The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13

When / stepped from the train at
Tilton wedding party was waiting
to embark. The whole town seemed to
be there. I went to the hotel to get a
room. Uncle Joel was IN his accus-
toned place under the awning and I
sat down beside him after the usual
greeting.
Had a wedding, haven't your" I
said
"Its long story" said he, "but II
ye want to hear it,"
I nodded and he fairly launched on
the tale.
Ny place was right acrOst from
Jessops and when Hiram died he
kinder asst me to look out fer Eme-
line. Sez he, Joel, I'm liable to not
come back this journey, an got some
COWS an hosses down in the fur
pastur that's a leetle tender to han
die. If yen keep your eye onto 'em
mite I'd be obliged. | knew he
meant Emeline all the time, an / told
him I'd look out fer her
She was only 20 years old when
she started to run the farm, but knew
a heap sight more right then than her
pa ever did ! asst her why she didn't
sell the place an go live in town, she
had money enough. Uncle Joel sez
she. I've been tryin' to get pa to
let me help him run the farm fer two
year. but he always laughed at me-
but I've got my chance now, an you
just see what | can do
But sez /, Yen be gettin' mar
ried soon, then whatll ye do with
itg
oh, no | won't Uncle Joel, sez
she, looking out to the hills with her
eyes shinin', I'm never goin to get
married I'm goin to live alone an
have things just as want them. AM
oh, 1t seems SO good, Uncle Joel
That's all she ever said to show how
hard her life had been with her pa.
7 didn't much believe a woman
could run a farm all alone, let alone
a young gal like her. But she certain
had the gift. You could just set an
watch her corn grow, an potatoes
would swell out like to bust if she
hoed 'em. An she got good prices too.
This KEEP up fer about two year, an
still she want married, an the
purtiest girl in the county, too Oh,
she had beaux enough, but one after
the other she give 'em all the mitten,
an I was beginnin' to think she want
goin' to catch it after all, till one day
/ seen her with Sam1 Hardy. Sam'l's
folks lived next door to Emeline's an
she an Sam'l had played together ever
since they could crawl. He was SO
used to havin' her around he kinder
took 1t fer granted that she would
always be there, an never thought Of
MARVIN; an she didn't either One
day she was sittin' on my gate talkin'
an laughin' like she always done, an
all of a sudden she set her hat straight
and fixed her hair at the sides. You
know the way they do. l looked to
see who was comm, fer Emeline was
almighty Independent tina. away. 1t
was only sam1, but Emeline got red
as a geranium when he spoke to her
Hello, EN-, he SEE. There's a fel
Ter up to your house awaitin' fer you
to get back. He's a advertisin' man
an wants to put signboard up in
your pastur. He's goin to put one in
ours.
How much did the man give you
fer the sign, Saml?' Emeline asst.
"a dollar, an he does all the
work, SEE ne, an went on up the
road
Emeline watched him a spell an
then she sighed, chopin it off short
an lookin' kinder puzzled Then she
went home to tell the stranger to put
up his sign. Course l want sure Of
Emellne yet but was almighty sus
picious an watched her close fer q
couple of weeks. l got certainer anc
certainer an did everythin' ! could tC
get 'eG together. But bless ye, they
was both as shy as colts with each
other.
"One day Emeline come to me
Uncle JOEL, SEE she, I cant thinl
what's the matter with my cows, no
one of 'em Is milkin like they oughi
to. an they dalt eat neither.
Neither do you eat, Emeline, Sc,
L You don't take enough in a day tC
keep a canary. What's the matter o.
yer
- don't know sez she, Pm no
hungry an can't sleep good, an fee
kinder tired. Guess need a tonic.
"'Guess ye do, sez l, but thinhn
all the time that sam'l is all the tonil
she needs. But about the cows now
p'rapg there's somethin' they've ca
that don't agree with EN-.
They are in the far pastur wherl
they've always been, SEE she, i don
see what they could have eat
"'Well. ri come over an see EN-,
SEE l. An next morning. after hoein
a spell I went down to her pastur.