The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-07-29

FreH7OnEtOTy
Symptoms

GlHeEe4E u had never occurred 20
him before that she VAS beauty. bul
this Sunday morning as she poured
his coffee Il suddenly struck him that
she vas much better looking than
most young women
The c0nes WIS bai-undeniably
muddy. He tasted il and set down bis
cup IN III disguised disgust 10 which
Dorothy appeared strangely and an
noyingiy obvious.
What's the matter with the coffee,
Dorothy" be asked in z grlSyed tone.
ITS the first poor coffee we've had
since yOu began keeping house for
ne"
-Oh, isn't It good. Toni must have
forgotten something. Yes. Iremember
now-I didn't put IN any egg In
sorry.
1T doesn't matter this time" At
kinson meant 10 be very indulgent and
kind TO the little sister who had come
TO the city to make home for him.
In future. Dorothy. be more careful.
Yes. ! will I am trying 10 become
an excellent hOusekeeper- You know
I'm getting really splendid marks at
the cooking school Is the omelet all
right?~
Pardon ny mentioning It. but it's
-wei. it's simply atrOciousi It's
sweet and terribly greasy"
Sweet and greasy2 Oh. know
what did You see, / thought I'd
stir up a cake for dinner and began
n while ! was getting breakfast
do believe that after ! worked togetb-
er the sugar and butter for the cake
put them into this omeleti ] hope II
isn't 50 very dreadfully horrid"
mo. my child. it's only horrid
enough 10 be inedible"
His cutting reply appeared to pass
over Dorothy's head. She sat smiling
dreamily and nibbling lump OF cut
loaf sugar
Aren't you going to eat any break
fastg" her brother asked irnpatiently.
THE toast Is all right"
Yes, Of course. I forgot. I'm not
really very hungry. you know" She
took a piece Of toast. and. picking up
her butter spEeader. slowly covered Il
with some Of the omelette. Atkinson
watched the proceeding with fascinat-
ed eyes.
Are you going to eat that mess?"
he asked.
Dorothy looked down at the toast
and laughed fooIishly. Il wasn't
thinking what I was doing" she said.
Aren't you well2 II seems idle 10
ask, for I never saw you looking bet
ter in your life"
Il never felt better In my life" said
Dorothy.
AS Atkinson looked into her glow
ing face he said to himself that It was
too bad pretty young girls we're nearly
always rattle Drained. Then con-
science smote MIN, for he remembered
that In all the three months Dorothy
had been keeping house for him this
was really her first failure In the way
OF a meal
Did a pair Of shoes come for me
yesterday he asked Il bought some
patent feathers
why, no / don't think so. Tom
/ didn't see any patent feathers"
That's funny. The men promised
that they would be delivered last
night"
y remember nov. A package did
come about o'clock In the evening.
! wonder what / did with It. oh, yes,
/ remember. put it on the ice"
"On the icel Patent feathers on the
ice!"
Well, Tom. didn't know what was
in the box"
NO. Of course not. No one would
ever suspect that shoes could possibly
be in shoe boxl MY dear, If have
cold feet on any proposition today 1t
will be your fault
Atkinson laughed at his own wit,
but his sisters answering smile was a
little tremulous.
I'm sorry I'm such a goose, Tom.
You seem to think it's funny for me
to do silly thing like that But
AoA VISA ~ Dc dAuunuAE III lndb
fashion wish to be a wise, sensible
woman, who can manage a home
well'
'Hurrah for you, Dorothy I see
there's hope for my declining years II
I'm to have such a housekeeper as
you intend to BE-
But Tom. there's something | have
to tell you I'm afraid / won't be
your housekeeper. Last night re-
ceived letter from Jack Lindsey
and he-well, he says now that I've
been away all these long months and
learned to cook and everything, be
thinks It would be-weIl. It would be
nice for me to come home and marry
him"
Say, I like that fellows nerve. You
tell him To-
But, Tom. want to 60 home and
and do what he says. ! always meant
to-some time"
but where does the old bachelor
brother come in2 You've just been
practicilg on him, chr"
Atkinson rose from the table and
drew his sister into his arms. I