The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-12-01

explain ~ hin! that we will leave Fri
day
"'Wilh everything done! he roars
at nee ia protest. Why do you think
we wan, 10 STICK around here with
nothing 20 10 and everything packed
and the fireplace cleaned out so we
cam have ire and the rooms full
of posoj l,uniture? It's ridiculous!
cove VIII leave Friday, Henry [
tell him &oothingly.
Then everybody works like mad,
THURSDAY morning Henry always
comes ia dragging off his work gloves
and sits d""n with a thump.
"'Wei! hc says, I've finished up out
side l'e= cos ared the flower beds with
nJicu ., leaves and burlapped the
hOneys0@s.e zines and spaded up the
garden. I've put away the hose and
laid Z BEARD over the chimney
Geo rigdl up and take it off,
tell nina severely, How do you sup
pose we're Going to cook lunch and
dime and breakfast and lunch again
with the -himney stopped up?'
Henry has forgotten all about the
fact that we still have to eat, so he
sheepi5hir Chambers up on the roof
and ,5rous me board down. 1t gets
split 40 len kindling by the cook an
hour !arer and there never is another
thai Wiz exactly fit so the next sea-
son We tind chipmunks and mice and
Other Wild creatures sociably room
ing IN ~ oo:tage when we get there,
and are iYsi ably disturbed at being
turned on
"1 6on't see, Henry pursues after
he has disposed of the chimney board,
why We cant take the evening train
tonight. Your trunks are all packed
al buL The curtains and soft pill
lows and Tile candlestick and most of
my clothes. I remind him. By the
way have YOU wrapped those dishes
FOR packing ia the barrel?'
"Tha, keeps him occupied for some
time. 'Euau, 800, he finds punch bowl
that We borrowed from the Perkinsons
and gnrgoT 10 return, so he has to walk
two mites III that Then he has to
attend 81 the man who comes to set
out SHRUBS and then | tell him about
two places III me roof that leak and he
has 10 gel asphalt and mess around
and fiN tllem Usually he still grum-
bles al sUrueT time about the foolish
ness o. onF ramaining over till next
day. Dut IN 30 busy fixing the canned
frufc Q ship back to town, folding
aWar curtains and putting away
lamps ha5 / don't mind him
TN lie morning | ask Henry brisk
ly ii ha has remembered to take off
the window screens and take down the
porch screens. bring in the spade and
the rake and nail up the broken place
in tue fence That makes him jump
hastily and cry out: BY George! If
hadnJ nearly forgot that
''Then Wien he tries to turn off the
water ara drain the pipes he breaks
a valve or something and he has to
make : special trip to the village for
help Whjls the cook and | pile rugs
and bricks on the leaky places and get
soaked ;.nI catch awful colds
Usually, Just as we are locking up
the house I remember that | haven't
,emptied tne tank of the kitchen stove,
and tl,l, reminds Henry that he has
completely neglected to empty the hot
water boilar. He comes dragging in a
wate.5uS ce0 two flower pots and a
carpe; haater which have been left
outside.
However, we finally lock the last
door and start. Half way to the launch
| ask hjnl 4 he put out the next door
neigLbo1'5 cat, which had wandered
in that morning. Henry is peevish by
now and demands to know if | think
he has nothing TO do but play nurse
maid to 4 cat, SO We drop the suit
cases ana so back and unlock the
place. raise all the window curtains
and search for the animal. Sometimes
we fird her and sometimes we don't,
and if we don't | am haunted all win
ter b. the fear that she has died lin
gering death