleaching, and the
south windows 70 be washed, and
your trousers 20 he patched, aud the
stockings to be darncd. and you
know YOU always like something hot
for supper And tten the nights
milk Is 10 be brought ia aud strained
and the pans scalded and the geese
aud turkeys fed aud shut into their
co0ps, and-Oh. dear. Ientirely for
got the churning, That will take an
hour az least But dear me. Gearge.
am getting so hungry and I don't
see the least signs Of breakfast
GcoTe! Where are you going,
George? NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
For George had disappeared Ia the
midst or her ex0rdium.
In twenty minutes or so he re-
turned, and by his side trudged
Mary Ann pult the nearest neigh
boris 2O-Year-old daughter
II take IL all back, said Mr.
White, Il lower nv colors, Lefty.
Your work Is harder than mine. III
be hest II II amt Why I couldn't
take care Of the milk, and cream aud
checses for the wages a girl would
ask / never realized before how
much a woman has 10 do
Are you quite sure you realize il
now" said Lefty mischicyously.
"Well. I've got pretty fair idea
On the subject nodded George
but you should be here on wash
Ing day," said Lefty, or on ironirg
lay, or on the day when We chop sau-
sage meat or maze soft soap. or"
''Stop, STOP shouted George. III
you say another word III 20 for
Mahala Kinks too Haven't / said
that take IL all uacks What more
would Fou haves'
"Wal, square," said Mary Ann,
Who had by this time removed her
bat and shawl. "what'll / do frst9n
,tDnfii orhoad Mr. White uDo