Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-01
AS HE SHOULD HAVE DONE

Mr.. Craftyboy's nhousehold effects were
to be removed FROM Capitol Hill to street
northwest or Thursday morning last. On
Wednesday night Craftyboy, feeling pretty
good right after dinner, and observing that
Mrs Craftyboy locked a trifie pale and
tired after Her eSSSrtions in looking for a
house, said: n
My dear, an have to go to the office for
half a day, anyhow, tomorrow but I'll be
back here By nodH to help you with the
moving. The meh of course, II do the
heavy work, but Ifknow what a big lot of
packing andfstowing of small stuff there'u
be, and L doff't waht you to wear yourself
out doing 1t. You gan just sort O. start it
going, and I'll be on hand to do the bulk
of 1t at noons II
natured and cheerful on the moving ques-
ton when he got up ON moving morning.
IL there's any one thing that L admire
IN this married game, it amt moving" said
ne TO hlmSelf as he got his clothes on
And what's whole lot more, | don't go in
for any part of this present moving pro-
gram. not any, not if l know myself I'm
sorry made that WOODY, compromising
speech last night about being on hand up
mere at neon to stow away lot of old
vases in excelsior and fruit dishes, and
statuettes, and truck. l certainly am sorry,
for, on sober second thought, I'm just about
or not. I'll just fix 1t somehow"
Craftyboy went right down to his Office
got hold of a telegraph blank, and wrote
the following dispatch to his wife:
Got to go to Baltimore on business i'm
mediately. Go ahead and move. I'll turn
up at new house at tonight"
Then Ctaftyboy proceeded to kill time for
the remainder of the day in his office, for
there was nothing doing especially in the
way of business.
Great scheme, that" he unused two or
three times in the course Of the day. She
will get through all right, of course. The
men'll do most of the work, and by the time
l turn up at the new pickieup tonight
everything ought to be KIN ,cked into some
kind of shape out there. and I'll sit fair
show to get meal Of Nictuals without
having to stand on a two-iegged tabouret
to eat it,
Craftyboy found it a pretty hard job to
kick around town watching: billiard games
and base ball scores until 1880. when he
got or car to ride out tC his new home
He was pretty hungry wien he got out
Il ere, and the CHEEKY lights in the windows
gave him sensation of Ileasureahle an
tcipation. Both yestibule doors were
closed and he rang the bell. a nice
looking but very busy woman with a
towel over her head, came TO the door.
Why said Craftyboy, is this
ooh, you are Mr.. Craftyboy, then" said
the nce-looking woman with towel about
her head. Your wife was here only a lit
you. Here it is and she handed Crafty
boy a note in his wife's well-known I'M
punctuated chirography:'
Dear Ed the note ran Il got your
telegram soon after you reached your Of
flee, and I'm SO sorry you had to go away
but it's just as we'll, after all, for you had
no sooner left this morning than l had a
note from the lady who occupies the house
we are going to move into, saying she could
not possibly get her things out today, and
that therefore we'd have to defer our NOV
ing in until tomorrow, and so it's just as
well, you see, and I've such frightful
headache. anyhow, and I've been unable to
do a single, solitary thing all day. and
when the men came to move US sent them
away and told them to come tomorrow, and
so you'll be or hang to help me, after all,
and I had to leave this here for you, be
cause I've got tot, see that dinnerH be
ready for youa wheli you get back, and the
lady her, willcgive It to you, and"
Craftyboy stuffed the note into his pocket
without readlSg any more of 1t.
the long rides up tn his Capitol Hill home,
Il used to think l. was a pretty wise guy
before I gotdmarJed, but don't believe
I am any more dle thought.
Craftyboy stayed home from. business all
the next dayrand helped to do the pack