Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-09-14

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The week raased ql1e
AfFs Burns leaves ls mid
the major. st she TIA
Then Yoa have dec l.
& believe e
s. Ans azy $50
1 thought il possible that nv OBJ
jections might have weighed with you
and induced you 70 change your
mind -
| never change my mind. said her
husband, loftily.
But I warn you that / have little
experiences as cook.
You can learn
Perhaps ] may not cook 70 suit
your taste, she persisted.
That Is my affair.
Had he been aware Of the plot
FORMING 10 the ladys fertile brain ne
might not have felt so confident in
regard TO the quality Of hls bread and
butter; and he retired for the night
all unconscious OF the discipline TO be
meted out 70 INN.
90 the following morning Mrs.
Burns received her wages and was
sent on. At ten clock the market
ING was brought home. Al the usual
dinner hour Major Flint made his
appearance. The table was laid with
more than It's ual neatness. MAJOR
Ellnt congratulated himself upon this
TACT as q personal triumph on his part
But ne hardly felt so complacent when
she dinner came up. The beef was
terribly overdone; the vegetables. on
the contrary, were not half-cooked.
In short. there was nothing ft to eat
on the table. This Major Flint rath-
er angrily remarked.
! dare say; | am not q very good
cook, said bis wife.
With his appetite only half-satis-
fieds be arose from the table.
The following morning. breakfast
was delayed more that half an hour:
and when it was ready, it was scarce
ly eatable. Major Flint was quite
out Of humor; but in repIv to bis re-
monstrances his wife said
Il warned vou that nniohk not,
cook TO suit your taste.
And 50 matters deterioted rather
than improved. The tea and coffee
prepared by his wife were nauseatinQ
to him, while the bread was not only
sour, but hard and clammv. renuir-
ing considerable effort to nasticate
il. And what rendered it all the
more exasperating was that, no mat
ter how inferior in quality or distaste-
fnl to himself, his wife professed her
inability to discover any fault in what
Was prepared for the table, protesting
that it just suited her taste.
The following day Major Flint
seated himself at the dinner-ialle, his
mind filed with various emotions.-
lie was growing thin. he felt sure;
not decent meal had he eaten for
Three days.
'Ihls woman VIII be the death Of
me. as sure as tate ne said to him.
sell, gazing at the food placed before
nun;
mere was the men, Juicy steak that
ne nlmselI selec1e1 ana sent from the
lnatAe': ai.er an ms instructions as
20 now u shonid oe broiied, shocking
y oyerdone-in tact. almost burned
9 = crisp, his WIFE, meantime, partak-
ing Oa y WIN great apparent rel
isn; ,,
"nas . taste snat woman must
nave ne said % himself
nave maoe you an extra cup OF
ssA' To-Day, s'lla the lady opposite,
ilanding nlm the cup with his des-
serI,
hitnsrto ar. filne had been very
particular 70 regard 20 hls cup OF tea
at dessert, insisting that 1t should be
brought to the table both strong and
not. Had the tea been prepared
70 has taste, . would have sO0thed
somewhat rlotous emotions within; on
the contrary, It was niserably weak,
quite luke-warm and brackish. He
took one np at the tea, and then set
the cut down forcibly on the table,
ms iace expressing his disgust
Madam glanced mp at him from un-