The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-01-16

He at once proceeded To blister his id
tient and give her antimOny. Low de
lirfuna set In and f0r aix weeks Eotts
WAS unable tn leave her bed, and for
month more she could not 20 to work
Bulls came in to twice the amount oi
the blue dresss price, and could mol
be paid.
"Oh. what a hole In the bag!s sighed
Aunt Pratt.
When Lofty was little better, hei
father came In one noon with Il hand.
bill given to him in the street-a flam
ing advertisement OF the ssBlacl
Crook" performance.
Say, Lou. don't you want to go Il
this tonight It's month O. Sunday:
since we've had lark; let's go, he
said, tossing the play bin into hi.
"oh, pa. screamed ldalla. take me
Oh. do Now won't yopPn
. Nine too, screamed Davy, who
had a hoarse cold.
"Oh, shut upF snapped Potter. ~
don't want two babies taggIn' at my
heels; Somebody's got 10 stay with
Lott"
why; there's Aunt Pratt" said Ida,
Maybe she'd like 10 go; would YOU
Aunty? asked Potter, blandly. He
had a mind TO keep the right side of a
woman with ..meanS.n
''Meln said the old lady, with stern
reproof in her voice and face. me
SO 70 such n placer No, indeedr'
We'll, Welt everybody to their
mind. l like a bit OF fun first rate,
now and then. We go quite consider
able, first and lasti a body must be
amused
20. fatherr put in Mrs. Potter,
urged by the whispered teasing and
cross faces of Ida ana Davy. do take
them children along! Ida hasn't been
nowhere since Lott was took sick; and
Davy's only boy. Let him have a
good time while he can; his troubles
will come fast enough before long.
Now. do let 'em go.
well. / guess they can. Lott won't
want 'em if Aunt Pratts here.
So ut night he came home with four
tickets to the performance, bag Of
peanuts and paper of candy, and
they set out to enjoy themselves. Tom
had announced at noon that he was
''goin TO take his girl
Aunt Pratt groaned in spirit. AN
other hole IN the bag, and a big onei"
she said 10 herself.
When would the doctors bill and the
debts nc the drug store and the grocers
ever be paids
Aunt Pratt had ALWAYS lived i'm the
country and been honest She had no
experience Of the csass who crowd our
theaters, minstrel show halls and cir
cuses, who buy cheap finery and ex-
pensive, poor beer and bad butter. but
never pay their rent or lay up one
penny IN all their lives.
As spring came on Aunt Pratt no.
ticed one day that Potter looked dis
gusted with his dinner, and Lofty left
hers untasted. No wonder, Aunt
Pratt could not eat it herself The po-
tatoes were poor and boiled To a wat
cry, insipid mass; the calves liver
fried to q black. leathery substances;
the bread old and dry, aud the turnips
rank and unsavory.
Il say. pam exclaimed Tom, "we're
all gettin' spring poor. don't care
hang for my yfttles. Let's have a
dozen Of lager, thatll set us all up.
So the lager came. was used up, and
another dozen ordered, and then an
other; but the appetites did not inn
prove-nor the cooking. At last the
beer seller refused to fetch more, un-
less what he had brought them was
paid for.
''Oh, dear! Oh, dearT' sighed Aunt
Pratt. What hole in the bag!"
Next day she said to her niece:
'tLowisy, viii You let me buy and
cook the dinner to morrow? Tllmake
you present of all the vittles l get,
If you will.
Louisa consented, much astonished,
and Aunt Pratt came back from mar
ket with two pounds of solid beef--a
coarse piece, it is true, but cheap and
fresh. She bought a few onions, a
carrot and one small stalk of celery,
the whole cost So cents. Then she pre-
pared stew, and pairing the potatoes
put them IN cold water till it was time
TO add them; the celery, two onions,
half a carrot sliced thin, was put in
with the beef, which she had cut into
pieces of perhaps two inches square
Salt and pepper were sprinkled in lib
orally, and as she put her stew on be-
fore breakfast and let it simmer all
morning, adding the sliced potato at
Ii o'clock, it was well done by noon.
''Georgei how good the dinner
smellsp CALCULATED Tom.
Got roast turkey, Lou?" inquired
Potter, smiling and smelling.
Even lstless Lou wanted some din
nef that days the rest recovered their
ppetites-without any more lageri
Il wish the land YOU learn cookin'
Of Aunt Pratti" said Potter
Il wonder if I've sewed up that
hole?" thought Aunt Pratt.
But she had not. Louisa was too
Did to learn new tricks, as we say
about dogs; she continued TO buy the
best meat and cook in the worst way,
and still the money leaked from that
hole in the bag.
'sHullo, Tomr' said Potter one Sun
lay morning, as Tom sauntered into
he room with half-smoked cigar in
MS mouth. ''Ain't you toney? Why,
hat cigar smells like roseiS
Aunt Pratt wondered what sort of
rose had an odor like tobacco.
ut had ought to, sententiouslv re-
marked Tom. s'Them fellers cost me
cents apiece by the hundred. y
We'll, kin put up with my pipe so
'ur; but You young fellers have got to
nave your fling, I reckon. Bym-bv
Tou' II fall back on brier wood and Mig
ger head"
Another hole in the bag" muir
nured Aunt Pratt, who had patiently
iarned Toms threadbare socks and |
patched his worn shirts for him every
week for months
''Well, here ber' shouted Potter as !
he came in one Monday morning about
% O'clock.
why, what has fetched you homep"
inquired his wife.
.'Oh, our fellows have strue K; we're !
soin' to have less work and more paw;
hem darned capitalists has oyerrode |
IS long enough; we're bound to have |
'ur share of the dollars we make, now |
tell your