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to buy cheese this morning, got dis
app'inted in getting some he 'spected
from the factory yesterday, so sold
him my biggest one, saved out quar-
ter Tor our own use, and ] declare!
must "a got in grain too much salt,
for it's kind O hard, and / know it'll
be awful dry before we get it used up,
SO brought you over chunk of it,
''Oh! thank you, ever so much, said
Mrs Gibbs, inwardly regrettipg Hor-
ace Hands kindness now. Pm afraid
you robbed yourself. .
"Oh! no. we've got more left than we
shall use beforeait=Retsh bard as=a- grin.
stun. dare say. / don't see how ]
happened to get it oversalted, I'm
sure"
1T won't dry up at this house, I'm
sure" laughed Mrs. Gibbs, as she laid
it in the pantry. Il feel rich with SC
much cheese in the house"
''Oh! la-don't mention it. hain't
forgot the squash you sent me last
winter, and all them turkey wings,
too"
AS If you wasn't always sending us
something good and SO, chanting each
others praises, they made their way to
the parlor.
AT five o'clock, when Mrs. Gibbs
went out to make fire and put on the
tealSettIc, her husband had Just come
home, and, bringing in brown paper
parcel, laid it on the kitchen table.
There's your cheese, Drusilla," he
said Il amt one to begretch you
anything n reason, but swan to man
it seemed kind o tough to pay seven
teen cents for that little hunk o, cheese,
and told Brown so. ! call it kind o
hard and dry, too" \
Mrs Gibbs thought Of the piece three
times as large WHICH Mrs. Stone had
brought and of the other piece which
Horace Hand was to bring but prudent
know he had bought cheese unneces-
sarily, and it. would be long day be
fore he ever bought any more.
The minister has come" she said;
you'd better change your coat and &c
in and visit with him."
"Tll do better than that. I'll take
him ut TO the paster to see my colts.
He's quite a, judge O. horsefesh, our
minister is. ="
Am | too late, mother?" asked Eta,
hafrying in as her mother was cutting a
generous plate of cheese for the table.
"Why. where did you get that cheese?
| went clear back to the grocery to get
some after |. was, halfway home.
knew you would be so disappointed
not to have some
Your father brought me some,
though | hadn't the least idea he
would, so | sent for some by Horace
Hand. and then. don't you Think Mrs.
Stone brought me as much as three
or four pounds"
did you ever!" and Eta sat down
and laughed and famed herself with
her hat, while her mother, having
somewhat relieved her cheese burdened
mind, went on with her supper prepar-
atoms. Eta was as discreet girl, and
her mother was prone to share such
burdens with her as she could not
share with her husband.
1t was only few minutes before
Horace Hand came, sweating, into the
kitchen.
I'm glad il | amt too late" he said;
''but, vow, was awful 'fraid you'd be
all through your support Brown and
the clerk were both busy, and had to
wait as much as half an hour, pears to
me! Then he misunderstood me and
put up two pounds-instead of one; but
| reclSonec, perhaps, you wouldn't
care. 1t come to just thirty cents"
Mrs Gibbs hurriedly went for the
money and paid him Qeaving just ten
cents in her purse), thanking him with
a heartiness which. TO herself, savored
of hypocrisy
Its all from Mrs. stones cheese,
too" she said to Eta, after he had
gone. ''Sbe sold the cheese . to Mr..
Brown this morning If we had va
riety It wouldn't seem quite as bad
Well. I'm thankful for once that John
ny is forgetful, for spoke to him about
from the cove the went over there
tishing), but he was sure he would for.
get it..
Trust Johnny to forget anything, y
said Eta. ''And if he did go for it,
the clerk would know bought some,
so he would tell Johnny, should
think
"And your father bought his of Mr..
Brown, for remember what he said
he told him. They say Horace Hand
always buys everything as if it was for
himself-mal1es him feel important,
suppose. But somehow feel it in my
bones that Johnny will come home with
another piece ofcheese. 1t never rains
but it pours,' you know"
The tea table was at length ready.
with it's snowy biscuit and golden
June butter bountiful plate of cheese
at each end of the table and straw,
berries and cream ad libitum. There
We're three kinds of pie and four kinds
of cake, besides tarts, crullers and
Jumbles. The fragrance of tea filed
the dining. room as the guests fled out
and sat down around the table. Eta
remaining unseated to wait on the
company.
The minister asked the blessing at
Mr.. Gibbs request then all fell to eat
ing with d zest which spoke well FOL
Mrs. Gibbs cooking and pleased her
even more than the frequent what
beautiful biscuit you always have. Mrs.
Gibbs!" or 'How nice this. cake is! ]
must get the recipe"
The "Hy in her pot of ointment" was
her constant fear, whenever her hus
band passed the cheese, that he would
tell, to Mrs. Stones discontinue, how
hard and dry he considered it, but he
fortunately held his peace.
Johnny came storming into the
kitchen when supper was half over
and tossed package on to the table.
Cant help il if am late!" he
growled TO Eta, who had come out fol
more biscuit. Mother wanted me to
get some cheese. but Brown and the
clerk were both gone to supper and
the grocery was shut, so had to