Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-10-31


 lnal and stay where you can enjoy life? Then when fall comes you will be rested and in fine condition for the rush of winter!"
 So the Whatchers stayed at home
 It was early in June that the What chers' cousins from Six Corners, Ia., wrote that they would be in Chicago in a day or two and that they would dearly love to see their relatives if : the latter were in town. There was nothing for Watchers to do but con- fess by letter that they were indeed in town
 When the cousins came they brought the baby and little Susan and Amanda and rabid desire to see as much of the city as they could by working 24 hours day. They said 1t was splendid that Cousin Whatcher owed such nice touring car, be- cause it was so easy to get about in 1t. So they burned up as many gallons of gasoline in day as the Whatchers <, had used in two weeks.
 After they got the hang of things, the cousins used to let Mrs. What /, cher stay at home and take care of the three children while they roamed the city. All day long while Mrs. What cher sat smothered in sticky children i she thought of the dQeI lake breezes pl&y iAs c1 the cousins brows and how she Tad planned daily drive through , the parks and how she wasn't get ting ft.
 WteD the cousins arrived home in time fer dinner they would ask moth CTS darlngs if they .had been happy Then as they dressed hastily for the thea;er they would give Mrs. What cher directions on how to put the three angels to bed. Sometimes they let Mrs. Whatcher go along # they wanted to be shown something, but she had to hold the two children to pay for her treat. When the cousins left Mrs. Whatcher burst into relieved tears and Whatcher, who was privileged to gaze ! upon his motor car for the first time in two weeks. swore in sympathy. i When Aunt Martha wrote that she had heard they were in town and would seize the opportunity to pay them visit and do her autumn shop- ping at the July bargain sales the Whatchers ran around fin circles, but Aunt Martha arrived before they had found cover.
 Aunt Martha Was vigorous per 1 son, who did not mind that the hottest wave of the season made it's appear 1 ance in her train. Hot weather al. ways reduced Mrs. Whatcher to a pulp. but Aunt Martha. who was going to leave them some money some day if ! she ever died. insisted on having her dear niece's valuable judgment on her purchases. From eight o'clock in the morning until five o'clock at night she dragged her dear niece through fur naceilke basements. bouncing upon elght-cent gingham marked down from fifteen cents and cake tins that were ten cents less than they were at home When the supply of basements ran out Aunt Martha took to stuffy cor ners. where she unearthed year-before- lasts silks. in price reduced one-half.
 After she had accumulated two trunk. fuls of this sort of plumber, she trip. ped on a cObblestone and sprained her ankle. Then Mrs. Whatcher wait ed on Aunt Martha for two weeks. be- cause Aunt Martha had a preiudice against trained nurses. After this wis itor's departure Whatcher was able to catch an occasional glimpse of the wife Of his bosom. but he asked at first who the strange lady was. for she was such wreck that he didn't know her.
 Just as Mrs. Whatcher was begin. ming to get rested Whatchef's sister and her family dropped off the train to visit the dear relatives and incl. dentally to shop. As Whatcher and his sister always got along together iust as beautifully as do gunpowder and blazing matches. the visit reduced the Whatchers to still deeper misery. ;. Then the people next door got . photograph and the young man acros. the street took to playing the cornet In the midst of these afflictions two more cousins from Iowa came. be cause. as they said. the other Lowe cousins had had such a perfectly grand time that they didn't want to miss the chance. since the Whatchers were In town for the summer. They said they thought the Whatchers were very wise not to attempt to go away. sirce Mrs. Watcher looked so sickly. The