The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-30
The Lost Mineature.

AthNi Dialltyi dufNpI}-lt was get
ting too dark 10 read-ajust what it
looks ike in Mrs Percys. II must be
a regular enchanted palace if Il looks
anything like it does outside Florence
Mayo was telling lac, only the last
time We went by there that she had
beautiful things Everything almost
tapestries, paintings some Of the old
masters. priceless vases. quantities Of
real lace-oh. dearl ! don't know what
she hasn't gotl 20
Remember what you're breaking
and Mrs Bradley shook her head play
fully
II know. and break # every time
J 90 by that splendid old mansion.
There are two things we ought not to
have, the commandment about covet-
ing. and that old colonial residence
right here In the village, where one
has 70 see II every time he goes outl"
Ethel turned round ln her chair and
raised the curtain.
1T wouldn't be so bad" she con-
tinued, II we we're ever allowed 10
crafty our curiosity But it's been
nearly two years since We moved here.
and We haven't even got what old
Auntie Hicks would call 'face-to-face
vision OF Mrs. Percy. 10 say nothing
Of being admitted into those spacious
colonial rooms
Queer she never goes out among
folksl II she didn't always ride IN a
closed carriage when she does take a
drive, we might see what she looks
like"
Il have heard. dear" reiolned Mrs.
Bradley. "lts all owing 20 severe be-
reavement. Mrs. Judge Yates was
speaking 10 me about her, not long
after we moved Enst-I was thinking
! tolu you. She lost In early life a
very dear relative; I'm not sure
whether Il was a sister-Mrs. Yates
didn't know" and Mrs Bradley looked
wistfully out Of the window into the
gathering gloom. You know can
sympathize with her, Ethel
Eyes. mother" gently.
Then only about four years ago-l
think It was no longer than that-Mrs.
Percy lest her husband and two daugh-
ters. The boat IN which they we're
out fishing for cunners was capslzed
In q squall Since that time Mrs.
Percy has given up an society. She
dosent receive. and makes no calls
that's Why she's never called on as"
But she'd feel SO much better II
she'd only miugle with people
twould help her forget her trouble"
Perhaps she can't. dear. We can
never judge for others" and Mrs.
Bradley rose 10 light the lamp.
When Mrs. Bradley was a girl seven
years old she was LETT an orphan. She
had one sister two years older, and
no other known relative.
"its about an we can do TO live,
confded the frontier missionary to bis
wife. the evening before the funeral
of the girls father-their mother had
died eight months preyioua-"but Il
seems as though Providence means for
us 20 take the little cnes-there's no
body else 10. guess wen get along
somehow
Eyes; God isn't willing that any o.
His little ones should perish added
Mrs Jackson. reverenily.
And SO twas settled. The next day
the little Holman girls began their
new life IN the home OF the seli-sae-
rincing missionaries. Here they lived
until their foster parents gave up
their mission work. and returned East
20 their early homo.
You'd better 60 with u.s." urged
Mrs Jackson.
III only Tor educational advantages. "
argued the missionary.
But both girls had been offered
schools in the township and the one
adjoining. and they decided 70 stay
ana teach for at least a year
~The experience win be Of value, and
besides" they added. I'VE owe the peo-
Die something Tor what they've done
FOR US"
Everything went wen until the be-
ginning OF the following spring. when
rumors of Indian uprisings became
more and more frequent. Putting lit
ne reliance in these reports. The In
hahifanis Of la Sale and Gregory
townships took no precautions against
a possible danger. and one night In the
early part Of April. we're surprised IN
their unprotected condition. by bands
OF savaees that had reYolted against
the treatment o. the United States
government
Hardly a family escaped the awful
massacre. Both families in which the
Holman girls boarded were attacked.
ana an were reported killed.
But the teacher Of the Ia Sale
ceho0 was spending the night at the
tome u one Of her scholars. two miles
or more from the struggling village.
Discovering tn tine the flames Of the
burning buildings Of their less fortn-
nate neighbors. the little family crept
away 10 the southwest. and were wen
.~ .N- trail towards the government