The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-21
How They Got Ready.

a. - {uE 5IltE II, GAL As tLe lTAkn " as
out of sight and wai-iling for Sagetown
before they could act upon on the i'm
pulse. they remained in the carriage.
and ,iisconso.ately turned the hor 81 $
heads hOmeward.
1T ali comcs Of having 70 wait for a
woman to get rrafy,' Mr- Man broke in
with, very grlmly.
Il was ready before you were" re-
piled his wife.
Great Heavens ;" cried Mr.. Man, in
irrepressisle inpatience, jerking the
horses jaws out of place; lust listen TO
that Aud sat out IN the buggy ten
minutes yelling for you to come along
until the whole neightorhood heard
me-"
Yes. acquie-ced Mrs. Man, wi h the
provoking placidity Lo one can assume
bat woman, "and every time start
ed down stairs yon sent me back for
something you had forgotten"
Mr.. Man groaned.
This Is too much to bear" be said:
when every body knows that If / wa.
going TO Europe l would just rush into
. the house. put on q clean shirt, grab up
my gripsack and fly, while you would
want at lea six months for prelimiua-
|ry preparations. and then dswdle
around the whole day Of starting until
every train had left town.
Well, the upshot of the uatter was
/ that the Mans put off their visit to Au
/ rora until the next week, and it was
agreed that each should get him or
/ herself ready, and go down 10 the train
and go. and the one who failed to get
ready should he left.
The day of the match came around
in due time; the train was to go at
! 1880. and Mr.. Man, after attending to
his business, went home at S:45.
Now, then" he shouted, ''only three
quarters of an hour 70 train time Fly
around-a fair field aud no iavors, you
know"
Aud away they flew
Mr.. Man bulg ged into this room aud
rushed through that. and divei into
one closet after another with inconceiv-
able rapidity. chuckIIng under his
breath all the time tn think how cheap
Mrs. Man would feel when be started
off alone He stopped on his way up
stairs IL pull off his heavy boots To save
time; for the same reason he pulled OIL
his coat ns he ran through the dining
room, and hung 1t on the corner OF the
silver closet Then he jerked OFF hi,
vest a. he rushed thr, ugh the hail and
tossed 1t on hook on the hat rack. and
by the time he reached his own room
he Was ready 10 plunge into his clean
clothes. lie pulled out II bureau drawer
aHd began to pour things like Scotch
terrier after rat.
Eleanor :" lie shrieked; Wv here
are my shirts"
"ln your bureau drawer" calmly re-
piled Mrs Man, who was standing
placidly before glass, calmly and de-
hberateiy. coaxiug refractory crimr
into place.
Well. 10y thunder. they amt =
shouted Mr.. Man. little annoyed
I've emptied every last thing. Nv,
cmpticd every last thing out Of the
drawer. aud there isn't u thing in 1t that
ever saw before
Mrs. Man stepped back few psces
held her bead on one side. anu after
satisfying herself that the crimp would
DO, aud would stay where she put 1t
replied
These things scattered around Oh
the floor are all mine Probably you
haven't been looking in your own
drawer"
Il don't see. testify observed Mr.
Man. why you couldn't have put my
j things out for me when you had moth
ing else do ali the evening
"Because." s,i,i Mrs Man. settling
herself into al additional article oi
raiment with awful deiihcration. mt
body puts mine out for me. 4 tal'
field and no fAvors. my dear"
Mr.. Man plunged into his shirt like
4 bull AT a r, Il flag
wv here's my shirt STUDS = he cried
Mrs. Man wen, out into another room
and presently came back with heI
gloves aud hat. aud saw Mr.. Man
emptying all the boxes he could find III
and about the bureau, Then she said
In the shirt you took ots
Mrs Man put on her gloves. willis
Mr. Man hunted up AMI down the
: room Tor MS Gun" buttons
.EieAuor," be snecred at last, Il b.
lieve yeu know where those ba',oni
are
II haven't son them said the lady
settling her bonnet and hat 'Didn
You lay them down on the window sill
IN the sitting room last night
Mr.. Man remembered. ami he went
down stairs ou the run He stepped ou
ono Of his boots. aud VAS Immediately
landed IN the hall st the foot OF thu
stairs with ueatueSs and dispatch. at
tended in the Transmission with more
hanps than one could count with Il
Webb Adder" ani Landed With q
bang like the He'll Gate explosion
Are you nearly ready, AlseFnon :
a.kei the wife Of bis tosonI, swee:iy
leaning over the bauisiers
The unhappy rnan sroAued
'C.ut goa throw nac down the o;hci
so,ts" b. asked >ae pityinEly k'eNes'
- - L.n ~My yal,<es ia required
a. he ,usgcd away a, the bos''
Up ia year dre>s'rg roopl, she "a
swers,d
Packed"
Il 10 ao, know unless You rs.ek'',,
!. >,arsclf probably nj, she repl'sd
with her haad on she dSor-kboo -
hai hardly ,,me 10 pack Gny o~n,
She wAs p.s>ir eu' of;lss gate ~ho;
the door opened. aud be shouted
w here in the aaase of go>iutS' d''
"a h F4s. s..a