The Cairo bulletin., 1911-11-17
I Ter Restful
| Summer
"This going away for the summer

en- there and have nerves over John.
MES tendency to explore the bottom
OF the lake and Mamie's admiration
for the ribbon clerk on his two weeks
vacation when you have 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
the rush OF winter,"
SO the Watchers stayed at home.
1t was early in June that the What
cheers cousins from Six Corners, la.
wrote that they would be In Chicago in
day or two and that they would
dearly love to see their relatives IL
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
brought the baby and little Susan and
Amanda and rabid desire to see as
much of the city as they could by
working "a hours day They said
1t was splendid that Cousin Whatever
owned such nice touring car be.
cause 1t was so easy to get about In
It, So they burned up as many gallons
OF gasoline in a 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
she had planned a daily drive through
the parks and how she wasn't get
ting 1t.
When the cousins arrived home in
er's darlings II 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
Watcher 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
| Watcher, 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 a 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 a vigorous per
| son, who did not mind that the hottest
wave of the season made its appear
snce 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 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
| 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 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 cobblestone and sprained
her ankle. Then Mrs. Whatever wait
| ed on Aunt Martha for two weeks, be
cause Aunt Martha had a prejudice
against trained nurses. After this Wis
| itor's departure Watcher was able to
catch an occasional glimpse of the
wife of his bosom, but he asked al
FIRST who the strange lady was, for
she Vas such a wreck that he didn't
tnow her.