South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-05-08

isn't any hot water
ON. George, you've forg often TO
put the kettle onp
so | did, said her husband. And
the stick. hang 'em. are all burned out.
You know wanted you to get n
ION CT coal. said Lefty, but you said
that as long Ne wood cost nothing but
the chopPing and hauling. wood il
should be-
Have go: to wait for that con-
founded water to heaiP asked George.
Il don't know anything else for YOU
to do remarked Lefty. dryly.
'Humph!' observed her lord aud
mastcr. what's for breakfast p
slam aud cggs. suppose.'
We'll. PIN up to that part of the
program, at least. sad he, cheerily.
Oh, the dickens! What ia the use of
keeping the knives so sharp? I've
nearly cut my thumb off! Where do
you keep your oat neal I? l can be
attending to your old milk pans while
the breakfast is cooking. | suppose.
There is nothing like econc my in work.
But II was mortal hour tctorc the
milk was strained and the pigs fed.
aud by ibat time the house was blue
with q sort of smudge smoke.
'Ilullo! shouted George, COMING in.
What's all this ? Is the house on fires'
No, said Lefty. calmly, only the
breakfast is burned up
George uttered a long sigh:
'Who'd have thought tho lire was 60
hot? said he. What am to do nowP'
Cook another, 1 suppose che an
swered.
Aud what ncxt9' demanded G gorge,
tugglng fiercely at his moustache.
why, set the table, and then clear
1t OFT and wash the Dishes
With this cat finger p complained
the husband.
4 was obliged to do it AL the weeks
| had that sore felon on my middle
finger, remarked Lefty. The yong
turkeys aud geese ought to have been
let out and fed long before this; and
the calves in the barnyard must be
attended to. And then there are the
Kitchen and sitting loom to be swept
aud busted, ard the beds to make.
aud string beans to pick, and the
bread to make, and huckleberry RE
to bake. and your white vests to be
lroned and potatoes to be peeled, and
the preserves to be scalded over, and
the cheeses to be turned, and dinner
to get, and the table to be cleared.
and the dishe, to be washed.
Hold on! cried George. you've
said that once
Very likely. bu. it has to be done
three times day-and the chickens
to be looked after. and the linen pil.
low cases TO be put bleaching, and
the south windows TO be washed. and
your trowsers to be patched, and the
stockings to be darned, aud the fire
to make Up again. and tea to be pre-
know you always like
something hot for supper, and then
the night milk 10 he brought in and
str aimed. and the pans scaled, and
the turkeys fed and shut into their
coops. and-oh, dear l entirely for
got the churning! That will take an
hour at Ieast. But dear me, George,
I'm getting so hungry, and | don't
see the least signs of breakfast.
George, I-want- mv-breakfast .
But George had disappeared in the
midst OF the exordlum.
In twenty minutes or so he returned
and by his side trudged Mary Ann
PuIt, the nearest ueighbor's twenty
year-old daughter.
Il take il all back SAID Mr.. White.
Il lower my colors, Lefty. Your
work IS harder than mine. Ill be
everlIstingly blessed il it amt. Why,
l couldn't take care of the milk and
cream for tho wages "a girl would ask
never realized before how much q
woman had TO do.
Are you quite sure you realize il
nowp said Lefty. mischievously.
Well I've got very pretty idea
on the eubject, nodded George.
But you should be here on wash
ing day., said Lefty, cor on ironing
day, or the days that we chop sausage
meat, or make soft soap. Or
Stop, stopI' shouted George; Tif
you say another word I'll go for Ma
haIa Blinks, too. Haven't said |
take II all back. What more would
you have.
wall, squire, said Mary Ann,
who had by this time removed her
hat and shawl, 'what'll l do instr
dor echoed Mr. White, do eyerv-
thing, and let me get Oft to the hay
held as fast as l can
'Jes "a your order is, said Mary Ann.
Yes, said George.
Write to your Cousin Dora. Tell
her we'll be glad to board her If she
will assist YOU about the house,
but you've hired Mary AnL?'
There's work tor 'em BOTH said
George.
And he sat down and took refuge
in the last weeks paper while Mary
Ann vrestled with the charred re-
mains OF breakfast, and cut some
fresh slices Of cured ham.
In this world there are bloodless