Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-20
EVENING STAR.
TrUSn.v ........ July 20, 1873.
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Rain tPO0 - aru-ho,. q.
NAV expl tse i, se1 s . o. the y he'd at an,
nlomeh, in the night TO get I'D ann -,
iLe WlDdCws. On the advent of a "a -.
shower III Is rarely that a man wakes Ia
III ne should he keeps quiet. so as no; 70 lis
turb his wife, and avails himself OF the hrS {
lcil 10 so TO sleep again. How differently a
woman acts-oh. so differently! Just as
soCn as she wakes up and hears that 10 il
raining, she seems TO lose all Judgment AZ
once. She plants bosh her feet Into her hus-
o@nd BACK, AZ the same time catching nj N
oy ne haiT and shaking his head and hystee, :
cally screams-.'Iiet up, get IN Quick, rs
aIo1rlhg iight Gown in torrents aud all the
WlnCow are up,''
He cannot wake up under S1ch circum-
Stances with an Immediately clear concep-
ton OF the case: In fact. ii frequently har-
t'ens that he - way out on the floor before
hlS eyes are iairly open, having but one idea
really a. work, and that as 10 what ne i
dong out OF bed. The first thing TO 10 is To
strike a light. and while he is moving around
Tor the matches, and swearing that some ole
has broken into the house and novel them
nom where helaid them on going In toe 81 which
is always plausible enCughl. ste hurts aCler
MN the following tOniCs. do hurry. Mer-
cE, now t1at rain as coming into those W IL
COWS. We won't have "A CARPET left il Won
con move faster. What on earth are YOU
gong all this time? Can't find the mattel. 81?
Mercy sake, you amt going to stumoIe round
hoe licking for matches are Won. when tbs
water is drowning us out? Go without "A
ikht. What a man you are; | might have
Dttier got mp IN the first place. Wen de
Sialrlngly) let the things go tu rain IL
you are mind Ia. I've said all I'm going
To say TO, an don't care If the whole house
goes 70 smash You dltrdyswoal have your
own way, an 'spose you always will. AMI
row you can do a. you please: but ion't YOU
da'e TO open your mouth To me about IN
when the ruins done. I've -alkei an talk
Ell I'LL m tired To death. and / shap't talk
any more. We never could keen auytltng
ceCent, and We never can: an So that's th,,
end Oft. \ very brief pause Join H.a 4.
arc 1o1. or are you not going TO shut down
those widows
Just then ne finds the matches, and breaks
The discourse by striking a light. lie was
bound TO have that helm before he novel out
OF the room. He has got the lamp lighted
now. No sooner does its glare ill The room
than he Immediately blows ia out again for
OBVIOUS reasons. He had forgotten the win
dows were open AMI the brevity OF bis night
shlrt. IL almost causes him la ShiVcr when
he lhlnks of his narrow escape. He m yves
out INTO tie other room with celebrity now
lie KNOWS pretty well tie directions 10 go.
ana when flash of lightning comes IL SbpES
INN ON The verge of climbing over a stool or
across the centre table. II there is a rocking
chalr IN the house he will strike il. A rocking
ch3lr Is much surer in its aim than a streak
OF lIShthlt <. III never misses, aud il never
hlts man in but one spot and that is lust
at The base of his shin. We have fallen
against more than eight hundred rockers OF
all patterns and prices, ana always received
the nrst blow in the one place. We have
been with dying people, and have heard
Them affirm in the solemn hush of that last
hour, that rocking chair always hits "A man
on the shin first
And when man gets up I'm the dead of
night 10 shut down windows heneVer misses
the rocking chair. II is the rear eul OF one
OF the rockers which catches him IL is a
dreadful agony. But he rarely cries out
lie Knows his audience too well. 4 woman
EeVer falls over rocking chair, and she
never Will understand why man does. But
she can tell whether he has. by Tho way ne
puts down the windOwswhen he finally
reaches them. a rocking chair window III
We may be allowed the term can be heard
Tree times gas far asany other.-D0t5,a.y
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