Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-01-01

Souc, boi'' huAAy w ~
train"
How many times Bell had heard this
In the last twenty minutes. Poor tired
Bell, from canning peaches all the fore
noon, tina. her careless, thoughtless
husband sent home, forge thing all about
this visit to their Uncls's.
"No, Harry, please keep still; | am
hurry,ng as fast as oan."
A few seconds, and then Bel! beard
the encouraging words, "ltis 80 strange,
you never get ready in time. Here l
am ali ready waiting, Just ~ | always
am"
Eyes, ans wered Bell, al says get
ready, putting on your collars and Ties,
and brushing your hair, and getting all
you- things for you"
"Hal hal" laughed Bells provoking
husband, "as If such little things
amounted to anything! | could dress
ust IA well without you"
"Welp" said Bell, "you may try the
very next iue We 10 anywhere.
"And you WIN see." laughed Harry,
Chat will beat you getting ready
And Bell wondered to herself II ali
men were m conceited as Harry. On
arriving at the depot they found they
| had fifteen miuu, Is TO spare. DO all OF
HarTy's worrying had been useless,
! Harry met friend on the cars who In
| yited them to visit him the next week,
and Harry with - cOmical LOOK at Bell,
said ne would come Il lis wife woGld
get ready ia time for the cars. Mrs.
| LBnoX looked surprised, and Bell
| Z #. a b. rupnlA 40
Harry without she helped him TO get
ready. They parted with much pfayfsl
talk, Mi LeuoX telling them they
would bolh be ready in time.
During their VIII, whenever Harry
| thought of it, he would ,nggest TO Bel!
| the prOprety Of her beng ready In
| time tor their visit OF the next week
| Bel bore It all patiently, thinking to
herself that Harry would learn
l.s.op for herse.f the next week.
| After that return home, Harry ar
ranged the propralnm me- for their visit OF
the next week.
"Now, rcmemNsr Bell" he would
Say, you are not to do a thing about
g"tunk ready till | como from the
office We vii! commence Al the same
time OF course you must know | shall
| be The fist one ready
Bal wNs aware u no such thing, but
shr wisely Kept her own counsel.
The al-ilnpOrrsnC day arrived At last,
and Harry rushed into the hal AZ the
town CLOCK WAS striking t"o.
Come, Belt" lie called, as he rassed
| tho slttI" < room door but Bel hur
ned through the hall, nearly falling
over n AIRY + coat t. RI te had th-,wh
towards .he ha'-rack.
"W here IL Ivy shirl?' called Harry, AS
irij entered the room.
| "ln ,he SANS bureau drawer they
Lave been tbcse eight years, and yet
you always ask where they are an
| swcred Bell.
Silence for few moments, and
then Harry IN a gasplng tone, said,
| "Oh, Boil, button thus collar on !
have almost blistered my fingers trying
| TO button it.
"Sucn little things, you know, Harry,
amount to nothing" calmly replied
Bell as she finished arranging her
| hair
Murder :" growled Harry.
| A tsw moments after, with his
hurried effJr;s, he tore \ button from
his shirt.
| "Oh, Bal e. no called, eco sew this
| button that's good wife. y
"No, sir" answered Bell, "you put
on another shirt, or else sew the button
on yourselt OF course. Harry, you
know | will not he ready in time"
| "Contound II" mnttered Harry,
"how contrary you are
A fe " moments after, Bell, all ready,
seated herself in the same easy chair
Harry mad occupied the week before,
remarking 10 She same tones Harry
| had used
"You will miss the train, do hurry.
So strange you can never DO ready IN
| time :"
| Poor Harry he WAS far from being a!
| patient man. IL WAS b aggTavating
| to be beaten 50 easily! Poor Harry
there hs stood with such red face,
Juggling away, trying to pin his collar
on. He hal bent dozen pins double,
and thrown them on the Carpe', while
| Bel, that provoking wife OF his laugh
ing behind her handkerchief, telling
him to hurry, or he would be lac, Just
AZ Bell was putting On her her hat and
| gloves, ready for start, Harry manag-
Cd in his haste TO shove u pin through
the collar into his thumb. One yell
and the thumb was in his mouth, but
not soon enough but what some blood
| trickled on his shirt bosom. Bell fed,
| laughing from the room, and Harry
| rusne in TIE hall, calling after her for
| his rocks ana handkerchief He heard
| tho front door close, and rushed back 10
he window, to SOC Bells laughing face
rs she told him 10 b. sure and loCk the
front door. And then be called mock
ing Y back, she was so glad he was al
| ways rordy in time. Harry rushed
O4ck 70 the looking 80, sJ,pp!Dg Oh
one OF the beut pins he had thrown on
the carpet One yell, and Harry was
dancing around on one foot. Bot
trouble never comes singly; moment
more and Eoor Harry had no feet to
dance on, for he had stepped on another
DIN. OF course, gentlemen Will under
stand that he might have been some
what pointed In bis remarks. A: east,
ihik Ia Raid, "ConiOund i''
Poor Harry he saw bv bis watch
| that he had ten min u.ra 10 pnC on his
boots aud coat, and comb his hair, and
yet 10 tne depot That provoking vile
Of Lj-, 10 laugh a. him b: would get
there anyway. He finally rushe. into
ne depot Just 49, the tram wa5 leaving,
while Bal leans d laughing trom a car
wlolOy pointing at his mia tD.OlD
one look at this was enough Tor Har-
ny he hurried home, talking 10 U'm.
sslf in Whisper, the most mortified
man 4lylrF
Re could imagine tEe laughter Of M.
LenoX ot i+ getting left lie stared
blaUkly at the open tall.door, wonder
inH how III the world hs could have
I. ,il open, Enowiua eth IT. 10 sting
If {. nsGlcncr TAFT he could not lay thgt
~ Boa. Harry thought, ~ ho entered
/ h.Hr.ou, mar IL dld not look much a.