The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-01-25


got the shirt on wrong side out
When Mr.. Man slid out OF that
shirt he began to sweat. He drops
ped the shirt three times before he
got IL on, and while it was over his
head lie heard the clock strike ten.
When his head came through hs
saw Mrs. Man coaxing the ends and
bows of her necktie.
where's my shirt studs 7" be
cried.
Mrs. Man went out into another
room aud presently came back with
her gloves and hat, and saw Mr..
Nan emptying all the boxes he
could find in and about the bureau
Then she said
I'm the shirt you took ell,
MIRA Man put on her gloves while
lfr. Man hunted up and down the
room for his cuff buttons.
"Eleanor / he screamed at last,
II believe you must know where
those cuff buttons are"
"l haven't seen them. said the la
dy, setting her hat, didn't you lay
them down on the window sill last
nighti'
Mr.. Mann remembered, and he
went down stairs on the run. He
stepped on one of his boots and i'm.
mediately landed in the hall at the
foot Of the stairs with neatnees and
dispach. attended in the trausmis- =
sion with more bumps than he could
count with Webb's adder. and land
ed with o bang like the He'll Gate
explosion.
"Are you nearly ready. Algor-
non Z asked the wife Of his family
sweetly, leaning over the banister.
The unhappy man groaned.
Cant you throw me down that
other. boot 2 he asked.
Mrs. Mann plying kicked it to
him.
My valise Z he inquired, as he
tugged away ut the boot.
"Up in your dressing room,' she
answered.
Packed 7
Il do not know-unless you pack
Cd it yourself-probably not, she
replied with her hand on the door
knob, II had scarcely time to pack
my own.
She WAS passing out OF the gate
when the door openel and he shout
ed.
"Whero in tho name of goodness
did you put my vest 7 IL hls all my
money in it !!
You threw il on the hat rack.
she called back 'iood.bye, dear.
B1fore she got to the corner OF
tho stre,. she was lailel again /:
"EIeinor Eleanor ! Eleanor
Mann! Dil you carry OFF my coat Z
She plu5ei and turned, altor sig
naliny tho street car to stop, aud
cricI;
"You threw i. on tho silver
closet
And tho street-car engulfed her
gracsful figure aud she was seen no
mDrc. Mr.. Mann searched up aud
l0wn the holso, rushed ont OF tue
front d oor every now aud then and
up the deserted streets AZ
tor the unconscious Mrs. Man, to
know where his hat was aud where
she pnt his vlliss key. aud If she
h al any clean socks aud andershirts
md that there wasn't linen collar
IN the house.-And when he went
iway at last, no left the kitchen
ioor all the down stairs windows
md the front gate wide open, and
The loungers around the depot yes
,erday were somewhat amused inst
IS The train was pnlling out OF sight
lown in yards to SEQ flushed. pers-
bring man, with his hat on sidewise
lis vest bu,toned two buttons too
nigh, his cuff unbuttoned and neck
.ie flying, snd his grip.sack tapping
,pen aud thus like a demented smut
Ter on a March night, and q door
sey in his hand, dashed wildly across
.he platform and halted 10 the mid
lie OF the track, glaring in detected,
wrathful modification at
he departing train, and shaking his |,
ist at q pretty woman, who was
throwing kisses at him from the rear
platform OF the last car.