The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-09-18

unlteu III pTeuIctiUS oui p'esenI per-
pIexities. No, it would be too mor,i-
tying TO go home for comfort in this
matter. Indeed, am ashamed to ex-
pose my ignorance by consulting any
one. give all my visitors bakers
bread, and they, having it only occa-
sionaIly, seem to like it,"
"Suppose We tr. boarding, Hattie p
eve cannot afford that; and, be-
sides, we want home by ourselves.
You would not be conleBted to give up
our home liberties and privileges,
Frank. If il were not for the eternal
bread question, We could get little en-
joyment out of life; but comfort is now
out of the question. / wish Frank" /
added, pettishly s'that you had married
honsekeeper and had gone in a con-
vent p
His face flushed.
II was not finding fault, Hattie. /
am as ignorant as yourself, and am
sure could not get along with the
countless details of kitchen work half
as skillfully aud cheerfuIy as you do.
| think you will conquer this effectual
ly i'm time"
ain time, if ever" I responded, un-
graciously. 81 hope there will be no
bread making in eternity"
He looked at me in surprise for
moment, but did not reply. The
marked irreverencc of my language af-
iected him painfully; but he saw that
/ was i'm too reckless a mood to be rea-
soned with.
After he had gone to his study sat
down to think. ] felt wicked and un-
happy. knew had spoken unkind-
y and ungenerously to my husband,
whose unwraried torhearance and gen
,lrness, amid the Inconvenience caused
10y my incompetency, had so often ex.
cited my gratitude. Alas that SO much
misery could result from the want of a
good loaf of bread
A sudden resolve inspired me.
Without waiting to clear away the
breakfast things, l went to kind old
lady in the neighborhood, and after
confessing my ignorance, begged to be
initiated into the mysteries of bread
making.
"There is no trouble" said the old
lady, ''if you have good yeast"
But have tried yeast, and my
bread soured."
"You let it stand too long. 1t must
he put in the pans as soon asst is light,
and then stand till it begins to come up
again."
"Bnt where can 1 get good yeast?"
SAT the bakery. / get mine there.
You can't help having good bread if
the yeast is right. Only be sure TO bake
it soon enough"
| / was soon on my way to the bakery,
a mile distant. The fresh air and pleasant
sunlight soon had their usual influence
upon me, and / began to get back my
lost courage and cIieeriulness.
"Aiter all,'' !, said to myself, 81 must
succeed if persevere. am not nat
urally dull, and / will learn 10 make
good bread, if it takes me year."
procured pint of yeast and hast
ened home with my treasure. deter.
mined that the ''hoisting" element
should not he lacking in quantity, so |
tpnt into the flour all the yeast had
bought, only adding a cup of milk to
moisten it sufficiently. 1t smelt very
strong of hops, but thought that
would bake out. 3 ssf< .,;f..-,s.. s,.s & Z
i had scarcely placed it in warm
corner by the stove To raise, when re-
collected Mrs. Lees caution about
baking IL in time to prevent its souring.
Il must run no risk of that, at all
events" | said. 81 am sure there is
Iyeast enough To raise it, if bake it di,
rectly. ''lJ can raise III the oven, to be
sure. Dear me, how green it looks |!
But it will come all right iu the bak
ing, l dare say" sssd .Haa raa
So without further delay / placed it
in the oven. i would not, if could,
describe it's appearance when it came
out. / did not wait to test its quality,
but threw il, almost kissing hot, into
that long suffering ditch. / am afraid
it is there now. ltis many years since
l lett the place, but often fancy halt
a dozen ducks hard at work upon it.
went back to the house, and for the
first time sat down la have a hearty
cry ing spell. Itwas no genteel sniffie,
with just tears enough to add luster TO
my eyes but a dow nright sobbing, tha at
would have done credit To any whipped
youngster of ten. | was utterly dis.
outraged. In this condition my hus-
band found me hen he came down to
dinner. There was no dinner cooked,
aud the breakfast table stood just where
we had left it. -
AT first he looked much alarmed, but
he soon comprehen,led the state OF
affairs, lie came and sat down byme,
and drew my head from the hard table
upon which it had rested TO his shout
der. How sopthingly aud encourag-
ingly he talked to me He seemed to
|, have quite forgotten my provoking lam
guagr To himself, and only tobe anxious
to comfort me. s.If s4sfs 4sro ;.
After a time told him the sad expe-
rirnce OF the mnrning-the long,
fatiguing walk, the attemp: To obtain
instructions, aud the hopeless result.
1t Was AN, thing but funny story, to
me, but lelt him treinble as proceed
ed, aud when | concluded with the
amiable wish that these ducks might
be choaked 10 death if they ever
brought that bread up to the light oi
day, he broke out INTO a tit of laugh.