Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-11-29
UNMAKING A
MISER
Flow Mrs. Toomey Reformed fiz
Shnqy Nr-hani

tthe coal U-r.aHTns 'ee mani let us
look WCl Ht ir To1mcy and conteu-
plate % mIees in tFe making
He was theu, one OF those gentle.
uCn who never spend an Unnecessary
ppuny until they have scruuuiled the
Indian with such an Intensity that the
Indian taubles and turns hIs face
away lie didn't hail the empty
taNcabs ON hot nights because troll
ley rides come cheaper. and hr side.
stepped the trolloys because when he
took Mrs Toomey 70 cost 20 cents to
60 there and back. aud 20 cents is
more than a days interest on thou
sand dollars, and who was Mr. Too
ulcy that he should waste the inter
est on a thousand dollars? Echo an
swers, VINO, indeed?" And az Echo
answers we win tun our gaze back to
Old Economy and give few specia-
cations as well
81 Brows: bushy.
d. Eyes: fierce from scrutlnizins tho
Indians. "r4
Mouth set.
Chin. very firm.
And as for Mrs Toomey, it win suf.
fee to say that she was frmL little
woman.
Yes, such were Mr.. and Mrs. Too
mey on that hot evening when Mr.
Tuomey came home fresh from his
fan in the office and his evening ride
on the Il" and found Mrs. Toomey
sweltering in the kitchen, where the
temperature was at the fever point
and the humidity was somewhere be-
tween apoplexy and that degree Of
yapor that is necessary to steam the
most abdurate of clans.
"Of course" said Mr. Toomcy In q
judicial manner, "the summer IS al
ways hot Else" be added. "os course
q wouldn't be sumwer"
lie draw his chair to the open win.
dow and settled himself to pass
pleasant five minutes in thinking @
his balance in the bank a crasJ
from the kitchen brought him back &
earth with another crash
whats the matter?' he called
Silence an wered him
Drop something?" he asked. hur
rying to the kitchen as this phase o
the situation presented itself with
financial clarity that was vivid nearly
to the point of blindness. Break any
thing?'
Mrs. Toomey was sitting in a chair
as limp as one of those steamed clans
above mentioned, and only tri1c
more vocal.
20, DEAR" she murmured. 81 think
nearly tainted"
"Fainted?" he said. "Fainted?"
TITS the heat. o, dearl l was TAX
ing the rice pudding out Of the oven
and all at once"
She made feeble little motion.
1T fell and broke"
Mr. Toomeys anguished eye took
In the wreck.
all over the hash"
Mr.. Toomey swallowed hard.
and spoiled your dinner"
And few minutes later when she
was carrying the teapot In one hand
and the creamed potatoes in the other
she dropped them both as well, and
Hr. Toomey caught her only just in
tine.
"jAbez." she said. tt think you
hao better go for a Doctor"
"Nonsensel" cried JabeL with u ter.
rible cry. why. those doctors are
awful people! Why. they run on ter.
rible bills! They only guess at Il,
too! You're all right. Emmeline," he
assured her. ITS the heat,
that's all. Wen go and have . look
in the store windows and that'n IN
you up. You'll be all right then"
y hope So" said Mrs. Toomey.
There was poor Mrs. ribbets, She
began dropping things--uervous aad
ell run d0vn--And abe had to have q
trained nurse siEht and dAy for more
than six uaoatAs."t
20. but you've Cot nothing like
tAAt!" urged Mr.. roomey. horror.
struek
II doa't know slsAsa Mrs. roonsy;
~IAosS peopls upstairs made me 90
AeryOus tale aetsrnoSa With their
noise! They're packing Co 60 on thsir
NsO@etoAO u tuS mouuVaihS. Auo
the Psrkinsea. across tho hall. they're
packing. tOo-6oinS 10 the eeAshors--
and What with tie noise ana one thiAs
and aaother Though goodness
knows" she sighed once more. 'it1l be
quiet enough when they're gone"
And ~ Hr. Toomey looks at her
so. too. will we.
She had eyes Of trust and the glance
Of innocence. She had earrings in her
ears and finger rings on her fingers
and bracelets on her arms. Her dress.
too. was q thing ridiculous Her waist
line was Just beneath her arms and
she wore 50 many buttons that It be-
a monomania. And yet--and
yet-she looked at Mr.. Toomey and
she smiled. and in that moment
miser was unmade.
How would you like to go, too?" he
asked.
And In a Arm little voice VASTLY
more vocal than the clam she cried
"Mrs. Perkins gave me her summer
resort pamphlets to-day. was reae