The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
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Brides

III He cant drive the fellow out
~ George. veil stnrre him 0As said
tts man1geEs q tie 1iamond mines
- KeEberly aontA Africa Fer Ma
t1ans1N The nDtcr&ols huEer cf Illicit
1lAu01ts vas hack again from exile.
uolcuiriuus and smiling and ssicently
prrsperu1E
Nzt1znAon's srst move Ezs 70 Dur
chase sone wgste land adjoining The
P1oenix aid 10 sell ur Z native store
Therein we're displayed g0cds cal
cnl4tel 10 drag the money from tLs
astFe isborers' p0lkeis-blankets
beads mirrors. hafr c.l canned foods.
glass leBeis-4l the miscellany q
ne trade And thither nocked tie
natives q the Phoenix mines 10 The
6etFimeAt q me conpanF's own store.
Native Iahcress il south africa ara
recruited from tte interior villages hF
contractors They vork Tor 4 year 0r
more and then return. 10 purchase
EiFez from fathers u daughters with
their accumulated savings rhencef0r-
Rara 70 exist sn .dieness while the
women work fcf theM But 4 coed
portion 81 The natives earnings 10
spent ia the stores
AT once Z furious competition broke
nut between Nathansrn and the cons
pany Prices were cut below whole-
sale. the cOmpany's purse was longer
ane gradually NathaEson's patronag4
fsli away BANKRUPTCY men4ced him.
KimDerly snrmised that be IVES AZ
hts Wits end. yet knowing Nathan,
scn. trey waited ID anticipation W
some coup
Cne morning the inhabitants we're
amazed 10 see The daily downrountry
train steam into the station. bearing
tre,ye dasky msidens II marriage
ble age Formed into a phslanx.
tdeY were conducted By military
band "a large waffle and daub build
ing newly erected on Nathanson'
land. attended by al The colored
iszaff of the t0wn. Then NathanHon
appeared at the entrance Of bis store,
Shouting vigorously IN half a score
Of native dialects and beating drum.
wsik up. he cried. walk up and
see yathanson's rnryaled premium
attraction. To every purchaser 81 ten
shiiIfngs worth of goods will be given
one red trading stamp Fifty stamps
entitle the holder 10 the selection Of
4 vie among Nathanson's newly ar
rived stock For. such as desire Il, the
ceremony VIII Be performed free Of
cost b. A coiored clergyman
This attraction proved irresistible.
In vain the manager Of the Phoenix
invoked the law against slavery. Ma
fhanson. still smiling. offered liberty
and a free passage home TO all the
girls who desired ID Nor one ac-
4 cepted. Why should they relinquish
a life of luxury. with food and quar-
ters freel The company's store was
( abandoned and Nathangon took on a
] half dozen assistants 10 handle bis
4 increasing trade,
no more boarding OF shiIIings for
I the latiye laborersi They flung away
their money ike prodigals secure in
! the knowledge that brides would thus
accrue 10 them The race was close,
but b. the end OF SIX months dozen
Of the Phoenix laborers mostly old.
thrifty men. were running neck-and-
neck for the fftieth red trading
stamp.
The last pay day arrived; twelve
proud and happy laborers. each with
fifty red trading stamps marched IN
a body to the church. where an enor-
nous throng had collected to see
twelve weddings performed slmul-
taneously BY the Rev Ezekiel Brown
of the African Baptist congregation.
NathanEon. wearing his widest smile.
was present. as was the scowling
manager OF the Phoenix in the sta
tion near by the up-country train
was getting up steam The brides
we're late. and the train that was TO
convey the newly married couples
would start IN half hour
Where we're the brides? Time
passed: they had not arrived no one
could find them Slowly the train
pulled out. and. as It passed the
church a dozen comely negresses ana
dozen shiftless young labOrers
leaned from the windows and saiuted
the gathering With ironical cheers.
Then the train passed and was swal-
lowed up in the distance. The mana
ger Of the Phoenix was the first to
break the silence
by George, he roared trust
/ women to outwit a man. That's a
knock-down blow for our friend Ma
thanson
He paused. he glanced over toward
The magnificent emporium and his own
deserted store. An expression Of per
plexity passed over his features.
"By Georger he murmured slowly
was It a nook-down blow for Ma
lhanson. after allgT