Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-10-31
HE TALKED TOO MUCH.
Was a Revelation That Sur
prised Him.

The man was watering the front
yard grass with a hose. lie was in
his shirt sleeves and smoked cigar.
a cadaverous, middle-aged man came
along, leaned against the iron fence
and mopped his forehead, relates the
Washington Post.
"Giying II a drink, eh2" said he TO
the man with the hose.
"Yep." said the latter, good-na-
turedly. "wetting her down bit"
"Neat little bit OF lawn, that" said
the man outside the fence.
"Jh-huh," said the man with the
hose. "Jollied the landlord into re-
sodding IL this spring. Then after that
my wife wheedled him into scattering
clover seed all over II, so that I've got
II into pretty good shape now"
Must have an easy landlord" COM
mented the man leaning on the iron
fence.
Easy" said the man with the hose,
swell, say, that old gazzabo Is just pie,
thats what he is-pie Only way
can account for the easiness Of that
man Is that he's looney, or that he's
so rich he don't know where TO blow
himself first"
"Go way" said the man outside.
"Surest thing you know" said the
man in his shirt sleeves. "I'ye only been
living in this house about seven
months and n that old lunatic hasn't
spent $3.50 in repairs since I've been
here he hasn't spent a cent"
swell, l swami" said the man out
side.
Fact" said the man with the hose.
"And the beauty Of il is only pay S45
month for the house, whereas all
the folks up and down the block, liv-
ing in exactly the same kind of houses,
have 10 cough up their little SIS as
regularly as the moon goes round"
That's right. first moved in here
let's see, yes, II was the third OF De.
cember. Knew ] had bargain in the
house In just the shape II was in then
but | believe in getting all can in
this life, and so ] sent my wife down
TO the old idiots office to make some
demands for repairs. First she tack.
led him for an entirely new furnace
and blamed N he didn't come right ia
the front in a jump, and inside OF tar
days had a furnace plant In this
shack that's just a picture. Keep US
so hot during the cold weather that
II like TO drove us out of doors"
"Well, welll" said the cadaverou,
man.
"Uh-huhl" said the man in his shirt
sleeves, biting of the end Of a fresh
cigar, ."Then that having been so easy
I told my wife she might as well hit
the old codger up for gas logs botl
upstairs and down. She hit him up
Was II eaSy2 Well, II was just lik,
drinking chocolate ice cream soda OF
a hot night, that's ALL" and the maj
with the hose smiled very broadly.
Then" he went on, 81 got kind O
grouchy with the porcelain bath tub
The bath tub was all right, but I'd seel
some better ones IN plumbers win
dow downtown, and thought that
might as well have my wife ask 10
one Of the best In the market, Got
hands down, and II there's a prettie
| I'ANNAoAh Ahb NiAhAh flkhA hibthh q
here, then l don't know It, that's all.
"Must be a bully landlord. thati
said the man leaning against the iro
fence.
"Yes, or clean out of his mind,v sal
the fortunate tenant. Then"
"Johnl" said feminine voice froI
the second-story window.
"Wait a minute-Im busy" said IL
shirt-sleeyed man In reply TO the fen
mime voice. "Then, seeing that the oil
chap was OF the sort that just loves I
hurl his money at the little birdie
sent the wife down to sound hin
early in the spring, on the subjeS
Of complete repainting inside. Sa,
inside OF four days after she tackle
him, darned n the painters weren't 1
work and I'h bet they used 40 dlfrs
snt kinds Of tints that my wife piclSs
/ out"
b "oh, John, Just run up here for
minute--I want 10 see YOU" came n
feminine voice from the upper r
/, gions.
cant now, my dear; haven't A
D ished watering the grass yeti repli'
g the man IN his shirt sleeves. II W
going 70 ask the pin-hsaded old Ian