Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-02

along al isht at the housaT So
asked when her husband met her ~
the sIatiae
Eyes huo.'
lid you get many meats at homoY
See. | couldn't eat much"
you poor o.d dear, it must have
been dreadfully lcaesome III yod.'
1T aas iris 70 Cur car" said Jack,
who dii not seem to take an interest in
the srhjec. OF his housekeepi, cI9eri-
ence
Mrs 5ueA studied his profile as they
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cided tia re looked tired and thin
New sweet ard "a a'a it all
looksH She said, as JACK unlocked the
door Of th.ir dwelling.
Yes, ttt lcsse is still here" he
remarked, uae. ausiastically.
Ilrs. Jacl inWard.y bewalled the
fac, ihat 20 Jet pf men, like her
dear ~ Jach, were painfully lacking
IN seat, nant But as she stepped into
the ;.a'l, where the st lay apparently
q hairj-ch thlck on The table and
hatrack, her own rejoicing at coming
home weakened a little. When she
entered the living room, where over
flowing ash avs flied her nostrils
with uarleeca.;,.y an ique odors, she
gagred: oh, JGe;!9
But Jack. seemir gly unconscious OF
any discordant note in the usually at
tractiye room, SAT- I'll have to
a.. dc / oh
late at the Office"
Go he did, leaving Mrs. Jack to ex.
plore the rest of the house alone
She went first to her own room.
Hardly waiting to remove her hat and
gloves, she began trying to straighten
out the chaos she found. She hung
up trousers and coats and put away
shirts and then made up the disor-
dered bed
Poor Jack! How he must have
suffered in this untidy place. she said
to herself.
Then she went into the guest
room, where daintiness was always
the pride of her order-loving heart.
She fairly groaned as she beheld the
beautiful lace spread she had herself
crocheted, lying in a crumpled heap
on the floor, and one of the pillow
shams, which matched so perfectly.
wadded into the wash basin, mil
dewed, and showing only too plainly
that it had been used as towel. The
bed, like the one in her room, was un-
made and a stray collar ard pair of
socks were proofs to the indignant
wife that her husband had had the to-
merity to use tire best spare room.
By the time she had made the tour
of the dining-room, kitchen and pantry
she came 10 the conclusion that never
again would she trust her beloved be
lodgings to The unteIder care Of Jack.
On the dining room table was her best
damask cloth generously splashed at
one end with coffee ard stained at the
other with sreat spots of grape juice.
So;lea dishes-her flailest china-were
piled UP here and there through the
rooms. 4 large TURKEY platter with
a snail dlied-up chop on it graced the
top of the gas stove, rubbing elbows,
as 1t were, with a huge iron skillet in
which were the musty remains of
some much-fried potatoes. Rusty
knives, forks and spoons lay in the
sink. with pot of haif-cooked oat-
meal. Two venerable fried eggs on
q saucer flapked on either side by bot
ties of soured cream. stood on one
window sill, while on the other was
A. aoefao not full IF erro1ndc
Mrs. Jack gazed for a moment at
the scene. Then she dried her tears
and. holding her skirts high above the
greasy floor, walked out of the kitchen
and into her own roonl-the only spot
in the house which as yet had been
brought into semi-crder She donned
her freshest and most becoming frock
and going out of the house locked the
door on what seemed to her a reign
of terror and confusion and presented
herself at her husbands Office in time
to go to lunch with him.
~"Have you got everything straight
ened out already?" he asked, with
smile You found things shipshape?"
"Shipshape!" repeated Mrs. Jack,
sarcaStically. The snip must have
been struck by a typhoon."
81 suppose it was little mussy. /
really meant to go around there yes
terday and fix things up
Go around there! What do you
mean?"
well, you see,". answered Jack,
looking for the first time embarrassed,
latter had slept in all the beds and
got good many of the dishes dirty
1 thought the best thing to do was to
move over to the club. SO l stayed in
the house only three days after you
left"
"Oh!" was Mrs. Jacks only audible
comment, but as she looked at Jack
she said to herself that he was not
really so thin and tired as she had at