Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-29


shopping expedition; while mother
was worried because the bread had
not turned out well, and the buck
wheat cakes showed a tendency to
become sour.
Mother sad something about the
bread-said she had been over the
baking nearly all day, and it seemed
as though itnever would rise
She said, II think either the flour
or yeast is bad"
Father, just to be disagreeable,
| / suppose, said, "a bad workman
always complains Of his tools"
Mother flushed up Instantly. She
was a good bread maker, and she
lmewit. She said, "That don't ap-
ply to me. We generally have as
good bread as any one. Don't you
think so, RobertS"
Bob; who looked as though he
was working out some problem in
mental arithmetic. answered, 81
don't presume to criticise the fare
at myboarding- house, a a
That was improving (?) things
rapidly-Bob calling our house his
Gboarding house, ,,}.tl~'7v
After supper Bob went up to bis
room and smoked cigar, and af-
0terward came down in a more So
cial humor. In accordance with a
previous arrangement, he and Lizzie
sat down to practice an Instrument
al duet.
l sat in the parlor reading, and
so long as the music ran smoothly
on, I paid no attention to it; but
suddenly there was a discord, and
then it ceased. - -.f'1 '-'
"You made q mistake there"
said Bob, pointing to the music.
"No, it was you," said Lizzie,
"and there is where it was" point
/ ing at one of the hieroglyphics with
which composers disfgure paper
81 beg pardon" said Bob "but
I could not have made such a mis-
take, as I am quite familiar with
the piece. I PLAYED it with Miss
Peterson the other evening, and
she made the same mistake you did,
only she saw it when l pointed it
out"
soh, yes j she would see that
black was white, if you pointed it
out. What has Miss Peterson to
do with mep"
III surely thought that you and
l had lived long enough in the same
house together, and sufficient
ly intimate-if not friendly-to al
low me to differ with you some
times, and even to quote authority
in support of my own opinion
when it was at variance with
yours" @ lt
"Whatever friendly relations
there were, need not continue
You have chosen to define your
position in the house as that of a
mere boarder, and, as such, have
no tight to hout another young la
dy in my face, and claim that be-
cause she made q mistake, I must
have done so, too, You talk queeily
about this music anyhow. If you
are as familiar with the piece asyou
pretend, why did you practice it ?
| know you are not right about
that mistake, and I don't believe
YOU think you are, yourself"
Ifa man had given Bob Carver
the lie so directly I suppose he
would have knocked him down
AS it was, he ejumped up without a
word, and went to his room,
Lizzie played several lively airs
with greataanimation, and was as
merry as a bird until she went to
bed. s.
Her apparent triumph over the
matter angered me, and ] bluntly
told her she had been i'll. natured
and unladylike; whereupon she in
formed me that sschildren should be
seen and not heard
At breakfast, next morning, all
Of us had apparently recovered our
good humor, but there was some
thing forced about Bob's gayety.-
l noticed that be and Lizzie said
nothing to each other When he
left, he said he would not be back
to supper (Healways dined down
town. AS this was not altogether
unusual, no one but myself appear
ed to notice it except Clara, who
looked at Lizzie with sort Of n
told you SO" glance.
Bob came home late that evening,
and we did not see him until next
morning, As breakfast Lizzie seem
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