South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-10-25
THEINTELLiGENCER
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1869.
THE FIRST QUARREL.


| euio niOfitcs the Young WI e.
That We will,' replied Walter de-
h2b,edly, and then gcoiby to board
ing house fee. and hotel mystery,
for | know my little wife is q per-
feet cook-as she is perfect 10 every
thing else
The little wife's face fell trife;
in truth cooking was branch Of her
! education which had been sadly neg
lec'ed. but it seemed simple art
that she bad little fear but that she
could soon master it-so her face
Enlightened again. as they went on
cLattirg gaily OF the house they were
10 have. the iurniture they would Sc.
lect, as happily IS two robins over
their trst Eest building.
And TO think We have spent six
whole foolish months boarding. when
we might lave been housekeeping
sail Mollic, ,cgretfuliy.
We'll, naver cry over spilL milk,
pea ssid Walter, conscliDgly.
Come down TO the Office at four,
ard We will go carpet hunting
During the three hours which e.
! la d between Walters d, parture
and four o'c'ock, Mollie did some Sc,
rious thinking.
| The cooking question doomed up
before her again in larger proper.
tions than ever. In her girlish DAYS
Der IDEAS Of married life had been as
the wife OF rich man, in a grand
ho, Sc, and with servants in plenty to
carry on the prosaic details of the
hOaseho!l without any more serious
intervention If her own than the or.
dering of the meals and an occasional
lofty supervision OF bfraits in general,
bat CUPID had stepped in on her
plans and with his mischievous ar
row nailed her happiness to the des-
tiny OF Waiter Graham. a rising
young lawyer, Who, having survived
the starvation period intervening
between graduation tt q law school
aud the establishment Of successful
practice. was able 10 take wife on a
frugal and ,c5nomical basis, hence
the mat er OF cooking became a prac-
ticai matter OF dollars and cents, as
Mollie real zed the truth of the adage,
that "a wife can throw out Mt the win.
d..w faster than man Can bring in
at the door
A bright thought struck her. Il
will attend the cooking school.
shall have plenty of time to spend
two hours there in The forenoon and
Walter shall never know Of it until
surprise him with my superior COOK
cry And she cIsrped her hands
gleefully, fer MolIie was an impulsive
} creature, and she had not yet merged
her emo ional nature into the z uity
o. a wife.
To plan was to act with her, and
the following morning she betook
herself to the cooking school where
the two hours she had allotted herself
; passed by on swift wings, for her in.
terest in the details Of cooking was
fully aroused.
She began on plain bread baking,
the foundation stone OF good house.
wi!ery, next tue proper cooking OF
meats and vegetables, and il was not
until the little home was all furnished
and oct u led that .he reached the
fancy work Of the art, namely, the
pudding and pie department.
1t was dainty little home, Mol
lies taste in home furnishing being
quite remarkable. She often wished
che had tue well.6lled purse Of her
next door neighbor 10 rely upon 10
making her selections bat as she bad
not, she made good tas'e take the
place CT luxury with charming sue.
cess.
No cloud of disagreement had cross.
ed the fair horizon of their married
life, when Mollie and Walter sat
down to a dlnrer prepared after q
bill IT fare for two, furnished a. the
boarding school.
MolIie had guarded her little se-
cret well, and her visits 10 he cook
ing school were as yet unknown to
Walter. She had met With failures,
what young vile does not /? but Wall
ter had been 10 a sunny humor and
lad ignored or else smOthered them
over with loving words; but TO day
his head sched, and wearisome cli-
ent had talked bim to the very verge
Ut distraction and man like he had
brought mis- Office worries home with
bin.
IL OF course Mollie bad not lived With
him long enough 10 lesrD all his
tastes, and aid not k1ow that her
main dish, boiled Goldfish, was bis pet
and particular aversion, the sight OF
which would have driven him from bis
mothers table. Ia fact be had q we'll
developed sweet tooth, and bread, pie
and cake formed his favOriie diet TO
the exclusion Of tile more homely aud
serviceable articles of food which lie
only nibbled at in defereace to Mol
/ lie.
The little round table was daintily
set with the new china and bright sill
yer, and Mollie in a pretty white a.
prom presided over the coffee with a
smile. She was very fond of Goldfish
herself and was confident she had fur.
nished a dinner which would be a
treat TO Walter as we'll.
dis nose went mp a trIhe as tie ish |
odor crept out, but he opened the |
pretty tureen without remark. Snowy /
boiled potatoes fit for an epicure, met
us eye; another a fish tureen, and