The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-07


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But nowl How different It all came
about in this wise:
Happy as two yorng kids chewing
the leg on a pair of red-fiannel under
breeches, they went to the theater to
gether. It was a good play. The devil
was devilish, the hero was brave, the
heroine sweet unto madness! The
music, too, was enhancing. and they
buried beneath a sweet concord Of
sounds their passing sorrowsl
And then Mephisto butSed in
It was after the theater. The editor
remembered something at the ofics
undone. She sweetly offered to &C
company him, although the hour was
late.
Passing a place Of business, an an
expected friend called the newspaper
scribe.
Go in a moment" graciously sug
gested the wife Il win walk on to tha
Hotel HI and wait moment for
youl"
The friend was pleased to see a
friend. They chatted until the pub
Usher feared his wife might grow i'm
patientl Stepping to the telephone be
called the hotel and asked the clerk
to apprise the madame he would be
with her Immediately.
"Tlng-a-ling." rang the telephone
bell in q moment "she isn't here
came back over the wire!
well, she is a trump to walk home
alone at midnight. but might as vel
stay a while She won't be Kay
angrier a half hour from now" and
thus joking. the married man talked
on!
After a time he sauntered home
Ieisurely, quickening his steps as an
unexpected cloud she'd rain. Once a
home he turned on tha light and read
the evening paper a half hour. then
mounted the stairway to his couch.
Heavens, no wife!
Where had she gone? Rushin4
madly about the house. he found hes
not! Outside the rain fell faster.
fasterl Grasplng an umbrella, he hur
ried through the food to find the
sweet companion of his bosoml
He found her three blocks away
coming, coming through the rain, wet
angry, hurt, frightened!
When he spoke she listened NOT, but
scorned him with outrageous mien
Words failed to reach her ears, hes
eyes we're filled with tears-and sadly
the man followed in her wake, woE
dering, sorrowing, mute and helplessi
She did not speak to him that night
except. for one brief word, and that
was: WRETCH"
She is a good wife and he loves
her dearly, but how under this blue
canopy viii he ever induce her to be
lisve that the clerk made a mistake
and he did not really and truly forget
her?
Those who have been married loRs
time, please write.
No sooner has President Elii
succeeded in increasing the sale oi
Mother Hubbard dresses in our domes
tic circles. than Or. Hills arises IN his
white cravat and tells us I'VE all go
to the devil on $4,000 year"
Chauncey Depew, brave man tAai
he is, comes to the rescue Tvith a re
sounding denial He says man whc
has the disposition will go to the devti
anyhow, whether he has an income'ot
$4,000 or $4,000.
This is more like It, but what about
us common people who only have az
| income Of $4,000? Is there no possibS
chance for US to distinguish ourselyeSs
Time was when a man could go tr
the devil at any price. but one BY one
the perquisites OF life. liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness seem to be oblh
Grated by the truly rich We once
knew a young fellow who combed hi.
hair low over his forehead, wore q red
necktie. and went to the devil without
a cent in his pocket II he had waited
untI possessed OF DR.. Hills s50,oo0
or Senator Depew's $40 900, he would
never have stolen six pair Of left-hand
ed couhides and been sent to a dun
colored Jail to recuperatel We have
known for some time that the youne
man cf to-day must have at least $50.
600 to marry a society bud, hut this
is the first intimation that It takes
$50 900 to 60 to Or. Hills devp''
house or $4,000 to the abode OF th'
devil over whom Mr.. Depew has luris
dsetion. The possibilities for ycuni
unmarried men seem to be narrowing
RA
Some men 60 through life with
ble stick. but they do not follow
President Roosevelt's advice to speal
softly. They are remembered afte'
death. not for their virtues, but b.
the scars and iconoclasm Of their IN
gentle natures. Herbert speaking O
the bee. says:
Ress work for man, and yet they neve
sa,eir Masters flower, but leave it hav
ing done,
As fair as ever and as nt 70 uAe'
- both the flower doth stay and hone!
What a lesson OF gentleness an'
p.srity is here for men. The world i
his flower garden and he may pas
through it like the bee, slipping ii
rveets. leaving it ohaste behind bin
A he travels, or he may carry q BIZ
st.ck and devastate the blossom a
40 passes to eternity. VIII you ''worl
for man" and yet never bruise tbl
Masters Clover" OF win you live
life Of selHshness and injury to you
fellowman2
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