The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-26

There was no uyuut "1@"s 80 =
was distinctly sentimental.
For 4 week after reading Janice Mere
dith. 1e-year-old Edith with long
brown curl over one shoulder, and the .
COLLAR Of her gown turned in, was
Janice. For two weeks after the initial
performance by the members Of the
shakegpearian club, Edith in the
spare-room counterpane and the GRIM
son piano cover, was Juliet, The fam-
ily shrewdly suspected that, during
this period the iceman was uncon-
sciously doing duty as Romeo; for on
more than one occasion Edith was
seen to gaze tenderly down upon MN
from the safe vantage Of the flower
box in the attic window, that nelng
the nearest approach to a balcony that
the house afforded.
The family bore up under all this'
with commendable fortitude.
Before September was over, Edith
was Queen Elizabeth, in the spare
room pillow-shams, Marie Antoinette'
IN cornstarch and impossible heels
and even Charlotte Corday, behind tne
grimy bars Of the family gridiron. she
was Joan Of Arc at noon, and her reia-
tives would say good night to Lady
lane Grey at bedtime, only to be con-
fronted by Lucrezia Borgia at the
breakfast table.
Had this been all, the Bannerings
might have borne up under 1t; put
there was worse to come. Edith,
wearylng Of solitary heroines, began
"a look about for heroes. What
was Josephine without Napoleon, lsa-
bella without Ferdinand, or Mary
Queen Of Scots, without Rizzio!
The iceman, having vanished with
the summer, was unavailable for ro-
mantle purposes; but the black-eyed
peanut yender, whom Edith passed
every morning on her way to school,
made an admirable Napoleon; the
tain young man in the florists shop
:, did very nicely as Ferdinand; and
Edith's imagination was sufficiently
elastic to clothe the grocer's assist
: ant in the picturesque garb OF Rizzo
! one day Dayton, Edith's older broth
er. who was about as sentimental as
i lobster. happened to walk home iron
school with his idealistic sister. HI
saw the peanut vender exchang'
= = glances not with the Empress Jose
& mime. but with his-Dayton s--pre
i i cious sister Edith. He saw the noI
- lists assistant touch his hat boldly
not to Isabella Of Spain. but to Edit
Of America. He heard the grocer
4 Young man say, not by your leay'
n. YOUR majesty" but How do you d
Il Miss Edith?" and Dayton was ne
IL pleased. !,
n. you seem" said Dayton, with Il
II unoualifed severity Of an outrage
rv elder brother, ito have circle oI a
,ot maintances. Are you in the habit
he exchanging bows with all the boz
dv blacks and street fakirs you meet
is your way to school?"
nd 81 know those young men qul
he well" replied Edith, loftily, "and tn
,qs are not bootblacks. / often buy thin
in. from them. They are very pleasa
mo- Young men. Don't you think tn
to Young Italian looks wonderfully Il
Ing Napoleon?"
in mo l don't" returned prosaic d
At ton. 'He looks more as If he nee'
a bath"
A few days later, Dayton discove
Edith with bag of peanuts ~
OF hand bunch Of carnations In
'our other. standing upon the grocer's d
OF step. conversing with the groc
e Of Young man. When Dayton reac
cup home he told his mother about It.
d o shes such a dear, friendly
the soul" said Mrs. Bannering, TIL
hen hate to tell her that she mustn't n
the a bosom friend Of every person
lead happens to meet, even II that pc
long does chance to resemble royalty.
long But when E@tth's schoolmates
hem gan to tease her about her eonqu
gain, when the neighbors began to hi
brisk Mrs. Bannering that the girl was
five too particular in her choice OF
very ciates. and when the peanut We
the florists assistant or the gro
Young man was continually at hai
escort Edith to or from school,
'ii.1' Bannering realized that the time
- come for interference.
saw III she were my daughter
Ao Dayton. shaking a threatening fs
~ - bunch Of violets presented By
is - Young florist, I'D lock her up i
's1. 49, room and keep her there. III {
-,a.s ..,...s those three chaps If you ga
Shall T."
Certainly moi" said Mrs. BE
ing. quietly. e want you to
atoes them here to dinner"
,onful what easped Dayton.
arslev eve decided. said Mrs. Bann
,e get to let Edith invite them all h
a last dinner. to-morrow night. 7 told
with wished to meet her friends
slowly sls it a trapl
Serve well, ye-es, admitted Mrs. B
ing,
The following day. Edith, r
with anticipation, made ella
gs Of preparations for the coming ev'
onion At six o'clock the door ben
and 70 The Empress Josephine went j