The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-22
THE RETURN
VISIT

+! viSltorS from the country at your
| house" said Mrs. Wilson, cheerily,
when she met Mrs. Warburton wait
ing for the car on the corner ''That
makes pleasant change"
Mrs. Warbnrton coughed -one Of
| those noncommittal coughs that may
mean almost anything.
Yes" she said, they are relatives
of my husband from down In the coun-
try, where we stayed part Of last sum.
mer. They came up to do some fall
shopping and. Of course. camped down
on u.s."
-"Of course" chirruped Mrs. Wilson.
IT'S q case OF turn about. Now you
have a chance to repay them for your
delightful stay on the farm. | think
It's 80 nice to have big house and
You Just try having big house
some time and see how you like IT,"
suggested Mrs. Warburton, grimly.
MOT that these aren't the incest
people In the world" she said, hastily,
recalling Mrs. Wilson's predilection
for retailing gossip. "but II was rather
unexpected, If the truth must be told.
When | invited them last summer in
q general sort OF way l certainly new.
err expected five OF them to come piling
In on me after telephoning from down
town"
'Five?" said Mrs. Wilson. elevating
here eyebrows.
Five" repeated Mrs. Warburton
MY husbands brother and his wife
and the three girls. What do you
think OF that? And me Just breaking
In an immigrant maid that never saw
gas range until last week!
"You can talk all you like" went on
Mrs. Warburton. about paying UP for
visiting on the farm by entertaining
your country relatives In town, but
let me tell you they get the best OF It,"
why. ] don't See" began Mrs,
Wilson.
"Of course you don't" retorted Mrs.
Warburton. decisively, because you've
never been through It, When James
and ! were In the country In June
with little Bobbie these people never
had to do hands turn for US. AT
least they didn't seem to feel called
upon to do anything to entertain us
and we were satisfied to be let alone
to wander around in the woods or sit
In the shade while they went on with
their work as though we weren't on
earth The only time they put them.
selves out was when they got UP a
picnic and It would have been a lot
better II they had never thought of 1t.
We went trailing off to some creek
In wagon without springs and sat.
down to cold lunch In the damp
woods. eating stuff overrun with ants
and fighting mosquitoes. and little
Bohbie fell into the creek and was
dried out behind blackberry BUSH
THE ideal" said Mrs. Wilson, peer
ing anxiously up the street for the
missing trolley car.
Yes, but when they come up here
and pile I'm on top OF lis we have to
turn everything upside down to enter
tain them" went on Mrs. Warburton,
bitterly. "Oh, yes, bless you Like
most women from the country, the
girls want to 60 trailing about gaping
In at the windows OF the big stores.
So ! have to pilot them around. You
know | detest shopping--I don't go
downtown once month Honestly.
I've been in some Of those stores so
often In the last few days that be,
lieve the house detectives are keeping
an eye on me, expecting to see me
pick UP waist or pair Of shoes"
why, you poor thing" said Mrs.
Wilson, alphabetically.
but that isn't the worst" contin
ued the indignant hostess. "Oh. dear.
mol James has TO come in for his
share OF IT, After dragging nae all
over town every day until I'm tired
out, they have to haul us both out to
theater nearly every night Why,
Ineed a rest cure" 4
You can hardly blame them.
though" argued Mrs. Wilson. They
don't have big stores or theaters- at
home. you know"
That's not my fault" snapped Mrs
Warburton. why should be made
TO suffer for the shortcomings of the
rural districts? Country people think
that city people Hive in q whIrl Of ex
element and have nothing on their
minds except racing downtown to
shop IN the daytime. tearing home on
crowded elevated trains to eat
pickednp dinner and dashing back
downtown again to the theater, de-
clare. as James says, I'm all inl"
Why, you poor dear," exclaimed
MRS Wilson. You must be really
tagged outif ge Wa VI SSg
N'Well. | am" admitted Mrs. War
burton. "but don't mention d word to
anybody, because they're James reIa.
tives and really they're the incest
peoplesin the world. 4 4e v. tl,a
when they are at home" suggest
cd Mrs. Wilson, motioning tosthe mo
torman.
Exactly said MRS. Wsrburton.
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