The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-11-11
NUMBER 46.

and Matte came down.
| "Never saw any? Why, we have it
Tor dessert real often in summer. We al
ways have it at parties"
"Do you?' said Matte. "Can you
make it,"
- don't know" said Nellie, slowly,
thinking Perhaps | could. I've seen
Bridget do it ever so many times!"
Lets make some now," said Matte
"I'll help lots. How do you begin? ?"
rising up and stepping about energetically
Let me see," said Nellie, thoughtfully.
"Oh, Bridget puts on the milk to heat
then she beats up the eggs and sugar, and
stirs it in When it gets cold, she freezes
it."
That's awful easy" said Matte,
pushing up her sleeves. "Come, let's be-
| gin"
DO you think Aunt Martha would like
it?"
Like it? OF course she would She
amt stingyi Here's stew pan right
under the sink" walking out into the
kitchen. "The milk's in here" going to-
ward the pantry.
"Oh, don't! I'll get it," said Nellie,
remembering her aunt's orders. Nellie
brought out pan full of milk and Matte
filled the stew-pan and set it upon the
stove.
Il don't know how many eggs it
takes!' cried Nellie from the pantry; /
| think SIX will do, though She came
out with the eggs in large earthen bowl
which she had seen her aunt use. Matte
broke the eggs, while Nellie went to get
the sugar
Il don't see any but this" she said,
bringing out the bowl from the china
closet.
"She keeps it in big box" said Mat
tie. You hunt for it. Let's have il
real sweet"
Nellie had some qualms of conscience
as she went poking among boxes and
baekcts, but sho found the sugar and
brought out enough to satisfy Mattie's
sweet taste.
80 dear dear! the milk is boiling
overr screamed Nellie. See, it is all
over Aunt Martha s nice stover'
Matte caught a dish-towel and lifted
off the stew pan, setting it down on the
spotless white floor How can we ever
clean the stove?" said Nellie, sobcrly
Oh, never mind that; it'll all burn
Off" said Matte. Come, what'll we do
neXt?"
A sense of her importance as directress
came over Nellie again, and she turned
from the smoking stove.
1--WE must stir in the eggs and sugar."
she said "Ill put the bowl on the floor
and stir while you pour in the milk"
| Much of the milk went On the floor, and
Matte wiped itup with the dish-towel.
Do you put any spice in?''
"Oh, forgot" said Nellie; which do
you like best: lemon, or Vanilla or straw
berry?'
"S'pose you put in a little of all of
'em ~ said Matte, whose ideas of ice
cream were very vague. Only lemon
could be found, so that was settled.
81 can't find any freezer,' said Nellie;
1--WE must take this tin pail Infringing
out II three quart pail.
Matte proceeded at once to empty the
contents of the bowl into the pail She
spilled about fourth of it in the opera
ton and the towel did mop service again.
Now we must carry it outdoors to
COOL" said Nellie;'' then we'll bring it
into the kitchen to freeze it!'
/" In this kitchen, where the great roar
in fire is ~ said Matte, who had just
stuffed the stove with wood. "Now, Mel
lie Lee, you've been cheatin' me-you
don't know how to churn ice-creamr'
Il don't think you are very polite"
said Nellie, stitlly. Il didn't say you
cheated about the candles and things"
"Well, that's sensible-this ANTI Why
don't we freeze our ears and fingers in the
| kitchen?"
81 suppose we might if we tried" said
Nellie, with a little toss of her head
"Anyway, Bridget always freezes her
cream in the kitchen right in the summer
when it's as hot as fire everywhere!"
Matte came down little at this; but
although she helped Nellie to find an
empty butter -frkin in the shed and bring
in painful of snow and basin of salt
she went about with look of unbelief on
her face that it nettied Nellie to see.
They were very busy packing the
cream or, rather, Matte was, under Mel
lies direction, when the Grimes boy came
for the turnips. AS he looked about the
Uttered smoky kitchen he exclaimed
"Whew! Where's Miss Lee?''
"Gone away" said Matte.
eyes, should think so. Who's boss
of this 'ere mess ?"
81 am" said Nellie, drawing herself
up, proudly. "It isn't mess. We're
making ice-cream!"
ooh, be you, though? Wall, | guess
Miss Lee'll make somebody scream when
she comes home. I'll bet my head that
Marth Parker's at the bottom of it! She's
al as up to something. Tain't none of
my business, though. Pm after them tur-
!, neps."
Nellie opened the cellar-doo Here
they are" she said loftily; Aunt Mar
tha said you were coming for them"
"What an insolent boy!" she exclaimed,
} as she closed the door.
Awful sassy" said Martha.
"There, it's all in now! But what ails
my hand, Nellie: See, it's as white and
stiff as anythin'r'
90 Matte! it's the lepersy!" said Mel
lie, with horror in her face and in her
voice. Miss Martha had been reading and
commenting upon the leper stories OF the
Bible the Sunday before.
"The lepersy! what's that, Nellie? o
dear, dear! what'll l do?" said Matte,
beginning to cry. ..-.
"Oh, it's awfulr' said Nellie, with di-
lated eyes. "Does it ache, Mattie?' Just
then the door opened.
40 Aunt Martial" screamed Nellie,
Mattie's got the lepersy!"
"Gotw twhat ?" said the astonished woman,
looking about the room. Whatever be
you doing hcre?"
Nellie's eyes followed her aunt's, and
in spite of her fright terrible conscious
ness of the situation of things rushed over
her in moment.
1--WE were making ice-cream," she said,
in little deprecating voice that was quite
contrast to the tone in which she had
spoken before. r-. " -.
';Ice-cream! should think sor' said
Aunt Martha, catching up pan and
running to the door With it. She was back
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