The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-05
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4 with big holes worn in 'emw said 81
4 neon.
I .Wen. we needn't use the covers
\ need weg Gooseg laughed Rosa dom
! you see we can rip them open ant
make such a nice pillow out Of the
feathersg
] Jerusalem. so we can" And 81
neon looked admiringly at the brown
eyes Of his Intended Il do believe
you're the handiest girl in tie county
Rosyg'
For the housekeeping visions OF 81
neon and Rosa were not like those OF
q New York belle. who orders her outfit
ready made from metropolitan palaces
Of convenience. They knew they must
wait until Simeon's hard earned saw
ings had accumulated into the sum Of
$500, the amount to be paid down Oh
the little farm ON which he had long
had his speculative eye fixed. One
hundred he had already laid up. the
savings from summer haying wages
and winter school teaching another
hundred Rosa's father had promised
upon the wedding day, and for the
other three, hope told a fattering
taler'
1--WE are young and we can afford to
wait" said Rosa, cheerfully. when ST.
neon grew desperate and talked Of
gold hunting in the Klondyke.
Yes. but don't want to wait until
I'm an old man." said Simeon, dole
fully.
The next day Rosa, with pocket
handkerchief tied over her sunshiny
curls and her pretty figure enveloped
in a prodigious bib apron. commenced
on the mOreen cushions with pair Of
big shears: for Rosa took as much de-
light in these small preparations for a
home Of her own as any maiden in all
the land. and her fancy already pic
tured forth a neat chintz draped lounge
with a pillow to match, made out Of old
Cousin Percy Milman's quaint gift 81
neon had already revarnished the old
chairs and desk and bureau and set
them in the barn chamber to dry, and
Rosa's eldest brother had promised
them an eight-day clock. so that the
decorations for a modest little sitting
room seemed not so very far OF.
Thinking Of all these things Rosa
clipped vigorously away at all the pill
low seams.
My goodnessr she exclaimed to her
self with slight elevation Of the
brown brows what horrid stitches,
Just like sharks teeth, and what
coarse thread. l wonder who could
possibly have sewed itf'
And when all the seams We're ripped
apart Rosa plunged her hands into the
cushions. and out flew the feathers like
a flock Of imprisoned birds.
"Hellow cried Simeon's deeplunged
voice behind her shoulder, ''that looks
like work"
But Rosa only laughed, scattering a
handful of downy dust over her lovers
jet black hair
"See. Simeon, that's the way you'll
look when you get to be as old as Cou
sin Percy when he died. Just wait
minute until l touch up this black spot
on the back Of your head. Why, 81
neon. what's thisy
With the feathers a piece of folded
brown paper had drifted out upon the
floor-a small envelope, pasted down
on the edge
"Camphor to keep out the moths"
suggested Simeon.
But Rosa stopped to pick it up, and
tore it open.
simeon, it's money! she cried
breathlessly.
And money it was-five dingy twenty
dollar bills. neatly folded inside slip
Of blue writing paper.
Simeon cried Rosa. ''don't you re-
member what you told me Cousin
Percy said? All the things We're to be
yoursw
~Yes - but w Rosa = / don't under
stand.'
"He meant this money-the savings
Of his lifetime"
by Jerusalemg' cried Simeon, fall
ing back upon his fayorite admiration,
80 he did"
And he pounced ON the other two
cushions, tearing them 50 violently
apart that poor little Rosa sneezed as
If she had taken whole boxful Of
snuff, at once.
"Simeon. are you crazyf" she ex-
claimed, with widely opened brown
eyes.
mo. butt thought So Rosy Hur-
rahv' and Simeon tossed his fur cap
into the air. There's the same amount
Of money in each of them. Three hun
dred dollarsl Rosy, we can get the
farm now. We can go to housekeep-
ing in the spring. Hurrah for Cousin
Percyw
Rosa was counting over the rusty old
bills with fingers which trembled so
she could hardly hold them.
"Oh. Simeonw she said, it don't
hardly seem possibler'
But it is possible" exulted Simeon.
Wont my stepmother be mad, though,
when she comes to hear Of it?"
Mrs. Deacon Milman was indignant
She thought Simeon ought to have di-
vided with her. but he chanced TO be of
q different opinion.