The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-14

would have been better to let the girl
stay day longer
Not a minute longcr'
But about the washing?"
''I'll find woman or do it myself"
After breakfast he took a walk
through the locality where washwomcn
abound, but his quest was a vain one.
He como back to the house about nine
O'Clock and said
Mrs. Bowser, l have decided to do
the washing myself"
you wash?"
81 will I'll do it as 4 matter Of
principle. don't propose to have this
house upset because one hired girl gets
her back up and quits
Let the washing go and I'll find a
woman to do it,
Not by jugfull! That washing
will all be on the line before noonw
"Mr. Bowscr. you. can't wash; you
will only rub the skin off your knuckles,
lame your back, and make great muss
of it,
81 will, CHI? That's all you know
about it. Now, then, don't want you
to come fooling around. Don't YOU
show your head in the basement until
the last rag is on the line"
Mr.. Bowscr got into an old pair Of
pants and a vest. changed his boots for
slippers, and disappeared downstairs
and at once started Il fire. | knew what
the result OF his efforts would be, and
while he was at the barn for wood I ran
down and rescued most of the fine
clothes. lie didn't notice the fact. and
in few minutes had the water heating.
He had seen clothes boiling, and the
water was no sooner hot than he filed
the boiler hcltcrskcltcr. l heard him
at IL and started downstairs to tell him
that clothes must be rubbed first.
go right back he yelled as | struck
the first stair.
But you are making great mis-
take, Mr.. Bowscr, you shouldn't"
- know my business, and you go
back. If l don't know more about
washing in ono minute than You do in
week I'll eat these sheets and tablo-
cloths"
lie boiled the clothes about half an
hour. and then came up and rummaged
around the pantry. ] suppose he had
read OF some substance to put into the
boiler 10 save rubbing, but he wasn't
clear as TO what it was. He therefore
took a half-pound can of baking powder
and siftcd it in to the last pinch +
heard him upstairs, and half-suspccting
what he was after, ran To- head him off,
but TOO late.
'Mr. Bowscr!' ! called from the head
of the basement stairs. are you putting
that sal soda into the holcr?"
"Sal-nonsense! he growlcd in reply.
when don't know my business | will
apply for information"
Mr.. BowScr knew that bluinr was
part and parcel of the laundry business.
lie had even seen tub Of blue water.
AZ what stage of the game this blue
business came in he didn't know and
he was too obstinate To inquire. He
took the clothes direct from the boiler
ana sozzlcd them into IL tub Of cold
water and, not knowing how much
OF the blue TO use, he decided to
empty in the whole bottle and he on the
safe side. lie had pretty fair quality
of writing-Iluid when tho water was
stirred up. At this point called TO
~Mr- nowscr low far along havc you
got.''
Don't you worry about nc Mrs.
fowscr. III have the whole shooting
match on the line in half an hour"
lie put Che wash-board into the hlnc
teb and began to rub tho clothes IN The
cold water. He might hayo had a FAINT
s. peion ;hai something haa been .ofl
ot' me programme. bu- llc mace up f5r
ltin energetic rubbing. lie went wash!
s'as'i! wash. for about twenty minutes
a9d ihcn there YVES IN awful noppiag
a;d splattcring, as if dozen ducl,s warf
.&ys - Lie wa.--. lie Nagsia..