The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-08-16
LEAVING OUT WASHING
What May Happen when There
Comes On a Blow II the Nlsht
seenst fiia Ire rAmilihr 10 DwelIer. In
guy i'lAi. A. naris sIarnins cali
q shorten san on the
ciothss Lac

ciothss Lac.
Wheiherioleare the washlnrout.
doors q not said Nh, Flatdweller
70 the New York Sun man, snay
easily be 3 question Of Importance.
Nhy itis thought Of leaving 1t out
Is simple enough; II may have been
2 damp n driszly day and the clothes
may not be dry when night comes;
they arc 70 be left out 10 blow dry
IN Tie night The question in the
suburbs q ia the country, where
clothes would Be left on lines
stretched between posts set in the
ground s one mostly Of safety, for
there they must beleft where they
could easily be stolen by anybody
that might take a fancy to them.
Ia theeity II YOU live in a flat the
principal ques ton Is: Will, It be too
windyg Forif II Is the clothespins.
when they work OH The line, don't
tall upon The grass but into the
tathpmless abyss Of the rear area,
aud i the washing drops from the
line 4 goes there. too, or OF over
some neighboriug roof, or 1t whips
against The poles or the blinds
or the fire escape, or 1t winds
itself around the pulley line so that
thelihe won't bulge either way, and
there the washing is out in the air
and YOU wonder how you are going
70 getii Sothas it may easily be
seen tint in a fat 1t Is really a
questioned some Importance whether
tue washing shall be left out or not.
and NE wind rises it is Of still
more Importance TO get 1t in.
What do you think2" says Mrs.
Flatdweller Do you think it is
going % blow any harder than It
does now
And YOU look out at the cold
stars and glance around generally,
and then YOU shy NO, you don't think
il 81 and after a little further
deliberation Mrs. Flatdweller de.
cides 70 leave em out. It's pretty
breezy and you can hear EN- now
and then swapping in the wind, but
if II doesn't blow up any more
they're all right. So you leave EN-
out and 90 To- bed.
Apdaboutfour o'clock you begin
to dream Of the sea story you had
read the night before. on Cape
Horn i bowling gale in wihser;
cold and SNOW and ice; rolling seas
aud tempest and danger everywhere;
lis Your watch below; suddenly YOU
hear somebody pounding on the
companion slide with handspike,
aud moment later you hear a voice
shouting down the fo'c'sle ladder:
stAll starbowlines ahoy!
That means YOU; it's all hands
70 shorten sail AS You jump from
youe3auls you feel somebodypusliing
on your shoulder and you hear Mrs.
Flatdweller say
Ezra ] guess youll' have to
take in the clothes.
You'reawake now aud are getting
into your boots and garments, not
forgetting your tarpaulin and your
sou'westcr aud a minute later you're
on The ere escape, with Mrs. Flat
dweller standing inside to take the
things as YOU hand them in.
Wind athowling, sheets a.lap.
ping, shirts swapping, pillow cases
cracking everything cast loose and
whipping itself into ribbons, or
getting ready to. Rain in torrents
and general uproar everywhere.
Whisipl comes a sheet across your
face and away goes your sou 'wester,
but yougrab the sheet and fist II as
YOU would a sail until you come to
theline you grab off the clothespins
and The sheet and hand it in to Mrs.
Elatdweller No foot ropes here,
50 you must bring the sail to you;
you overhaul the pulley line, blocks
a-crealsin under the strain and
adding 70 the wcirdness. Sail after
sailyou get in till you've got it all, /.
and shesjust a.roarin' along. under
bare poles.
Clew garnets and rattl;n' stuff
Toppinglifts aud bowlinesl In these
degenerate days of teakettles instead
q clipper ships, II a man really
wants q sniff Of the salty ocean let
him shipina fatlp