The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-19


" dldl't kz5r ea8ash 70 take o1
Ls lat~
As re eis~aior selately Uorel up
rrsr1 bearing Ms HaiiCwel so tAe
eighth fQgr these words were spilled
from & directly iara the sul-burne,l
ears 40 J8an Peek. q t1e sixth fo0r.
EEH realized that i was hls lat whirh
had ns1 been taken e1. and rhr
tAr0lzA tle ms1iua ~ flis har he had
lnfuFra1 tAa dlspieasure and scsrn 81
Bliss HaI8wel
He inserted B kev ia tle keyicle ~
Apartment Gle. entered ami strobe
Mostly through the Inner ilali unrii As
reached bis rc0u- H was angry ard
hurr Nothing so cruel a. d wom1u's
tolz1e 1ld nothing thar leaves = mau
s. defence.ess
john removed the offending hat. anl
examined Il critically even aDproY-
inSiy Il vas s0mbrero. The
ca8nres were that 10 hat ID Ehat whole
great cify could equal Il in fneness u
texture and - genuine w0uh Ont
West fr1m where Jol-a Peek recent
Iy had come la-s whore er this mo-
ment he heartily wished be- werei. the
quality u q Aar Is 0f supreme impor-
rsnee A har T. actually an integral
pan not merely an adjunct. of
wardrobe II ia carefully selected
ssai0usly cherished and proudly worn
- thing 0f ART
The cowboy IS more tender Of his
Boots and of his hat than De- s 0f his
pony
However despite the evident fact
that this was hat 70 be esteemed
am0ng aIl rival hats. john admitted
~ himself that DE- ought not 10 have
kept il Oh bis head while IL was ID the
elevator with a woman II dawned
upon BIN that there Is distinction
between private and public elevators
He had committed an error against
society Take . man WHO has been on
The range for seven Or eight years. and
in that period scarcely has seen
woman. and transplant him to a city.
and although At heart b. Is gentle
man be is likely 10 frgt to scratch the
polish Of metropolitan civilization.
Thus % 0blige a woman. whether
Tssi,y Or ngly john Peck might brave
northef. but he might meet her the
next day ID an elevator aud forget to
don his haf
Miss Hallowell had learned only the
latter portion Of thi- hypothesis. and
now I'D on the eighth floor she was
graphically rec0unting to her friends
her truly narrowing experience. Miss
Hall0weIl. maiden lady was large
and angular and severe. but she had
q little mind. easily disturbed.
4 just gIared at him al the way,
she recited. with proper emphasis.
.yet don't believe he even thought Of
lis hat. I never heard Of such per
f0rmance. He looked Ike a cowboy.
and the little fellow in the elevator
says that he rooms Oh the sixth. in the
Morris apartments. l shouldn't think
the MOrrises would take a lodger like
that
Hes a relative Of Mr. Morris ex-
planned one friend and I understand
he's from Arizona. Anyway. he's
come 10 the city to stay awhile. and Of
course 8lr. Morris felt obliged TO give
him a room until he found permanent
quarters
Well. be isn't a gentleman. as
serted Miss Hallowell conclusively.
Tor Miss HalIowell was quite sure
that she knew a gentleman when she
saw him
While on the top floor Of the build
ing Miss Hallowell had been vigorous
ly narratine and condemning. while
two floors below John Peek had been
sitting on his bed wrafhfuIly hrOoding
over criticism by eHete society. while.
later Miss Haiiowell had descended
70 her OWL apartments az G17. on the
same floor with those 0f the misbe-
having Morris family far down in the
basement o FIRE had been born. and
from moment i0 meNent 81 had been
growing
Brought forth in s.eaith 10 stealth
81 sought 10 live until its stature was
assured. At O'Clock that night it
had been only tiny flicker Of fame
which the breath q = babe might have
overcome. At . O'Clock two buckets OF
water could have prevailed against Il.
AT 10 O'Clock n single extinguisher,
wisely welded. could have subdued H.
Al II O'Clock it still was afraid to be
seen. So slowly snd 50 craftily was il
eating into the Granny leading between
the walls.
But az u O'Clock II had arrived to
Its manhood. II had established its
stronghold. and ii was ready to iaunt
the red banner Of defiance In the face
of a thousand people
Therefore It rocked not that during
the midnight hour the engineer. tar
diiy trarersing the corridor. smelt