The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-05-01
HOW THEY GOT READY,

ANA SomeOooyS . Aetncfs prayer was ne9rd.
HOW THEY GOT READY,
When they reached the depot Mr.,
Man and his wife gazed in unspeaka-
BILE disappointment at the receding
train which was just pulling away
from the bridge switch at tho rate Of
. thousand miles minute. The first
impulse was to run after it but %
the train was out Of sight and whis
tleing for Sagetown before they could
oct on the impulse, they remained in
the carriage and disconsolately turned
their horses heads homeward.
1T all comes of having to wait on
woman to get ready Mr.. Man broke
in very grimly.
Il was ready before you was re-
piled his wife.
sGreat heavensv cried Mr.. Man. in
irrepressible impatienee, jerking the
horses jaws ont of place, just listen
to that, and 1 sat out In the buggy
yelling for you to come along until
the whole neighborhoed heard mep
'Yes,' acquiesced Mrs. Man, with
the provoking placidity which no one
but woman can assume; 'and every
time 1 started down stairs you sent
me back after something you had for,
gotten
Mr.. Man groaned. This is too
much to gear, when everybody knows
that if 1 was going to Europe would
just rush into the house, pat on clean
shirt, grab up my grip-sack, and fly,
while you want at least six months for
preliminary preparations, and then
dawdle around the whole day of start
ing until every train had left town.
We'll, the upshot Of the matter was
that the Mans put off their visit to Au-
rora until the next week, and 1t was
agreed that each one should get him.
self or herself ready and 60 down to
the train and 20, and the one who fail.
ed to get ready should be left. Tho
day Of the match came around in due
time. The train was to 60 At 10 80,
and Mr.. Man after attending to his
business went home at 9 As.
sNow them he shouted, only three
quarters of an hour until train time.
Fly around; fair field and no favors,
you know
And away they dew. Mr.. Man
bulged into this room and rushed
through that one, and dived into enc
closet after another with inconceivable
rapidity, chuckling under his breath
all the time, to think how cheap Mrs.
Man would feel when he started off
alone. He Stopped On his way up
stairs to pull of. his heavy boots to
saYe time. For the same reason he
pulled of his coat ~ he ran through
the dining room and hung It on the
corner of the silver closet. Then he
jerked of his vest % be rushed
through the hall and tossed It on q
hook on the hat rack, aud by the time
he reached his room he was ready to
jump into his clean clothes. He pulled
out a bureau drawer and began to paw
at the things like Scotch terrier after
a rat.
Eleanor he shrieked, where are
my shirts2'
I'm your bureau drawer calmly re-
piled Mrs. Man. who was standing
placidly before glass calmly aud de-
liberately cosxing refractory crimp
into place.
'Well, by thunder, they amt 7 shout
ed Mr.. Man, little annoyed. 'Pye
emptied every last thing in it that l
ever saw BEFORE
Mrs. Man stepped back few PAGES.
held her head on one side, and, after
satisfying. herself that the crimp W ould
do and stay where she put it, replied
'These things scattered around on
the floor are all mine. Probably you
haven't been looking in your OWL
drawer
Il don't see," testify observed Mr.
Man, why you couldn't have put m!
things out for me when you had moth
ing else to do all the morning.
Because said Mrs. Man, settling
herself into an additional article o
raiment, with awful deliberation, mo
body put mine out for me. A fai
field and no favOrs, my dear
Mr.. Man plunged into his shirt lik,
mad buh at red flag.
Foul he shouted in malicious tri
umph. mo button on the neck
Because said Mrs. Man sweetly
after a deliberate stare at the fidgetin,
impatient man, during which she but
toned her dress and put eleven pin
where they will do tho most good, be
cause you have got the shirt wroni
side OUT
When Mr.. Man slid out of that shir
he began 70 sweat. He dropped th'
shirt three times before he got It o.