The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-12
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and hand valise. folding card table,
fve hatboxes. two favorite easy chairs
and Mrs. Us sewing machine. In ALL
a nifty little load for such a ramshackle,
one-hoss shay.
But Mr.. J. had been thorough In his
preparations-yes m. that he had! In
deed, he quite took Mrs. Justweds breath
away when. without any prompting, he
got long piece of rope and a dozen
old newspapers and tied up the machine
SO that the drawers could not slide out
in moving nor the top be scratched. He
treated the chairs and the table in the
same workpanlike fashion. And. more
over, he actually locked and strapped
the trunk without much a single
"demmit.' though once, when the buckle
slipped there was suspicious exhalation
that might have been construed as a
haif-suppressed darn it," All of which
was, naturally mighty fine for Mr.. J.
AS for Mrs. Justwed, why he wouldn't
let her do a single, solitary thing. When
she intimated that he could scarcely be
expected to pack q trunk he informed
her with dignity that this hocus- pocus
idea about man not being able to
pack trunk was going TO be exploded
right then and there Refusing assist
ance of any sort. he started right In to
pack-which he did seeurely-oh, yes m
yes. indeed-very securely.
Mrs j. fairly gasped, her heart In her
throat as she saw fimsy little waists
being stuffed down one side of the trunk
right next TO pair OF shoes! homer
dear was all for crowding one of her
hats into the big trunk, too. Her quick
wit alone saved it. She pointed to the
hat boxes and asked what In the world
they were meant for If not for hats. That
seemed to elinch Though Mr.. }. more
than once cast side glances at the hat
as much as to say, well, could
have squeezed you In too, Klouo II you
hadn't had rour own box.
AS the creaking. webbing old wagon
turned out OF the roadway Mrs j.
breathed sigh of relief.
'.Now. there YOU are, blossom. SAID
Mr.. j.. quite superiority, Its all on, and
without any fuss. either. Guess we
better have luncheon and then say good
by TO Mrs Suburbanite and the few
boarders with whom you are still on
speaking terms!'
Whereupon Mrs Justwed, ignoring the
latter part of Mr.. Us remark, betook
herself to the dining room to begin say
ing farewell to her friends, and, IL pos
sible. get in a few mouthfuls or luncheon
between words. so to speak.
At quarter past four o'clock that after
noon the wagon appeared in the street
befort the Justwed apartment The
horse seemed to regard the city streets
as long lost friends. and the man had
evidently been celebrating his safe return
10 town. He insisted that four dollars
was q most reasonable price for such q
long Journey. Rather than have him take
all the pictures off the wall as he passed
with the sewing machine on his shoulders
Mr. ]. handed over the coin and hustled
him out of the apartment
-Four dollars. exclaimed Mrs. j.
why, that's absurd! ! should think any
| one could move expeditiously-o four
dollars. And such a little wagonload,
| teoi'
| But Mr.. J. refused to argue the mat
! ter then. Instead he returned YEARLY
| to his task IN the living room. From
| two O'Clock until the arrival of the
wagon he had been doing real homework
| Umhuh-taking pictures down eff the
wall and busting them with dampeued
cloth. unwrapping the summer coverings
\ on the furniture and going over each
| piece with furniture polish, wiping of
the woodwork and all like that-yes m
/ regular Sic per month houseworkl
When the wagon arrived he was in the