The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-15

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was VIGOROUSLY slack and unsystematic
in ermethods of work. and at inter
walls of about two hours she would sug-
gest that they "eat a bite" and visit a
little" "
1t was nearly the middle of the after.
noon before the last of the ''colored
things" were Haunting from the line in
the Logan back yard.
"And such looking array of things
as they are! What will the neighbors
think?" said Janet, as she stood at the
window of her room, tired and cross
and looked. at, the rows of pink and
purple calico aprons and frocks belong
ing to the little Wadlins, and the pair
of huge blue overalls belonging to Mr.
Wadlin, and the surprising array OF
stockings in all sizes and colors belong
ing to different members of the Wadlin
family.
But Jane Wadlin was serenely happy
'Now we can have a good long visit
together while our things are drying
and then we can fetch them in and
dampen 'em down, and I'll have Wadlin
come over and get my things after sup.
per. think it'd be real nice if we could
iron together, but guess we can't, be.
cause I always bake, too, on my ironing
day. But I've enjoyed our washing to-
gether so much that hope we can keep
it up right along. You and Janet will
fetch your things and come and wash
with he next Monday, won't you?"
eyes, indeed we WILL" said Janet, be.
fore Mrs. Logan could give utterance to
the excuse she had intended making.
When Mrs. Wadlin had finally gone
nome Mrs. Logan said:
why, Janet, what did you mean by
telling Mrs. Wadlin that we would come
over and wash with her next Monday
simply cannot stand it to have Jane
Wadlin and here washings here"
':'Nor ]" replied Janet, land our wash,
ing at her house will end it all and at
the same time keep us from quarreling
with Mrs. Wadlin. Trust me for that
mother. I've a scheme of my own in
mind for putting an end to this unpleas.
ant arrangement"
Mrs. Logan somewhat reluctantly
consented to the carrying out of this
scheme" when it was made known to
her.
"AlthoughF don't feel sure that il
will affect Jane Wadlin as you think it
WILL" she said to Janet.
1t was about eight o'clock on the fol.
lowing Monday morning when Joe and
Jerry Hope, the sons of one of Mrs
Logan's neighbors, appeared at Mrs
Wadlin's with an enormous clothes
basket piled high with soiled things
of every sort. Each boy carried pill.
low slip full of things in addition to
those in the basket.
Heres part of Mrs. Logan's wash
said Jerry, as he and Joe deposited their
burdens on the floor of Mrs. Wadlin's
rather cramped kitchen.
'She and Janet said they'd be along
pretty soon with the rest of it," said Joe
THE rest!" said Mrs. Wadlin in dis.
may, as she looked at the great basket
and the overflowing pillow slips. swell
for PHYS sake! I should think Marthy
Logan had gone to keeping hotel OF
opened up Il laundry from the size OF
her wash!"
This conviction was deepened when
few minutes later, Janet and Mrs
Logan appeared by way of the back
streets. carrying another clothes.
basket full of things; and in addition
to this, Janet, carried a market basket
containing about a dozen glass fruit
jars.
Il know we've got a pretty big wash,
ing" she said, cheerily, "but there'l]
be three of us working together, you
know, and guess we'll worry throug Oh
it. And we thought we'd put up a
basket of peaches to-day, as they've a
lot of fine ones extra. cheap at Smiths
fruit store. He said he'd send basket
up here by ten o'clock for us, and we
can do them while we visit
eyes, s'pose we can," said Mrs. Wad.
lin, in a voice lacking greatly in the en-
thusiasm she had manifested on the
preceding Monday. But l don't be.
for all this wash EEK. ( M
"Oh, we knew you wouldn't have,'
replied Janet, cheerily, $50 we brought
our line and dozens of pins. They're
in the bottom of this basket"
'But l don't think that you can
stretch line enough in my back yard
for all these things Cd ;s
Z ''No, I don't suppose we cam said
Janet, ''but we can dry good many
things here in the house. and there's
your large front porch; we can stretch
lots of line on it, and the rest of the
things we can spread on the grass and
hang on the fence
Mrs. Wadlin was not a woman who
cared particularly ''for looks but the
idea of her front porch being used as
a drying ground for clothes was fan
from agreeable to her. Her face red,
dened and she bit her lip when Janet
pulled the sheet away from the contents
of one Of the baskets and said:
I've wash up all OF our bed spreads
and blankets and curtains at. this time
Of the year, and here's a basketful te
begin on. Then my Grandmot her Logar
is falling into feeble heal It'll, and moth,
5er and Il intend doing all of her washing
hereafter II she don't improve, ane
we've quite = washing for her to-day
But ! don't believe that ! can do thing