The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-12


dread going back to town the
end of the week
"Humph." grumbled Mr.. Justwed. Il
don't see why It's been nice out here
this summer and all that-but too much
well-more than a sufiicicncy! For
my part, I'm willing to move right back
TO that little fiat of ours tomorrow"
Move back7 That's just the point, Ho
mer. that you men never see. All you
DO is to pick up your hats and walk
nway-leaving your industrious wives to
attend to the moving. I dare say you
men would howl til kingdom come If
YOU had TO do il. but you don'tV'
stun and nonsense exclaimed Mr.. ].
in that tone of voice of his that always
presaged an argumentative setting forth
Of q pet idea. You women are always
fretting and Tuning and fussing about
this moving business. You get together
days before It comes of and hold reg
uIar little misers~loves-company taAkfest
and lend-me- your-ha handkerchief Agnes mu-
tual sympathy gathering over 1t. And
after it Is all over you keep on telling
every last woman you meet In the next
two weeks how utterly worn to ~
thread you are with II all! Now you
never hear Of men carrying that way
about such simple little thing NOV
ing from a country boarding house into
the city and strengthening out an apart
ment. do you? Not a bit of 1t! They
just wait until the time comes-then get
busy aud moveN
Mrs. Justwed smiled
They do-notr' she retorted. They
simply grab hold of suitcase. after
it's been packed for them, and leave all
the rest to their wivesl And when It
comes TO assisting IN fixing up things
about the house-whewi Business! They
-. e.
the ofhcel And so. dutiful little wife has
to knuckle down and-move the pianoi''
Mr. Justwed smiled--but not with
amusement. 1t was rather the smile of
one who knows better and is just about
TO show another the fallacies of his
point of view.
.AH right. Blossom. ali right" he
agreed. condescendingly, 'ff you insist
upon 1t. But I'm going to show you
that you're wrong-in the case Of one
man. at leastl'
re-you're- what gasped Mrs.
Justwed.
I'm merely going to take charge of
this moving into the city Saturday and
opening up the fiat-that's ALL You leave
IT to me and / promise you it'll be done
so quickly you'll wonder how in the
world you ever before thought 1t a hard
ship"
Now Mrs. Suburbanite's, while but a
EaI-nOuT or SO OUT OF tue city Dy
proved strangely inaccessible TO baggage
men. And Mr.. Justwed found 1T no easy
matter to secure a man with a wagon.
After much searching he finally came
upon a dilapidated one-both man and
wagon-and arranged to move at IL
O'Clock prompt on Saturday morning.
Saturday morning came around all
right, as the days of the week have a
habit of doing And SO did IL o'clock
But the baggageman? No, he didn't show
up until quarter past 12l He'd lost
the way, he said, and had tried three
different houses further up the pike in
the hopes that they were Mrs Suburban
ties Moreover. he seemed to hint
vaguely that 1t all Mr. Justwed S
fauit-p possibly for living in such an out
landish placed
Homer-dear had been all ready and
waiting for him, 10 these many hours
There was trunk, of course, and an
other little steamer trunk. two suitcases