The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-06-16
THE wIFE,s WAY.
Luck of Husband Who Tried 10
Prepare far an impending
Water FamiBs.

| The man with the red mlstaebs nap
pened to be In the neiPhborhood Of his
own home at one o'clock the other day,
20 he concluded TO 60 in and get a
/ bite 10 eat. His wife and the maid were
both out, but the icebox had a supply
of cold and uncooked viands and he
helped himself and sat down TO meal
| of his own preparing, says the View
/ York Sun. While he was drinking a
second cup Of coffee. he heard a man
In the lower hall bawling out some
information which might have been
trainmans statement of incoming
and outgoing trains. or q crier's call
TO court. or any other unintelligible
warning. Thrice was this strange cry
repeated aud then the man with the
red mtistaohe went ont to see what
was the matte. When he stepped into
the hall the man Who had been raising
sill the rumpus appeared at the top Of
the stairway.
"Oh-of- ai-nh-ee--ee." he shout
ed vigorously
Hello" said the man with the red
mustnche.. "What's the matter ~
''Helio," returned the strong -lunped
Individual. In hom-it-may con
Germ tones. You live here? I was
just going 10 ring you up. Water
mains broken in this street Water
will be turned of at three O'Clock TO
allow Of repairs. Won't be turned'on
again until Tomorrow evening. We've
sent men around all through this
neighborhood to tell everybody, SOS
you can draw off enough TO last YOU for
the next "a hours"
The bearer Of evil tidings passed on
mp TO the floor above to notify the ten
ants there Of the impending water
famine. and the man with the red fpus-
tachc returned 10 his luncheon. When
he had finished eating he made calcu-
lafion ms TO the amount OF water that
would be required To tide a family OF
three over - hours of absolute
drought. As IA result Of his reckoning
he made stupendous preparations for
the approaching dry spell. He flied
the bathtub with water. likewise the
wash boiler, four pitchers. the dish
pan, the stew kettles and the teaket-
tie. Then he went back downtown
thanking his lucky star that he
chnnccd TO be home 10 that particular
hour Of need
When the mau with the red mustache
got home In the evening he found his
wife frettinR and fussinR around hys-
terically,
I'm glad you've come Ut last" she
said i've had the most terrible time.
Everything has gone wrong. Patty
hasn't come home yet and to make
matters worse she went away leaving
the luncheon dishes unwashed, He
sides that she left the bathroom and
kitchen all stopped over as II we had
been going through a spring dciuge.
And now ! can't get any water TO
cook supper with, I've pounded on the
pipes till my hands are sore and called
down the tube TO the jnnitor till I'm
hoarse The water pipes only respond
with dun. hollow echo and the janitor
doesn't give me even that much sHtis-
faction Whatever I shall do ! don't
know for there isn't q drop OF water to
he had for love or money"
The man with the red mustnche
stopped on the threshold and peercd
cautiously into the kitchen.
NO water?" he said "Why. you
ought not have amy trouble on that
score. | happened 20 be here when
the man came around to notify us that
II would he shut of, and filled every
thing about the place so we'd have
plenty TO do MS"
His wife looked back at the teak ettle
and the dlshpan aud the row OF pitch
ers with a despairiug glance.
oh" she said, weakly, emptied all
that out when FIRST came home"