Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-01-17
MIsCELLANY.
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HOW THEY GOT READY.
Why Mr.. and Mrs. Man Didn't Catch
fhA Train.

Why Mr.. and Mrs. Man Didn't Catch
the Train.
When they reached the depot, Mr..
Man and his wife gazed with un-
speakable disappointment st the fast
receding train, which was Just pull
ing away from the bridge switch at
the rate Of thousand miles minute.
Their first impulse was to run after
it, but as the train was out of sight
and whistling for Sagetown before
they could act upon the impulse, they
remained in the carriage, and discon-
solately turned the horses heads
homeward.
at all comes of having to wait for
a woman to get ready" Mr.. Man
broke in with. rather grimly.
81 was ready before you was," re-
piled his wife.
"Grcat heavens!" cried Mr.. Man,
in irrepressible Impotence, jerking
the horses jaws out of place, "just
listen to that! And I sat out in the
buggy ten minutes yelling at you to
come along, until the whole neigh
borhood heard me.
eyes," said Mrs. Man, with the pro-
voking placidity which no one can
assume but woman, "and every
time / started down stairs you sent
me back for something you had for
gotten"
Mr.. Man groaned.
"This is too much to BEAR" he said,
"when everybody knows that if / was
going to Europe 1 would just rush in
to the house, put on a clean shirt,
grab up my grip-sack, and fly /; while
you would want at least six months
for preliminary preparations, and
then dawdle around the whole day OF
starting until every train had left
town."
Well the upshot of the matter was
that the Mans put off their visit to
Aurora until the next week, and il
was agreed that each one should &c,
him or herself ready, and go down te
the train and 60, and the one who
failed to get ready should be left
The day of the match came around
in due time, the train was to go off al
10 80, and Mr.. Man, after attending
to his business, went home to gel
ready at :45.
"Now thcn," he shouted, "only
three quarters of an hour to trair
time. Fly around a fair field and nc
favors, you know"
And away they flew. Mr.. Mar
bulged into this room, and through
that one, and dived into one close
after another with inconceivable rap
idity. chuckling under his breath al
the time to think how cheap Mrs
Man would feel when he started of
alone. He stopped on his way VI
stairs to pull off his heavy boots t.
save time. For the same reason HI
! pulled off his coat as he ran through
the dining room, and hung it on ,
corner of the silver closet. Then HI
} jerked off his vest as he rushed thro
the hall, and tossed it on a hook il
the hat rack, and by the time he got tt
his own room, he was ready to plung'
into the clean clothes. He pulled on
bureau drawer and began to paw a
the things like Scotch terrier aftel
a rat.
"Elcanor |" he shriekcd, "where ar
my shirts9"
"In your bureau drawer" calml.
replied Mrs. Man, who was standing
: placidly before glass, calmly AM
deliberately coaxing refractory cur
into place.
"Well, by thunder, they AIM" shout
ed Mr.. Man, little annoyed, CIV
emptied every last thing out Of tn
drawer, and there isn't thing in it
ever saw before"
Mrs. Man stepped back few PAGES