The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-11
WHAT He
EXPECTED


falls a trife nat. II you said arises
in its dawn Of eastern splendor' or
something like that. it would sort Of
sustain the sentiment. You're a lit
tie weak on poetry. Johnny. Your
expressions. as a rule. are not so
felicitous as they might be. I'd let
1t alone if we're you and stick to the
vernacular. / suppose you mean that
youll be starting for Bullhead pond
tomorrow morning"
Bass lake." corrected the bill
clerk. That's what III be on my
way and you'll be here in this swell
tering old hole wishing you were
along"
Il really do wish / could go with
you, Johnny" said the cashier. "0f
course. the Office will be more toler-
able in certain respects after you've
gone. but I'm not selfish and l feel
that it would be well for you TO have
me accompany you. Were you ever
az a summer resort before? Or per
haps this isn't strictly what would
be called a summer resort?"
Perhaps It isn't" said the bin
clerk. Perhaps the crystalline wa
ters of the lake don't mirror one Of
the finest summer hotels on the con-
tinent and a water toboggan slide.
Maybe there amt a galaxy or two OF
nectarines from the proudest and
palatialest homes in Chicago punched
up there for the summer. Maybe
there's no such thing as a lovers
lane In the neighborhood. Oh, | guess
it's squalid around there and there
won't be anything doing when ! ar
rive"
Il fear me there will That's why l
feel sorry for you" said the cashier
pityingly Il know what fond visions
you're entertaining and l know what
you are going up against. as you
would say. You're going to find a
veranda full of maidens pining for
male society who will shoot arch,
coquettish glances at you.
Then the struggle begins-the
struggle between the young women
Of course. They sit around you on
camp stools. while you lie In q ham
mock. tanning the mosquitoes away
from you. But there is one who holds
aloof from the throng She is simply
gownea in some soft white stun and
wears rose in her dusky coronal Of
hair. You are slightly piqued by her
apparent Indifference and. finding her
alone in a bosky dell in the course Of
one of your morning rambles, you en-
gage her in conversation. You ply
her with gay badinage. but she seems
to object to that You know l do
myself very often, so perhaps it isn't
so much of a surprise to you. But
she thinks that you ought to have a
more serious, earnest role in life than
that Of mere society butterfly.
"She discovers qualities in you that
should make you great and famous.
She confesses that she has not been
as Indifferent to you as she has
seemed and Is minutes later, after
she has promised to be yours, you
find that she is the idolized and only
daughter Of Billkins. the multibillion-
aire That's your programme, isn't
It, johnny"
well, stranger things have hap
pened." said the bill clerk. IF a
proposition like that was pushed at
me / don't say that | would pass It
up-not without giving It a little
thought. To be square with you, |
don't believe that there's any one of
the bevy down there that's due to
corner more than a few hundred thou
sand. If was dead sure I could get
out little lady with that sized bunch,
though. l think I'd send in my resig-
nation to the Office"
We'll, hold on to it for awhile. .
advised the cashier. You're going
down there to find that you had been
misinformed about the rates and that
the best they can do for you for a
cot under the shingles is SO per diem
and the genial landlord win act as
If he'd much rather you didn't accept
his liberal offer You'll wander out
on the veranda and you'll have a
poorer opinion of your IS outing suit
almost Immediately. The girls will
be there, but they won't know that
you are there, because they will be
too busy with some gilded youths who
seem to think they own the earth and
are, moreover, disgustingly fresh and
absolutely idiotic. There will be a
schoolma'am, 80 years Of age stay
ing there with her mamma and in
three days youll consider yourself
privileged if you are allowed to take
the ladies boat riding and buy ice
cream for them in the village drug
store"
That settles it." said the bill clerk.
Il won't CO.
Il was only joking. Johnny" pro-
tested the cashier. Maybe it won't
be so bad as all that"
Maybe it won't. if you say so, /"
said the bill clerk. Perhaps, as /
said, there isn't a giddy whirl down
there. Possibly it's Just what I'm fig
uring on, same as last year--a tent
and camp stove and a rowboat and
fishpoles. with Billy Cooper. and no
blame girls around to scare the fish.