Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-11-01

It's so much trouble. It's kind of
selfish Of you, think There comes
Mrs. Binks! Let me out the back
way!"
(Stout, elderly woman with a work
bag in her hand comes putting up the
Walk
Good morning, my dear! Isn't this
| a lovely day? / said to myself after
breakfast that I'd just run down and
keep you company for a while 1t
seems so lonely for you here by your
self. Besides. the children at the ho-
tel are so noisy that they make my
head ache I brought my crocheting
and I wish you'd let me see that
| spread in your room.
"Oh, your room isn't done up yet?
Tut, tut My dear I'm afraid nova
/ days young women are slack house
/ keepers. When ! was young we did
/ things systematically. Why certainly,
I don't object 10 your bringing your
coffee out here on the porch, though
must say it's queer time of day for
coffee, and you'll ruin your complex
ion"
Interval in which you attend to the
man with the ice and the grocery boy,
who comes for orders, and hunt up
some green sewing silk for the neigh
Dor across the way who calls to ask
for it, Mrs. Binks keeping up a run
ming fire to which she expects an
swers. Then a stuffy young woman
comes along with small boy. She
sees you and strolls in.)
Stufy Young Woman-My, it's COM
Portable here, What do you do with
yourself all day, though? Don't you
get awfully lonesome? Tommy, leave
those plants alone! What a cunning
typewriter! Do you ever use il?
When you get a chance you say. l
suppose that's a joke, because every
body says you're so witty. Tommy
won't hurt il. will he? He loves ma
chinery and it's so little My good
ness! You never paid 800 for that,
did you? I'm sure it can't be worth
so much money. Do you care If Dor
row some Of these magazines? I
haven't any of the late ones. Tommy
loves to cut out the pictures. Oh, of
course, If you haven't had time to
read them yet yourself won't let him
cut them, but I don't see what differ
ence it makes. because most of the
stories read just as we'll IL you skip
a little"
Man Cleaning over the fence)-"Hel-
10! Isn't this the deadest place?
can't find a thing to do. VIII you
come for a walk? Oh, | didn't see
that you had company! Say, your
flower bed needs watering, do you
know it? And there are caterpillars
on your honeysuckle vine by the gate.
You want to get after them. (Strolls
on
Girl in Blue (returning)-"Say,r real
ly, won't you come and fill up that
bridge table? Haven't you got your
old work done yet? Oh, how-do, Mrs.
Binks! Isn't it dreadful the way she
buries herself down here with nothing
to do! should think she's get so
lonesome! Won't you play in her
place, Mrs. Biuks?"
(They go away together and you
get to work i'm earnest. Somebody
whistles at the back door and then
shakes It. You go to see what is
wanted)
Small Boy (breathless) Mamma
missed the vegetable man an did you
get any parsley, cause our aunt is
comm on today's boat an we're go
ing to have parsley on things! Got
any cookies?"
Rural Postman (calls from the
front)-"Registered letter for you to
signi"
Two Woman Cottagers (stopping at
the gats)-"Oh, we've been for the
loveiiest walk in the woOdsl Why on
earth don't you ever go, instead Of
always sticking at homer Oh, you're
always talking about work TO dol Oh,
of course, we have maids, but with
Just yourself there can't be much OF
anything to do here Oh, you're writ
ing letters Well, letters don't take
long II you make 'em short Let's
go in and sit awhile"
(They stay TIL one o'clock and you
hastily grab some food from the Ice
box and prepare to do some work.
Inst then the Afternoon procession be.
! ciHs)
Voices (from down tho walk)-"Hel.
'0i Are YOU IN? Thought we'd como
Town 10 keep you from gottug lone.