The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-10-23
TRAINING
HARRINGTON.
Bv LULU JOHNSON.
c.,vy,shted, 1858. by Associated
IVY Literary Press.

harrington came on OecK, anu d.
- GREAT drafts of the cool air down
w. his lungs, assuring himself tina
h. Dan,o who took vacations in the no
p were fools indeed. He ever
s Da,4 sorry for poor Fannie, who wa:
.s. behind in the city. A few week.
III. .hiS hracing air would do her moro
'aod than the five-dollar-a-visit special
~ Who looked grave and shook bis
W. when he stood by the bedside
w. a declared that she must have com
p ~ was true that Harrington himself
~ wanted to take his vacation IL
H enn,st and when Fannie's collapse
I'D prevented his leaving then he hat
n and chafed and succeeded III
O,,ing everybody uncomfortable and
,aoodthirsty to varying degrees, &C
a.ding to their temperaments and
.Oadness for Fannie. Harrington's
ao,n, assumption that Fannie had nc
.rrh+ n he i'll when he wished to &c
hic vacation was Irritating to the
others.
Now "a the steamer moved slowly
not1vaen banks on which the green was
living way to the first blush of autumn
s,nts the world seemed good to Har.
rinpton. and he could even think kind
10 of the little woman who lay at
home IN a darkened room and whose
breakdown had been responsible fol-
b;s DELAYED vacation. In August he
would have gone to the shore, as was
b,s custom. but in the latter part OF
snntpmber the country offered greater
onneal 50 he was to spend a month
with his sister, The latter had lent nc
aar 70 the call Of the city, but had re-
NAMED content to live a farmers
wife as she had been born a farmers
daughter.
II was afternoon when the train
,ulled into the tiny station. The ride
had been hot and dusty and, after the
carly morning on the boat, the worse
hy contrast. Harrington met his broth
erln-law with the tolerant patronage
that the city man feels for his country
cousin and considered that he had
discharged his obligation when he Of
seret1 the other a smoke with the eK-
slanation that it was city cigar.
~ guess most of them come from
the city," suggested Sam Dryer, with
a chuckle. as he bit off the end and
applied the match. 81 guess you're
about the twentieth chap this summer
that's given me city cigar with the
air of expecting me to drop dead with
delight because it comes from the
city,"
''You don't have to smoke It IL you
don't want to-" snapped Harrington as
the last vestige of the mornings be1le-
dlction fled.
Il don't mind" explained Sam good
humoredly. Pm used to smoking city
cigars. That's LATE Spenee's new bara
oyer there. Before he got 1t done pill
man came along and painted enc end
up with his sign, and LATE got hoppin'
He danced around and told the man
TINT was just what he built barns for,
and the man said If that was the case
he guessed he'd paint the other end
too"
well, what's the rest of the storyg'
demanded Harrington sharply when a
pause was not broken by speech.
Il was waiting for you to laugh at
that" explained Sam. '"The answer
is that he painted the hull barn. just
like you see it. Iafe's constable, and
he threatened to put him in the lookup
if he didn't do the right thing
Harrington cursed the evil fortune
that brought him into contact with his
br0ther-in-law and inane country jokes
and his irritation against Fannie re-
turned. If she had remained well
they would have gone to the shore.
where amateur humorists could be
snuhbed into silence. He was glad
when the old homestead came into
sight and Ella, on the front porch
waved him q welcome.
The remainder of the afternoon and
tue evening passed off pleasantly
enough, but the morning brought its
troubles. Harrington was always al
his worst in the early hours. He had
been compelled to rise full hour be
lore his accustomed time, and there
was no hot water for shaving. The
studs were not in his clean shirt, mol
was the shirt laid out. At home, even
from her sick bed, Fannie had made
certain that the little things were
looked after. 1t was the little things
that Harrington cared about, and ht
was In black humor when he came
10 the breakfast table
He had been slow in dressing, and
the breakfast was cold, though it ha(
Deen placed in the oven to keep warm
sam had already left the table ant
Ella was alone,
Harrington pushed the bacon from
him.
never eat bacon unless it's crisp,
lie said irritably, "and I don't like the
eggs fried so hard. Can't you cool
some more that are just set? And fo'
heavens sake, Ella, please remember
can't eat hot bread for breakfast"
III get some cold bread" volunteer
OIL Ella. sit will only take a few
minutes, Ben"
Then hurry" he commanded. {"
nate to sit idle at the table,
ihefe was little exclamation from
aia, and Harrington looked up int
SANS gray eyes. There was an eK
preston there that he did not like.
you're not going to sit idle at Tia
,apie, exclaimed Sam. you're goin,
to hurry I'M ona ..4 z Ao.o,, IN,