The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-02

utter destruction Of two suits
raiment; while in The midst OF III.
litter, too weak even 20 swear e'
cept in simple sentences, Peck an
Wash lay glaring into each other
eyes in breathless imDotence.
! Yet It was time Cor promp. actioh
for already sun bonnet5 were appear
ing in the distance, ana the max
population OF Rcd log met The
emergency nobly. Novel Ly a CON
mon impulse they merged them
selves around the LAD 'atcrs and toro
them into Pinto Charley's thlrst-car
lor and pulled down the curtains
That was the first time. in the b:lei
but strenuous history of Red Dog
that saloon had pulled down .
shutter for anything or anybody, so
the act in itself marked an epoch
Then they locked the door and plug
ged the keyhole, while Pinto went
on a still hunt for first-ald garments
lOT tne SOTely Heeulul.
After awhile he came back eni
laid the result of his search before
them 1t consisted of half dozen
yellow, Illustrated sporting papers,
and out OF them they constructed a
trosseau for Peckaway that was lit
tie short of a creation. Then they
opened the back door and regret
fully but firmly showed him out into
the alley.
He was a garish spectacle as he
stood there in the cleaning. The
paper that formed his breastplate
bore a life-sized picture of a game
chicken challenging the universe,
while on his back was a full length
reproduction of dancing lady, who
balanced herself daintily with one
toe resting on his lumbarregion.
His legs were glittering medley
of snake-charmers, bulldogs, and liv-
ing skeletons. lie caught one glance
VI nllUNtll III Nllt W. 'hiohtah 'iN
open door, and then went whizzing
into the distance.
Then the crowd turned sympathet-
ically to Wash. But the visible sup
ply of gents furnishing goods had
vanished with Peckaway, so they
had to head him UP in an empty
barrei and roll him home that way.
The feud may now be said to have
reached the acute stage.
Among other things it had como
to pass that Wash was the father
of a daughter She was fifteen years
of age freckle-spattered and gum
destroying and the very day follow
ing the above tragedy, he assembled
her in the front corral of his resi-
dence and began to hold heart to
heart communion with her.
Said Wash:
Daughter. up to date you have new
er been entered in the society hur-
dies but now you have got to learn
TO be a thoroughbred and high
stopper. Almost imperceptibly, have
come to notice that you have not
been thoroughly broken to drawing
room manners. and | fear also that
you are impairing your maden'y
form by riding bucking bronchos a la
natural. Now, the scenario of this
performance reads about as follows:
I've saved up enough gold dust
to stuff an elephants hide, and I'm
going to squander it like Death
Valley promoter in my duty towards
you as fond parent. I've arranged
by telegraph. to grub-stake and out
fit you for three or four years at
an effote Eastern seminary, where
they have coat of arms and a
guaranteed scandal every fortnight;
and I'm going to picket you out
there where the fodder is rich, until
YOU round into perefct form. In 9th
er words. you have got to become the
smile for true lady. That done,
the subsequent proceedings viii not
be unlike the following:
AS everybody knows. | whaled
old Peckaway into a grotesQue carl
cature of man yesterday, and !
want you, as a dutiful daughter, to
make his degradation absolute.
Therefore. after YOU have been
moulded into a society-queen. YOU
will suddenly. some day. so glitter.
ing down our streets in your low.
neck gown and aigrette. and flaunt
your refined manners and perfect
breeding under the noses of old
Strong and that unbranded Siwash
son of his. Edmund. OF course, Ed
mund will fall desperately in love
with you, When you have encouraged
him into the blind staggers, YOU will
gently kick his feet out from under
him and throw him down so hard
that ne will echo. The sympathetic
shock will either wreck the rem
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