The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-10
When Spring
Comes

Ike spring alnt iIf ventured the
4 goceTymsn aa be tramped a muddy
path across TIE hfchen foor end be-
gan dumping the supplies On the table.
y amt seen 10 robin yet. ike some
o. these guys that's Writin' to the pa
pers. but ! KIN sort o. feel Il in M
bones Spring fever. J guess. huhr
Tho pretty cook smiled disdsinfully
as she brought ou; the mop and start
Cd 70 clean up her fOor
That's q good name ID call d, ] sup
pose. she said II know when ny
brothers bsck on the farm got 30 lazy
they couldn't do anything but 80 hsh-
Ing they used to talk about spring fe-
YER BIT my poor old father bad to do
Ell the chores-he was too busy to
have spring fever
That's the uay-iump on me, said
the gFOceryman mournfully. "just
VIXEN I thought prob1y you'd get a
little BIT sentimental about the comm
81 spring and matin Of birds and--and
all that Don't you never feel that
way in the spring Eyelina? You
knoT-like you ought to have a strong
arm 10 lean on27
ANY time / want a strong arm to
lean On know where to find one"
retorted the pretty cook. IT you
don't want to feel strong arm yoVr-
SELF you'll 30 along out Of this kitchen
and let me get my work done"
The groceryman sighed and moved
slowly az far IS the door with his box
under his arm, hut be kept his gaze on
the pretty cook.
II wisht could think up some way
of maxim you feel the way I do he
said gloomlly eso's you wouldn't hand
me bump like that every time try
10 talk about Homethin besides groce-
ries. ! should think you'd want to
look ahead a little bit and sort o.
think where you'll be five years from
aow Let's. figger a little, Evellna,
won't you2" he added, anxiously.
The pretty cook jerked the kettle
off the stove and poised It menacing-
y, but the stream splashed into the
iishpaa q moment later. and the
groceryman nrfathed more freely
If that's the way spring fever
makes you talk. she said, you'd bet
ter 70 and nee a doctor and get II out
Of your system I'm too busy to 10
any figuring this morning. and that
wagon load Of groceries you've got
out there IN the street will get wilted
II you don't hurry along with EN-.
What are you waiting for, anyhow
We pay our grocery bin by the week,
You know
4 know" said the groceryman, edg-
Ing slowly toward the door u amt
worryln' none about your bill. II you
folks was to fall a little behind and
the boss should mention It to me, Eve
lima, I'd just pay it myself on account
or you, rather than say. anything to
your missus. Honest I'd settle It up
and work II all out n It took me six
months. That's the kind Of friend l
ann
What do | care?" said the maid,
scornfully Il shouldn't be surprised
II It took You six months to earn what
our grocery bill Is every week--the
prices that man you're working for is
charging nowadays"
"Aw, now, didn't expect you to get
Into the knockers club about the
prices. protested the groceryman.
i've told you half dozen times that
we don't get the money! It's them
farmers that's gettIn 1t all Haven't
you been readln' about 'em rldlD'
around In automobiles and havin tele-
phones from the house to the barn to
give the hired man orders and all
that? Us folks are payin for that
swell business, and it's the poor
grocer who gets the blame. That's
Just what | was thinkn 8hen It felt
so balmy and springlike today-if I
only bad a nice little place in the
country. with a few pigs an calves
You'd feel right at home, wouldn't
your snapped the pretty cook.
That's where you'd shine. The pigs
wouldn't mind how much you loafed-
they're used to It, from al I've seen
Of pigs And the calves wouldn't care
how much noise you made-you could
stand around and talk to them all day
and not bother 'em a bit But folks
happen to have work to do. and If you
get in their way you're likely to get
into trouble
The grooeryman sighed again and
slowly edged his way ont to the back
porch. But still he hesitated.
Il can't understand IT," he mused
aloud Nov. to look at you, Eyelina,
anybody would think you was a real
sentimental girl that would sympa-
thize with feller when he's feelin- -"
With a deft move the pretty cook
stepped behind the door and closed #
on the sentimental groceryman.-chi.
cago Daily News.