The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-05
Off to the Country
But 1t Was No5 as Pleasant
as Gittem Expected

ago and noticed that there was the
balminess of the gentle springtime on
the air that foated in through the bed
room window, he shifted twice in sue
cession and thought things. He went
to the front window and sized up the
trees and watched a squad Of birds
putting up nest under the rain spout
ing on the house next door.
By the time Mrs Citizen had the
toast buttered and the stop watch
pulled on the eggs, Citizen, morning
paper in hand, came back TO
the dining room after his ma
tutionaI ration, @histling with the
air of man who has come to a deci-
sion about something or other.
Well" remarked Citizen, as he
reached across the table for the sugar
bowl q s'pose We can be all packed
and out Of here by day after to-mor-
row without any troubIe-might even
make it tomorrow"
Mrs. Citizen stopped punching at
the holes in the salt cellar with her
fork and looked up with a perplexed
stare And where are We going?'
she inqired, curiously.
where are we going?" repeated
Citizen. Yes, where are we going?
HUH I suppose now that summer is
here wen run down to FLORIDA to
spend a month or so. Either there or
take rooms at some river hotel in Gin
cinnati for the heated term. Where
are we goingl Good, sensible, peril
nent question that Wen, just by way
Of supplying some brand new informa-
uon to you. I might say that we own
q little cottage out in the country not
far from the shore Of Lake Erie-this
large body of fresh water to the north
Of US, yknow. And I'll refresh your
memory further-we' been spending
our summers out there now for the
last six years.
"Of course it never occurred to you
continued Citizen, chat we would be
going out there again this sumner
wasn't to be expected that you would
figure that out. But We are. And what
I want to get at now IS how long it'll
take you to get your la-Zer-ee and
OJnef duGS gathered to5@tHeI 50 We
en- get out there just as soon as pos
sible If you cant pack EN- up IN
the next day or so yourself better
hire somebody to come in and do it,
because I'm getting an awful hanAerlng
for the country thing myself The
Almighty never intended mankind 70
live in city with this kind OF wealth
er going on
"But isn't It 8 little early 70 DO
going to The country suggested
Mrs. G.t-em i1teI-cea lFely. Area 9
you airail 1t mlaal Do Hllle
200 coldE
Citizen bestowed half pi-y
glance upon her before be replied -ot
course" says he. there's no such
thing IS fires out in the country. very
poor, 1 suppose. to sit IN 'front.' Oh
nice big wood fire IN an open CRATE Il
it happens to set little cold some
evening. You'd rather SIT by steam
radiator, hey? ] wouldn't doubt II
Well, you can stay IN town ana
breathe the smoke and SCOT II You
want to. but I'm serving notice on you
that I'm GonS out where the Ifesn
air comes from and In going pretty
quick, too"
Mrs. Citizen didn't say much TO all
this, because she had learned 10 90
ahead and munich at what was on her
plate without listening 10 Jhe end OF
lie c--- anyway, "Aen hef al@el-
ZION was called 70 IT, the country eld
sound rather inviting. So she nHsIied
around the fiat for the next oay OF
two getting packed, ana by me enc
Of the week the CITIZENS haa Elo5lea
out to their sumner cottage
The air was rlght sAlIlish lhaI III 81
5 night and the hreWood dldn ourn-
just smoked Citizen looked Almost IN
happy during the interim between get
ting part OF his clothes on and getllhS
the rest OF them on ana cHInbihg lhIo
t bed But he was opumlStc- MS
weather won't last ne declared
morning