Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-12-14

the apple. Ana ne shoftu IN the ehoP'
ped apple. "0l yes. bread. My mo.
iher u.d 70 chop up bread and pa, 10.
"Th., was when she W. 'hor, OF sp'
ples," remarked.
who's runnin' these pies ? he re.
pea,ed. "oit me come bread. will ye :!
| broush, the bread. and he pounded
some up and stirred !, In.
"No~. I gus.. i,'s ready" aud he be-
gan TO lsdle IL in'o hi, under.cruss.
"Ain, You going TO taste OF Il and
see whether |, Is night! says | "fou'
mother used to-"
That, 90. says he, "and 30 did L.
aud wan, /, good,"
lie sm.eked his lips aud tasted. but !
noticed be diin', smack EN- the second
time.
"You oush, to set !, on the fire aud
CO, k /, Ill together" ! couldn't help say
ins. "why what's the matter. Jsre-
mi.h p
The tears were chasing each other
do~n hi. hollos cheeks, and for mia
ute | ~ss real scAif,.
There seem. 10 be q leeile too much
sins,r." he said. blo~in' hi. nose. "but
III fix 'sm."
Tnsn be w,ni 20 work put,in IN more
.,ud. A cup more Of cider mola'ses aud
. cup more Of vinegar, eoasidsfaols pep
per. but no salt, two poand' of fai''n',
-hole. and the eon,snis Of q bottle OF
strong p.regofie. see him pa, Ia.
Then be wen, TO the sstlin .room closet
aud broush, the bottle Of brady keep
for sickness. aud pa, sbou, half OF ,hs,
ln,o the mixture he ". eoneoeiins. l
looked horu6sd. indeed, fof | Herer use
It 10 cooking
doctor. say minee.pie. ought slw.y.
to be, brand, Ia EN- TO keep EN- fiom
har,in' folks" say. he; 81 doa't be.
sraeh lee,le tr.ndy In 'usa good pies
a. the.e
Then he stirred up the ~hols mess.
Ny land There was great chunks OF
meat. ani great lons .uiag' Of u. And
such looking pan Of minee.nisA' her-
e. see.
Bat | ..A no,hins {. be vent on and
filed NJ, pies. aad proceeded to cover
EN-. The crust bad 80, 80 bard aud
.ua he could scarcely roll It out, bat he
fn.lly go, /, down no, much thicker
than the under.cru,,. Wi,hoa, cutting
any air.ho!e. be covered the pes ,uekins
in tie edge where It came over, and
pullins /, oa, where Is came short. Then
hi, PIE. wsn, ia,o the oven.
IL INSISTED on building up an awful
hfr, and in . few minutes the juice OF
hi. pls. (hl. NEE. ~.. h1a'ins around IN
an abundance Of molasse. aud 'inesaD
came running out on the hoor. Jsie'
m,.h bounded TO the oven door. lie
didnt look near % clipper . when he
tin, began hl' pies. -.
IL wish. Philars, says he. you q
lee, zee here minute. lhs, crust don't
&C, vel"
I.houli say no, The inside had ria
up and ". rgnnin' over ell roand'
while thick. lsa,hery.loosing 'ao-
stance ro.e up In the middle OF It. burnt
pretty near black.
"Who. these pies, Jsremish :
cay. l. "You dida', stick loar two
crust. tose,her.
"w.l. Why didn', you tell ne no, to
begin with them" he yelled; mot
t~i, me With li nov.
Bu, went back 10 the 'ei,in.room
where w.s sweeping. aud !sf him 10
r..,le Nth the pls' alone. .
Bat after a ~hils | looked out. i
never zee . more tejee,si.loos'ng pic.
,urr. or . mOre deptvsled msn. Ills
.proa had 10, twisted TO one side aud
ga. all coveted With hJar Great dab.
of hJa, Va. on bJ,h sides OF hn lace aud
h,, whi.kep vas jss, dfedged. The
tear, D, had shed had made ~s,er'eour'-
g. ,hrossh ,h. dirt .ni dur. sad his es'
pr,.,on, d my words fail me. lie
W.. q, skin' pie out Of the oven
and .s,,ln It on the table. lie pa, III.
p.n Of minee. meat in . chair to make
,oom for the ne,, pie. and then he took
,h., out. the liquid from IL dripping ell
over him aud the kitchen hoot Aud 1t
IL wasn't queer looking PIE The crust
had efswled up in q roandih heap 10
IN, middle, aud the in,ide wss iv.mm Z
.ooat everywhere. =, II seeking somebody
TO ds,our It. Ny p.rdnsr stood ''iii
u,a,ins the oven.dOor oPen) and s.zed
=, them. Then he backed back In
.orro~iul kind OF way, aud set nsh'
.aa.r, do~n IN hi. Pan OF mlnee'ms.t
nr had set IL on the stove. snd II ~s'
billing hot. aud he yelled according
Jumping an tearing around the room
hk. mad lru.hed out With some df,
p.n,. and helped him on With EN-. lh'
tir, thing he did sf,erwsrd was to take
them two pie, and march into tn. shed
Here he deposited EN- in the swill-o.r'
rel. Mex, be wen, IN and took the i~'
ou, Of the oven and carried them to 'h'
same appropriate grave.
"NOw. say. he reekles'ly. ..yoa ha'
i.h the pies, Philurs, and III msnS
fence" 80.
"who'. making these pies, Jeremish'
I couldn't help saying. =, =.
"Throw ,h., 10 my face. will ye'
he mu,,srsd. IN very 'aedaed accents .
be wen, oa, and 20, hi' are.
Bu, | never grudsed them poor pies
for I never heard any more abou. th'
way hi, mother used TO do things.
-Hslsn H. Win'loT.
SILVER IN THE ROCKS.