Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-01-07

The little lau loOkeu crtsNaitH'
"Well," he said, striving to speak
unconcernedly. "Oh that's so. But
then / can fix something for myself
easy enough" and he departed for the
kitchen, bordering the question as to
what he should prepare for breakfast.
Now, his great-grandmothe' was
French lady and perhaps II was from
her that he inherited the taste for
omelctte. And Oh this particular morn
ing he determined to regale himself
with that dish. But how to make it
he didn't know. He had always seen
them come on the table light and fiaky,
and tinted delicious golden brown.
lie studied Tie receipt book, and, when
confident that he had mustered its
mysteries, he marshalled the flour,
eggs and milk, and proceeded TO jun
BE them together in what he consider
ed very professional manner He
turned the yellow mass into the frying
pan and waited the result. The fire
was brisk, and pretty soon there was
Il suspicious smell of something burn
ing. The General thought that
perhaps he had better turn the ONE
iette, and he endeayored to do this
with the dextrous flop that Hannah al
ways practiccd; bat, sad to say, the
batter stuck to the iron, and the little
boy found TINT he had made grave
mistake in not greasing the frying-pan
before he had poured the mixture in
TO it, Part Of the omelette was burned,
part uncookcd, and the general heard
Hannah giggle MS he dished up the UNI
savory mess. He then proceeded to
broil piece of bcefsteak He had
pounded it nicely, and had left it for n
moment, while he attended To his
coffee, which was boiling over, when
suddenly Lady Jane Grey, the Maltese
kitten, jumped up on the table and
lcaped out Of the window piece of
steak in her mouth.
mysterious monkey cried the
general, angrily. lie always said that
when greatly excited. Somehow il
seemed To be IN awful imprccaton.
Well, he toasted some bread and
with that, the coffee and "omelettc,"
managed to make out breakfast
Having finished, lie grabbed his hat
and was about to bound ont OF the
door, when Hannah turned around
quietly saying; "Your grandma said
that you was to clean up your break
fast things cooking dishes and ALL"
Scott stood nghnst. The numerous
dishes with yellow batter dried on, the
frying.pan stuck full of bits of burned
omclette, did indeed, present 1t for
midable array. Nevertheless, pucker-
ing his lips together, he began to
whistle Captain links" and set stur-
Oily to work 1T dsh-washing. II was
Il whole hour before he started for the
woods. Billy Mcf.loy, his schoolmatc,
accompanied him. Both boys were
brim full Of plans for n lay of delight.
They were going to play "lngin." This
consisted OF building wigwam Of
hcmlock boughs making u fire and
roasting in the ashes. The most war
like feature Of this savage life consisted
in catching the little silvery minuows
darling in the brook, or iii firing stones
MT stray squirrels and chipmunks A
day thus spent was always one Of much
Joy to Scott, but on this occasion he
didn't feel as usual. Billy McEvoy
wanted his own way about everything,
and they had one or two quarrels.
Then Scott burned his fingers when
building tho fire. and added to this, the
hemlook wigwam tumblcd down and
one Of the sticks hurt his head. Later,
when they had the fire nicely burning,
and their dinner colily cooking in the
ashes, the sky suddenly clouded and
the rain came pouring down. The
boys had to RIM for the barn. Reach
ing il they made plans for the after
Moons enjoyment, Scott asked his
grandpa to pat up n swing, "No, said
grandpa, "you'rc the hoy that can get
along without flvors from anyone,
80 don't bother me with your swingsw
They didn't have much fun after
that, and pretty soon Mr.. McEvov's
hired man came over 10 take Billy
homo. In an hour the sun came ont
bright and clenr Grandma and grand
pa started for II ride over To the village,
TO buy their weekly groceries The
general wanted to so along for hc had
8 cents with which to buy iirc-crnckcrS;
bnt he didn't dare ask grandpa, for fear
of getting another rebuff So he lollcd
around the house, wishing that he had
some work to do, but ashamed to ask.
He burst button from of his trousers,
and tried to sew il ON, He made
bungling work of it, and grandma
smiled when she saw IL sewcd on with
blue embroidery silk. lIe cut his fin
ger, and had to bind il up. He had to
part his hair himself, and finally made
up his mind that other folks beside
himself were of Use in the world. lie
was glad when night came, and he
could 80 to bed. As he took his lamp
and started To leavc the room. his
grandma gave him il quizzical, yet
kindly look from over her spcetcles,
saying
Have yon had u pleasant day
"Mcnncst day ever VAST quoth the
general
let no man live unto HIMSELF said
grandma, and, kissing him tcnderly,
she bndc him goodnight
And now comes the stranges, part Of
my story. Monday morning. when
Hannah arose for her weekly washing,
she found her tub filled with fresh rain
water, Massey me- Who could
have been SO obligin'" She muttered.
Then she added, in tones of intense
sllrrrise nS shp Clnneol nut of tbc bnnL