Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-07

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"ILL TAKE YOUR ToGs OUT AND DRY 'EM
IN THE KITCHEN"
! | step down street and see about hav-
in your box sent for I'll be back
In shake. If anybody comes to the
door while I'm gone don't you worry.
Let 'em so away again"
He put on his hat and left the house,
walking rapidly, his head down and
his hands In his pockets. At times he
would pause in his walk, whistle,
shake his head and go on once more.
Josiah Dlmick met him. and his an
swers TO Josiah's questions were so
vague and irrelevant that Captain
DimIck was puzzled and later ex-
pressed the opinion that "Whit's cook
In must be pretty bad; acted to me as
IL he had dyspepsy of the brain"
Captain Cy stopped at Mr. Lumley's
residence to leave an order for the de-
livery Of the box. Then he drifted into
Simmons and accosted Alpheus Small
ley.
AL" he said, whats good for a
cold"
"Why2' asked Mr. Smalley in true
Yankee fashion You got one?"
"Hey2 Oh. ycs-yes, I've got one"
BY way Of proof he coughed until the
lamp chlmneys ratified on the shelf.
Judas! | should think you hadl Is
your throat sore?"
"Iey2 Yes guess So"
Don't you know? II you've got
sore throat there amt nothin better n
Arabian balsam. But what in time
are you dom ont in this drizzle with
cold and no umbrella? DO you want
to-
Never mind my umbrella Left It
in the church entry tother Sunday, and
somebody got out afore | did This
Arabian balSam-seems to me | re-
member my mas usin' that on me,
Wet rag with 1t, don't you, and tie
1t round your neck?"
"Yup. Be sure and use a flannel
rag and red flannel il you've got it.
That acts quicker n the other kinds,
Fifteen cent bottleG"
81 guess so, Nights we'll give me
somc sass'p'rilla while you're about it;
always handy to have in the house.
And--cr- say, is that canned soup
you've got up on that shelf"
The astoniShed clerk admitted that
It was.
"Well, give mo a can Of the chicken
kind"
Mr. Smalley, standing on n chair
to reach the shelf where the soup
was kept, shook his head.
Now that's too bad, cNp'n," he said
"hut we're all out Of chicken just now
Fact Is, we amt got nothin' but ter
matter and beef broth Yes, and
declare IL the termatter amt all gone
"Humph! Then | guess I'll take the
beef Needn't mind wrappin' 1t up
So long"
The captain entered the house quiet
ly and tiptord to the door Of the bed
room. Emily was asleep, and the sight
OF the childish head upon the pillow
gave him start as he pecpcd in at it
II looked so natural, almost as II II
belonged there 1t had been in d
bed Ike that and In that very room
that he had slept when boy.
Gnbc, brlmful Of curiosity, brought
the box little later His curiosity
was ungratiacd, Captain Cyrus ex
planning that II was a package he hat
been expecting
He was warming the beef broth in q
saucepan on the stove when Emily op
pcarcd She was dressed in dry
clothes from the box and seemed to be
feeling as good as new
"Hcllor' exclaimed Captain Cy
you're on deck ngain, hey? How's
icicles?'
"All gone" WINS the reply. "Do you
do your own work2 Can't help1
can set the table used to for Mrs
OH er."
The captain protested that he coult
do II himself just as well; but, the girl
protesting. he showed her where tn,
dishes were kept From the corner o,
his eye he watched her as she unfold
I'd the tnblecloth.
els this the only one you've Sotr
Ihe inquired ITS awful dirty"
"Hum Yes | amt tended up t
my washIn and ironln' the way II
ought to. I'll lose my Job II dom
look out, heyf'
Before they sat down to the mea
Captain Cy insisted that his CUES
take tablespoonful Of the sarsnpa
rilla and decorate her throat with ,
section Of red flannel soaked In tn,
Arabian balsam" I"