Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-22
MRS. JUDS0N PR0FTED


paper and looked about the neat liv
ing room, House cieaning1s about
over. isn't n. Marthar~ he asked
Almost responded his wife:
there's the kitchen to clean. and the
cellar 70 be vhitewashed. and thu
frunt stairs ought to be freshened up
what would you use On them. WI
lismr
-sheilac.- said Mr.. Judscn- with
prompt interest: that viii dry outck
~. and NJ ne have no back stairs
hats an important point III bring
home the STUFF tomorrow night. ard d
II before l 90 TO bed Yoa can 80 ~
frst and stay. 50 that the stairs wcnr
have to be used. and By morning
they'll be as good as new.
Accordingly. the NEXT evening Mr.
hudson sent his wife OF TO bed a. ten
promptly. although he ttd not leave
his reading until silence reimed up
stairs Then be donned . big apron
ana got out his brushes and sheilsc
-Just as well to wait until there's No
one round 10 make suxxestions.- he
unused: women news understand ho~
much better . mar can work By him
self
Mr.. Iudson was q deliberate and
conscientious worker. sighting no de
tail. nd In an hour or 70 the flight
Of stairs siistened IN all its original
freshness Mr.. Judson surveyed II
proudly from the lower hall Then his
NV cropped
Thunfer.- he muttered. disgusted-
~. = ought to have begun at the bot
tom and worked rpf-
But out OF . nomertary mental
chaos he ciutcbed at the important
net He must 90 up backward. and
- be went varnish over each foot
mark on the stair below. Mr.. Judson
portiy and his ms Of humor was
not keen A he backed cautiously up
the sticky stairs at midnight can and
brush In hand. STOPPING to touch up
each abandoned step with due regard
TO his blue Bingham drzperfes. he be-
gan to breathe hard. but at last he
reached the top. and looking down.
congratulated himself that no o
need know OF his blunder. How beau
tifully the surface shone!
Then Il slowly penetrated bis on
that NE reason for the
illumination was the gas IN
he lower hall. the two burners Of
Ehich had been turned high to Hight
lis earlier labors- Mr.. Judson hest
ated. thought Of the gas BIN, renem-
'ered that the frout door was not
ocked. and restrained himself with a
Of self-confrui that Jared
liz nerve centerx There was only
me thing 10 do. and he descended-on
He len his large. sticky slip
'ers al the foot Of the stairs, to save
he hall carpet locked the front door.
.urned out the gas. resumed his slip
'ers. and began his second occasional.
each footstep by the un-
light Of the ~upper-hall gas. II
VAS not q quick Job. the distance to .
celebrated spot In Ireland seemed to
Mr. hudson insimiAcant in comparf-
snn. although he made no audible ccm-
nsnt until he sssppsd On his bsus
gfngAAm tan M down unsxpref,
edly on the top step Then. Forgetting
canton. he expressed himself in loud
and irrftated tones.
A substantial vision in pink flannel
cite appeared At the bedroom door Be
hind him: but realizing that baromet.
nc pressure vas high. II retired a
silently As IT had come. with superb
vifely tact. before he had time to De.
tach himself nom the step and apply
the inai brushwork to his master
piece
A. breakfast Mrs.. Jrcson,s prsis<
was unstinted. although she casually
depiored the traces Of varnish on th<
apron and slippers
Yes" Nj. Judson admitted. with
out looking up from the morning N
per. I'm afraid I did spin . little B,
the way. Martha. isn't II about tim,
for you to think Of a new hatr-
Youths Companion