The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-22
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be Ezs wearing 3 fedora hat and he's
grown : beard Yo1 know what =
sandy bard Of hair he hadg Wen.
yOu can imagine hoE he looks With
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trimmed. even u Wzs stFzggly and
ragged as some old tramps-znd III
bet he'd worn his trousers for tEO
OF three weeks since they we're
pressed He looked cheerful. though
He always Eas = pretty cheerful
sort Of = chap. You say you went
10 dinner with him7~
He vas bound I should 90. Said
10 - -
Living out in the Willow
brook Know II, Vel. its out where
there's beautiful fresh air and lots Of
elbow room. You don't notice the
mosquitoes after you've been there
awhile. Holly stopped on the way
down town and bought a thick beef
steak, bag Of grape fruit and bas-
ket Of peaches. tie already had a
few other packages 10 carry.
Wei. il took Us pretty nearly an
hour 70 go When We got on a red
headed boy about four years Old gave
a whOop and rushed al Holly's legs
and proceeded to Chamber all over
him. de was a dirty little imp. bare
footed and clothed In a shirt and
blue denim overalls. Holly acknowl-
edged him as his son. Clarence Ed
ward. Clarence Edward walked with
US to the end Of the station plat
form and then demanded a wide
When Holly told him he had to walk
he set up a d3ieful howl. and Holly
turned the beefsteak and two other
49, 80 raA fr~a On
his shoulders.
we walked about a mile and a
half. ! should say. and then we came
TO a fairly decent looking cottage. and
three more children rushed out and
clung to Holly's legs-three. That
made four When we got TO the
porch Mrs Hollister came out and
what do you think? She had baby
In her arms. That made FIVE. Five!
Think OF Il, They had one maid.
but she didn't cook. and Mrs. Hollis
ter had to go out into the kitchen
and attend TO the dinner. She left
the infant with Holly and the other
young ones helped him to amuse
her.
After awhile Mrs. HoIlister came
in and relieved US and few minutes
later diBrer was announced. We all
went in. kids and all. One Of 'em was
sitting up In a high chair and shovel
ing mashed potatoes and gravy all
over himself and the tablecloth. And
you ought to have seen that girl they
had try to serve table.
After dinner we went out on the
porch and Holly gave me cigar to
smoke. don't like to say anything
about the quality of a mans cigars,
and I haven't said a word about the
dinner, but wasn't Hollistcr rather
particular about his tobacco in the
old days? We didn't get to talk
much, because the kids got to chasing
each other about the porch. and one
OF them fell OF and cut his fore
head. Mrs. Hollister had just got the
baby to sleep and that woke It up
again. Then Holly had to put the
children to bed and one Of them
wouldn't go to sleep without story.
At last he came down and gave me
history Of the suburb, and Mrs.
Hollister joined us presently bearing
a jug Of lemonade.
The funny thing about It IS that
Holly seemed quite to enjoy IT all
Dragged no end about the kids. ! got
sleepy about ten o'clock. and believe
they were both sleepy. too. He tells
me he's given up the club"
"Oh, years ago."
'T suppose SO. What do you think
he said to me going back on the
train7"
Il give II up"
"He said: Jimmy, you ought to get
married and come out to Willow
brook to live Chicago Daily News.
His Ambition.
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