Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-24
AN EXCITING SCENE.

4MDla 4lINHNA minus AANAA AAt
srts and g.; q htr Gimpine pins TO make
sure shat ucae az tbem had slipped out,
for ihe sewing Eocieiy met that afternoon,
and she wanted % look well. ard che ~
marked wits emphasis that ''she wished
% heavsns tsst it didn't always blow Ike
sixty on washing days. Aud she added,
as meteorological fact, that at hlowed
last Monday sud a week agu last Monday
tuoHf
Mr.. Tfhhs was reading an article on the
;a-iT. the writer q which bad proved con
clusivrly to NJ Ifhl7s' mind that II the
present tariff continued the bottom Of all
ihiur. uunid tumble out inside Of six
months. and the rs7er be had read before
brtakfast contained 50 article which had
shown him 5ast as clearly that If tho Cxis-
ing tariF should BE- changed creation
would 70 to evsrla-ting smash in the twin
king Of ca taile
Tit,l5s scratched Bis head and gave vent
TO his rla1ei state Of mind by eGclnim-
ing. 'sWEai. By jimby, don't see what q
man can dor
"Tn tel Jon what TO do. +" said Mrs.
Tibts. whiting the clothes wringer round
with a will o. she ground out the grist Of
Tihbs' shirts and drawers into the clothes
basks1. -y11 60 and put up that clothes
line and hang oct them clothes. The wind
blows sn9lsl 20 take a woman right OF
her feet
Tibbs ross reluctantly. All men dread
the clothasll1e racket. It l. trying 10 the
masculine nerves. Tibhs put his hand to
his back and volunteered the information
that be guessed be was going to have an
ether spell q lumtago into his spine"
Mrs Tihhs was not in the slightest de-
gree interested in Mr. Tibhs' gloomy an
ticipatiuus, Ia. went on wrestling with
the ciothes grinEer aud SCATTERING the
suapsuds iu every direction.
Air Tibbs put or his hat, buttoued his
coat. titd his meek mp IN a rcd muller and
shivered Asa1Iu- 70 me- 80 he remarked,
"tliat feel O touch Of that old sciutica in
my bip joint
"N0w, you put that clothesllne mp
tightr' said Nrs. Iihbs, entirely ignoring
his observation. LAST week the sheets
dragged on the ground, and had to rinse
iem over! Pull it tight. Mind the hooks
don't come out Of the postsl BE careful
Of Il where i.'s tied. Put up the oldest
part Of the line under the pear tree for the
towels. and don't 90 10 hanging out them
clothes in none Of your slipshod ways,
Tihbs. Hang all the stockings feet down.
AH aaAAAHN = aatAAaAHA liNNAAAANk AAA AAAf SUI
and hang Is square. Pull them tahlecloths
ont around the hens after you get EN-
onto the line Pin the culored things on
with them Oldest clothespins, for they'll
mildew the white things Hang that rag.
ged sheet under the shirts, SOS the holes
won't show Folks Is allus staring az a
cl0iheslinr, Put that embroidered night
gown Of mine next 10 the street. Mind,
now, and not set the basket so's 1t II tip
over"
And Ga the midst Of It Tibbs went out,
with a bng o. cluthespins and the line in
one hand and the basket balanced on thu
opposite hip, and the water which the
wringer had not 8queezed out running
down over his leg in little rills There had
been some snow, and then, by way OF va
riety, there had been some rain, and then
It had frozen, and the footing was exceed
ingly slippery / insecure. Tibbs soon
found that beyond doubt that passage Of
Scripture which tell US that the feet OF
tho wicked stand on slippery places ia
true. He had great difficulty In prevent
ing himself from going down the side hill,
where the clothesposts were located, faster
than he wanted TO. OF course the line was
full Of kinks, which IL family trait Of
clotheslines, and Tibbs skinned his hands
by pulling the line through them TO get
out the kinks, and when he got mad and
banged the board on which the offending
line was wound against the woodpile he
bnrked his knuckles and tore of one cor
ncr Of his thumb nail
Mrs. Tihhs and her cousin, Sally Green,
who had dropped in for a morning call,
were looking out OF the window To see how
he was getting along, and they both laugh
ed nt his mishap and said that was just
like a man.
MFR Ubh. got desperate. He tool, his
pockctku.fe and severed the line ia its
klnkest part, and having tied up one piece
Of it he began 70 hang up the clothes. lie
had his mouth full Of clothcspins, Just as
he had noticed Mrs. Tibbs always had her
mouth on such occasions, and he slapped
the clothes onto the line with will
Up Gew tho kitchen window, and Mrs.
Tibbs stuck out her head.
"rurn that shirt t'other side upl DON'T
hang them sheets by the cornersl Put the
towels on that old Incl Don't hang them
flannel drawers of Toms up by the legsj
Pun out that edging on Mary Ann skirt.
Look out therel-you We stepped right into
the clothes basket What fools men arc
knowed you'd mako a mess of itl wish
ia hung 'em up myself, II 1 had blowed
TO Guinea In doing itl'
Tibbq discharged tho elothespins and be
4 gln to swear II relieved his mind. He
got theother piece OF line and fastened one
end Of it to the post, then he gave good
pull on il TO make sure It was tight, and
It parted amidships, and the sudden "let
co. upset Tlbbsi equilibrium, and In spite
Of himself he went rolling down the icy
hill like an empty flour barrel.
Mrs. Donovnn's pet goat was enjoying a
little feast ON a batch OF old tomato cans
and some discarded oilcloth carpets half
way down the hill and when she saw
/ Tibbs a-coming she quit the oilcloth and
/ charged on him with all her batteries
| open so to speak.
10 was an exciting scone and it was
made stlll more SO by the appearance OF
Mr.. Donovan, with the mop, aud Dono-
vans two dogs, barking their loudest, and
thoy took samples Il Iibbs' pantaloons,
I Iibbs don't hang out clothes now.--Ex-
change
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