The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-10

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i AT first, she said sl,e couldn't; next
A she said she shouldn't and finally al she
said she wouldn't. Then, exercising g
4 wotnar's privilege Of indcc is.on she de-
clared she didn't know what sie'd do.
about IT. and that u I we would let her
/ alonc, she might make fup her mind 4 In
4 tho course OF two or three weeks,
35The creature guilty OF all this hetn-3
4 ming and having was, the Keystone u, our
i domestic arcii-the COMMANDMENTS Chief
4 and the cause OF her perturbation was u.
proposition that she should cut loose from
Il the family for four weeks and spend the
4 time quietly and restfully IN TIM coun-a
4 try. a i3sS 81 #
4 Mind you, sit was Uur propositions
and the Schilluns? Tor several da vs. pre-.
coding,f NO had noticed that our great
nrtiflcer OF pics was looking peaked and
Il thin, and-savc the n,ark--that she was
4 .pceVish and sna ppish. rs l a Is
And once, when my first-born was
4 teasing my second born, and my SECOND
born was teasing my third born. and so
on down TO the baby,.sthc good wo.
man, iii an Uncomfortable burst OF ma
tcrnal Eimpnticncc. exclaimed: Plague
my buttons. II L don't wish l could get
i rid of all of you for month or SO, and
go1to the country all by nysel N
4 Now, I know Just rs Well as know I
4 am sitting ut this typewriter that The
j Queen Bee no more meant what she said
\ when SHE made that remark than
4 sometimes mean when call myself ~
/. blamed, Il tarnatlon fool. But all the same.
I I8tookE hersup Just to be n ggritva and
4 3the children who III large degree. inherit
i .heir mothers pcrycrsity. 81 agreed with
Il mic until there was one long, ociferous
1fiuf
the country all by herself and leave 20
i and we 'uns here to rake and scrape " }.
4 our lonesolnes. Il s55 Sts s5 35 5S 4,
1.-The @ ,lcen Bee was ANA zctI, not TO ga y
4 disgusted. at the pronlptitudo with which
4 we suggested la parting. BE twcrlitl us 81 s.
also believe she was lust a little tln 50;
4 bit hurt, too, FOR In the matter Of I'M.
i portance she feels herself equal 10 the
4 last button on Gahriel's vest.
4 lowell, being as everybody VI seems ~
4 Wiling, she snapped out. 3a"I II go Just
i 10 let you children sec wha a d ream% 81
A a. neutrality-suspicious. Father Is y wou ll1
d lido him good too. to try marketing for
A Ia month or so. BY the end OF that tine
i he could stand before his shaving glass
and deliver beautiful lectures to himself
4 on household economy and how to save
money on fifteen dollars a week. J our
II Pa Is a queen--no mean a inR--ini th l
d way OF housekeeping, children anu &ii q
4 weeks. tho result would fall little short
4 of amazing the world
i NOV don't get sarcastick and ily on
4 your gazppe, & chlckey,,'.s said IN my
/; soothing, mutton-snet way. IL Isn't tn thu :
we want to get rid Eof you. We wanl
4 you to 20 because We know you Ellc.sd
rest and quiet Any body would frazzie
out these hoI days with all these fryllil !
d sizers bobbn, In and out all the time
Il ut ain't5the fryin'-sizers that dlscomi-
Il bobborat to me so much 80 she replied IN u
4 milder tone. II could stand them Dut
4 then / have you.s5too. And goodness
4 knows YOU laint any honey-bec Or crlcket
on the hearth. Besides. sou ( arc more
\ helpless than anew born babe without
\ me. = .dn't you wear one shirt Tor three
4 weeks while y Was Mt the Phtlhdelphii ma
Z Centennial In 1876. and al because yo "
3 said you couldn't aHnd the Sdra Yer IN 5"hleii
u / kept your linen y f3 "a
Il 5 i plea ded guilty to the shirt Incident en-
! |sbut promised to fee like 81 a fright ellea
a zfawn s. to gents. furnishing store u !
Il ever found myself In similar TX gam am
f"Yes.' she snorted by way OF ret or.
s |5"you'd fec to a gents. furnishing stoIe
and buy shirt With a wall per pat !.
( tern and ,wcarit OF a Sunday and sit
a In the front pew! Of church with inc
gaudy thing looming up before the
q prea cher. When L m not around L there .
b no telling what you'll dc. Il
This onslaught aroused the old MEX u 7.
ms Without meaning to ma ke y ro1p' ~
could not resist saving ei, !, an, g,
Il rate when i was rat the Blue 8 Rldse
u Springs in 1851 for my rheumatisn',
q managed to get along pretty well l lo - .
Z grass widower and wha is 4 more, there
z was always a plenty OF YOU rs ne nell =.
Z grazing In my vicinity. q ny 81 i =
looked like wall paper In those ga ", ~
| tSt Ea<tf
B saw. a plenty OF daisies In the Edcsign
4 1.-THE cats foot, man, scornfully e1acu-
lated the repairer of our family hosiery,
a G"the idea o T. an odd mum ny}iliRe WV ou
trying to&tease me about 81 = !. NJ !.
more mind trusting a lot Of girls WI ~. !!
8 you than Id mind trusting them VIII
8 az cigar store Indian or a sea rc-c % Y
Il sthough they'd get a monstrous sight o.
q pity from me 4 & thought "A hey were
:. going to be thrown much In your 50
7 ciety. The thing that worries me j.
= gthese"-pointng to a Wriggiins mass mass. y
juvenile humanity wallowing S5 Oh J. 2... y
foor-.'l let alone my house and my nlge ~
summer preserving.
!, .cut ,cm all. OUT said scntfntlously
duties, bills and poor relations are ! a. !,
2 ways with us or trying to .catch uP w. VIZ
MS. If We were TO CONSIDER ~ ~ 5li ~ =,
4 ilp our heels, we wouldn't SO much as have
u a basket $lpicnic once In ten Years sie
! alone n months holiday. What You've
> got to have is a peaceful. childless, gras:
/ wIdowsh sojourn. in the rustic g, solltudes
Il viii, our Aunt Mandy for a boon com GO
1 panion. and nothing to look ut o.. think
about but pne-tags and buttcrmilk unt
4 lie knocking birds inithe garden and pro
q tracted meetn's and how You two ca a.
4 feed the preacher right when he drops ~
8 IL you really want trouble YOU ~ can nav.
. that. too. Thce'l be the car NV !, | " :,
6 Tia wall every evening md he dirt
-8 daubers' nests in your room and the &C
!. casional visits OF leather wing bats; ant
1 tho mournful howls OF the 90 81 ~ ~
: swamps at night and the creepy Z, ll'usl