The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-09

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to be falling
After hours and hours We had
scramble lunch on the kitchen table
and then mother took me and sweet
Tip up to the bath tub for our daily
purifier. Because neither Tip nor
whimpered once when she got soap in
our eyes she told me that poor Mr.
Johns mother and three sisters, just
home from Europe. we're coming to
call on her and Fan. She said | was
to- act like a little lady and show the
visitors how nice could be.
Fl viii, mother / promised. but I
crossed two OF my fingers while was
saying it, and that means mot" under
your breath.
had miserable afternoon, sitting
p-fm and uncomfortable on the win
dow seat up in mothers room. That
tyrant Fan wouldn't let me go out for
fear I'd get messy. But had an idea
About three o'clock a big auto ma
chine few up to our house on wings
Of dust It WASH. poor Mr. Johns,
though. because that just has room
for two, Fan always says when | beg
for a ride Anyhow. woman in
black silk who was almost az fat as
our laundry stove stepped out After
her came three skinny girls with more
puffs on their heads than even Fan
wears. The three were as like as
sardines In box. and toilet water
whew,
Then for frightfulIy long time
heard's Fans company voice talking
lot and sweet mothers voice once
in while sounding sort Of scared and
tfnid and poor Mr.. Johns mothers
voice. which sounded like that of our
iceman. and now and then a frozen
chirp from one Of the sardines. Well,
at last when my tatience was worn to
a frazzle / heard the clinking Of
glasses and the rattle Of plates.
Our maid had had to put on the lit
tie white cap and black dress and IL
was mothers best gold and white
dishes and bohemian glass sherbets.
Precious Tip was crazy to go down,
but I was putting the finishing touches
to him and wanted to do the job right.
For Of course I'D not been sitting
there with my hands folded.
had ferreted out an indelibIe pen
ella purple one. lovei had pried
up his teeth. They were simply gor-
geous the way I fixed them, but Tip
didn't seem to like the taste of that.
Next colored all his white spots. His
ears were simply stunning. When he
was trimmed I did my fngernails and
my teeth and touched me up under my
eyes, as I've seen Fan do. I was quite
struck with myself ! think looked
like these pictures Of Circassian beau
ties.
Just as had finished heard Fans
company voice calling like sweet per-
fume: Dear. don't you and Tip want
a little cake?"
Did we? Tip was down at one
bound. In my sudden fright, put
my hand TO my face and happening
to glance in Fans mirror It seemed
to me that J looked little weird
But never say die
Down went, swirling my skirts the
way Fan does, and up I marched to
poor Mr. Johns mother. my hand out
stretched She graspsd H.
oh" she gasped, dropping my
hand and holding up glass eye on
stick to hypnotize me. suppose.
What a very objectionable looking
little girl"
Mother and Fan hurried Tip and
me out Of the room. Fan was awful
iy rude and sweet mother was frown-
ing and angry.
Fan cried all the rest Of the day.
She told poor Mr.. John on the phone
that she was so ashamed she never
wanted to see him again. which means
that he came earlier than usual and
stayed later than ever.
! got purpler and psrpler all the
time. Dear mother tried 70 bleach
me. but the purple just ran up into
my hair. surely do look odd. Even
Tip runs away when he sees me.
But no one has seen me cry. Slill, II
you just knew the black fright In my
soul. I'VE got to go To school to-
morrow. mother says Suppose 7 don't