The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-19
Coming Back
to Town

II Was early morning anu tho BARK
ton, stood in the door OF their sum.
r,er cottage talking things over. The
ce;tember air was still raw and har-
:,.tre TO the marrow. Even at that
omant relatives were heading toward
g.. arktons' city home to do some
.:..i. Z, and the Barktons were Won
{ what they would better do.
~ God fresh country air was all
r for them. facing winter in the
city; grimy, worked-over atmosphere,
b. there is nothing appealing about
the simple. suburban life to those who
come to spend part Of their vacation
t?'ting in the sights OF the great,
T. 'obbing city. And the Barkton cot
t (, lacked running water, hot water
AMI lot OF other conveniences.
the more they thought 1t over the
n, re clearly the Rarktons recognized
that they ought to go back to their
fiat and not drag their visitors out to
the cottage. Then after their company
had sped along they could return to
the country and remain until the chill
autumn winds would drive them back
to the city for the winter.
TITS a shame" muttered Barkt0n,
while they were packing up. This
thing of going back to the city to
listen to the toot of auto horns when
you're trying to sleep and to breathe
SCOT instead of air Is enough to make
you weep. How hate it! Then this
packing up and moving to town and
packing up and moving back to the
country isn't making hit with me-"
Perhaps we'd better just close up
the cottage and stay in town." sug'
gested Mrs. Barkton. IF we come
back to the country it'll be for so
short a time that there's hardly any
use in It,"
you've struck the combination!
said Barkton, with much sarcasm. Go
back to town and sit around In a
stuffy fiat when we have the whole
autumn ahead of us hey? Well, not
II / know II OF course 7 might hive
known that you'd rather sit half 81 70
Gated in a fiat and stare at a brick
wall across the court than be out in
the open drinking in the fresh air
and the gorgeous autumn scenery.
wouldn't you?
What's that Well come back
- <ho oovutrv - profnr a. ohe Nh
yes, and you tuning and fretting about
1t, I s'pose, and wearing that abused.
patient look you put on when you're
doing something that doesn't just CO.
incide with some wild feminine ideas
of your own. Yes you can Just bet a
pint OF assorted hairpins that we're
coming back to the country for an.
other month and don't let that get
away from you, either. Or. at least,
I'm coming back II you want to stick
around fiat just when we're enter.
ing on the real choice season Of the
whole year. 60 ahead. nut don't count
me in on any system OF that sort"
The morning after their return to
the fiat Barkton arose leisurely-it
was on hour later than usual. for he
didn't have to allow time for the trip
to town-and strolled into the bath.
room. He took brisk bath and then
got out his shaving implements. He
turned on the hot water faucet. coated
his face with a luxuriously warm prep.
aration of lather. took the chill on his
razor under the faucet and then be-
gan to shave.
"Say. this hot water helps some. :"
he observed to his wife. ''Tve been
blaming II on the razor. All ! need.
ed was something warm to timber my
beard up bit Say. this waters good
and hot"
Five or six days later the Bark
tons guests went on their way. When
Rarkton got out Of bed the next morn.
Ing and walked into the adjoining
room he found Mrs. Barkton busily
folding a lot Of things and placing
them in two suit cases that lay open
on the spart bed.
"Whutchuh doing" inquired Bark
ton sharply Going where Back
to the country" Is that 500 Then.
you're going back alone. for I'm not
In on IT, This place here looks pretty
GOOD to me. Looks pretty good, |
say. Maybe some Sunday Ill take 4
run out to the country and fool around
till night. but outside Of that I'll Just
postrone any more country life TIL
next spring. and Won can take those
shirts of mine ont of that suit case
II ycu will and let mo put en- back
in the Chifforier who're they belong
This country fOo,i>hness can be
overdone I've cot m in the morn
ing and washed and shaved in that
cold water cut there at the cottage
inst about as often as I care TO this
year. Just kindly GET This back-to-the-
country notion orr of your system
without any unneo.s sary delay