Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-09
Her Restful
Summer

This going away for the summer"
announced Watcher at the beginning
/ OF the season. rs merely fad. Why
60 away to some swampy lake and
contract typhoid from the water sup
ply and quarrel with all the other wom-
en- there and have nerves over John
MES tendency to explore the bottom
ct the lake and Mamie's admiration
for the ribbon clerk on his two weeks
vacation when you have a perfectly
good spot to rest in right here? The
street Is wide and shady; the yard Is
large, the house is roomy and the
porch is screened in. The motor car
out In the garage probably won't blow
UP yet for awhile, and there are
coolies Of hot water. Why not be orig
inal and stay where you can enjoy
life? Then when fall comes you will
be rested and In fine condition for
i the rush of winter"
So the Watchers STAYED at home.
1t was early in June that the What
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wrote that they would be in Chicago in
day or two and that they would
dearly love to see their relatives II
the latter were in town. There was
: nothing for Watchers to do but con-
TESS by letter that they were indeed
in town.
When the cousins came they
bro, l~-1~
Amanda and rabid desire to see as
much of the city as they could by
working "a hours day. They said
it was splendid that Cousin Whatever
, owned such a nice touring car. be-
cause 1t was SO easy TO get about In
1t. So they burned up as many gallons
, of gasoline in day as the Watchers
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
she thought of the cool lake breezes
| playing on the cousins brows and how
j she had planned daily drive through
the parks and how she wasn't get
ting it.
When the cousins arrived home in
time for dinner they would ask moth
er's darlings if they had been happy.
Then as they dressed hastily for the
theater they would give Mrs. What
cher directions on how to put the three
angels to bed. Sometimes they let Mrs.
Whatever go along if they wanted to
be shown something, but she had to
| hold the two children to pay for her
treat. When the cousins left Mrs
Whatever burst into relieved tears and
! Whatever. who was privileged to gaze
upon his motor car for the first time
In two weeks, swore in sympathy.
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
Watchers ran around in circles, but
| Aunt Martha arrived before they had
| found cover
| Aunt Martha was vigorous per-
son, who did not mind that the hottest
wave OF the season made its appear
ance in her train. Hot weather al
ways reduced Mrs. Whatever to pulp.
but Aunt Martha. who was going to
leave them some money some day II
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
nacelike Easements, bouncing upon
eight-cent Bingham marked down from
| fifteen cents and cake tins that were
! ten cents less than they were at home.
When the supply of Easements ran
out Aunt Martha took to stuffy cor
ners. where she unearthed before
lasts silks. in price reduced one-half
After she had accumulated two trunk
fuls Of this sort Of plumber. she trip
| ped on cobblestone and sprained
her ankle Then Mrs. Whatever wait.
ed on Aunt Martha for two weeks, be-
cause Aunt Martha had prejudice
against trained nurses. After this Wis.
itor's departure Whatever 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. Watcher was begin.
! ming to get rested Watchers sister
and her family dropped OF the train
to visit the dear relatives and Incl
dentally to shop. AS Whatever and his
sister always got along together Just
as beautifully as do gunpowder and
blazing matches. the visit reduced the
Watchers to still deeper misery.
Then the people next door got
photograph and the young man across
the street took to playing the cornet.
In the midst of these Affections two
more cousins from Iowa came. be.
cause. as they said. the other Iowa
cousins had had such q perfectly grand
time tfat they didn't want to miss
the chance. since the Watchers we're