The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-03-13
BOYS ARE THE LIMIT
BY CLARA STACY.

yitation card with despairing eyes.
Yes. said Jimmys father. With
understanding. Then be added.
Boys certainly are the limit
Jimmys nearly fifteen. pursued
Jimmys mother 4 don't see why
he isn't old enough not 10 act like a
young savage Whenever I make him
go 70 party you would think | was
casting him into den Of man eating
tigers. II 10 hear Lin protest He says
girls are ninnies and he'd rather play
foot bali"
seems 10 me- said Jimmys IA
ther. that l used 10 ike 10 go 10 par
tses when was fifteen. can't under
stand him
If | didn't stand over him. said
Jimmy's mother, every single minute.
he'd get in his old clothes. with ten
MS shoes and a negligee shirt. and
wouldn't carel It's just awful, I'm
sure I don't know what my friends
t1.lk OF me. They must have the idea
that ! don't care anything about Jim
my's social progress and it's just as
important 10 boys future as it is 10
a girlEl The friends that he is max.
ing now"
Make him go TO this advised jim
mys father. The Miklesons will be
offended If you don't. and it's the right
sort Of crowd for him. It's what he
needs"
Il won't say anything about il 70
him. decided Jimmy's mother. diplo-
maiically, until the day before, Then
he won't have so long a time to OBJ.
ject and make life miserable for
me-"
Jimmy's mother had occasion many
times in the ten days that followed 10
be thankful for this decision. for jim
my proved suddenly very difficult 70
deal with. In spite OF his ignorance
OF the fate that was impending
The boy stared gloomily out OF tho
window and he poured as gloomily
over the contents OF his desk
Once, 10 her great alarm. his moth
er found his sorting out his necktie
drawer
"Av. nothin'." he growled. when she
demanded TO know the reason for
this unheard-of interest in his attire.
Can't tcilow DO anything without
the whole family buzzing about his
ears? Wisht l had the money dad
put in that dress suit Of mine.
don't get any use out OF it, | could
buy two or three dandy football
suits.r
Jimmy did not ask for second
piece OF chocolate pie when il came
on for dessert that night, which in H.
self was a serious symptom OF some
thing wrong. He scorned griddle cakes
the next morning and he said he did
not want any lunch.
His mother felt his pulse, and in
sisted on looking at his tongue.
Il hope" said Jimmy's mother to
limmys father. that he wont do any
thing rash when | tell him about the
Mikleson party. He's in such a
dreadful humor these days that /
don't know in the least how to han
die him. He's likely to say he won't
go. And he's so big that / suppose he
won't-he just won't, that's all Oh
dear. wish he was a girl
When Jimmy caught his mother sew
ing a loose button on his dress coat
she quailed He eyed the work sus-
piciously. but asked no questions
Rather, he retired 10 a chair in cor
ner and moped
Finally. the night before the party. /
Jimmy's mother mustered up her cour-
age and told him, very fast. so he 1
could not interrupt. Then she waited |
to hear the worst.
Her son was staring at her disbe- /
llevingly. The Mikleson party" he
repeated. Me going to the Mike
sonsi"
That was all before he abruptly |
bolted from the room. She heard him
presently whistling in his bedroom
and held her head wildly. Jimmy was
young to 60 insane. but she had heard
OF cases
Mother" Jimmy called down.
Don't my dress trousers need press
ing?"
He's going to be ill.," declared his
mother TO his father later. Il
know he's coming down with some
thing awful"
All the next day Jimmy whistled and
sang and beamed and shed sunshine.
He went like a lamb to get dressed
for the party, and he threw away four
ties before he got one to suit him.
He asked his mothers advice as to
the part in his hair. and surreptitious-
ly used her manicure set By that time
Jimmys father, too. vas impressed
and worried. His family icil--cd
Jimmys glittering progress to the
front door at exactly eight o'clock with
breathless anxiety.
Never had seen anything like it.
Gee" said Jimmy, as he folded his
neck scarf with painful precision and
carefully got into his overcoat. 4 was
awfully sore all week. thought 1
wasn't asked to the Miklesons party.
and everyone else was talking about .
going I'm going to take Ethel" he
added hastily and somewhat deiantIv.
Sam was going to, but when ! found
could go, too. she ditched him. Shed
rather 20 with met