The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-03-21
Two
Sirnpletons

sllsa sally Aldridge had reached
that point in age where people we're
referring to Der as an old maid Sally
Aidridge didn't care, however She
had farm left to her blr her parents,
and BY hiring some help and doing
considerable work herself got along
All night and kept her young sister
Mamie in school
Miss Sally invested In six hives Of
bees and waited She Likewise got
stung "a times and waited. She care
fully followed Instructions. and at the
end Of the first season there wasn't
enough honey IA the hives to feed the
bees On through the winter, She sold
them for dollar a hive and tailed
it up to experience
Il was az this time that Mr. Vel
come came along to buy potatoes. He
was an old bachelor living 10 miles
away He also had commercial
dreams and ambitions de also had
decided to experiment Sally Al
bridge had no potatoes to sell Her
bees had taken precedence OF the tu-
bers. She and Mr.. Welcome had a
talk. however. He was pretty blunt
man, and before going away ne asked
permission to call and get better &C
quainted.
"Oh. yes. but It won't do you any
good. was the reply.
But should our friendship ripen in
TO loveg" be asked.
But it won't"
but II it should l should certainly
ask you to be my wife"
An ! should Just as certainly say
no to it,"
Il simply shan't marry until have
found bigger fool than am"
He laughed and went his way, and
Miss Sally went in to read up on poul-
try raising for market Nothing in
shakespeare compares in interest to
a poultry book The reader feels like
Growing with the roosters. clucking
with the hens and piping with the
chickens.
She took 500 head Of poultry, three
incubators and several barrels Of
dope. The dope wasn't needed for
the chickens-rhey were never sick
an hour-but for the buyer There
were grounds to be laid out--houses
to build--wire fences to put up. No
trouble at ali. as the books say! Amy
child 10 years old can run the ma
chine after five minutes.
Miss Sally was no child Neither
was she chicken. For 10 loD1
months she was hen She was With
them all day and part Of many
nights. She got to know what pip
and gapes are. There we're a hun
dred motherly old hens that did moth
ing but sit 1around and have chills,
soft corns, backaches and fits OF va
rious kinds They must be doctored
by day and sympathized with during
the long hours Of night Some Of the
incabators roasted the chicks, and
some froze them to death.
The chickens didn't last as long as
the bees. There were few eggs, and
few broilers The hospitals and ho-
tells that had contracted had to turn
to mutton to fiji up their guests.
There ought to have been a profit Of
SO 1000 the first year, according to the
seller, but there was a loss OF hun
dreds the other way
Miss Sally had dead horse" to sell.
and she sold ii, and few weeks later
tried her third commercial expert
ment It was ginseng this time. The
little roots came from Persia and cost
dollars and dollars per pound, but
two acres of Persian ginseng would
net the grower about $4,000 clear
profit.
The ginseng roots from far-off Persia
turned out to be burdock roots from
nearby Michigan.
Meanwhile, Mr. Welcome had made
excuses to drop in now and then. He
drove up one day with look of de-
termination on his face. Many
woman has seen that look and real
lied that the crisis was at hand. The !
old bachelor had hardly entered the
house when he was greeted with: Il
gave you my answer long ago"
Exactly, Miss Aldridge- have
come to claim the fulfllment Of your
promise"
Il am a bigger fool than you are
Sit down while prove it to you You
knew nothing whatever about bees, /
and yet you went into honey-raising."
"You had 40 old hens around your
farm, and you figured that you could
manage a thousand"
You didn't know ginseng root from
burdock"
mo, / didn't, and that's where
am safe Where is a bigger fool?"
fright here, my dear. l was let In
on the ground floor on blue roles; /
invested in a banana orchard in Clio
that was to be run by steam; bought
mahogany trees to set out in my
farm; l bought mushroom seeds that
turned out to be turnips; I raised and
sold squads for IA cents each that cost
me 26. My last experiment was try
ing to grow celery on sandy side
hill | am here to claim your hand"
Well / said