Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-17

called Jump Jnat hhu
sampled every Ward
within the Corporation Limits.
The Jumps did a Caravan
Speciality every time the Frost
went out of the Ground.
When the Sarsaparilla Ads
began to blossom, and the
Peach Crop had been ruined by
the late Cold Snap and the
> Kids we're batting up Flies in
the Lot back of the Universal
ist Church, and a Barrel-Organ
down Street was tearing the
Soul out of ''Trovatore"-these
were the Cues for Mrs. Jump to
get her Nose into the Air and
begin to champ at the Bit.
Mother was a House-Hunter
from away back. She claimed
to be an Invalid eleven months
out of the Year and took Nerve
Medicine that cost $500 Bot
tie. Just the same, when April
hove into view and Dame Ma
ture began to stretch herself,
then Mother put on her Short
Skirt and a pair of Shoes in
tended for Man and did a tall
France.
She was good for 10 hours a
Day on any kind of Pavements.
With her Reticule loaded full
of ''To Let" Clippings, she hot
footed from Street to Street.
Every time she struck a Fresh
Trail she broke into Run.
Mother was looking for a
House that had twice as many
Closets as Rooms and South
ern Exposure on all four sides.
She had conned herself into
the Belief that some day she
would run down a Queen Anne
Shack that would be o. K. IN
all Particulars.
In the Magazine that came
every Month she had seen these
Dream-Pictures of Palaces that
can be put up for 81, 10000, if
you steal your Materials.
She had gazed at the Bunco
Illustration of the swell Struc-
ture with bushv Trees dOtting
the Lawn and little Girl roll
ing a Hoop along the Cement
Sidewalk and she had set her
Heart on that kind of Home.
Mother loved to study the
Plans and, count the Bath
Rooms and figure on Window
Seats and what kind of Cur
tains to put in the Guest Cham
Der.
Every Spring she found the
Place she had been seeking and
gave a Grand Signal for the
whole Outfit to begin packing
up. Those were the bright YER
nal Days when Mr.. Jump got
all that was coming to him.
Mr.. Jump was a Man. therefore
any old kind of a Hut suited
him. For eight years before
starting on his continuous Tour
with Mother he had roomed
over a Drug Store.
His Apartments had been
one of those delectable Man
Joints where Women never
butted in to hide things and
give the whole Place Soapy
Smell.
The sweepings went under
the Bed, so as not to litter up
the Hallway.
Once a Year he had a House
Cleaning. That is to say, he
employed a Colored Man to
beat the Rugs, which had to be
separated from the Floor by
means of a Shovel.
Inasmuch as Women never
came in to straIgnten up, he
knew where to find everything.
He knew it was somewhere in
the Room and all he had to do
was to excavate until he found
it..
Then he hooked up with
Laura so as to get a real Home
and she gave him a new one
every Year.
Mr.. Jump soon discovered
that although every Man is the
Architect of his own Fortune,
the Wife usually superintends
the Construction.
When Mrs. Jump made her
Spring Announcement that
they would move to another
House, he did deal of Kick
ing, but he always went into the
Wood Shed to do it. He sassed
her inwardly, but not so that
she could hear.
She was a Wonder at franz
ing up Reasons for hurting the
Lease back at the Landlord. y
One Year she quit because
the Owner papered the Upstairs
with a Jay Pattern that cost
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