The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-19
FISH m The MILK

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Ezs eEAss. FaEzse< Jones'
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EzoyeMe-t "a E1z uzl1E cars. wagon O.
kzr1esA Jones wcud. The very Ezzt
morning. have a. god CT better.
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between BE0En and Jo1es tazr AZ
pssled 70 ne gerg nEeA. beng zyzelf
: farmer. ~ sFEFztzIs4 Esrs VIA
ErcTa a. he was ths cider Ezny ard
Es f-Enlz1s1 Elk 70 tke fzzly Ehers
FDozea
Warm ezys having arrived. ! CO..
ezzded % 60 eaa-zg. zzt u : yzrticz-
lzx Saturday 7 started for the river.
= fsE rlss fr01 town Or tae Vzy
ozt hard Ezgoz z5rrrzc111g from
ne rear Looklzg hack, rscczzizsd
TIE red top e. Erova's zlk Ezgoa,
and a. step2ed aside to let hil pz1s
szs hailed VIII these wor1s.
Young sslIer, Il you g1t Izzk under
IL jzlket. WY lat - zntsr over thar
% t1aE white hogse an III feed ycz-
Aoczr Epcn conelEded I would
- rter over ard zhzrs BFo1hs ez-
tended Hospitality.
4 k1owed you'd cons 'bout feedl1
llue. Come Il and have . c1eer.
Keteh anythI1g77
MOI thing replied. and con-
.lGaed 4 wosl1 rather visit with yOa
than to nEh.~
After a good dinner. Brown said:
EoEng teller, now want you TO 4
-siI ne how can down Jones.9
Well Ny. Brown, hare often
thought when your wagon would rat
tie and your horses' hOofs would /
pound the paved street, that IL .
schene could be devised b. which \
this noise would not Ezken your cug-
,omeEs at such an early hour it would
Be a winner"
Sure enough, next morning but one.
Brown drove sOWn the street with his
ncrsea ghoc with coffee sacks.
A week later Jones appeared with
bis horses all shod with rubbsr.
Soon they both had equipped them
seiyes pretty well with rubber aDpa-
ratus 81 various kinds, Brown having
bought rubber tires for his wagon.
II began TO look az If Jones was
fr.fr mehrW Z
rushed into ny room e1claining:
~This time / am beat Jones has
an automobile
After dinner l walked UP to the
corner grocery whose owner, Mr.
Johnson. and were good friends.
found Johnson back in the ware
room changing the water On some
minnows he had in a tank. saw
Two milk cang, and learned they
belonged TO Farmer Jones.
On Tuesday morning told Brown
Q meet me at Johnson's store at ten
o'clock.
On arriving there pointed cut his
cans
Now, listen" said !, "in those cans !
Till be found little milk and we :
Fill pour in az much water. In yen 0
Ter tank are some minnows; we will b
,et some Of them and drop in one Of b
hose cans, and then ws'll have Jones ,
eli W how they got there" r
Jones came In and started back for
lis cans, when Johnson said; Il
Say, all you fellows, come back Il
Iere with Jones and me- / want to
how you something" 4
OF course, we all went. johnson &
aid:
Now, Jones, you have always q
worn 10 me, and to all your custom. b
rs, that you never watered any milk. I
low did these minnows get into this n
an?" d
Fur Lords sake, nenl" exclaimed ~
ones. 'TIl confess / was in a hurry =
bis mornin' and didn't git all the q
iilkin' done. and as / crossed the
rick reached down and scooped
. a couple Of bucketfuls uf water
inland poured it into this CAM" e