Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-06-04

and his TANKS la;hered we,h the whip: bu,
al "a vain. Tor when they reached the sta
[lon Sir. Stiffie and his wife gazed with
nnsfeakabie disappointment at the receding
tram, which was Just disappearing under
the bridge. Their first impulse was 10 run
after II, but as the train was out of sight,
ansi "hlstling for the next town before they
could act upon the impulse, they re smained
In the chaise, and disconsola;ely turned the |
horses head homeward. |
1t all comes OF havins@to wal, for a |
woman TO get ready Mr.. s,iffie broke in |
with. very grim!y.
y was ready before yoa were, replied |
his wife.
Great heavens" cried Mr. Siiffie, in |
irrepressible lmpatience, jerking the horses |
jaws out of place: "iust listen to that
And sat out In the fron. ten minutes, veil |
ing at you TO come along, until the whole |
neighborliood heard mel"
Yes, "acquiesced Mrs. Stiffle, with the
provoking placidity which ne one can as
sumo but woman, land every time
started down stairs you sent he back for
something You had forgotten.''
MIR. Stit11e groaned.
This is too much 10 bear" he said,
''when eyerybo ly knows that if was
going around the world, l should Just rush
into the house, put on clean shirt, seize
my knapsack and fly; while you would
want at least six months for preliminary
preparations. anu then dawdle about the
whole day Of starting until every train had
lett town."
Well, the upshot of the matter was that
the STILES Dut of theH.visit until the next
week. and it was agreed that each should
get him or herself ready, and go down to
the train and go. and the one who failed to
&c, ready should be left !
The day Of the match came around in
due time: the train was to go at 1. so, and
Mr.. Sttfla, after attending to- his business.
went home at l2.45.
Now, then," he shouted, "only three,
quarters Of an hour to train time. Look
sharp-a fair field and no favors you
know
Mr. Sttle ran into this room and rushed
through that, and diyed into one closet after
another with inconceivable rapidity, chuck
ling under his breath all the. time to thiuk
how cross Mrs. Stiff1e would be when he
started off alone. He stopped on his way
up stairs to pull of his heavy boots to save
| time; for the same reason he pulled off his
| coat a. he ran through the dining room,
| and hunglt on the corner of the silver closet
Then he jerKed Off his vest as he ran through
| the hall and tossed it on hook on the. hat
| lack, and by the time he reachee his own
room he was ready to plunge into his clean
| clothes. lie pulled out bureau drawer,
and began to rattle things like scotch ter
rle- after rat.
| q Eleanor! he shrleked, "Where are
my clean shirtsg''
SIN your drawer calmly replied Mrs
Stiffle, who was standing placidly be fore a
glass, calmly and deliberately coaxing re-
tractory crimp into place.
"Wel, but they amt" shouted Mr.
Stitfle. a little annoyed. "I've cmptied
everything out of the drawer. and there
isn't shirt to be seen.n
Mrs. Sutfle stepped back few PAGES,
held her head to one side, and after satisfy
ing herself that the crimp would do, and
would stay where she put it, replied:
"Those things scattered about on the
floor are all mine. Probably you haven't
been looking in your own drawer"
II don't see, "testily observed Mr.. Stiffle,
"why you couldn't have put my things out
for me, when you had nothing else to do all
the morning."
because, said Mrs Stffle. settling her
self into an additional article OF raiment
with awful deliberation, "nobody puts
mine out for me. A tair field and no favors,
| my dear MIR. Stitfle plunged into his
shirt like bull at a red flag.
"Where are my shlrt-studs Z" he cried.
Mrs. Stiff1e went out into another room,
and presently came back with her gloves
aud hat, ard saw MIR. Stffle emptylng all
the boxes he could find in and about the
bureau. Then she said:
In the shirt you took off.
Mrs. S,itfie put on her gloves, while Mr..
Stiffle hunted UP ana. down the room fol
his cuff buttons.
Eleanor" he snaled at last, 81 believ,
you know where those buttons ere"
II haven't seen them" SAID the lady
settling her hat. Didn't you lay then
on the window sill in the sitting room las
| night!
Mr.. S,iffle remembered and he wen
; down stairs at a run. He stepped on one
Of his boots. and was immediately landes
| in the hall at the foot OF the stairs witt
! neatness and dispatch, attended in tn
transmlssson with more bumps than h
could count, and landed with bang lik
an explosion.
G Are you nearly, ready, Algernon Z
asked the wife Of his bosom, swee,ly, lear
: ing over the banis,ers
The unhappy man groaned-
Cant YOU throw me down the othe
boo, 2" he asked. She pi,ylngly kicked
Il 10 him. my valise2 be inquired, as
7 tugged away al his bod-
Il up in your dressing room, she rephet
II 'Packedf
/, 81 do not Inow-unles. you packed
3 | yourseI-prohabIy not,' she replied, Wit
her hand on the door knob. = had hars
5 ly time 10 pack nay own"
She was passing out Of the gate, whs
Il the door opened. and he shouted:
Where, in the name Of goodness, d
!. yJu put my vessi Ii has all my money
It,"
c You threw il % tie ha,rack, she call'
back. Good bye, dear.
e Eleanor. Eleanor. Eleanor Ssittl'
i Did you sec my coat
Nh,. r,0rs<sfs and turned after nj si-raff,