The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-08
AN EXPERIMENT.

price Of fruit" " he added, 'our peach
orchard is going % net US cool
sIOO."
AS he spoke he flung the homespun
towel with which he had been wiplng
his hands over the back OF the Kitchen
chair.
''Oh, George, do hang mp the
towel" said Mrs White. FIhe nail
is just as near as the chair back, and
have enough steps TO take in the
course OF the day without waiting
on you"
''You are always grumbling about
something, said the young farmer,
as he ierked the towel on It's nail.
There Does that suit y0ug"
siHere is a letter from Cousin Dora,
George" said Mrs White, wisely
avoiding the mo0ted question. "She
wants 70 come here and board for a
few weeks.
"Wel let her comei" said White
1T won't cost US a great deal, and
little extra money always counts up
at the years end
'But George. ] was thinking"
About whats"
''N hy ! am so hurried with the
work. aud there Is 50 much % do"
That Is the perpetual burden OF
your song, " sa d Nr White irritablN.
Women do beat all for complain
ing"
Won't you hear me outs" said
Mrs White 80 ] thought 10 would
be a good plan 70 give Do her
board. II she would help me VIII the
houscwork a little Il will accom-
modate her, aud u will fcfsmmo-
date me.
"But IL won't accommodate me9'
said George White, cayaiierly
Really, Lefty, you are getting ABB
solutely lazy
Mrs White crimsoned.
''No one ever said that OF me be-
fore, said she.
sBut just look at H." said the
farmer Tell me OF any other wo-
man n the neighborhood who keeps
, a girl. Why, they make a boast OF
doing their own work
They all have sisters or mothers
or grown up daughters 4 have
none %
.spshawm said White. Ridiculous
or course you have q work We all
do don't we9 But your work don't
amount 70 a row OF pins / don't
know OF anyone woo has u easier
than you do
That's al you know about IT,"
said LettY, Ia checked voice.
write 10 Dura that We'll board
her for IS a week. said White, au-
thOrltatively "We must earn all
the money we can while there Is a
chance Make hay while the sun
shines. ehs And I guess you'll man
age 70 get along as well US other wo-
men do, Lefty. Now run up stairs
into the garrett my dear, and get me
my lue jean oycralls; there's a good
girl"
Lefty obeyed. but the tears we're
In her eyes, and a big round bali was
rising up In her throat, and she
could hardly see the jean oyerdlls,
as they hung up high on one OF the
beams
As she reached up. a loose bUard In
the garrett flcor tipped; her foot slipped
through on the laths and plaster be-
low. aud with a gr0an shesank to the
floor.
The time passed on, and George
White grew tired OF waiting.
He shouted up the garrett stairway.
Look alive there, Lefty. 10 yoa
mean to be all day?n
But no answer came lie ran mp.
stairs, to iind Lefty lying senseless on
the foor with one leg broken, just
above the ankle.
Now You'n have TO get some one
70 do the work, said Lefty, not
without a spice OF malice, as she lay
on the calico covered setiee, With her
poor ankle duly set and bandaged
mot II I know it, said George
White. Hire q lazy woman who'll
want a dollar and a half week. and
her board IN the bargain, 20 do the
work of the house, / guess not
'But what are you going to dO?n
asked Lefty
10 do it myself. to be sure Half
an hour eve morning ana nalI an
hour every evening ought 70 be enough
70 square up accounts"
"Well, said Mrs White, "a snail
just like To see you do it."
Then you'll have your wish." said
her husband.
He rose early the next morning aud
lighted the Kitchen IRE.
sticks Of sFood. whatdoes a woman's
work amount % anyhow What's the
next lesson, LettYs'
Il always skim the cream and
strain tho milk said Lefty, who.
holstered upon the lounge. was comb
ing her hair with more dcilDeration
than she had pfafli-e. Ter q year