The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-21

the door in a state of intense excite
ment
Fred" she screamed. before l got /
to the gate, where is that ticket?"
What on earth is the matter?" !
asked.
"Oh, you have lost I'll know you
have! And shall never get anything
again wanted so much"
As she seemed about to dissolve IN
to tears made a dash up the steps
| hate scenes above all things. and
felt instinctively that our neighbor,
Mrs. Markey, was peeping at US from
behind the curtains neyt door.
Now dear" | began, when / had
closed the door. you mustn't excite
yourself, you know you mustn't"
But Fred" she sobbed, we've won
prize-a magnificent mahogany
suite; but we won't get 1t now you've
lost the ticket"
! suddenly remembered. IN spite OF
my objections May had bought tick
ct in the grand Hibernian Lodge lot
terry, and the suite she talked about
must be the second prize. ran into
the dining-room, and few minutes
search unearthed a flaring red ticket.
After the first Joy Of gaining some
thing at the expense Of other people,
the question arose, what was to be
done? Our house Of five rooms and a
kitchen was fully furnished. The fur
niture meant my savings for two years
before our marriage. We really had
not room for anything else. | timidly
suggested that we should try and get
the suite changed into money. May
turned on me with fine scorn in her
eye.
You never want to have things look
nice" she cried. why vie have moth
ing decent In the house"
This was rather hard on the furni-
ture had given up cigars and the
theater for But 1t doesn't do to argue
with May. So It was soon settled, and
that evening we proceeded to the Met
ropolitan furnishing store to view the
suite. The sight of it made my heart
sink. It would have done for pal.
ace. May was in raptures
She hurried me home, and we were
soon in our room arranging where the
things should be put. Our room was
IA feet square. 1t had two small win
dows side by side, and even with the
modest furniture in it there was bare
" space to move about. But the mat
ter presented no difficulties to May.
"The wardrobe will stand here nice.
iy; and the washstand there, Freddie. .
she said. (She always called me
Freddie when pleased). "And the
dressing-table will fit in beautifully
between the windows"
| had my doubts, but said nothing
There was little breakfast next morn
ing, for May and the girl had been en-
gagged from daybreak in clearing out
the old suite and devising places to
store 1t away She secuted my idea
that we might sell it, and said it would
do for the spare room when we got
one.
When I arrived home at three
o'clock / found the van already at the
door and a small crowd of onlookers
around it. May was standing, flushed
and excited at the gate.
"Oh, Fred, what shall we do?" she
cried; they can't get the wardrobe
in
AS 1t was, there were four men OF
our narrow staircase wrestling will
the washstand and using the profanesi
language. They had smashed the lamI
in the hall, and the plaster all along
was furrowed like cornfeld.
By some miracle Of handling, knowT
: only to furniture men, they negotiated
, the turning, and the washstand hat
reached its destination. That was thu
I top landing The men tried coaxinl
J and violence, tilted 1t on end, ram
: med it at the bedroom door in all sort
! of impossible angles, but 1t would no
| be put through. So it was left wherl
. 1t was.
: We held hurled consultation In th'
r garden over the fate Of the wardrobe
It was out of the question to attemp
the stairs with 1t. The head furnitur
man announced that It would have t
be hoisted in by the window. AS tn
! apparatus to do this was not at hand
it was left all night in the garden COY
cred By a tarpaulin
q May was in ecstasy. She had see
} Mrs. Markey's face, green with envy
g at the window.
I In the morning we were invade
2 early by a gang Of men with ropes an
! pulleys, and the wardrobe was 500
i dangling between heaven and eaFtl
2 All the people in the street were I
r their windows, for the man directin
4 the operation had voice like fol
r horn.
j What an idiot the fellow vast
4 had never struck him to use his me-
! suring tape. When the wardrobe ws
]: got up to the balcony. It would I
I more go through the window than Ii
4 washstand through the door, So
: had to be lowered over again. Ma
: was half crying With vexation.
s Bring It into the dlnlng-room,' 81
= said; I'VE win make that our roor
! Fred, and haYe meals upstairs"