The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-06
JUST THE TEXANS WAY.
How Colonel Tom 0chitree Brought Christ
mas Cheer to Old Friends.

down there in that stuffy little hail, 'rvo
had n powerful hard quarrel with Johu
Chamherllh--Johp pnd I are always bsht-
ing, nnyhownnd be vows, John does. at
he'll never have another mouthtu cooked
for nue. as long as he lives-ju Just because
told him last night tbut a terrapin | saw
IN Que 81 bis tcrrHpin barrels waeut
diamond back And SO, sam. I've Just
brought little stun up hcrc-he I'd you
were still IN town on.y today-and Im
going TO ask the little girl 20 cook it for
me. sam, I'm Just naturally starved, that's
what ] ain, and your wife sure knows how
60 cook Texas STYLE. Dye think shell cook
me a steak, SAM he asked eagerly, aud
with a great air OF solicltude,
"Of course, saw IN 40 instant that that
was only the coonets knishtly way OF
doing ", and I'm a-teling GU that / had
a mighty tough job to crowd back the gulp
IN my throat when those darkies brought
the two enormous baskets upstairs. But
the wife couldn't hold Il In, and when She
began to dab at heg eyes bit with her
trec--he was her godfather pretended 10 he
tremendously angry and pretended 10 DO
lieve that she didn't want to d0 any cook
Ing for him. aud all that That brought
her around 81 right and then tue unload ug
Of those market baskets began
"a couldn't begin to tell YOU what they
contained. The colonel pretended that tln
most Important contents Of the baskets
were a biz three-iuch slS-pound etoat and
a lot of mushrooms that he wanted cooked
for bis supper, but they were only Side
Issue, Those two baskets held enough ~
the very finest stun the market AFFORDED
10 frame up a magnificent Christmas din
Nor for twenty people--huge bottles or
queen olives, cans lof the finest vcgeta
of the choicest cahdlet for the wife,
mammoth turkey, n pair q redheaded
ducks--but, as ! say, ! Couldn't even be
gin to mention wwhat those baskets eon.
there were half dozen quart bottles Of
champagne. and the colonel dug two Of
these out for the supper
My wifc was soon busy with the steak
and mushrooms ana green peas and such
like that Colonel ochiltrco had brought
along In one Of tho baskets to give coun-
thing cooked for himself inside Of three-
quarters Of IN hour we were around the
table. talking FeNas and Texans. and
anybody who ever mad the privilege OF sit
ling az a table with Thomas ochiltree eau
imagine how merry a meal that was. We
sat and smoked. the colonel ana I, until
midriCbt, while the wife attended 10 her
d0rninr, and then be rose TO 20. Hc had
mentioned IN q very casual way mutual
friend, 3 Texas man, whom he Ind met
that day, and the thing was Of course
clear 60 me---the mutual friend had told
the colonel thot things weren't exactly
coming my way and bis visit was the re-
.'There was guilty sort " look nm rho
colopel's face as he sli0nod m ohlong box
out 81 his fur oyercoat. Just before h'
stn"'o6 20 60 ard pie"o4 4 ON the table
We eldu't SHv word 0hcrt It. and Z
know that hc wouldn't wFut noe 10 men.
-fon It. 10 sold TINT ho was GOING To
Texas Tor New Yoar's and With n chearv
GOOD night md a merry Christmas. away
he -~"rt hrnminc 70 himself
THO box contained hou1eore plft tor
nv wife Rancnth the Gift was lon-
"pvolonn with nv name on H. The on
volore oortairod tbrce new $40 bills ana
this scrawl In Colonel ochitrces wcli
Known hand.
NV Dcrr sam We rar't III ~ uq
have Tho host n luck nN tNc time can
wcl Thnre wouldn't hn nv fun In that.
thon nm suro incloso littlo remou.
h~nnce. Vow mUst not mention thlg mattor
20 m" WHOM wo meet again SIM son y
WOW 10. 7 shall ho reduced 10 tho ucoooeitv
81 cutting Won dcad tho novt time there.
0''cr that you cut my trail. Merry Christ