The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-05-20

Freddy "and I showed him abou
Honest Old Abe and he just wouldn
give in"
George Washington never told
lie,' said Frank defiantly," and Lincoln
did,"
He didn't"
SHOW me, where 1t says, he didn'
then. You can't" tauntingly.
This had been too rapid for Mr.. Lane
to follow.
Stop, boys, this is all nonsense
George Washington was the greatest
man, OF course, for II he hadn't been
the Father Of his country, Lincoln
would never have been president "
with this oracular remark Mr.. Lane
TOOK the boys down stairs, and settled
them In isolated places to study their
history lesson for Monday, which pun-
ishment he thought was eminently fit
ting.
Now" said Mr.. Lane, 81 will wipe
the Dishes"
Meanwhile, Mrs. Lane had looked at
the rack OF dishes. 1t was sight
rates, cups, saucers, glasses, tin dish
es, all piled in with knives and fork,
sticking out Of little crevices here and
there, and the spider handle pokipg
itself out at the top of them all,
Whereat Mrs. Lane concluded that the
spider was buried somewhere under
meath. No wonder it had taken Mr..
Lane so long to wash those dishes for
ne must have spent considerable time
in planning how to put every identical
dish, pot or pan to be washed in the
rack before rinsing.
Mrs Lane knew that only the ora
who packed those dishes I'D could IN
pack them with any safety. So she
rlnsed the rack of all kinds of dishes
and her husband wiped them, endingun
with the spider in triumph. He wiped
those dishes in that delightful atmos-
phere which comes from doing the
right thing at the right time.
by the time he was through, he dis
covered that he was pretty wet, having
somehow washed his shirtsleeves and
1ampened his vest. This would nevo~
40 1or man coming down with the
grip, He hustled around and changed
even his fiannels, mutterng, might
get down with pneumonia. Be due to |
'ad judgment entirely. Ought not to
AVE been washing wet things anyway.
Why in the world Mary would not keen
maid. No reason"
by the time he got back in the
iltchen 1t was time for lunch.
Lunch time" said Mr.. Lane, taxi
hg out his watch to verify by the
LOCK, which proved to be one minute
low. Out came memorandum book.
END kitchen clock to be cleaned
And by Jove," as another thought
truck him. Just got the breakfast
lshes done, and now it is nearly time
DO those for lunch. Seems as if
here is lack of system here. You
eed maid and I'm going to send one
p Monday morning."
why, John, l love to go my work
nd I'm perfectly we'll"
i guess when we can afford
laid all right, and all the neighbors
ave one, you'll have one. It's made
e nervous as a cat to hear you walk
lg, walking all the morning." And
1t came the memorandum book. Go
intelligence office Monday for efTic-
mt maid"
AT lunch, Mr.. Lane did not feel very
lngry. The nice roast pork he tool,
one OF. but made no comment until
RS. Lane spoke of it. Then with
artyr-llke expression, he said. 81
'ver quite knew it to fail that if I
not feel quite up to the mark, but
at you had roast pork. l never ought
eat 1t, with my stomach"
He was slowly picking UP a meal ,
ON the other dishes, when the tele-
one rang. The call was for him
us IS what Mrs. Lane and the bows I
ard 8
"Oh, yes, that you, Dick?"
Fine and dandy" ,
Sure?"
You bet | would. III be ready right T
Good-by" O
DICKS going to take over his new s
rse and get him used to the Boule- -
rd, We're going right Off" IT
But 90 you think you would bet =
go out?' said Mrs. Lane.
Mercy, yes, my grip is ali broken
Staying in this morning fixed that
:. NO one need really get into bed .
he uses little Judgment" "A
With that, Mr.. Lane got ready and II
IN went off with his friend, while l.
S. Lane, after doing up the dishes ~
ut over to see her friend, Mrs. Ses- u
rs, and talk 1t Off.-Hartfnrd Conr-