The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-03-12

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a different story about which is which.
But that doesn't matter nearly so
much as the rest Of Il" Young Mrs.
Tomlinson sank into tsr wicker chair
and began to arrange he delicate tea
cups, and after that sae uncovered
pile OF cheese sandwiches
1T is all lovely" exclaimed her
\ friend "All--tea, cheese, sandwiches
and flowers. / am cold and hungry,
so hurry the tea, and do tell me what
Flossis said that wasn't true"
''None Of 1t was true-about the
bulbs, declared young Mrs. TomIn-
son. sternly "And size started me
on them, you know. sho was here last
summer when we case our rubber
plant to Aunt Sophie because Harry
said It was too big to live with and
fused so about It. WAS sorry to see
It 60 for it was the orly thing | ever
made grow, and nave spent for
tune on ferns and va7ious kinds OF
plants. They die the minute touch
them. SO Flossie suggested bulbs.
They were quite cheap, she told me
Just get some cheap plain glass
bowls, said Flossie, and you can
gather enough pebbles this summer to
Ill them. Then get the bulbs-at rs
cents dozen-and you have flowers
for the entire winter. Plant them two
weeks apart and then keep them in
the dark for two weeks. In six weeks
they bloom and you can keep taking
out your bowls as the old flowers die.
1t sounded delightful, so ] decided to
try it.
THAT was in July. We were going
north for the rest OF the summer, SO
just made note OF It and watched
for pebbles. Whenever we were in
swimming or were walking by the
lake / made everybody pick up peb-
bles for me, Harry said his pockets
were fun OF stones ali summer long,
and he got awfully mad once because
/ emptied the cigars out Of new
cigar box to put stones in, though l
covered up the cigars and they weren't
hurt a bit
q brought back four boxes Of stones
perfect beauties, blue and white and
yellow and pink Then / began to
look up bowls. Flossie said the bowls
would cost almost nothing at all, and
began to look for plain glass bowls.
The cheap ones were dreadful pressed
glass things and the only pretty ones
were 81 each. so I got two of those
and then locked at pottery bowls
Harry says that there's where l lost
my head, but | looked on the bowls
as an investment. And I got some
beauties. They cost more than the
others, but thought they were worth
the money, and the Japanese clerk
was such a dear about choosing them.
"Then ! got the bulbs. And instead
of costing rs cents dozen they we're
three for a quarter Flossie said
went to the wrong place, but didn't
know that, and had bought six
bowls. SO / had to have plenty OF
bulbs.
about October began to set
them out so they would begin bloom
ing about November 15. never hsye
got over this part of it. Harry has
always given his cigar boxes to a
neighbor boy and he came over to
play In our basement one day and
found my pebbles in those boxes and
threw them all into the alley!
Harry wasn't at all sympathetic
He simply refused to go and gather
more pebbles by the lake, which be
might have done to save expense, and
: so had to go back to the bulb store
+ and buy little ugly, commonplace
e stones for ten cents a quart.
/ Il finally got one bowl started in
] the dark in the coat closet. There
Z Harry found 1t before it was week
old and spilled it all over the silA
lapels Of his new tuxedo. or course
his tailor could fix that, but he insists
on counting It In as part Of the ex
: pense. lie never seemed to care fol
D my bulb ambitions.
THAT bowl was broken, and o.
course It was the incest, and the little
tender sprouts we're harmed. SO I haC
to begin again. took all the things
out Of the closet and had the janitol
put up some shelves, and it didn't cos
much and was a splendid place for th'
: bulbs.
But all winter Harry has said tina
he hasn't been able to ind thinl
IN It's proper place. He quieted dowi
a bit after the bulbs got to blooming
until be got his newspaper in q bow
one night, and then you really shoal'
have heard him rave, though It wa
Just his own careiessness.
"Of course, have learned a 10
about bulbs. tell Harry that mex
year. since have lv equipment
everything will 90 much better It ]
an investment, you see. 80 must 9
on, for there are only the bulbs {