South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1867-10-25

90 teuleT care OF her, W1lca was very
touching
Mother suffers very much, Amy lie
said to me; 'you will find her ailiDg most
of the time, but | hope you viii overlook
any deficiencies
l answered politely and the subject drop.
ped.
As soon as tea was over Gerald asked me
to walk over the farm with him, and, as
pleaded fatigue, he took some chairs out to
the porch, ond we sat there chatting until
nine o'clock, when my aunt called me in,
aud | found this was the usual bedtime at
Davy's Corner. ] was very tired, and, in
spite Of the novelty Of my position, slept
soundly
Amy Amyr
Il seemed about thc midl'e of the night
when this call aud most energetic shaking
reused me-
Amy said my aunt, 1T Is FIVE o'clock,
and Jerry has gone down
well ? | said, sleepiy.
You're younger than / am, you get up
first, and put the kettle on by that time
III come down
But, Aunt Fanny began
Come, hurry. Jerry's whistling, and
that's sign he wants his breakfast
got up slowly, wondering what l was
expected to do next, and began to dress
myself.
Mercy on me don't stop to curl your
hair; tack it mp anyhow
twisted my curs into roll and put
on n black net, and then took n tucked skirt
and wrapper from my trunk
Bless my heart You amt a going to
put on thatfxe up thingto ret breakfast ?
Get breakfa,t, get breakfast; I, who,
to my shame be it spoken, hardly knew a
coiicc-pot from frying-pan. | thought of
my fathers deliberately prepared table, and
wondered, for the first time, how hot rolls,
steaks, eggs, and coffee were made if bad
been informed that they all grew, ready
cooked on Z tree, ! could not have brought
one item of actual experience to contradict
the assertion.
Get breakfast! Ny French lawn wrap
per must return to the trunk but the
thicker materials were rufilei and trimm ed,
open from the waist and required embroid-
cred skirts, 50, in the plainest of them, /
earned my aunt's c0ntemptuous Comment
/ Fixed oil to kill"
'What must DO, inquired, until you
como down -
wei, [ sha'n't be down yet awhile ;
my head aches. Just make the coffee, and
/ boil some eggs, and fry some slices of ham
/ you'll find bread in the closet
Boil fry coffee ] started down stairs.
Jerry was in the kitchen.
Where's MOTHER
Got the headache " I answered, shortly
enough.
Wel, I've made the fire, and and
Gerald was cying my wrapper, and the en-
| broidery on the skirt, 'and the kettle is on
! but but
'Weil?' / said, laughing now.
| 'An't she coming down at all p
| NO. Tn to boil ham anil
'What y
'No, boil an egg and fry ham
what"
'Wen, its boil, and fry, and eggs, and
ham, and that's all can tell you
Bat, Amy
Stop, let me finish. I am fresh from
a boarding school, and, as We have a house
/ keeper and plenty Of servants, never boil
ed or fried anything in my life but | am
not too old to learn, and if Aunt Fanny j.
sick, why I'll try now, only mind, sir, if
you laugh at me-, I'll retire from service
and return to New York Where is the
ham 2
Bravo. What a spunty little fashion
plate You arc. Amt its none of my
business, O. be sura-but won't those trim
. ming5 and the holes ia your pctticoat suffer
in the boiling and frying operations"
'S'posa they will Never mind "
well, II get the ham and slice il for YOU
and bring in some eggs, and then you must
release me until attend 10 the live stock
Can YOU make out =
'Oi, yes Where are hopoisanl pansZ
Gerald did not leave me until all my mn.
tcrills were found and ready for use, then
with ahy, yet not unmlnly grace be ben
down on one knee and said -
'We are on level, now won't you BIZ
M gooi-morningY
understood him, anil gratefully inclin.
ed, ] gave him n hearty kiss and THANK
YOU, and BIO bounded of like a stag, leav
ing me 90 loneliness and breakfast getting
know that boiling meant putting thing
in water and Standing them on the fro, s,
put the eggs in saucepan, filed it from
thc pump and stood 10 on the cOlls. Then
piled the slices Of ham neatly in tho fry
ing-pon, and put that beside tic eggs bu
coiisc-how was coffee made? Really in
teres,ed now, flew up stairs and rouscc
my aunt from her nap
Aunt Fanny, how DO you make coffee ?
Bless the child, what q start you CIV,
me . Why, you put IL in the cof5c-pot,
pour boiliug-watcr on it, and then set j
down 70 boil Putin an egg Amy, to clear
IT,