The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-10
sso PEDDLEas or A9Esrs

The Italian STARED af the sign. gaTs
his ear d tug and exclaimed. Sac-rs-
nient-Ot~
4Yoa lie,3 thandeFed I0nss ~That
sign reads No Pe8dlers b. agents Y
II 10 ean read-a de EngiiSh.
aalirmed the llffie alien
Then take thatr and Jones kicked
the Deddleg down the steps and 01t
Al the front gate
Jones was retired grocer and
liYed with his wife and daughter Id
neat Dne-stOFy house Eet forward ID
59xi49 foot city iot Having little
With which 10 occupy bis time. ahl
wishing p prescribe who should and
who should not enter hia home. BE
had taken upon himself the labor os
answering the door-bslI o. late a
plague N peddlers vas driving him
distracted
He had just installed himself IN bis
arm.ciIaIr and taken np the morning
paper when the bell again rang He
got ID with mutfered malsdiction,
vent to the front door and opened II.
Potatoes to-day. LADY, Nice. freshy
Dollar q sack"
The peddler was a husky young fel.
low 81 five-and-twenty. Or thereabout,
and Jones paused True. the fellow,
utterly regardless Of bis sex. had
called him lady" but then-Well.
Jones had learned To consider discre-
ton the better part ot yalor. and 70,
acrowling horribly, he slammed the
door In the peddlers face.
After ringing the bell time or two,
by way 81 diversion. the potato-hawker
went his way, and again Jones IN
stalled himself in bis chair, az a won
derful idea came and entered his brain
and buzzed about a Bit like a honey.
bee In the wrong hive. He would at
tach nlckelinthe-glot machine to his
gate. 30 arranged that all who wished
to come through the gate would first
have TO deposit a nickel in the ma
chine. This would prevent peddlerl
entering his yard and ringing his door
bell But then-Nol The peddleri
would fill up the machine with brass
slugs, and torment him as often a.
ever.
Bz-z-z-z-z-z-zl
The sound Of the electric bel
whlrred through the house like tina
Of fire alarm, and with three stride
Jones was on hts feet and at his from
door.
ANY needles, pins, hairpins, safety
pins, thread, sealIng.wax, chlna-mend
ing-cement, ironing wax, soap. pei
fume, corn-salve, cold-cream, dandruh
cure, shaying-soap, tooth-brushes, mai
brushes. hair-brushes, combs. hand
mirrors. chewinggum. thimbles-"
The peddier paused for breath, an
Jones, having sized up the fellow
gathered himself into a batteringrar
and made a rush. Another instan
and the neighbors beheld a small, lea
peddler flying down the steps Of Jonel
house, with the ex.grocer In hot pu
suit The peddIer took the gate at
leap, but his pursuer, being stout an
rusty was compelled to stop where tn
fence began, and thence he hurled In
potent maledictions down the street
When the peddier was out OF sigh
Jones returned to his castle, brougi
out a huge paddock and chain, an
chained the gate fast Some sma
boys saw him. and no sooner had
retired to his armchair than II
youngsters climbed the low fence All
rang the bell until the battery gai
out Whereat, the excited ex-groc,
came forth with a rush-and succee
cd in knocking the inoffensive lette
carrier down the front steps.
Jones removed the paddock Al
chain from the gate and considere
He might get cannon, load It, net
on his front porch, and place over
: mouth the sign, NO Peddlers
Agents This idea he immediate
surrendered for the more brillla
one Of buying big bulldog and 81
tioning the beast in the front yal
y with the sign mo Peddlers or Agent
painted on doghouse and dog. 3
u the peddlers would soon poison t
= dogl
Jones looked at his gate, Will
~ stood about is feet from his fro
door, aud sighed IF Il we're only hi
mile from that gate to the do
then I'd be rid Of the whole tribe
peddlers Only half mlle.' he
peated. Suddenly he slapped hia thi
and cried. by criokety. I've got
r. I'll make 1t half mile from that gs
ny to the dCor, and | won't move
house an inch Al. least he add
thoughtfully, 'Ill make 1t seem h
mile,
'is The next morning Mrs. Jones q
her daughter were amazed at beho
is Ing great wagon-Ioad Of lumber
l9osited on the sidewalk and street