Morris tribune., 1882-09-14
HOUSEKEEPING

vi AN lAN HUI NEAEEtIN MI.
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They are coming, Nlney.
Miss Nancy Cro"toot tucked her oall
OF blue yarn INTO her apron pocket anu,
shading her eyes With one hand, looked
down the lane. where tall mulberry trees
tbraw ,bnir Ion,r shadows ON tho yeIvetv
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N"niIHs' Miss N'i'tE' eFhoeu "s"ee'
voice.
And pretty Whey Mavis hastily
showed q onrselerry ,,in into tho oven
,,l " .Lc h.,,r- ,,an,h ,.;th 49,
''I'' '>''''V o.'' VA ,''' '''N III i'1
0f3perE ol PINK ana NIo1eI-cupHe"
mornln--gIorN vines.
She. too, yu.rI eagerly down the long
lana and S,..,, tha sannhirn-hlna aros
N,,,.I.I.4 ,,,l ,h,, ,,;E,i- t;,,+,,1 ,,,s',1-,
oroke INTO jumping Smiles.
Its them" she cried. Il could
tell Old pupple's iog-trot a mile
awavn
y-;.,o,. l,,,.; ,,.,,, ~, s;,,oo ,,oa,, &c ,l,.
ny ">." ga ,'P s4'ico PICp VI va:
Wien 'lle urSt 'oUcn u PINK pr'sheo IN
the eastern sky, and when the thrush
and the cat-bird we're trilling their ear
lest morDin,r ne1ns
rl,o rol ,,;fI-ol +,,o -Ioo l,1-;
IN ''>.N' ALL " 1ooN'i'S
COWS. their deW-iapS still wet from con-
tact with the dripping grass, and had
breakfast ready just as the crimson sun
WAS peeping over the handicapped
bluffs, lining the shores of the great
Father of Waters.
Ii was an extraordinary occasion, as
farmer Mavls was going to the station,
twelve miles distant, to bring home his
only daughter, Octavia, from boarding
school.
Don't you bother yourself about the
breakfast, Einev,' said the farmer,
gOod-naturedIy, as he lighted his cob
pipe at the kitchen fire. Il kin eat
snack. and hev breakfast when we git
home"
But Whey would not hear to it, and
with her own hands she fried her uncle's
favorite pancakes, yellow with eggs.
fresh sweet milk at his plate.
Dinner will be all ready when you
get back, uncle, so bring good appe-
tite, she said, kissing him good-by
1t was happy family that dwelt at
the old brown farm house.
Farmer Mavls was good nature per-
sonltied, and Miss Nancy, the house
keeper, was sweet tempered old maid !;
not SO very old, either. for the youthful
crlnkles still lurked in her soft, brown
hair. and her cheeks were as rosy as
winter pear-main just touched by the
frost. She was d distant connection of
farmer Mavis, and had kept house for
him ever since the death of his wife
some six years ago.
Whey was his niece, and was as dear
to him as his own daughter.
Great We're the preparations which
were made tor octaVlas homecoming.
MISS Nancy had secured the windows
ana maze up the pump bed with fresh,
laven l{ see sheets and pillow slips,
and the best home-spun coverlet.
And Elney had cooked substantial
emit new notstoas and |,rean naas anJ
carIiAo1.er ritb o,1stard a,,d op po"o amu
ME fHr desart - GINA soo900oiiy
In the meantime Oc,a,-io ,-os ., +ho
oars Sneadina ainnr o. tba r.+a ~ 81 III
q ,,,ir,fto GIa 80 sI,as,, fat a. ,.iii0
hin I;r,nad lr;r, r,,;,b Tr.htp h .C'u.eu I
f,nn 90 fronI.led as w." t,,rl-s,i l.ai anu
..I '.n 81 - 800, go % =, w ~ ny egs
INV 20 y sbn bod t III y, oE aep nouee iol
g;rI c eTonias tTo'%e's"ro 80 ba ~. ~ net
If relatine i-oo,I;pn ro' ne i."o d ools
nlo;dWh,1+ sbpaIi go 1,o .ot nv" Wy
detest old maidsI,' ' '0' i''' ''N'ii i'' L
In du ufu time rr3 0ctavia reacbed homo
arJ to'ohaJ 49,; ~. ne. W -Mise saliCF
l., '-''' Ups h'sio-
i.sJa-e,- nm ,,sr, sbo o,;oa - H.;
high voice as she entered the house.
"Dinner at this hour How horridi
What does make "a keen such old fash.
toned bours?"
Miss Nancy and 1-;,o s+,,od o.1os+ -
this uniooked. far renant;on ou 0sn"'' a.
1--WE had il earl;ar than n:,,o1 ~, ro,,r
account O,+avi" ,, ,,an+'ra; h" vi sG,,i
eve tbonnbt T,,, ,o;'rb+ r in 'o .,u,,,n
thinp'' '''i'o
"Need sonetbinc i,doodr, sn;eod
n .o,-;o with . snoor on hor +bin Inc
"Do ,.o,, s;nnsa r,,a hoan ataruoJ Gi
ubaro you e f fn,9 Ros EIen s' haJ Jeo
I1ncb On thn cor =. I'M ~, ooino "u NV g,
rnnT, - ~ IL tnio 'n ~ oi' up ~ ~
1T viii he Soon np p 4 f", d cue re-
that" And she sT,Gr ont 1u Of the r a,o
without wai,in for reply.
oval. eff that don't beat allr' prumbled
Farmer Mavis, his honest blue ewes ex-
panding with surprise. "Ef Octavy
thinks we're goin' to wait for her to nap
it afore we eat dinner she kin thinl, s6
that's all! Fetch along the coffee
Vinev."
"I shall take the head of the table nv