Show HIS FIRST ATTEMPT Bachelors Highly Interesting Experlenc In tho Tribulations of Housekeeping I am passing through a novel and exceedingly ex-ceedingly interesting even if not highly agreeable experience just now f said a young newspaper man at one of the down town offices this m < ujftg I am going through the tribulations of the housekeeping side of marital life al thaugh < I have never yet led a bride to the chancel rail Yesterday all my folks went away to the seashore leaving only myself the youngest of the family and my sister who is next older than me to assume the cares of the household Neither of us hi had aujj experience in this line and tin esultsbid fair to be amusing if nothing more especially in tho matter of preparing for breakfast I as both of us are late sleepers This morning tho first break occurred and thus it happened The servant due at about 6 oclock in the morning and as I am a sound sleeper I instructed her to ring the bell vigorously and not I to go away if sho was notlvery promptly prompt-ly admitted and I also told my sister if she heard tho bell td awaken me and I would let the girl ii Last night I was up till 2 oclock writing and consequently con-sequently four hours later was in the soundest of my slumbers when the iceman ice-man came and left a cube of his wares on the steps Just afterward the servant I serv-ant came and applied for admission At first her vigorous rings on tho loud I gong which is only one flight of stair I away from my room produced no im > pression on my morning slumbers but sho followed my instructions and continued con-tinued conscientiously to njake that bell startle tho whole neighborhood except myself and sister whoso alarm clock also did not have the slightest effect of driving away unconsciousness LtL I At last I was partially aroused so that the ringing of the bell caused me to dream of firo engines and in a few seconds sec-onds all the horrors of a destructive fire passed through my reviving brain and I i saw myself running and shouting and the engine steaming and the firemen pursuing their heroic work of rescue ThenI suppose her arm was tired the faithful servant pulledslow steady strokes and iustautlv my dream changed and I found myself on a railway rail-way station going to join the family at the seaside Suddenly these visions were dispelled and the stern reality oi the occasion was forced upon my unwilling un-willing mind as I reluctantly jumped up and removed the bars that hindered the servants entrance She was quite cheerful over the affair and said she had not been kept waiting for more than 15 minutes Truly the way of the head of the house is pleasant Washington Star |