The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-07-31
At Pine Hill
Junction

A statistician has hunted mp tho
figures to prove that 98 out OF every
100 true lovers have at least one quar-
rel before marriage. The two per
cent. who escape the quarrel are not
worth writing about. They really know
nothing ebout love.
Miss Mildred Christie and Charles
Osgood belonged to the 9S per cent
and more. The young lady had It down
in her dairy that they had quarreled
five times in the six months they had
been engaged. It is of no use to ask
what lovers quarrel about. When they
feel like 1t they can get up a row
about the man in the moon.
Five foolish auarrels and five bliss
ful make-ups and the sixth quarrel un-
der way within ten minutes after
Charles Osgood had entered the par
lor of the Christie mansion on GER
tain evening.
Miss Mildred had been shopping in
the afternoon. She had met gentle-
man OF her acquaintance who had had
the misfortune to lose leg and had a
cork one to replace it. They had stood
on a street corner and chatted for five
minutes Mr.. Osgood had passed by
on the other side and noticed II and
from that moment a thundercloud
rested on his intellectual trow. He
carried 1t to the Christie mansion with
him. 1t was noticed as soon as he en-
tered and was met with the query:
We'll. suppose I've committed MUIR
der again?"
Miss Christie" answered the thun-
der cloud, Il saw you today talking
with a man on the street,"
"Well?"
"That man has a cork legl know
him and | know he has a cork legl
Can you not understand-can you
never be made to understand that--?'
Il prefer a man with a cork leg to
one with a wooden head. Mr.. Chris
tie!"
Meaning me?"
AS you like IT."
Mr., Christie arose. The thunder
cloud deepened. The lightning flashed.
He wanted to strike and shatter and
destroy, but he held on to himself un-
til he had made a frigid bow and left
the house and then took it out on a
newsboy who asked him if he wanted
to sell his face. The sixth and lastl
Weeks and months went by No notes
mo bouquets-no calls! The ice man
went his rounds and the big world
moved on.
On a certain railroad In the United
States is a junction called Pine Hill.
Trains there connect with a trolley
line. At the junction there is shed
and platform.
On certain summer day there were
three arrivals at the junction within
an hour The first arrival was farm
er's wife who pumped down on a
hard seat and exclaimed
Nov. then, 'spose I've got to wait
here till the cows come homei"
The next arrival was Charles Os-
good.
Then the bob-tailed trolley car
rolled In from somewhere and there
was a third arrival. Miss Mildred
Christie. who had been visiting coun-
try relatives, walked in and took a
seat. Mr.. Osgood gave gasp. The
farmers wife uttered a chuckle. Miss
Mildred was about to give start and
turn pale when she brought all her
resolution to bear and didn't do 4
Mice day." said the farmers wife
from her seat, eight feet away.
No answer.
Nice hot day"
No answer.
But not as hot as a year ago to
day when was almost sunstruck.
Lordy. but they thought l was a
gonerl"
Mr.. Osgood was looking at the
board wall and Miss Christie had her
eyes on the floor The farmers wife
went out on the platform for ten
minutes, and then strolled back. No
change in the situation.
q wish there was an old COW here
for me to talk tol" sighed the woman
as she sat down. IF you two folks
are dummies why don't you CARR
states to write on? fell down and
bit my tongue once and couldn't talk
for a week. / had to write with a
piece of chalk and / tell you I kept
my old man busy. If you are dummies
you needn't be ashamed to say so. I'm
not the one to make fun Of anybody "
Miss Christie wanted to giggle, but
she didn't.
Mr.. Osgood wanted to z-nile. but be
didn't.
We'll. I'll go out again" said the