The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-04-10
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Rather an expensive playthiDg, en-
What would 1t do 10 the electric light
bill, for fnstance?" Riddleton asked,
doubtfuIly.
"PIaything. Expepgiye!" Mrs. Rid
dIeton echoed. with intelligent use
ii viii save Its price 10 laundry biils IN
three weeks. And the expense Of using
IL Is a mere triae-something IKE Two
cents an hour"
Il suppose that's what the ad says!
TITS what Mrs. Tilton says. sne mas
q little padded board that sne can
take anywhere, and after dinner she
and Mr. Triton eft down in the library,
and while he reads her the news, sne
irons the handkcrcbiefs and napkins
for family of seven, smiling TO her
self all the time to think what tun IL
in. Just imagine smiling over your
ironing instead Of trembling before the
wagherwomang frownl And think OF
its saving it's price In three weeks
Mimi" Middleton remarked, SIN
tentatively. 1T would be an unhandy
thing to leave round with the current
on, wouldn't it?"
Jack You're as bad as the man
that demonstrated. He actually
thought Ii necessary To remind me that
If set the iron down and left 1t at
tached with the current on, 1t wasn't
going to get ice-cold very fast Mrs
RlddIeton'g smile implied that this
caution might be necessary for some
women. tits no foolish craze with me,
Jack. I've looked into II carefully, and
I'm convinced that can make 1t save
its price In three weeks That's why
/ bought IT,"
"oh. you've bought It? ] thought
you were asking my advice"
''No, It's TO be delivered today And,
Jack dear, could you just as well as
not let me have the money this morn
ing?"
In this manner the hat-iron came
into the family, and It 30 happened
that on the evening after its arrival
Rlddleton walked in with the an
nouncement that he had been ordered
out on a business trip to California,
adding that he should require his wife
as minor officer, to report for duty
in the expedition.
A few days Of hurry and excitement
followed, but at last, the night before
they were to start. Mrs. Rlddleton laid
her head on the pillow with a sigh Of
relief.
'Everythlng's done, jack" she MUIR
INJURED, contentedly, 'and what bless
twsn AaF lace hka
with all the dressmakers pressing and
ali the extra ironing[ declare.
don't see how could have got ready
without It,"
AS she finished this rhapsody she no
ticed with annoyance that her husband
was peacefully slumbering. min
ute later she rejoiced that he was. A
smell of scorching cloth had come to
her nostriIs, and like fash her sus-
PIGEONS had pounced on the electric
iron. Slipping into dressing-gown,
she went swiftly down to the door of
the sewing room, from which thick
SMOKE was issuing Not sound es-
capped her lips as she CROPPED for the
key, turned of the current from the
flat-iron and clicked on the light.
There was the hot iron on the floor.
II had burned It's way straight through
the ironing-board, and was beginning
20 descend toward the basement In the
same method, when Mrs. Riddleton cut
short It's downward career by tumbling
Il on to a convenient register, before
she dropped, painting, into a chair.
"That thoughtIess Bridget She
might have burned us out of house
and home" che gasped Il shall give
her one piece Of my mind before start
away, But it's no fault Of the iron It
SELF" she concluded. loyalty, as she
went softly about, opening windows,
and congratulating herself that neither
Jack nor the FIRE department had had
an iron In this FIRE ITS just stupid
ity nothing else shall tell Bridget
plainly. tomorrow morning, that I'm
nervous as a witch about leaving little
Jack In care Of such needless person,
while I'm gone But there's no need
OF mentioning Il before Jack"
The California trip was radiant
success, and the Riddletons reached
homo on a Saturday night tired but
happy. The next morning, with ener-
Ky horn Of his outing, Riddletoa sug-
gested going TO church, and although
their trunk was still unpacked, and