Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-09-24
A LEAF FROM A BRIDES DIARY.
she Attempts tho Construction OF .
Lemon Pie.

She Attempts tho COnstructioh OF
Lemon Pie.
MAY 29-George and I were married yes
'erlay quietly by justice Of the the peace.
W. did not have dear papas consent, nor
much of ANYTHING else. / never saw a JUS
ce Of the peace before. He was a tallish
man, wi an iron-gray shirt and q sunset
no e. did not like his appearance. but he
seemed to understand his business fairy
we |, and so OUGHT not to murmur or re-
rine Still be was not man that l would
want to cling to. He looked to me like .
man who would snort around the cemetery
nd tear up the greensward when his wife
died in the early spring, and friends would
have to chain him to a tree somewhere till
his grief had spent itself, and then in the
early fall he would lower the top OF his old
concertina plug hat, and marry red-eyed
willow with a baritone voice and two sons
IN & e peni.entiary
Ifanvole had noticed me two wears ago.
| while l was reading "C'aule Earlscourts
Revenge" that so soon would be married
in dark musty justice Of the peeces office,
in the presence of drunk and disorderly,
nv magistrate with a Titan nose and
breath that would eat no e through tin
roof, and that after the ceremony George
and would eat cheese sandwich at tho
| L
| eyed it.
To-day I am a wife with my joyous girl
hood nv happy home and the justice of the
neace behind me- Life is now real, life Is
earnest for we have no girl We will not
keep girl at first. George says, for IL we
did she would have to board at home, as We
have only one room. and it is not very
good room either We take our meals at
restaurant, and the bill o. fare is very good.
Yesterday evening l wearied OF the pie at
The restaurant, and George is rassionate'y
fond Of pie. too; so told him would bake
a pie for him with my own fair hands.
had never ma 'e pie before all by my own
self but wanted oh, much to make some
kind of dish that would delight my dear,
rand-new husband. So this morning. when
George HE'D him away to his business
went down stairs. and asked, as a slight
favor, that the lady who runs the house
would loan me her apron, her cooking stove,
a RTE plate, two lemons a cup of sugar some
milk, etc, etc, as I desired to delight my
new found husband with a lemon pie on his
return
All last NIGHT feared that in my sleep
might allude to the prospective pie, and
thus give myself away, as one OF our best
writers puts IT.; but l do not think did.
So this morning. when George had gone. I
built such dear. little, cunning pie with
LEMONS and everything that they put into q
lemon pie Mrs. Pease, who owns the house,
told me where everything was, and then l
went to work. made very pretty little
pie and flu ed the edges till it looked as at
tractive ms an old-teshioned pantalette.
Ny heart bounded high as l thought what
dear G orge would say and how his eye
would light up when he came home and saw
1t on the dres ing case
Joyfully l put the stuffing into the pie and
f. closed it. Then ] put some real cute little
Stats across it diaronally SO that 1t would
please the eye as we'll as the pampe ed taste
Of my own true love, for he is man with
the most delicate TASTE and when he 10
dressed for the day he always looks as
though he was about to have his picture
taken
got the pie all ready and put it in the
ov n But after had done SO it occurred
to me til, l had not put any taking powder
in it. so took it out and removed the lat
ice work from the still features of the pie.
Then ut N qui e lot of soda or baking
, owder that | securel from the upper
drawer in The pantry. then seated myself
al the ca ement. AM while the pie was bak-
ing, l sang low refrain, m ,antime nimbly
constructing a few yards of rick rack OF
ahch am passionatey fond.
While thus engaged the oven door was
bown off the hinges and the air was filed
with subtle odor of some kind which !
could not describe. We pulled the pie OF
the ceiling