| Show WHEN A MAN IS IN THE WAY A A. Country House Bouso Is Ta a Bad Dad Place riace to Visit VII When Wizen There Are Ix Lovers Tors About Havo you ever been in a house housew w where ero there is a couple courting It t is fe most trying You think you will vill go and sit in inthe the drawing Ira wing room and imd nd you march off there As you open the door you hear a noise as 8 if somebody had hixi suddenly recollected something and und when you get in Emily Smily ia is i over by the window full of interest in the opposite side of the road and your friend John Edward is s at the other end of the room lOOm wits with his lis whole soul held in thrall by photographs photographs pho pho- of other peoples people's relatives ve veOh Oh you say y pausing at th door I didn't know anybody WM wi here Jf Oh didn't you your says Emily coldly in a tone which implies that she ho does not not believe believe you You hang about for a abit bit then you yoi you say Its v very vOry ry dark Why dont don't you light the tho gas John Edward says he hadn't noticed it and Emily says Mys that papa does noes not like liko the gas lighted in the I afternoon You tell them ono one or two items of news and give them your views view and opinions on the Irish question but this does not appear to interest them All they remark is Oh I Is it iU Did her Yes and You dont don't say so sol aol P and after ten minutes of such style stylo of conversation yo you edge up to the door and slip out and are surprised F to find that the door immediately im mediately closes loses behind you and shuts itself without your having touched it Half an hour later you think you will try frY frYa a a pipe in the conservatory w rs wi is 1 by Emily and John Edward if it the he language of cl clothes thes can be bo relied upon has hits evidently been sitting upon the he floor They do not speak but they hey give give you a a. look loom that says nil all that hat can be said in a civilized community community com com- and you back out promptly and shut the thedoor door behind you You ar are afraid to poke ke your nose nos into nto any room in the ho house e now so after walking up and down the stairs for or awhile you go and sit in hi your own bedroom This becomes uninteresting however after a time and ando so o you put on your hat and stroll out into the garden Y You walk down tho the path and n aa as you rou pass the summer house you glance fiance in and there are those t two o young idiots huddled up in one cor corner corner ner ncr of it and they se see you and are aro eviden evidently y under the idea that for some same wicked purpose of your own you rou are aro following them about Why dont don't they have havea a special room for this sort of thing and make people ople keep to it you mutter androu and you rou rush back to the hall hail and get your umbrella and go out Jerome Jerome JeromeL K L Jerome-in Jerome Three Men Mon in a n Boat |
