The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-13
A Daubury Man in Trouble with the
WeoktaTFaSlling,

What q frightful sensation that Is wher
you have Just got home OF q cold Monday
night andpulled your booisva, tobe told
that the WsekS washing q out ID the line
ind must be brought In. Now to do this
Of a dewey eve ID the summer, with the
delicate perfume Of flowers flllng lie air,
and brass band on the next street, Is NOT
exactly q hardship; but 70 do Il IN the
dead Of winter, with chilling breeze
blowing, and the clothes as stiff as q roll
gpin, is'something no man can com.
Template. without iquakihk. We don't
quite understand how. IL a that asman In.
variably gets his boots of before the dread
summons come, hut The reat ol itisplain
enough. There isnR. sort Fofr Febelfious
feeling In his heart which prompts him 10
tryto entangle bis vita In an argument,
and failing In this he snatChes up the
basket and goes out In the yard with Il,
rapplng II against the chairs and knocking
It against the sides Of the door with as
much Vlgorlas initLRas not purely aecI.
DENTAL II the fond vile Is anyway az
tehtlye she can hear his we'll known voice
consigniDg various ohjectS 10 eternal sui,
iering, long alter he has disappeared.
There Is no levity In q line Of frozen
clothes, Every article Is as irigid as the
Cardiff giant aud thennRn whoIwrenches
the pin of and then holds the basket In
expectation Of seeing the piece drop of
the line Of its own accord, Is too pure and
simple for this world. But our man isn't
OF that nature. He catches hold oil the
garment with his chilled hands, and
seeks. tolpull Il of, bat Il doesn't come
Then he yanks It upwards and then down.
wards and then sideways; and when It
comes off II maintains the shape 1t has
been all the Afternoon working into,I
which permits 1t Just as readily 70 enter
the basket as 70 be showed through the
keyhole ofa valise. The first articles be
doubles up with his hands, and there Is q
faint semblance Of caTefulness In packing
them away; but after that he smashes
them into the basket without any cere-
nony, and crowds them down with his |
loot He uses the same care in taking
down fine cambria handkerchief that be |
ioes 10 capturing Q sheet, and makes two
handkerchief OF every one. When he |
gets far from the basket he allowsthe az
.icles to multiply in his arms, 50 as to |
ave steps, and when he gets his arms full |
d sthesaWkWard and miserable things,
whose sharp, 10y corners ,jab him in the |
neck and face, ecomes 10 an article that |
-elnses TO give way on one end BE pulls |
and shakes desperately at Il, bowling and |
screaming In his rage, until he inadver-
tently steps on the dragging end Of q |
sheet, and then he comes down fiat on The
.rozen snow. But bounds up again, gra-
ing his teeth, and hastily depositing
The bundle IN the basket, darts
back TO the refractory member and
taking hold Of il, fiercely tugs at It,
while he fairly jumps up and down IN |
he extremity OF his anger and cold
Then IL comes Unexpectedly, and with al
part Of the next article, and be goeGoyer1
again-this time on his back, and with !
violence. With the clothes gathered, he
axes the basket up in his Iivid hands,
hus bringing the top articles sgainst bis
already frozen chin, and thus tortured,
1ropels his lifeless limbs into the house
ready 10 tell him to close the
loorfand Is thoughtful enough to ask him
{ ifscnld work.. But If he Is a wise man
lie willmake no answer. If he Is q wise
nan he will silently plant himself in front |
u the stove, and. framing his frozen iea-
ures Into an implacable frown, viii pre-
erve. that exterior without the faintestl
notification until bedtime, DanblrV |
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