The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-07
HAD PLENTY Of TINE
ag eAARLEs PLEINs.

Don't waste any pity cn us ior re-
lng I'D here IA TIE woods al This sea-
son ~ tha year wrote the gir 70
her best friend III town. who had
been EyrnpathiEing with her BY letter.
I'VE are having perfect time, and
I'm beginning 70 find out what leisure
is--at least ! should Be finding out
If / weren't busy every minute That
sounds contradictory, I know, but the
truth Il that I am reveling In the
kind Of leisure that gives me oceans
Of time to do an The things that I've
always been wanting 10 do.
"Just fancy the delight Of having
four solid hours Of reading every
night and then being In bed at 10.3Ol
You see. we have an early dinner and
the evening begins promptly at 8.
and mother and ! sit with our needle
work in hand while Brother VIII
reads uF chapter afteF chapter. Don't
you wish you had chance to get ac-
Quanted with Little Nell Colonel
Newcome and Maggie Tulliver sgainf
While mother is working on her
silk quilt in the mornings ! take an
hour or two for magazines and mod
ern novels and I've actually found
that have a taste for poetry.
you mustn't think. however, that
reading furnishes our only amuse-
ment. We have a great deal Of other
entertainment The bird banquet
which We have set outside our dining
room window is constant source Of
interest We have a piece Of salt pork
tied to a cedar bough and every morn
ing as we eat our eggs and bacon a
black and white woodpecker with a
dash Of scarlet in his topknot comes
and pokes his beak into this brand
OF breakfast food, which appears Just
to suit him He is usually followed
by two buejays that, not being adept
at pecking. content themselves with
the crumbs which mother keeps un-
der the cedar tree for them
I'VE feed the squirrels also They
flash back and forth in front Of our
windows all day long, jumping from
roof to bough and scampering across
the snowy lawn with their tails high
in the air, like graceful red plumes
Brother WIN declares that mother and
are pauperizing these little neigh
bors OF ours. but we insist that our
donations viii not interfere with their
self-reliance
but the recreation that Brother
VIII and | enjoy most is 3smother'r
talkl Think Of Il, in all the years
that I've been her daughter J never
realized until this autumn what !
brilliant talker mother is. Until now
we have always been too busy with
the everyday affairs Of life 70 con
verse about anything more Important
than clothes. housekeeping entertain
ing, lists Of guests and all the Other
never ending details Of existence, Il
we hadn't stayed In the country thi'
autumn | might never have knowr
what a wealth OF reminiscence anC
anecdote Is stored up In mother
memory She remembers the stirring
days Of the Civil war she passed
through the great Chicago. FIRE ant
she pioneered in Alaska before thl
gold rush. Brother win and | hay'
heard some thrilling stories these aft
ernoons when the snow or rain hal
kept up close to the wood fire.
you mustn't think of US as entirel!
cut of from the outside world Ever
once in a while we see some one from
the village. It was only night before
last that a man went by with a Ian
ternl Brother VIII and had a heat
ed argument as TO whether it was tn
hired man from the nearest farmhouse
or the village clerk who IS said to b.
waiting on the farmers daughter
This morning Brother VIII calle'
me from my book to look out OF thu
window to see how congested the trai
nc was on the highway with the rura
free delivery mans cart and a wagol
load Of hogs. both in sight III once
80. you see. life is far from dull
Brother Will has Just interrupte,
my writing to tell me that his morn
ing mail has decided him to NOV,
into town early next week
"Of course I've enjoyed every min
ute Of this long autumn here, but nov
that know ! shall be back in thu
midst Of things so soon can hardl!
walt Why haven't even decided ol
a winter suit yet and as for a hat
or. dearl I suppose the shops ar
crowded to distraction with Christina
buyers, but I shall not mind that il
the, least / shall enjoy mingling ant
mixing with my kind.
"The country is all right, but
well, It seems a century since I'vl
been TO the theater Chicago Dali.
News.