The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-01-25

mere certainly NtIc uhNS sunny
where in the screens AS Mrs. Steble-
ten waved distractedly at the buzzing
pests that were interfering with the
reading of her morning mail sht caicu-
lated that there must be at least
thousand flies in the fat And Mrs.
Stebleton hates fly as she hates q
rattlesnake
Il simply cannot stand this!" she
cried in wrath. So she went to the
phone and ordered sent over at once
quantity of sticky fly paper When
it came she hated to spoil the looks of
the place, but desperate measures were
imperative. The yellow sheets were
scattered about through the rooms
Then Mrs Stebleton hung around
counting the first unwary victims and
rejoicing as she checked them off
Presently she got dressed and went
out to a luncheon and shopping with
a friend When she came back she
hoped that the last Of the invaders
would have buzzed out his final pro
tests on the STICKY fly paper
Hilda, the maid, some hours later
bore an armful of freshly ironed sheets
and towels as she tramped heavily
down the hall to the linen closet Then
she dropped her burden with a thump
on q convenient table When in the
course of putting them away she game
to the last sheet something seemed
wrong with it. Hilda investigated and
then she said; My and!" One Of the
pieces of fly paper was immovably
glued to the under side Of the sheet
With mutterings Of disgust, Hilda
peeled off the sheet and tried 70 wash
it out in the bath tub Her efforts
proved % her how very useless 1t was
for fly to try to get away wher
once he got stuck to the STICKY stun
The fly paper she removed from it's
dangerous position on The able. and
after aimlessly looking around for
an out Of the way place, deposited it
upon the topmost sofa pillow on the
library couch
Linda Stebleton, aged &c. arrived
home from school a little later bring
ing with her three girls They burst
in with gust Of chatter and dis.
tributed themselves through two
rooms recklessly Thereupon simulta-
neously arose wild shrieks. Guest No.
! had planted her elbow on one sheet
OF fly paper and her endeavors to re
move it glued ii firmly to her other
hand Guest No had leaned back
her head and brought down a sheet
hanging over the edge of a bookcase.
Four puffs seemed inextricably at.
tached 10 its surface. Guest No. 3 was
trying to remove a sheet from Linda s
back
After the excitement had cooled
down trille Linda gazed upon the fly
paper with hostile eyes. Mother must
have put that horrid stuff around!
she said Il suppose she saw a fly!
You'd think that one fly was a regi
ment from the way she acts. Now
where can we put the awful stuff"
They prowled around wi.h the sticky
paper gingerly held between their
thumbs and fingers and finally ar
ranged 1t TO suit themselves Then
they devoted an hour to soap and alec
hol III an endeavor to rid themselves
of the general sickness.
TOD" Stebleton, aged eight, Joined
the procession when he rushed in and
sat down with a bounce on a sheet
that had slid into chair His objec
tons We're violent and acrid and il
took the efforts of his sister and the
other three girls combined TO calm
him. Taking the fly paper in no gen
tie hand. Tod hurled It out of his way
Stebleton himself arrived home be
fore his wife. What's this? What's
thls?" he demanded In his nervous
way, placing an investigating finger OF
the pale yellow sheet on the hal
stand 1t stuck. The other hand stuck
| too, when he hastily endSavored to gel
it off, His son and daughter FASTENED
to his rescue, explaining that doubt
4 less mother had been waglng wal
against her enemies. the flies
When Mrs. Stebleton came in, tired
she was full of apologies for her late
ness. she explained as she tossed of
her hat and her gloves and coat Tn
| simply dead" she ended. I've jus
| got to rest few minutes before
dress for dinner" Then she threw
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