Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-03
MR.. AND MRS. JOBSON
NNYEW neishbors, ehf" said Mr.. job
son the other morning as be paused
IN tha stars nf kis L.nan he tnra- ~ I.

Ilug OH lOr dls ONCE III nouOcu lONhlu NhS
furniture vans backed pp to the curb of the
ly been completed.
80 | observe" said Mrs. Jobson. Then
Mr.. Jobson went on downtown about his
business.
When be came home that afternoon he
had it all made up for Mrs. Jobson.
Having it made up for Mrs. Jobson was
not in the least unusual In fact il was SO
common that had he not begun to harp
on some subject as soon as he reached home
his good wife would have thought him Sc
rionsly ILL.,
Met the new neighbors, of course, by
this time;" said he to Mrs. ,Iobson almost
as soon as he had hung his hat and coat on
the rack.
"Well. haven't been in
"Not met them yeti" exclaimed MIR. job
son in well-simulated tones of surprise
"Why, that's funny! | expected to find
them here for dinner when | got home.
Not losing your neighborly grip on any
thing. are you, Mrs. Jobson?"
"NOw, you know that"
"Well, well. well! said Mr.. Jobson, "a
whole eight hours have passed since the
vans OF the new neighbors' truck hove 10
On Tue upllLbn, anu tVu hoNNheN W. AN"'
chummy and thick with 'em yet! | hope
you're not ailing, Mrs. Jobson?'
"Pleasc don't be SD rid"
"Auyhow, If didn't find them all here
at dinner, | surely thought you'd be in there
on terms of unbendable friendship with the
| female boss OF the house when \ got home,
Why. aren't you wasting valuabis time'
Surprising they find they don't like the
house tomorrow morning, say, and move
away, and there you'll be-you won't have
known them, and had 'em running in here
/ in sets OF fours when | wanted to read my
paper and"
IN you'll only let me"
! But Mr.. Jobson wasn't doing any letting.
! He had the whole thing all thought out and
! rehearsed, and he didn't want 10 overlook
any chances.
Thought I'd find the young ladies of the
J new family-are there any young ladies'
/ in here, anyhow" he broke in, telling you
how they were going to have their new
spring foulards made, or asking your ad-
vice about their pin.headed beaus. Cant
] be possible that you haven't already sue
! ceeded in inspiring them with confidence
and learned the whole history of their
! lives from their own lips dozen times
/ over, can il? Has the lady at the head Of
: the new plant next door touched YOU up for
4 little snip OF tea. until the II pounds she
/ has ordered from the grocer's comes, yet?
| Not leaned over the back fence and asked
4 you for the loan of your tlat.irons, you say r
! yet, Why. you reall;' can't like your new
neighbors, Mrs. Jobson!"
You know perfectly well that I'm not in
the hab-"
Did | understand you to paradoxcally
say that their dining room furniture was Il
I eight and not fit to be seen? ?" inquired Mr..
Jobson, enjoying himself right smart "Oh,
well, you can gradually lead up TO the point
you know, where you can caiole the lady
chief Of the outfit into buldozng her hus-
band into buying new dining-room furni-
ture, you know. That'il be easy. Die say
. that she taught You new kind of tattng
this mornings No? Oh, | thought BY
the way if we've simply got to go in there
TO euchre party tonight you may as well
/ have the girl press my evening coat-irs
! wrinkled. There's one thing, though-all
the rest Of our neighbors for four blocks
around in all directions'll be jealous, won't
1 they, il you pay this new bunch so much at
( tention from the go-off? Did understand
you to ray that one of the yoHng sons Of
the family is an idiot, and that the mother
wears a false front? No? Well, ]
! thought"
How fond you are becoming of the sound
/ Of your own
Did tho lady who runs the new plant
/ tell you that great sorrow rests on her
! life by reason of the fact that her husband
i. so lacking in regard for the higher and
/ nobler that he eats lemon meringte pie
! with a tablespoon and falls to sleep after
I Ska Jil,,'t .al1
[ that yet, ehs Oh, but she will, though
/ Give her time S'pose you told her that
/ your man didn't care much about Sirvana
and Delsarte and rcincarnation aud the in
! Ruence OF environment and tiddledywinks
/ either, ell! That's great sorrow on your
! life, too. isn't it? | 'spose you told them
how to hang the pictures up, Ell? And told
EN- all about tho rest OF the people on the
block-whom to cultivate and whom to
| knock, Did you say anything while you
! were In there about that perfectly lovely
! family that moved In three doors to the
right. that you got on terms Of iDdissolub!e
thickness with 20 minutes after the last
moving van had moved off, and that you got
sore on and decided wouldn't do inside of
three or four days? Didn't mention any
I thing about that crowd, eh? Did you tel
! EN- about that other delightful couple who
/ moved into the neighborhood last fall, the
| feminine unit of which you told me the first
day after you met her was the most abused
/ and lovable thing that ever hit up con
, crets pavementthe one that came in here
/ every evening and told us how n G.. her
/ husband was-a man that I've since found
on; wss mighty good fellow; Didn't
/ touch upon that neiyhbor, Ell? Didn't"
! When you are through l will"
| And I'll be bound you didn't men ton the
| DID bedame across the street who's got
I her once pretty daughter worn to a frazzle
/ with fer heDdsh temper and her infamous
tonSues No' Well, whats the use of hav-
/ ing neighbors. Mrs. Jobson, ii you're never
. going to get acquainted with them, I'd like
/ to know! Anyhow, need 10 have a whole
! 'ot more fussy and garrulous women neigh
/ bors running in here and-er-chewing the
/ rag when Pm trying to find out what's the
news Of the day in the paper and shifting
, dislpprovngly over my tobacco smoke and
! looking at me as if they wished | was up
/ on the roof or down in the cellar or some
| where, and"
Mr.. Jobson," said Mrs. Jobson, 81
! haven't as vet, as | told you, called on the
| new neghbors next door, but | have 10
| doubt they will, as you said, ask us in to
see them tonight or run in themselves"
"They will, hey?" said Mr.. Jobson, his
| jaw dropping. well, ] knew you were
| quick in this neighbor business. Mrs. job
,ou, which is what I've been trying to got
at, but this is the record. This is the"
yes" interrupted Mrs. Jobson, 81 guess
/ we'l see them tonight without doubt IL,
your sister and your sisters husband ard