The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-06-01

both know, ne didn't know what wa:
best for HIMSELF; and so he remainet
in Bradford, going around in th'
summer months, looking for all th'
world like a roasted turkey. Yol
could fairly hear him fry on a hot day
Mr.. Judkins couldn't sleep wink
He rolled all over the bed, and thel
he rolled under the bed, and then ht
rolled all over the floor, and the per
spiration rolled from every pore, bu
there was no sleep for Mr.. Judkins.
The hours rolled on, bnt they rolled
very slowly, or so thought Mr.. Jud.
kins. He heard the clock strike ev
cry hour. At last when it struck toul
he bounced out of bed, and throwing
on dressing grown, he left the room.
"Ill take a shower bath" said Mr.
Judkins, as he went down stairs.
Now the shower-bath was situated
in the rear Of the kitchen, and to reach
it he had to pass through the sitting
room and long entry. But at that
hour in the morning there was little
dauger of his meeting any one.
Mr.. Judkins reached it in safety,
took his bath, which was really the
most comfortable thing he had taken
for the last twenty-1our hours, "and
now," said he, t'where is the towel?"
| He should have thought of that be-
fore, for there wasn't any towel there
''But know where Mary keeps 'em, D
said he. "They're i'll the sittiug-room
closet; and as ITS so early in the morn
ing, I'll run in just as [ am, for l don't
want to wet my dressing gown"
And so Mr.. Judkins ran in just as
lie was, and he got the towel, and was
running back, when lie heard Bridget
coming down the back stairs, for she,
having heard Mr.. Judkins, thought it
was time to get up, and was now COM
ing down the stairs into the long en-
try, just i'll time to intercept her 4 as
ter.
"Well, III go back TO my room
then,' said Mr.. Judkius, jumping out
of the long entry just as Bridget step
ped in.
"But, hush egad, there's somebody
coming down the front stairs, cried
he, ''ahd L believe its Jane Louisa
o, what shall l do ?''
What could he do? lie must hide
somewhere, of course. He wasn't
dressed to receive callers, you know.
He hadn't got his wateh-guard on, and
consequently he felt rather embarrassed
Well, rig ght across one corner of the
sitting-room was a sofa, and in behind
it there was room enough for man to
hide quite U0nfi0rtatbty, and there Mr..
Judson Judkins hid, and he wasn't a
moment too soon, tor Miss Gushing
ton came in Immediately, and seated
herself upon the sofa TO wait for her
lover
Mr. Judkins waited for her to go,
and she waited for him to come, and,
of course, they both waited in vain.
A t length the clock struck five, but
still Mr.. Judkins didn't put in an APP
pearance. Jane Louisa asked herself
what could be the matter, but she
| could gle 10 satisfactory answer.
Had her iover OVERSIGHT himself? 1t
looked very much like it, and so she
determined to wait until he did come
down, and then ask him if that was
the way he kept his appointments.
"Wel!, this is Co." thought Mr..
Judkins, as the time passed on, and
his lady love showed no signs of leav-
ing the room. Then he came to the
conclusion that it didn't seem so n.uch
like "a CO." as it did like stay.
The early train had gone, but still
Miss Gushington waited, She was
getting angry, not only with Mr.. Jud-
kins, but with herself. An elopemcnt
was well enough. 1t was romantic,
but she could see no romance in get
ting ready TO elope with lover who
was so lethargic as to sleep when the
god of love was calling upon him to
awaken; and she was angry with her
self for ever having allowed such a
sleepy lover to beguile her.
At six o'clock Mary came down,
and was much surprised to find that
Jennie had become such an early ris-
| er.
"Wcre you up when father went
away?"
Il haven't seen your father this
morning" replied Jennie.
"And hope you won't, just al
present" thought Mr.. Judkins.
Mary went out to the kitchen to sec
about the breakfast, but Jennie kept
her post, and Mr.. Judkins kept his.
By-and-by the rest of the family
came down, and they all went out tC
breakfast.
"Now is my time," whispered Mr..
Judkins, as he rose from his cramped
position.
But just as he arose, Bridge enter
ed the room, passed through, and
went up stairs.
"What shall L do now?" Mr.. Jud.
kins asked himself "Bridget has
gone up to make the beds, and if. ]
run up stairs, shall be sure to meet
her. o dear, what fix l am in !''
But as there didn't seem to be any
thing that he could do, he was obliged
10 remain fixture. and soon the fami
ly returned TO the sitting-room. Short
ly after, the ladies, with the exception
of Jennie, went out for ride. Har-
ry was in his room.
"Apd now," thought Mr.. Judkins.
'tif Miss Gushington would only 90
out for walk, why l should be all
right"
But unfortunately for that gentle
man, she showed no disposition to
''take the air" Seating herself on the
sofa, with her work in her hands, and
a book on her lap, she began to read,
and between sentences, she would stop
to think, entirely unconscious that the
subject of her thoughts was sitting in
very cramped and uncomfortable at
] titnde inst hehind her