Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-08-04

W8kfiOt0<t& Wll0s
-Ms<y. wherein thunder are my bath
towelsy'
She tells him they are IN the bath
room and he wants TO know why on
earth she had not said so instead of let
ting him hcnt the Cat for hasf an hour
for towels when he was worn oct and
80 sleepy he could hardly keep his eyes
open
She says nothing. but sinks hack on
the pillows and has just closed her eyes.
as he dances In In a condition Ct ex-
irene bad temper and distinctly inn
modest attire and demands to know il
she has used his bath robe for door
mat or sold IL 70 the junk man. ss IL
certainly Ia not in the fat. She tells
him II is hanging on the back Of the
bathroom door and he dances OUT. re
minding her that 81 he dies OF quick
consumption Il viii be her fault.
AS she turns her pillow over 20 the
cool side he puts his head around the
portiere and asks. with intense mild
ness, II size has given his flesh brush
away a prize at some Of her cinch
parties He knows ne used 10 own one.
but cannot find a, which is not az all
strange in that house. anyway. She re
minds him that he gave IL 20 the baby
TO play hobov-horse with that morn
ing He stalks OF. stunbles over the
furniture. Nghts all the gas in the fat.
with the aid OF several matches and a
good 6sal Of eloQuence. and Mrs John
finally creeps YEARLY out Of bed and
fncs the brush on the bathroom floor.
The~ she ~esg-ox -, 49, l..-
In two minutes exactly her lord calls
her in tones that cause her 20 run TO
the bathroom And she finds him
CARRIED airily in a moderate-size6 bath
towel and liberal supply Of what
looks ike brown paint. His face Is quite
purple and his language profane.
Iodine. Iodine" he sputters- Look
az ne. VIII ye? Ksepin yer dashed soap
IN yer dashed medicine chest as though
* was some cure for the measles How
was I 70 know that ca shed stopper
would come out. Ell? Look al ne. I'm
a sight. And the dashed STUFF has 10
wear os-nothinC but time and prayer
and sand paper viii move IT, And
founc everything IN there but soap
soap and receipted hills, Every hing
certificate. Wipe me OF. viii ve? That
=. what viii come OF. know nv back
looks like q British war map % Africa.
III SO into museum as the only genu-
inc tattooet man OF al the places TO
SAY you keep soap. and al the time !
suppose il II behind your Venus a
Nedici in the parlor. with a ten-cent
cup and saucer standing on h.. That's
called artistic furnishing nowadays.
DOu't take al the skin Of my spineI
There. thstu GO. G'wan 70 bed and
maybe I can take my bath IN peace.
Eave you got any washing powder OF
lys. seeing there Is no soap?"
Mrs John hands down Two cakes OF
soap from the third shelf OF the nedi-
C.zss chest and her husband snorts AZ he
grabs cake and steps into the bath
tub She goes back 20 bed and this
time falls sound asleep. IL seems 10 Ter
that she has slept about I'VE minutes
VIXEN She is aroused by the Eas Caring
wildly IN Der fac. Shading her ewes.
she raises hcrseiSon one elbow and sees
her lord and master turning The bureau
drawers upside Gown or the foor.
What are You looking FOR. john
her husband sits back or HE heels
and grips the bathrobe around him
with both hands.
Looking for2'' he remarks. Look
ing for2 Al this time Of night? What
would any sane person be looking for.
DO yer suppose For one Of my dress
suit shirts maybe. OF a pair OF silk
socks with sundowers embroidered on
r
name OF haven't !? Or have you cut
EN- al down tor Billy? Have ] any
rights IN this house, anyway ! used
20 have some clothes before ] had a
family. but III be blamed IL have any
thing any more"
NY dear, your niChtshirt Is airing
over the back OF that chair beside YOU
SAYS Mrs. John
Airs Il? Wei. why IN thunder
didn1 you say 50? Here I've gone
through all the furniture from the
ehihonier 10 your writfag-desk look
.ng FOR that shirt rather fhaa wake
you up But I'm the only one that
seems 70 have any consideration for
other people in this family
Nrs- John yswns q hftle and turns
over a. her lord struggles into the
nightshirt. He buttons the shirt az the
neck. then steps over the chaos Of IN
cerclotkes that he has deposited on
tbs carpet. shoves pile Of laces and
gloves that he has elnptied from the
bureau drawers aside with one foot and
winds his watch Then he shakes his
sleeping wife By she shoulder and asks
her where the keys Of the bufFet are.