Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-04-10


my money in silks, furbelows and things,
she'll find herself grandly mistaken. If
she expects to live the life of lazy, fine
lady, she'll find it difficult in nv estab-
iishment. I don't intend to encourage
female insubordination. I believe the
husband was born to govern-the wife to
obey. If more husbands had my firm
ness, my tact in governing, things would
be very different at the present day."
And Mrs. Flint, left at home, summon
ed the housekeeper.
II learn that my husband has given you
a weeks warning9" she said.
Eyes, ma'am.''
land is it your wish to leave US, Mrs.
Burns?'
sob. no, Mrs. Flint, for don't know
where could find another place, and
have to pay my little girls board GU. of
my wages"
~ believe there is considerable work
to be done in this establishment"
eyes, Mrs. Flint, a great deal. Then
Mr.. Flint is so particu!ar-he wants to
have everything done just so. And that's
why am sorry to go just as you come,
tor | know you are easy to please"
"How do you know that2" said Mrs.
Flint, smiling.
SPY your FACET looks so good
natured. Mr.. Flint says, ma'am," she
continued, hesitatingly, "that I'm to
show you some about the work. But if
you try to do it alone, unused to hard
work as you are, it will make you SICK in
a week."
II think very likely it would, Mrs.
Burns. But have not the slightest idea
Of doing the work. At all events, you
must not secure another situation until
you hear from me again. I am very con-
fdent," she added smiling, "that it Mr.
Flint sends you away, he will be only
too anxious to take you back again."
The week passed quickly.
| Mrs. Burns leaves US Tomorrow, re.
marked Maj. Flint at the a-table
''Then you have decided upon it?'
eyes, madam, believe I ammo unced
the fact to you some days ago"
81 thought it possible my objections
might have weighed with you and in
duced you to!change your MIND"
II never change my mind" said her
! husband loftiIy.
"But l warn you that I have little
experience as cook"
You can learn, madam"
"Perhaps may not cook to suit your
taste?'
''That IS my affair."" he observed,
stif1y.
Had he been aware of the plot forming
in the lady's fertile brain, he might not
have felt so confident in regard to the
quality of his bread and butter; but as it
was, he retired for the night all uncon-
scious Of the disciplin to be melted out
him.
So the following morning Mrs. Burns
received her wages and was sent off.
at ten o'clock the marketing was
brought home.
At the usual dinner hour, Maj. Flint
made his appe france.
The table was laid with more than its
usual neatness.
Mr.. Flint congratulated himself on
this fact as personal triumph on his
part.
But he hardly felt so complacent when
the dinner came up.
The beef was terribly overdone; the
! vegetables, on the contrary, were not
bali cooked. In short, there was nothing
fit to eat on the table. This Mai. Flint
angrily remarked.
II dare say" said his wife, placidly,
II am not very good COOKE
With his appetite only half satisfied, be
was obliged to rise from the table.
The following morning breakfast was
delayed more than half an hour, and,
when it was ready, scarcely eatable.
Mr.. Flint was quite out of humor; but in
reply to his indignant circumstances his
wife coolly remarked:
,, "You know, Mr.. Flint, warned you
that l might not cook to please your
TASTE"
And SO matters deteriorated rather
than improved. The tea and coffee, as
prepared by his wife, were quite nau-
seating to him, while the bread was not
only sour but hard and clammy, requir-
| ing considerable effort to mastlcate it..
And what rendered it all the more exas-
| peratiDg was that, no matter how inferior
in quality or distasteful to himself, his
wife professed her inability to discover
any fault in what was. prepared for the
IdOlc, UIOtcStAuS taa1 ~ was LII pcI1cCl
accord with her own taste.
| The following day Mr.. Flint seated
himself at the dinner-table, his mind
filed with various emotions. He was
growing thin, he felt sure; not good.
square meal had he eaten in three days.
'This woman will be the death of me,
sure as fate,'' he said to himself, gazing
at the food placed before him.
Here was the rich, juicy steak that he
| himself bad selected and sent from the
market, after all his instructions as to how
it should be breiled, shockingly overdone
in fact, almost burneds~to crisp, his
wife meanwhile partaking Of it with evil
dent relish. =. - ..
"What taste this woman must have r.
he said with Mortified eyes.
II have made you an extra cup of tea
to-day" said the lady opposite, handing
him the cup with his dessert.
Hitherto Mr.. Flint had been very par.
ticular in regard to his cup of tea at
dessert, insisting that it should be brought
to the table both. strong and hot. Had
the tea been prepared to his taste, it
would have soothed somewhat the riot
GUS emotions within ON the contrary, it
was miserably weak-quite lukewarm
and brackish.