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down a road which had been allowed
to deteriorate since it served the
Ojibway Indians. The cottage we were
shown to was Karefree, indeed. Its
windows were virtually pane-free and
there was a tired pine leaning inti
mately on one corner of the roof.
While the children ran down to the
lakeside, my wife began to search for
the stove and I set about making a
fire in the fireplace. "It doesn't look like
much, but in no time at all we'll have
it cheery in here," I called.
In no time at all I had it extremely
smoky in there. "Something wrong
with the flue," I choked.
'I thought you were the outdoor
type," my wife gasped.
'I am. That's where I'm going. Come
on, we'll find the manager."
It developed that the fireplace didn't
work, which made it a perfect match
for the hot-water heater and all but
one burner on the gas stove.
Later, when the youngsters were
sleeping, things began to look better.
A thunderstorm had sprung up, and
we were in bed reading and beginning
to feel vacationish when my wife asked:
Just exactly how close are we to Lake
Whatchamacallit?"
"Hundred yards or so, I guess," I
yawned. "Why?"
"Then it must be high tide," she
rasped. "My feet are wet." It was while
we were staring at the soaked spot
on the blanket over her feet that I
was hit by a series of cold drops right
on my back.
"Man the buckets!" my wife cried.
For reasons that were never explained,
the electricity then failed and we had
to rush about in the dark frantically
getting pans under a dozen simultane
ous roof leaks.
It was at that point that the reluctant
fire I had' set, perhaps inspired by the
tossing wind racing through the un
paned windows, burst into new life,
refilling the cottage with smoke.
"Put the children in the car!" my
wife commanded. "I'll get the suit
cases packed!"
It was four in the morning when we
pulled into our driveway. "Be it ever
so mortgaged, there's no place like
home," my wife sighed.
As I say, it's time to start planning
this year's vacation trip. I don't know
where we'll go, but lakeside cottage
owners are hereby advised not to sit
up all night waiting for us to appear!
Family Weefclw. April 20, J95
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