The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-29

ut, III Nil lg4,1F.t. ,I.,.,. Iib.l I'm
lal Ia, ,G. n.i,.ix.rr tl,c,. v.,,,s ,,ya
th,t .ha Ennw IN vonid u,altr Iute ;.
,aad ,lri.ti,n - -. IN, :, ,,,,nad tho
na, un.,. ntt,,#,i,. al ;,i,,n VIM w.s
do',d mi ,,bI Nj. - -, Ia ba .bn,,II
hi,y,. his pr.,u'pa,- w.,irb 8, h.u he oot 10
h.ta.ntT-on, ot,=4i,.. H.llo,. ,1..,,=s
stooa nc I'm. ,,.,,#l. .,n ren,,,al,,,..d
bov he n II iu,lg. led t.,ll.d n,,e,. a., :,
,i,nr about his matb.,.s rnnliug Fer
all m.rrind ,,,.n.,r,. =. b.,,,.'y.'iJ iai,,,i
r,llv cru,l ,bnnt ,lat .n,, nf lin,
Yes. old Mis- HuI.n,. tr5p,d I'm, mn nm.
dertully: brought a l., ot Iriod e,tnin
ont West with her fn,. TN. h,hv ta5,,,,t
En- boA ia mai, alt ri.iuy broad told
her all about struin5 tlnngs md hr,,il.
iuo tbinps. md ro3.fing ,hi,,gs ,,nd
showed her hov 10 t,.lI tIe rn,l Yat5l.ea.
goldfish from the cannterfcirLoh In.
inst did EN- Ints al ,,aoI did ali 1is.
Bake
The rewards of virtaa may ne sloy. in
coming. but they ara. sire 10 come. En.s
three boys-tIic lhrer bounriuV hovq
that came to En- and G.nte those tbron
bovs waved f;,t and 0rrV nm hoisternus
blatant apprcciators Of their mothers
cooking. The way thosr BOYS did eat
mothers doughnnl. and mothcr's nies-
wow Othrr hov,-the neiphbor's BOYS
came around regularly in troops. bat
talions, armies, and like a consuming
fire licked nm the Nhol..om wants
which Ems skill AMI hbprality proyided
for her own boys Enthusiastic playmafes.
And all those bows there must have
been millions of them-vere living.
breathing, vucifcrous testimonials 10 the
unapproachable excellence Of Ems cook
inu,
ute got into politics and they elected
him To the legislature. After The cam
paign. needing rest. hctook into his head
to run down East to see his mother: he
had not been back home in eight wears.
He took little Moses with him. They
were gone about three weeks. Gran ma
Baker had made great preparations for
them: had cooked up enough pies to last
all winter, aud four, plump, bchea,led.
well pluclicd, vellow-legg d bullets hung
still and solcmuikc in the chill pantry
off the kitchen. awaiting the last succri-
lent scene of all.
Lutte and the little boy got here late
of an evening. The dear old lady was
glad to see them; the love that BEAM
ed from her kindly eyes well nigh melt
ed the glass in her silyer-bowed specs.
The table was spread in the dining room /:
the sheet iron stove sighed till it seemed
like to crack with the heat of that hard
wood fire
.Why. Lutte. Won ain't notin' rnouoh
to keep Il nv alive" demonstrated old
Mis- Baker when her son declined a Sec
ond douyhnut: and what nils the
child" she continued: oh'nin't lie got
no annitite? Why whom vnu o.s lis
age, Lutte. seemed rs if couldn't cook
douphnuts fas, eno,,oh far Won !"
Lutte explained that both he and his
little boy had eaten pretty heartily ON
the train that day. But Mi the time of
their visit there poor old Gran'ma Baker
wondered and worried because they
didn't eat emo rll-sepmed TO her AZ if
western folks hadn't the ripht kind of
appetite. Even the plump bullets. scry-
ed only in a Stvlc thai had made Mis-
Baker famed throughout, those tliscrimiu-
Ting parts-tVcn those bullets failed 10
awaken the expected and proper euthu-
sasn in the visitors.
Home again in Chicago. Lutte drew his
chair ap 10 the table With an eloolen1
sigh of relief As for little Moses, he
clamoled with deliobt
"Chiclicn pic" be cried ylccfullv. and
then he added a soulful "wow - ~ his
eager eyes fell upon platrful IF hol :.
cXubelant. volul,uous douybnut.
"Nes. we are both plad to grI back ."
said Lutte.
But am afraid" suggested En- tim
idly, that gran,lma's cooking ha. .noil
ed YOU
Little Moses bless him rlovl led an in
di.nalon. "A youthful "Reminiscences.
said Inc "''''' = ~
En- expected Lutte would he dreadful
~ shocked, but lac wasn't.
-, ""u'ull ,c' 'leT hh"" 1t i"r All the
.but morhrr hns lost hnr ,r," "o '' nnni.
ing. At any rate her cooking isn't What
ii used to be: it has changed
n',' run '''''e olaN'll TO Tue resea''
..,o5,,. n,a,l,o,.'. i', II
but you have. The man has crown
away from the boy, and the taste. the
WAY :, ail'l u''lSlll, ol hoNilnod nay 10
Mn. he vnn no ri,h, s,;d Inta -,
any rate I'm free 10 say that yoiir caol1-
ing beats the world.
''oo' io' i''''' III ,i,' lIlllilll'l- ahl
pllnalon tn c"ncllde my narrative
silau,d never iiiN' Ni"Nh lllls iillr
Sons IF %ov T",laud ,nlI !, - , ,aa
right before Enl. thai dear. p,iicnl little
marty red wife Of his And know by
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