The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-05-23
GOOD
MR.. MR.GOODENOUGH
BY M. QUAD.
Copyright. 1910. BY Associated Lit
erary Press.

silas Goodenough bachelor farm
er and an excellent man. concluded be
would like TO marry the Widow spicer.
When Silas went courting the widow
he very soon found out that he was
handicapped. She had good educa-
tion and he had none.
Mornin', widderw
widow. II you please" she would
answer.
| Eyes. l meant widder. Horses and
cows and sheep and pigs all weIl7"
Very well. thank you. Won't you
sit down.
IL guess So"
"Widder, l don't believe there's go
ing TO be any circus in Brownsville
this year."
mop?
And shouldn't wonder If hog
cholera broke out"
mop
"And I've got three hens a-settin'
and expect as many as twenty chicks"
"YesF"
'And-and they say I'm courtin'
YOU
do they? Well. didn't know IT,"
Neither did /, but | s'pose it's so.
Well. I've got to be movin along.
Glad I've seen you, widder."
Widow, Mr.. Goodenough."
Yes? I allus git 'em mixed"
When this sort of courtship had
been going on for several months Silas
determined on desperate deed He
rehearsed it for week and then tied
his team to the Widows hitching post
and walked around by the kitchen path
10 find her feeding the chickens He
| just gave her time to nod and then
started in with:
"Widder Spicer. I've been lovin- you
for years and years. and | want You
for WIFE rll be good to you. You
needn't make soft soap nor rag car
Pets. and II they hold camp Ineetin
anywhere within three miles OF ms
Wen drive over and stay three days"
Il couldn't think Of it. Mr.. Good
enough" was the reply.
Don't care for me. eh?'
| ''NoL enough 10 marry you.
II thought mebbe you did. but If yon
don't might as well move on. Them
geese O. yours are lookin' remarkably
well for this time o. year"
Eyes"
well. so long. Oh. say, wilder.
they say that next year Is goin' to be
a buster of year for grasshoppers.
Hope they won't eat US up here"
Silas Goodenough didn't drive home
to commit suicide. He didn't even
think of it. He simply thought the
Widow Spicer bit odd that she didn't
jump at his offer. and after three days
he was all over it, Then came a
nelghbor who said
"Sias hear that you popped the
question to the Widow Spicer and got
thrown down"
why. yes. asked her IL she'd have
me"
"And she said no."
That's about It, Mebbe she didn't
mean it. but took it that way"
Il guess yon took it right enough
She turned you down because Jim
Wheeler is courting her. She's in love
with him. but | don't think be cares
much about her. II she had more
property he'd marry her. but as it is
think he's only fOoIing"
$50 you think the widder cares for
him?" asked Silas after a moments
thought.
"Al the women folks say So"
"And she'd be disappointed If he
didn't marry herr"
Naturally"
"Then Jim orter do II. Yes he
orter. The widdsr's a mighty nice wo-
man. and 1t would be tco bad to make
a fool Of her must see II I can't do
somethin' for her"
The neIghbor laughed and left him.
and Sllas began to think. II he wasn't
good at counting he was very fair at
thinking. II Jim Wheeler was holding
off because the Widow Spicer WASN'T
a catch financially. why. something
must be done It took him just Il
fortnight to figure out whct that some
thing was to be. and he brought Il
home in his wagon after n drive Of
thirty miles. At the back end OF the
widows farm was rocky dell and a
spring and a rivulet. When Silas Good
enough had -nade three midnight trips
to that dell. carrying a jug OF crude
oil each time. the people for a mile
. around began smiling the air. When
he had made three more they began
5 hunting for coal oil. They found t.
! 1t was floating from thar spring and
oozing up through the rocks around
It, There was excitement at once.
The widow had scarcely received the
first offer for her farm when Jim
Wheeler proposed marriage and was
accepted Then he bad something to
; say about tile succeeding Offers. And
after marriage he had all to say.
Men came and looked and inyestjgat-
ed aud either shook their heads or
made cash offets. and SIlas saw to 1t
fhar the supply Of oil was kept up. The
day after the splcer farm had been
sold for $4,000 the same neighbor
who had interviewed Sllas before