The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-05-18


akimbo. her face blazing. II won't
cook IN nasty old pots for no
body. I've been used 10 ladies. born
and bred. and not 10 scullings for mis-
tressex You'll leave them pots, Bob
BY. just whore they be-.
But Bobby" had caught the fire Of
my eye. and knew better. Assisted by
Mary, he made Of. the tin and the iron
beating out march that was very
grateful 10 my boiling blood.
Il took some strength Of nerve 10
oversee the cleaning Of all these YES
sells, but Mary obcysd my orders with
intelligence and good-naturc and the
result was gratifying,
Shell give warning. or leave with
out warming" said my aunt that morn
ing. 1T would have been better to
have bought the gas stove. because
you know that this can only be q
spasmodic reform. When Flora gets
back she won't thank you for II. 4"
True as preaching. But / thought
Of dear old Toms pocket book. and de-
tcrmined 10 persevere.
On the sixth day Of the new regime
! informed Henry that / should do the
marketing.
!" But Mr.. Mr.. Guernsey left that
that work in my charge" the man
stammercd.
Until such time as chose to re-
licve you Of the responsibility" re-
piled. THAT time has arrived. may
need your occasional assistance in this
department" added. automatically;
land now. Henry. / would like to
have you give me BY evening the itcm-
lied bills Of this week."
"Oh, but. Miss Cornell. Mr.. Guern-
scy pays his bills only once in three
months!" and now Henry's face was a
study.
am going to pay the bills Of this
house once week. Henry. and in
tend to know TO the fraction Of one
cent what ] am paying for. You will
kindly hand me the bills Immediately.
That Is all have to say now"
That ! had exploded bomb In Hen
rvs camp was plain to be seen. l
was getting into deep water. but there
was no help for it. / had seen enough
to know that there was terrible leak
In this establishment somewhere. and
was resolved to find and stop it.
As an example, the squads which !
had noticed on my first visit to the
kitchen had not, to my knowledge.
ever appeared upon the table. and
though we had some sort Of highly
seasoned hashed GENTRY" that even
ing. had no means Of knowing that
the pigeons hearts figured in it So
one day inquired for the birds.
:. What became Of the little birds?
Wall, now. indade. that is a funny
question:" said DE Planners. in her
most hostile and offensive manner.
"Why. you ct em. Of coorse.
= How were they cooked?" in
| sisted.
= First. ma am. the hearts was en-.
tried, and then the pigeonscs was cur
ried into what is called 'r'yal barbe'
cue. But | presume you have not beer
accustomed 70 such dishes. +"
II don't think ! have" replied
but have been accustomed 10 respect.
and in future you must not fail to re-
remember that fact" and / looked
the thieving termagant straight in the
eyes.
= Faith. and it's no disgrace not to
be able to recognize barbecue was
the Modified answer, in mcllifluous
tones
MY experience with the tradesmen
was unique. But there was not one
among the number who did not appear
pleased to take my orders. and l could
feel by the way they regarded me that.
as honest men. they thought Il about
time for somebody to look into things.
Henry's bill was so startling that !
had the greatest difficulty in conceal
ing my establishment. Fish for one
week. tl2; meat. &26; poultry and
game, Ell. The bills for fruit and
groceries were even more preposterous.
and as / hastily totalizcd the bills Of
the year at this rate. concluded that
unless Tom Guernsey was : much
richer man than had ever been led
to suppose. he could not fail to be
swampcd by such extravagance
On the occasion Of my first market
ing l had sent home . sirlion roast with
the trimmings. These intended 70
see utilized into soup and nice
clarified drippings; but when | sought
the kitchen on my return the drippings
we're conspicuous oily by their abb
sence. Naturally my first business was
to inquire for them.
s.Oh. Wis. the waste fat bits. ye
name" was the cool response II
never allow them things round No
fust families does.
But what did you do with them" ]
asked.
"Jist whiskcd 'em into the beggar-
boys basket, neck and heels, along
with some other ravin's;" and Mrs
De Hammers hummed little rounde-
lay with q serenity Of impotence
which never saw approached.
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