News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-06-11
Coming Back
to Town

tons stood in the door of their sum
mer cottage talking things over. TIL
September air was still raw and har
assing to the marrow. Even at tina
moment relatives were heading towar,
the Barktons' city home to do som,
visiting, and the Barktons were won
dering what they would better do
The good fresh country air was al
right for them, facing winter in thu
city's grimy, worked-over atmosphere
but there is nothing appealing abou
the simple, suburban life to those who
come to spend part of their vacation
taking in the sights of the great
throbbing city. And the Barkton cot
tage lacked running water, hot water
and a lot of other conveniences.
The more they thought it over the
more clearly the Barktons 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.
ITS a shame" muttered Barkton
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 a hit with me-"
Perhaps we'd better just close up
the cottage and stay in town." sug-
gested Mrs. Barkton. eff 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. 60
back to town and sit around in
stuffy fiat when we have the whole
autumn ahead of us hey? Well, not
If I know it. Of course I might have
known that you'd rather sit half suffo-
Gated in a fiat and stare at brick
wall across the court than be out in
the open drinking in the fresh air
and the gorgeous autumn scenery,
wouldn't you?
Whats that? Well come back
to the country if I prefer it, Ell? Oh,
yes, and you Tuning and fretting about
it, 7 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. If you want to stick
around fiat just when we're enter.
ing On the real choice season of the
whole year, go ahead. But 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 luXuriously warm prep.
aration Of lather, took the chill off his
razor under the faucet and then be- +
gan to shave.
"Say this hot water helps some"
he observed to his wife. 1--WE been
blaming it on the razor All l 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 !
Barkton 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
hem in two suit cases that lay open
IN the spart bed
"Whutchuh doing?" inquired Bark
on sharply, Going where? Back
% the country? Is that so? Then,
,ou're going back alone, for I'm not
n on IT, This place here looks pretty
rood to me. Looks pretty good,
ay. Maybe some Sunday I'll take a
un out TO the country and fool around
i'll night, but outside of that I'll just
postpone any more country life till
ext spring. and you can take those
hirts of mine out of that suit case |
7 you will and let me put 'em back |
4 the chiffonier where they belong |
"This country foolishness can be
verdone. I've got up in the morn. |
lg and washed and shaved in that
old water out there at the cottage
list about as often as l care to this
ear. JusJ kindly get this back-to-the.
ountry notion out of your system |
.ithout any unnecessary delay" /