New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
JUSTWEDS ON THE FARM
A Little Game of Bluff, Wherein
Both Got What They Wanted.

II came AZ last. II vas bound io come
though neither Mr.. nor Mrs Justw'd cN-
I, pected it. each feeling certain that the
other would Iicvcr agree to IT. Naturally.
when it did happen. both were delighted
And it-this vague II boz question WHY, if
was nothing more nor less than their am
nual return 10 the farm" Mr.. Suburban
ties country boarding house halfhour
ride beyond the city limits wherc-you re-
member-the Justweds spent last summer
To be exact. however, it was really MI
Us return TO the farm. for he began and
ended 1t. And it all happened In this wise.
The Justweds, be IL noted, had decided
not TO make their annual pilgrimage To
Mrs Subu,banites this year in view of the
fact that they had a real house on their
hands with front and rear porches ana "a
back yard big enough 10 support the family
wash Indeed, they had moved from an
apartment To the house In order 10 avoid
doing so. figuring that the latter would De
80 much cooler than the former that th'y
could be comfortable in it-and save money.
The plan was really Mr.. u.s. though MIS-.
Justwed had enthusiastically seconded u.
During all Of June they had swclteG'd
and fumed and fused around I'm the heat
each glazing at the other, hguratiycly for
being inveiglod into such a propoSilloh'
And. Likewise. each hoping that Tie other
would capitulatc and declare the haI-
gain off. TO make il all the worse, only
the last Sunday they had journcyed out to
Mrs. Suburbanite's TO enjoy good 'hlcKeh
elmer and the other. pleasures OF the pace
This evening, when Mr.. j. returned from
the bank-hot. wiltcd and cross-thc memo
ries Of Sundays sport in tennis. croquct
and oiIoits crowded thick upon him
Gee whizv' he exclaimed. as he laid
aside his coat and made for the Ice Cooler
This certainly is a scorcher
eft is warmer than-Sunday' assented
Mrs. Justwed pontedly and hopefully.
Mr. J. glanced at her quickly out OF the
tail of his eye.
II guess it's just as hot to-day at Mrs
Suburhanite's as it is here" he said. with
the rising infection that really made a
question of 1t.
Mrs. j. fell for it instantly.
absurd. Homer" she exclaimed. on
know perfectly well ii T. simply dchShtiul
out there. DO you remember now we al
WAYS had a breeze from the Southwest
even on the hottest of days!
Mr.. j. scOwlcd.
There's no use rubbing 1t III Biossoih'
ne erumblod. Besides it's especially b'o
taste. since you were the one VINO iaiu
speclal stress on the alleged fact that thiS
house would BE- as cool as an iceberg.
81 did not. Homer and you know per-
foctlv well | didn't! ! said preferred
mousse 10 an apartment, but you were the
ono who made the additional comment con
cernine its-woll-its superiority over Nj.
suburbanIte's as summer resort
"Hosh, Likewise, pshaw.' retorted MI.
( "Wbcre's tho soda and the lemons
yyo'rc IN for IL now. and l guess We can
stick out the rest of the summer since
we've stood IL this long. II IS remarkable
though. isn't It, dearie. now different q
fellow feels when he's out there In TINS
weather than when he's cooped up In
town."
"Humphr snapped Mrs. J. How'd you
IKE 70 be coopcd up ia this house all day?
Won think you're coopcd mp. but you're not
Van can move around downtown. and the
hank building IS artillcially coolod, besides.
Rut !? Well did 1t ever occur 10 you that
there's u in roof right over our second