Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-05-27
Mrs. Blossoms FiSh-BallS.

They had been married five months
and not once since the wedding tour
ended and the pair came home to their
own house, chosen a good three miles
out, that ''stretcher' might open and
end each day of bending over desk,
had Mrs. Blossom failed to appear at the
same moment and in the same place for
her share in the glow and general ex-
citement of said "stretcher." 1t had in
volved leaving of high heels and adopt
ing broad, low ores, and sundry other
small reforms in dress had been the re-
suit of the daily quickstep, very differ
ent from the saunter known to her girl
hood as constitutional, but Mrs.
Blossom made no complaint.
To-day there were DO signs of the trim
figure coming swiftly toward him, and
Mr. Blossom hurried on little anxious,
and deciding at last that company must
have come. The house was silent as he
turned the latch key, and after a look
into the parlor and dining-room ran mp
stairs and down opain as he encountered
, only empty rooms.
"Out," he said rather discontentedIy;
| then listening for n moment as his name
seemed to sound family from the end of
the hall. A narrow passage shut off the
kitchen from the rest of the house, but
doors were open and he made his way
, on, pausing in establishment as be saw
| bis wife shrouded in n kitchen apron
and drowned in tears.
"What is if, my darling % he cried,
with rnsh toward her.
Don't touch me y shrieked Mrs.
Blossom. "I'm ali over everything,
and oh, Henry, I'm such an idiot !"
"You are not |" said Mr.. Blossom in
dienantly. 81 wish to know what the
matter is p
IL is this awful receipt" said Mrs
Blossom, pointing to scrap of paper
set up against tin pan for reference
81 found it in the Herdld, and you
know how you've wanted some fish
balls, and / let Hannah &c ont, and
meant to make some for a surprise.
| See here. What do they look like"
! 81 don't know" said Mr.. Blossom
. deiectCdly, after look into the pan
pointed out, "unless it might be Goldfish
custard. / don't see any balls. There's
great deal, isn't there 2"
81 should think there was" said
Mrs. Blossom with another burst. " But
how vas / TO know? 1t said, Cut
| Goldfish in small bits and remove every
piece of bone How was l to know
just how much? | took a piece and
did Just that. Then it was to soak in
cold water an hour and be rinsed, and
| then boil for twenty-five minutes, and
! | did that and brought down my plaque
and painted while | was waiting. Then
il said season with milk, butter and
eggs aud / poured away the water and
put III a cup of milk and piece of
butter, and of course eggs meant two
or three, and they're awfully high and
| knew Hannah would scold, but | put
in three, and then the butter wouldn't
melt, but just went sailing rouud, so /
put il on the fire TO get hot, and as soon
as it boiled it all thicbened up. and I
had to put in more milk TO bring it back
to what it looked like in the first place.
Then il said, Mix with it double the
quantity of boiled potatoes. I got out
all the cold ones, but they flew all round
when I tried t. mash them. and there
weren't near enough. l knew there
wouldn't be time 10 boil more because
yon would be here and it said too,
add milk or cream 10 give the desired
amount Of moisture There's six times
the desired amount now. and it would
take every potato we've got in the house
to soak it up, and we never in the world
could eat it all. But I've done just
exactly what the rule said, and oh. Gear,
what shall | do? wanted to find out
before you got here, but know l am
truly fool"
Once more Mrs. Blossom dissolved
end hid her face in the kitchen apron.
IN Blossom eyed the mixture mo-