The Cairo bulletin., 1911-11-05


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
codes Of hot water. Why not be orig
inal and stay where you can enjoy
life? Then when fall comes you VIII
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
chers' cousins from Six Corners, Ia,
wrote that they would be in Chicago In
a Gay 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
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 Whatchel
owned such a nice touring car, be
cause It was SO easy to get about IN
It. SO they burned up as many gallons
of gasoline in a day as the Whatchers
had used in two weeks.
After they got the hang OF things
the cousins used to let Mrs What.
three children while they roamed tbs
city. All day long while Mrs. Wha,
cher sat smothered in sticky children
she thought of the cool lake breeze
playing on the cousins brows and how
she had planned daily drive through
the parks and how she wasn't get
Ting it. ,o....-...,Y
When, the cousins arrived home 3in,
time for dinner they would task meth
er's darlipgsci IL they had 7bean ahappyrt
Then as they dressed hastilsafpr th,
theater they would give Mrs Whs
cher directions on how to put the three
angels to bed. Sometimes they let Mrs
Whatever go along If they wanted tc
be shown something, but she had t.
hold the two children TO pay for he
treat. When the cousins left Mrs
Whatever burst into relieved tears ant
Whatever, who was privileged to gaz,
upon his motor car for the first timt
in two weeks, swore in sympathy.
When AUNT .Maphas wroteathM she
had head riiey Were in town ant
would seize the opportunity to .pas
them a &sit andsdo,lieY aptppfRhAp
ping at she July bargain sales the
Waatchd3s ran around in circles, bu
faint MagAha arrivedhastdie ttleyifs,i
found COVER
Aunt Martha WAS vigorous PEI
son, who did not mind that the hotties
wave of the season made its appear
ance In her train. Hot weather al
ways reduced Mrs. Watcher 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 he,
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. centsi less than they were at home
When the supply Of easements raj
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
tuls of this sort of plumber. she trip
ped on cobblestone and sprainet
her ankle. Then Mrs. Watcher wait
ed on Aunt Martha for two weeks, be
cause Aunt Martha had prejudice
against trained nurses. After this Wis
itor's departure Watcher was able Il
catch an occasional glimpse OF The
| wife of bis bosom, but he asked a
figst who the strange Lady, vas, 80
she, was ouch a wreck that he didn
know hetl, 5.s,5 \.
Just as Mrs. Watcher was begin
ming, to SGT rested nYiistcher's siste'
and her family dropped off the trail
to visit the dear relatives and Incl
dentally to shop, AS Whatever and hi
sister always got along together jus
as beautifully as do gunpowder an,
blazing matches, the visit reduced tn,
Watchers to still deeper misery.
! Then the people next door got
| monograph and the young man acros
4 the street took to playing the cornet
| In the mfgst of these Affections tw,
more cousins from Iowa came, be
/ cause, as they said, the other low,
cousins had had such a perfectly gran,
time that they didn't want to mis-
the chance, since the Watchers wer,
| in town for the summer They SAT-
they thought the Watchers were yer.
wise not to attempt to go away, sihc,
Mrs. Watcher looked 80 sickly. Tn,
place for her, they said, was at home
where she could have absolute quie
and rest and do exactly as sh
pleased :.
The cook left In the middle OF thi
| visit and the second girl gave uotice