The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-23

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she kinder thot him pleasant company.
He WIS g0od.iookin' an sure an ho
fool Unison was amusin'. toler'hle ia
his looks an he'd tai advantage OF a
normal school edication. an kinder daz-
zled her II alus peared ter me. stil.
as if be was a BIT conceity, but then he
took with tn girls.
Hannah elders didn't Know which
Of them two ter choose Et seems she
figured on ct All fan an wen inter th
winter She begin ter get thin an lose
an her color. an both them fellers was
near wild with anxiousness an contin-
ual quarrelin Then what yer s'pose
they doneg7
"Et II take long time fer 'em ter
10 much, H. way you tells ct" the
Chronic Loafer grumbled.
'She give out, continued Tlnsmlth.
not needing the interruption, athat
she'd take tn best edicated. Thet
tictled Unison, who blowed round ter
all his friends how he was Just
ready. He was goin'. he put ct. like
III male knights Of old, ter tilt IN tn
mrningmonths fer his lady. They
agreed ter hey it out on th' quiet at III /
big spellin' between their schools tn
followin' week. | thot Quincy was
gone. He jest went ter work, though,
an fer sev'ral days before tn bee / /
seen nothin' Of him. He was stedyln'
til spellin' book
~The night come. an sech crowd +
as they was ct tn Happy Grove
School They was sleiehin'. and fer a
quarter Of a mile in front Of til bulldln'
they was nothln but HORSES hitched ter
III fences. Tn sch0olroom was all
decorated with greens an lighted with
il6 lamps fer th occasion. an was
Jest packed. All tn seats was filed
with girls, an tn men was lined four
deep long th walls an banked up on
top Of one mother at tn back. On 6ne
side Of III platform. settin on a bench
long under tn blackboard. was th
sixteen best scholars of tn Happv
Grove School. led by John Unison.
He was smilin', an conferdent, an
gain longin' at Hannah elders. who
wos on one OF III front seats an pear
ed rather nervous, He was all logged :
out In new Prince Albert coat fer
her benefit.
Il was standin' be tn stove meltin'
IN snow OF me boots, when ! he'd a
few words with Ounce Muthersbaugh.
He seemed jest little excited. but
lowed ct 'ud come out all right Then q
be took his place with his sixteen i
scholars on tn other side tn platform !
m tn procedin's begin !.
Teacher Long. from over in Lemon a
Township, called out tn words from \
ipeller, while me an another feller a
Kept tally. The first word given out :
was soupeny, an Quincy missed ct. n
He spelled ct 's-u-p-c-n-a I Jest felt /,
ick when | marked down one again Il
iis side. Unison took her, spelled her s
Ill right an commenced ter smile. x
looked solemn. The n,
eller mex on his side spelled super n
edes correct while tn man mex John II
Unison missed superannuation. an nj
hen Happy Grove an Kishikoquillas .,
vas even. They KEEP thet up an hour NJ
"a half, an | tell yer ct was most Sc
xcitin' ter see them trained spoilers se
attlin'. When they quit Happy Grove ca
ed two less misses then Kishikoqun s,
IS. Jimison commenced ter smile tri- yc
mphant, but Ounce didn't do nothin' m
'ept set there quiet like. III
After a recess Of ten minutes they as
egln ter spell down. All tn scholars al
ned up in row an whenever one ca
Kissed word they he'd to go set in tn IN
udence. They spelled an spelled. al
III final they was no one left but II
uincy Muthersbaugh an John Jlmi- en-
'n, jest standin' there glarin' ct each IL
her an singin' out lstters. 1T was lo
grand sight Hannah elders was tn
ale and tremblin, fer she knowed tn E,
ally Of an idle word then Til aud FIJI
ice was most stretchin' ther necks de
iten joint, they was SO Interested az
wO lamps went out an no one fixed pl'
m; tn air was Jest blue with tn m'
cam made by tn snow meltin' off tn at
Hers boots, an tn stove begin to no
iohe an IN room was suffOcatin' pl;
It no one thot ter put up winder. tn
excitemen' was so bad ca
"Sech words as penultimate, concate- Of
Ition. pentateuch an silhouette come be
ad easy ter them teachers. They ken Je
lrin ct each other an spellin' Ike
cir life depended on ct. Poor Longs re
ice got weaker an weaker givin' i
{ words. | was thet nervous could arr
irdly see. They spelled all the II
ions and entions, all the words end no
in ism, die and ness. tell ct seemed ioA
ay'd use up tn book. Quincy was cul
tim more excited; Jimison's knees en-
is tremblln' visible. mi
Then Long give out Rorybory Allus. SUI
n could heard a pin drop In thet Dir
pm. Jimlson he begin slow, as ef ma
was dead easy; 'A-r-o-r-a Aurora: the
'-r' Aurora Bor: calls. Aurora Bo- VII
Ills v
They was a humble went over tn a j
,m. an he seen he was wrong an the
led: 'A-u. I mean. Is