Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-28
Mr.. Mimpbleuf looked somewhat blank al

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"Very we'll, leave them at home four chill
rem are nothing TO look after, and l shall
manage beautifully" ...., ,,t .a,l -.
"Now, thought our hero, the morning o.
his }wife's departure, "Ill begin By straight,
ening up the dining-room and washing the
Dishes .,-,- ..sg
Two plates, one saucer, and the china tea
urn were broken in clearing of the table; but
he was not discouraged, and congratulated
himself that it was no worse. The fire had
gone out in the kitchen stove, so that he ~as
obliged to use cold water for washing the
dishes, which only hardened the grease with
out removing it, and he was in a quandary
for Jeremiah was very fastidious person
and abhorred plate that was not perfectly
clean. " '-E' ."
So he rubbed and rubbed, but with no sue
cess and to make matters more serious, ne
found himself completely drenched in greasy
water. His handsome dressing.grown wat
ruined, and his new embroidered slippers wei
and soiled. go
He built a rousing fire at noon, and put
the meat directly over it to broil; then he
rummaged around for half an hour to find g
ook-book, and after accomplishing this feat
joyfully announced his intention of having
biscuits for dinner. He accordingly got all
the tinware, out upon the table, and succeeded
in dirtying some half dozen pans, three cups
and six or eight spoons. When they were al
last made, he referred once more to the cook
book. ~ ....; w.
1T says bake in quick oven,'" unused
Mr.. Mimpbleuf; II wonder if ours is quick
oven ? guess it is, for Bellina always has
6rst.class biscuit, 80 here they Co." and he
showed in the pan. ,,'.-n
A fame suddenly burst up around the
gridiron, and removing it he found thai
after getting well smoked, the meat had burnt
to crisp on the side next to the fire.
Now, if there was one thing more than an
other that jeremiah was particular about, il
was his steaks being rare, and he remembered
certain occasion when he had risen from
the table in disgust, and left the house in
rage, because the meat was cooked a little too
much-two of his children being i'll, and his
wife without a servant. Still, there was no
excuse in the austere eyes of Jeremiah
Mimpbleuf, and he showed bis great displeas'
ure by slamming the front door foIcibly
after him, and absenting himself from home
three days. Yet here was the same thing
happened to himself, and what should he do I
He went into the dining-room to set the
table, and returned just in time to smell the
biscuits burning. Hurrying to the stove be
found them unfit to eat, burnt to cinder.
He was in despair three o'clock, and no din
ner; breakfast at six on account of his wite's
departure, and himself and family on the
verge of starvation.
His dressing.gown was in deplorable
state, between the grease and a thick coating
of flour on the elbows but he was too desper.
ate to care for appearance, and determined
to buy up supply of bread and cakes at the
bakery he therefore locked the children all
up in his study and started, running all the
way. ..l \ D.. ..;... ~ -
In the meantime, Sammie, aged seven,
amused himself by manufacturing kite out
of valuable manuscript which lay on the
desk, while Bolivy tore beautiful steel en-
craving out of one of his fathers choice vol.
umes to ornament the face of said kite; and
Jennie, a pretty, brown-eyed sprite of three
summers, in reaching up for the bottle of mu-
cilage, knocked off the inkstand, which broke,
leaving great black stain on the handsome
blue and. .drab carpet. The chair on which
she stood slipped, and in Fastening to get
down, she dropped the bottle of paste, which
fell in little shattered heap at her feet, ma.
king an additional blemish on papa's carpet.
Mr.. Mimpbleuf had always reproved his
wife for calling the children mischievious, for
he never saw anything at all wrong in their
conduct, and congratulated himself that be
had the best behaved and most interesting
family in the country.
Returning, he Immediately hurried to the
study, and was Mortified beyond expression
at the scene which greeted him there. II his
wife had permitted such thing TO happen, he
would have scolded and stormed around in a
fearful manner, until he was quite certain he
had made her perfectly wretched, and hear
tiIy sorry for ever having married such a
great inconsiderate "bear" as himself.
However, he viewed the disaster with any.
thing but pleasure, but being very much ia
tigued with the mornings work, he did not
fell quite equal to the effort of chastising
them, and so let them off with feeble repri'
mand, and proceeded to distribute the bread
and cakes. %, . ... .. .-
Providence sent an old lady friend around
that afternoon, and leaving the children in
her care, he rushed off to the intelligence Office
and engaged recent importation from Ger
many, whom he brought home with him ir
triumph.
Next morning be INDUCED in cigar, and
walked up street to ascertain how things were
progressing at the office. On bis way back
he purchased can Of oysters, which he pre-
sented to Katbrina, asking eff she knew how
to cook them," to which she replied "Yab,
yah poll dem in stewp and he seated him
self complacently to peruse letter from biz
"other self" Mrs. Mimpbleuf
II am having such delightful time, y
wrote his affinity" "and do hope you are
getting along nicely at home; it will do you
worlds of good to rest from your labors, and
l know you are enjoying it wonderfully"
Bolivy had tied rope to one of the chairs,
and as Kathrna was coming in with the soup
tureen, he suddenly jerked it, stripping her
up, and she fell crash into the room.
Enraged at. the boy, and scalded by the
hot soup, she declared her intention of depart
ing Immediately, and forthwith did 80, leav-
ing jeremiah to dish up the dinner as best
he could.
Providing himself with shovelful Of ash
es, he spread it carefully over the place
where the souphad been spilled, then he pour.
ed quantity of soft-soap and hot water on,
and assuming the kueeling posture (the first
time since his childhood), began to scrub.
Four square yards were coated over with ash
es, etc., whereas only small portion Of the
carpet had been soiled, but he worked away
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