The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-13

sCome this way,-we have concluded to eat
in the little passage between the entry and the |
here,-does it not look quite com |
fortablen'
':It is contrary to my theory, that 4 passage |
six feet by eight can be a comfortable eating |
room for three grown persons and two children"
said MIR. Waters, looking any thing but agreea-
bly, surprised; s'will you close the kitchen door,
Liddym called he, after they had seated them
selves as cOmpactly as possible around the little
table.
at can't be kept closed, sir called Liddy, in
return, E'the kitchen smokes outrageously when
we shut it."
FFThen open the windows"
"That only makes it worse, sir.o
''No matter, cart eat while my eyes are I'LL
ling with smoke"
E'Never mind, nay dear, we will have the cock
ing steve up in day or two, said Mrs. Waters,
persuasively, Sand then this objection will be at
an end. This was part of my plan. The kiich-
on door can then be left open, ard the stove will
warm this place delightfully."- in the cold wealth
en-"
Sand we are to have the odors of the kitchen
sent to our table along with the HEATH put my
veto upon any thing of that kind"
I'But In a case of necessity, my dear. All the
other families in this block understand, use the
apartment above the kitchen for an eating room,
but, on account OF economy, we cannot follow
tAdupACs w y must nave warm chdTnBer
for the children and also for Iiddy on account of
her rheumatism, and as that one can be heated
from the stove below, have placed beds in it
Besides, Liddy wonld soon become dissatisfied if
she were obliged to carry every thinS for the ia
BILE up steep flight. of stairs"
FFYou have done right in that case, but why
not eat in the back parlor?"
EfBecause, my dear, by eating in one of the
parlors, it would be necessary to keep the folC
ing doors closed a good part of the day, and
also, furniture gets very much abused in an eat
ing room"
Owing to the limis size of the apartment,
the high chair of little Harry had been placed
against the door, which opened into the yard,
and as his parents were too much occupied to
attend to his wants, he leaned it forward to help
himself, when a man, whom Mrs. Waters had
employed to assist in the removal, suddenly
opened the deor, by which the child was precipi-
tated on the table, his hand overturning his ia
theirs cup, and then lodging in the butter.
Mrs Waters colored at this incontrovertible
argument against her cause, and when her hus-
band, on leaving the table, repeated his wish
that it should hereafter be set in the back parlor,
she acquiesced without opposition.
A week or two from this, while Liddy was
clearing off the breakfast things, Mr.. Waters
eye fell upon his wife, who had opened the doors
of tbs sideboard, and, in a stopping posture was
looking at the shelves, with no ostensible Pur-
pose other than that of admiring its contents.
elbow did it happen, Eliza" said he, ''that
after you had made up your mind to be so very
fashionable, you allowed that huge sidebodrd to
come into one of your parlors~
seBecause there no dining room to take 1t
into, and as we have no closets in the house, it
was necessary that should have something to
keep my china in. wish you to be punctual at
your dinner, my dear, intend to treat you to a
I. dish of your favorite soup"
Am tn understand that Won wish alone IN
crafty my palate, or is your object also to show
off your dinner ware in full Operationm
etNonsense, Henry!-you take such delight in
teazing me!-but don't forget"
He complied with her injunction and return
ed in proper time. Mrs Waters met him at
the parlor door, as she was carrying her vaunt-
ed tureen into the kitchen, and stopped to
congratulate him on Liddy's success in cen
cocting his favorite mess. In few minutes
she returned, preceded by Liddy bringing the
soup, and followed by little Phoebe bearing
some requisite accompaniment. But before
they had reached the table, the triumphant
procession was woefully deranged. The tu-
reen fell from Liddy's hand, and far and wide,
the carpet ''drank in the genial moisture, while
a fragment of the china rebounded, and cut
broad cash in Phebe's cheek, close to the eye
Show on earth could you have been so
careless, LiddyP' screamed Mrs. Waters, be-
tween fright and vexation.
Chow could help it, ma'am?" replied Lid
dy, with becoming dignity. sit was all the
fault of the tureen!' and she held out the
handles, which she still grasped. They had
been cemented along with the other things, in
such manner as to be imperceptible to the
sight and the heat of the soup had melted
them off.
"Pray Eliza, don't LET it disturb you so
much" whispered Jane, after endeavoring to
quiet Phoebe, who was crying with the pain
of her wound; "think how easily this poor
child might have lost her eye by the accident
If that had happened, our bargain would have
been reproach to us all our lives, and with
this consideration, the lady allowed herself to
be pacifed.
The removal had taken place in September,
and the weather soon began to grow cold.
Mrs. Waters went out one afternoon to lay in
wearing apparel for the winter, and did not
return until her husband was ready to accom-
pany her from his business in the evening.
: s.Tea has been waiting for you this half
hour" said Jane, when they had got home,
scome into the front parlor,-I have filled and
lighted the pier-table lamp, as Henry directed
me last night. Does it not burn beautifully
| think it throws out more light than the
other"
'sWhere are the children'" asked Mrs. Wa
tiers.
'sIn the back parlsr, both riding in the large
rocking chair.
sWell, let them bel wish to show you my
new purchases, and my present See, this eie-
CANT Shawl. have been denying myself one
for three or four years, because thought we
could not afford the cost, and it was very kind
in Henry to give me this now, when he has
been at such unusua! expense in fitting up the
house. He says, however. that ne has Just
made an extra profit on let os them, and that
therefore he is able to let me have this without
much disadvantage"
After Jane had sufficiently admired the
shawl, Mrs. Waters folded ltcarefuly to make
room for her other acquisitions, when they Were
startled by a crash and scream from the other
parlor. Hastily throwing down her shawl, she
ran out with Jane, and found both the children
screaming on the floor. The arm had broken
out of the chair, one of the bargains, and lit
AZ onos had faIlen with her face aoaipsf an