The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-10-24

Y SPICE Ol lhJ Oh shS
calico covered settee, with her poor
ankle duly set and bandaged.
"Not if / know it," said George !
White. "Hire a lazy woman who'll
want a dollar and a half week and t
her board into the bargain to do the s
work of this housel | guess not ~
"But what are you going to dol"
asked Lefty.
"To do it myself, to be sure. Half
an hour every morning, and half an
hour every evening ought to be enough
to square up accounts"
"Well," said Mrs. White, 81 shall
like to see you do it."
"Then you'll have your wish," said
her husband.
He rose early the next morning and
lighted the kitchen fire.
"Pshaw," said he, as he piled on the
sticks Of wood "what does q woman
amount to, anyhow What's the next
lesson, Lettyp
81 always skim the cream and strain
the milk, said Lefty, who was bolstered
up on the lounge, and was combing her |
hair with more deliberation than she had |
practiced for year.
"Well, here goes then" said George. |
And period of silence ensued.
Presently he shouted.
81 haven't got milk-pans enoughw
"Of course you haven't" said Lefty.
"You must scald your yesterdays. You
know you said you couldn't set up tin
/ shop when asked for dozen more last
month"
"They smell like boiling factory"
said George, disdainfully. "What ails
'em2'
"You should have scalded them last
night" sighed Lefty, wishing that she
had wings like dove that she might
soar into the milk room, and restore
order out of the chaos.
Here's a go" said George. "There
isn't hot water"
"Oh, George, you've forgotten to put
the kettle on
$50 | did, =" said her husband. "Aud
the sticks, hang 'em, are all burnt out"
"lou know | wanted you to get ton
of COAL" said Lefty, "but you said as
long as wood cost nothing but the chop
ping and hauling, wood it would be-"
"lIave | got to wait for that con-
founded water to heatW groaned
George.
al don't know anything else for you
to do" remarked Lefty, drily.
"Humph!' observed that lord and
master whats for the breakfasCN
CLAN and eggs, l suppose"
, "Well, I'm up to that part of the pro
gramme, at least" said he, cheerfully.
F'Oh, the dickens! What is the use of
keeping your knives so sharpl I've
nearly cut my thumb off Where do you
keep the oatmeal9 | can be attending to
your old milk pans while the breakfast
is cooking, | suppose. There Is nothing
like economy in work"
But it was q mortal hour before the
milk was strained and the pigs fed, and
by that time the house was blue with q
sort of smudgy smoke.
: "Hullo," shouted George, coming in.
"What's all this--is the house on fire /"
"No," said Lefty, calmly, "only the
t breakfast has burned up"
George uttered long sigh.
"Who'd have thought the fire was Sc
c hot?" said he "What am | to do now 2
"Cook another, l suppose" said
/ Lefty.
''Gnd what next?" demanded George
n fiercely.
q "Why. set the table, and then clear il
away and wash the dishes"
" with this cut finger~ complained
IT the husband.
h II was obliged to do it all the week
Y had a felon Oh my little finger" re
marked Lefty. "The Young geese anC
1t the turkeys ought to have been let ou
IS and fed long before this; and the three
;! calves in the barnyarl to be ATTENDED
to. And then there are the kitchen ant
!, sitting room to be swept and busted an(
/. the beds to make, and the string bean!
IS to be picked, and the bread to bake, anC
W the huckleberry pies to make, and you
white vest to be ironed, and the potatoe
1t to be pealed, and the preserves to b
e scalded over, and the cheese to b.
le turned, and the table to be cleared AM
the dishes to be washed"
"Hold oil" !" cried George, ''you've SAT-
that once
K, every likely, but it has to be don
three times day-and the chickens t.
lr be looked after, the linen pillow case
o. to be put to bleaching, aud the window
washed, and your trousers to be patched
s. and the stockings to be darned, and tn
fire to be made up again, and tea to b
he prepared-you know you always wan
a something hot for supper. And there
I'd the nights mi k TO be brought in an
strained, and the pans scalded and til
id geese aud turkeys TO be fed and put int
Y, their coops and, OH dear / forgot til
churningi That will take an hour {
least. But, dear George | am gettn
," hungry and don't see the least sigr
of breakfast George Where are yo
he going? I-want- my-breakfast.
an For George had disappeared in Il
RI midst of her exordium.
cir In twenty minutes or so he returned
and by his side trudged Mary Ann Pul
or the nearest neighbor's twenty-year o.
daughter.
Is 81 take 1t all back" said Mr. Whit
10, Il lower my colors, Lefty. Your wol
int is harder than mine. I'll be everlas
ny ingly blest if it amt. Why, | couldr
- take care of the milk and cream for 4
aid wages a girl would ask. never res
ed before how much woman had
her do"
tie, care you quite sure that you realize
the now, asked Lefty, mischievously.
ce. "Well, I've got a pretty fair idea
ehl the sub ect, " nodded George.
her "But YOU should be here on washi
mrs day." said Lefty, ''or on ironing day,
lue or the day when we chop sausage met
or make soft soap, Or"
in "Stop stop" shouted George.
was you say another word I'll 60 for Maha
uId pinks TOO Haven't | said I'll take