The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-29
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49, al, Sd1u the girl VINO likes TO TaiK
you happen to. own a two-by-twice
plot of ground outside of town with
anything standing on it in the way Of
| a snack with roof over it, your
friends who don't possess such a piece
OF property regard you reproachfully
as spring comes on. At inopportune
times they thrust at you remarks like
these: We'll, suppose you'll be leav
ing soon for your place-lucky crea
| lure! If we only felt that we, too
could idle in the country all summer!
you feel horribly apologize. You
know that your enyious friends could
buy a hundred places such as yours
and dump them into the lake just to
near the splash and never miss the
money, SO it il a surprise to find your
self regarded as wretched plutocrat
when the overwhelming reason that
led you to fee from town was that the
bill collector doesn't come around so
often in the woods.
Two days before I am taking the
boat for Michigan always get invita-
lions to the opening dinner at the
country club, an automobile ride and a
theater party, all to take place the
week after I am gone. AS I wad It's
sue paper into the sleeves of the new
gown | am packing and which I won't
nave chance to wear again all sum
mer [ remember what it cost and
seethe with anguish.
1T is dark when the boat pulls
away from Chicago and if it doesn't
rain soggily when I start / rest as
sured that it will be raining when /
arrive in Michigan. It has to rain at
one or the other Of these times, be-
cause I am wearing my best flower
trimmed hat that Is too huge to pack
and I have just had my suit pressed.
There seem to be acres of my luggage
on the Michigan dock the next morn.
lng-trunks, new porch rugs, sew
ing machine and kitchen stove-and
besides have to wade around town
in the sand, buying groceries and nails
and mops and matches, before plung.
Ing into the calm country ten miles
from anywhere.
The boatman who comes for me
does not seem exactly overwhelmed
with the joy I rather expected him to
show on seeing me again. HUH! he
groans. Have you got lead in these
here trunks?'
Some time am going to make an
exhaustive study of the psychological
causes leading baggagemen invariably
to be overcome with surprise because
packed trunks canhaese waited about
e one nss1 always are 50
1T is raining as'teaual when T am
shunted off at my own dock with my
luggage. This is particularly good for
The ironWork on sewing machines and
stoves and is fine for the contents OF
trunks. The cottage seems oddly
yelled and investigation shows the
yelling to consist of unbroken spider
webs and SEEDLINGS from the beech
.rees. It does not seem possible that
here are SO many spiders in the
world.
The strong-armed scrubwoman who
vas to meet me is beautifully absent,
out the full tragedy of this grows
slowly as raise window shades and
zee the thick dust on every inch of
everything. There are more cobwebs
inside than outside and at the sight of
he pantry I shed tears Spiders rush
rom everything / touch. In sort Of
desperation I open the box couch to
ind work dress, whereupon a rattle
Il beech nuts and cherry pits follows
he hauling forth of the top layer.
hen something furry and agitated
arts out and sit down on the floor
nd shrek. It was chipmunk routed
rom his winter lodgings and he now
arts nervously and Indignantly I'M
er a bookcase. would just as soon
we in the same house with a man
ating tiger as with a chipmunk!
No. said the men who brought
p my soaked belongings from the .
Ter. Mary won't be here. She moved
way. No, there amt nobody else
on can get to scrub. No. we don't
now any man you can get to clean
1e yard and fix the pump-every-
ody's busy planting the crops No, {
lere amt no one in town who wants (
job. No, you can't get no lettuce !
Or berries nor garden truck-they ;
mt ripe yet, don't you know that?
"This when people back in Chicago
re rioting in asparagus and straw (
erries and head lettuce and cucum-
ers!
ether may be hundreds of birds
Inside amid the lovely greenery Of
Inc, but don't know it, for I am
resting with unaccustomed back :
'eaking tasks inside the house, By
O'clock that night I eat some store .
cad and butter and cheese and
mana and tumble into bed more dead G
an alive. There is dust in the air s.
i'd it is pitch dark and outside the 3
ee frogs are dolorously singing.
Back in Chicago my brutal friends i
40 envied me are dining on Injuries O
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