The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-07

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Brown BAD s1axad a1 s c1ly
H-t's trlk
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Das Of e.sa Brown vas tralalzs aln-
ssA ~ baeEzs s-zassr The
sounds al BsorA sr1nzat a.s trunk
1Gwa stairs wsFs irEd arf fregzaEt
s-crzh to hare doze credit y q first
elzSs fragat tsrct in full activity
esrirg sas TsczslC1 season Br1En
TAD lefs tks ss11s dor ogez and he
presently aEoe CIT oa ahe atocp as
fkoush inEs5is1 by soEe zsfCTseen
force THE fsrcs 1l1 not losg remain
alzsea. + appeared directly bealzl
BGDwn and A1Eie1 irae8 0uE Ca the
ato1s Dlzfform x The EtooD. whers r
fested moment
Smith did some mental calculation
- ID tAs ex4ef size 81 TIE tra1k- Then
hs cnnDiizsatee Brown uDo1 hts vsF-
acitY.
~T0u hare Anaaiaa peeled 10 his
lsmon skin. he said That's nos
fFrnk. tie 4 house
III s0es ioSk large oat here On the
sso0D.H admitted Brown, nut Il Is
trunk
Smith took one handle Of the trunk
and Brown the other Il was a warm
sight ard Smith calculated that he
vas losing 3 gallon a minute of the
large amount of water of which
k4msn being r. supposed 70 BE- partly
composed When they had both lost
fen finger nails and several lzehes
a acarf skin had parted company
with their hands Saith suggested
that they open me trunk aad remove
sone cf the scrap iron and lead pipe
s0sysnlrs with which Il waa evidently
filed Bat Brown. always patient
and perseyering when saving money.
overlooked the sarcasm and said that
the trunk contained nothing but
clothes AMI few books
ny this time they had reached The
Sidewalk and Brown suggested that
they rest few minutes. Smith
thought they ought b cail an express
before Il should be necessary 70 call
Al ambulance. Brown had not moved
before sor fifteen years. and be could
not bring himself to part with 80
cents for such . little thing a. the
moving Of the trunk. estimated By
Smith IN his least sarcastic moments
70 be about six BIZ ten feet square.
While they rested letter carrier
brought Brown a letter. and he read
It seated upon the trunk and express
ing his satisfaction at the contents o.
the letter by serious facial disturb
ances. which added 10 fhe unique en-
tertainment the trunk movers were
already aHording score Of unwashed
unspanked kids
Smith sat on the trunk and parrled
more 81 less successfully the sareaa
tic and personal remarks which the
little vagabonds we're passing One
kid attempted 10 vary bis line Of re-
partee with b rotten lemon, which
brought tbe trunk movers 10 their feet
agaln
At the end n 20 pr 30 minutes they
had succeeded IN movir the trunk
half q block Their haaa were torn,
bliatered bleed.re aad tteir tempera
touchy and unreliable
Then Smith deesded that he had full
" responded TO friendships sacred
call
You've got 70 get some one else %
finish his Job. he said 10 Brown, and
simultaneously hailed a truck driver
who was going r. aupper- Taa truck
driver said be could and would move
tie trunk Then Smith aneaked
The next morning Brown appeared
At the Office minus the little temper
be had left the night before His right
hand was bandaged and he waved it
angrliy az Smith.
why didn't you make q bargain
with that man?7 he cried life made
me pay him rs cents"
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