The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-15
Gossip


"How much truth is there, Kenup,"
Qaerled Obed Quincy cautiously, "in
the story that old Mis- Beebes had to
40 to the poor furn3 Some say her son
got her money away from her and lost
*, aud now he's throwed her on the
town. heard she took on awful when
they carried her away"
Mr.. Peaslee's genial face wore an I'M
accustomed look Of disgust.
"What give ypu the idea that there
was any truth IA it?' he asked AZ last,
mildly enough.
"Wellr said Mr.. Quincy my wife
tuld me that she heard 1t over 20 Pr
per's and that cooper's folks told
them THAT Glen Ellns said that YOU
told him 'houtit. So thought I'd come
70 you and find ont If twas so. Is lt?"
"Now said Mr. Peaslee explosively.
"Tt aint-not word of It," Then,
as he noticed the blank amazement OF
his friend. he relented. 81 ain't blamin'
YOU for it, Obed," he said, but want
you to see how little It takes TO start
anything ! told Clem Elllns that
met Mis- Beebe ridln' out this mornln'
with Thayer Goodwin out on the road
toward the poor farm. And jest be-
cause Thayer Goodwin happens to be
a slectman, and they turned down the
poorhouse road, all this story's got built
up by littles."
"I shuml" commented Mr.. Quincy
weakly.
"A story Ike that allus puts me in
mind" Caleb went on warmly, "of the
time Doctor Lynch made up his mind
that he'd got to have new hoss, and
didn't have time to do the tradin for
II himself.
"The DOCTOR" Caleb explained, mad
allus drove a white hbss and it'd got
80 it was ii sort Of trademark for him.
So when he had to go away for
IA month, and his old hoss had got
about wore out, he asked Bill North to
get him another hoss against the time
he GOT back.
"You're better judge OF hoss
than ! am, Bill, the doctor says to
him. The only thing feel like giyln'
special directions bout is for you to
get one as near like this one, for color
as you can
"Mebbe it'd have worked out all right
If Bill could have stayed and tended
to the tradin' himself, but a day or so
after the doctor left, Bin had to 90
away for the winter with his wife.
count of her health. But fore he went
he charged his brother. who was goin'
to look after his liv'ry stable, all about
what the doctor wanted but his broth
er, seemingly, didn't really understand
how particular the doctor was about .
white hoss.
an about a week Bill's brother
traded and got kind of iron-gray, and
that one he snapped for a red roam
that had some white hairs on him, but
not many From a red roam 'twa'n't
but step to real bay hoss, and then
he changed the bay for chestnut.
Just about The time the doctor got
back he got chance to trade him for
a young. nice-gaited hoss, black as a
crow. And that was the hoss he led
out for the doctor TO look at.
''When tile doctor fnly senses that II
want any joke and that was reely his
white hoss for a minute he didn't know
whether to be mad or not but at the
end he Jest fetched a sign and told
BiT's brother to hitch him up and take
him home.
"Rut when he was ready to start he
says TO rae i Observe the result, Peas
lee, She. It's like gossip In this town
-you can start with the truth and
have falsehood in five times tellir
it. And yod can start with a white
hoss and have a coal black one in five
trades. l dknow which is the most
remarkable he says, and went off.
But, fust aud last concluded Mr.. Peas
lee, 81 thought Of that good many
times.'--Youth's Companion.