Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-18


Then the inevitable happened The
weather was bitterly cold ana my
vile, anxious TO ensure that the eggs
would get the maximum amount OF
heat turned up a. tlaJde a little
| before retiring Tor the night As|
! usual. ] was down fairly early and
| according TO custom / made my way
| to where the Incubator was 90 hre
all was right On opening tho door
! OF the room I was met by cloud
/ OF thick, black smoke ana humps uf
SCOT hit me lu the face Gasylna
| for brearl / called huifaoly ur as
GistanCe. thus disturbing the p,aer4.
! ful slumbers OF nay family
| After the trouble had been set
| right ihy fearful better hJf wished
| TO hand over her lub. but aa inprr
was no one else except myself tu
! take it, l persuaded her iU rewa.u
at her post Two mornings atpr
| there was another smokr.uut. and
unfortunate HH TO whether any uf the
uuofrtunnte little chicks could ha..
survived formed the chief topic N
conversation. and We had small
! bet on tho result My wife vts uu.
| sunately pcssimistic. S.stD. u.uN
was a little more Cheerful. hui us
Tor me. | was optlmisfn Itself
Tho morning Of the day ou which
! the chicks were due 10 mako their
appearance In the world found 900.
seated with my cheek glued t1 'N.
side Of the incubator Was that
1 faint 'chcep' | heard' lu uF u,.
element / pressed rrosnr Tu my
surprise and indignation my u..r
lcAme IN contact with tGD side ~ ..r
lamp win a howl ! .pruur uI,.
lupsettlug the chair / huI been .p...I
on. My nose folt sore ug sN,I.,r
was strokiug II gently when Iug
smell OF hot coffee and iho voice .f
my wife calling me that breakfast
was ready broke lu uu mE i.H,..
uunH / turned towards fnr door
but was brought up shlrpI. Dos u
knock on the shins ! had forgotten
the overturned ch1Ir Kicked lf
wildly out Of tho way went l|.I,F
to tho breakfast table ana slt luto
my scat
Ragged" some Liiuc.
mo one spoke ful a few m|uuits.
then the sharp eyes of nay gstrr.Iu-
law spotted my injured prunuscls
Whatever have you done 90
your nu7c7' she guUcd swrytly across
tho table This drew tho attention
OF the others and ] was b0mbarded
with questions about 10 and 1 heard
some suppressed rIEElcs coming
from tho direction uf my sIstcr.ln-
law She Is an uWmlIy lolfy girl.
very pretty too and l. am rather
| fond OF her, but at that moment
| felt that nothing would have given
| me greater satisfaction than 10
grnnglc her ! took refuge i'm stony /
silence and hurr.eily swallowed my
| food. Then ] made my way back F..
70 the incubator Taking great |
pains % avoid the overturned chair. /
and kecplrE az safe distance from
the lamp, | bent and listened. There 7
was no migtaklng that 'choep,
chtep' this time My joyous cries
brought tho others running in, and /
amid suppressed excitement / care
! fully pulled ont the drawer. There .
/ 10 is' clWc from everyone present
| took hold ~ tho little fluffy thinr
| carefully and placed It iu the dry
/ ing box The other birds soon made
| their appearance. and the result
after all tho worry was very salts
! factory have had more experience
| with the incubator since then. and
| have hatched many more chicks but
| 10 has behaved itself and given ne
| no further trouhiet So far ! have
| seventy chicks " my owr-hatshlng.
besides my stock birds. and they are
all doing we'll
''The slghtlcss poultry'fnrmer must
| be very careful where he puts his
/ feet when hc has lot Of young
! chicks running about and exercise
much caution when opening and
! closing the lld Of tho foster mother
$50 far ! have only succeeded ln
| behcading l2-weck-old chicks with
Ili but these kinds ~ accidents arc
natural. and must be expected on a
| poultry farm
"My little girl. who II now nearly
/ six years old. ls already becoming
very useful 90 me in assisting TO
| feed the young chicks and In help
/ ing me Co collect eggs
81 am not advocating that the FOL
lowing eWployWgu's would be SUIT
liable for non-aghtcl men, but cite
/ them 20 show what have been able
| to do. one iph ] iId was 20 fix new
blinds and cords 90 an the windows
I took on the old blinds and ad-
| usted the new ones Another task
| was tnrriug "a wooden fence during
| which / managed 90 yet good deal
OF the tar ON my hands and arms.
"Thcn / undertook 60 clip a long
. hedge. nearly made a puuCture
iu Il at one point, but managed the
lob fairly well. only II made my
arms ache for week afterwards
Next ] dismnn,lcd tho pump which
had refused 90 work After some
heated words and forcible pcosua-
sion / got tho water TO run Freely
rnuch to the qualification ot my
household My next attempt was 10
whltewash fnrly large larder
Then + got a pail and scruhhng |
brush and scrubbed the floor The /
larder now is r.co and clean ana
cool and that les some cumpcnsl-
ton
There are numerous other little
Jobs which have overcome, hut th"
aforementioned will suffice as e'-
ampleS"
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