The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-25

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shteam mime Thin he sighs an
says; Barney. l niver intinded f'r
to do It, but ye know how It is ye-er-
silf. VIII ye lind me tn loan iy a
two-dollar bill SOS we can ate till TIL
mkt pay-day?' That's tn wa-ay iy tn
ma-an with tn big hear-rt, Mary, an
so I've had me hear-rt ossined"
This naturally had its effect on sfrs.
Flynn. 9Th poor ma-an," she said
to herself; he do be ha-avin a hazard
time " It over tn money, an It's fr
me to help him out" So she glad
dened his heart by proposing that they
Ignore Christmas Nentirely. As that
was the very idea that he had In mind
all along, be readily acquiesced. And
yet, even In the hour Of victory, he be-
gan to modify the compact, thus delib-
erately disproving his previous pessi-
inistic assertions about the expected
return fayors.
"A bit iv something f'r Maggie an
Terry" he said, ''but nawthin' ilse."
Here, however Maggie objected. If
there was to be any such arrangement
she wished to be included 10 It, There
Was no reason why she Should receive
any presents II she was expected to-
give none; indeed, as she was receiv-
ing an Independent salary for. her
work as a teacher, she told herself that
there was all the less reason why her
parents should incur any Christmas
expenses on her account. AS for her
own money. she could do with that as
she saw fit. It was right that they
should be relieved Of a burden that
was rather hard b Dear in the exist
ing circumstances, but that was no rea-
son why she should be deprived Of the
pleasure Of giving. Here. 1t will be
noticed. was another blow to Police
man Flynn's views cs the selflshness
that marks the modern Christmas, but
OF course he didn't know It. Maggie
kept her opinions 10 herself, and mere
ly insisted that she should be includ-
ed In the compact
J Now this Is an agreement that many
people OF limited means have entered
; into at various times. and they will
; appreciate the difficulties that con.
/ fronted tho parties to It. The Christ.
/ mas spirit IS contagious. and more
} than once Policeman Flynn regretted
that he had been so far-sIghted. When
he saw anything that he wanted tc
: bry for Mrs. FLYNN or Maggie. he
, tried to console himself with the re-
! aection: "NiveF mind! T will bS
: ma-arkod down afther Chrls-mus.
r But with this came the haunting feal
\ that the stock might be exhausted be-
! fore the day Of bargain sales arrived
i The occasional queries at the station.
' 'swhat are ye goin to buy tn goot
! woman?" also worried him, for HI
q feared a truthful answer would be mis-
i construed, and he would be put dowl
4 as q misery wretch with little affec
! tlon for his family. He had one con
r ISOLATION, however. BY tacit agree
e ment Terry irid been left out Of tn
e arrangement, as bSiES too young right
/" fully to appreciate 1t, and so ther
= was an opportunity to make some fam
V ily purchases. Thus It happened tina
: Christmas eve Policeman Flynn toll
e his wife tnat he must get somethinI
= more for Terry.
a "But ye ha-ave pdnty f'r him." ar
y gued Mrs. Flynn.
q "Are you Ii. wan that's doin' this
i or am II" he demanded. with some az
, perity.
"oh. gwan, II ye wa-ant to, Vhe re
= turned, "but rav-mlmber wan hing.
: whats thatg"
n "Ray-mimber Cullen. th' Ia-ad " Il
n big hear-rt that niver meant f'r to
d it,
a. Policemen Flynn departed with th
IS uncomfortable feeling of q crimins
II who fears he has been found out, an
% Mrs. Flynn chuckled. Then she rs
N tired to her room and made an inveS
sr tigaticn OF one Of the bureau drawer,
b. Twill iiiver do" she eommente,
h as she held up one Of Policema
b. Hymns socks and regarded It crltIca
1t ly. "'Tis a Shame tn min don't wea
n shtockir's. Now what1l ta-ake +
n to ma-ake It seem Fright an proper
le Terry noted his mothers mysterlou
a movements that night, but he was al
a, solutely barred from the kitchen III
$, I'll morning, and Mrs. Flynn kept
n close watch VI him. Maggie was 81
!; perintending or assisting TO supcriI
a tend waits Christmas celebration
+ and did not vet home until late. Whe
Q. she did come she made q mysterios
T. trip to the kitchen In the dark an
n deposited some packages On the tabl
a. With the steaIthlness Of 3 thief p
ie llcemsn Flynn came stsIl later, an
ID his movements were the most extrao
" dinary Of alI. He removed hts boo
A. before going to the roem where Mr.
4 Flgmn was neacAfullV draining az II