St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-12-09

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wsys quite difficult for mo to take I,
readily the meaning Of works Of thi
sort and frequently have to 60 owe
one sentence several timeA I asket
Augustus TO rc-read once or twice, bu,
IL annoyed him, 20 only listened NOR,
intently, and said nothing IL ] did no'
understand had just put my do0gl
| ON the moldlnG board when MrA Foe
ter came into the kitchen; she i M
next-door neiRhbor and never uses any
ceremony. Augustus does not approve
Of her, because he thinks she 10 such Z
gossip and % she il. but she b kind
hearted and IN excellent neighbor, and
well, suppose am not - advese "a
hearing . little gossip - I ought "a
be. having such . high-toned husband
but ] wished she was In Guinea Just
then. She and Augustus both looked
sheepish when they saw each other,
and she set down the cup OF
starch which she had borrowed,
and, saying that she could NOT
stay . minute. turned again "a
the door. followed. for I thought I
ought to be civil. She stopped to tell
me that the head of the family that
had moved in opposite was . detective,
and that there was . case of scarlet
fever on the next block. Augustus had
. resigned look when I returned, bat
he naguanimously said nothing. In
i've minutes more the groccr's boy
came for orders. but that did not de-
tain us long. Il seemed - though my
rolling-pin had never made % much
noise, and my head began 70 throb with
the effort to listen. and IL became still
worse when began the lively process
OF baking and rolling out 1t tho same
time; every now and then Augustus
would glance up ~ much ~ to say:
There's fine passage for you" and I
would smile in . vacant sort Of way 70
show him that I appreciated It At ono
place he stopped and enlarged upon the
subject In . way which was very inter-
esting, but knew ! ought TO look in
the oven, and hated TO interrupt him,
SO waited till he turned 10 his volume
and then found two tins of cakes
burned black. I was 50 thankful he
did not notice 1.-THE il such m econo-
mist; but it il very true that he il mot
. man whose train Of thought h inter.
rupted by trifie&"
After the cakes were rolled out and I
had nothing to do but watch the oven I
to grasp the thought . little
h~ttAr. h,,N &,seA - 7 ->. ->~no-S>- A.
cakes from tin and my attention wss
diverted he tnrned 70 me
with the exclamation: ''Therei isn't
that well putt" "Yes. indeed!" I said
with emphasis; and the lie troubled my
conscience for two days thereafteE.
Our little three-year-old Isabel who
had been playing in the sunshine on
ing her dollcarriage. "You must b
very quiet IL Won stay here,"I whis-
pered; papa b reading" The little
darling meant to be very obedient, and
It was amusing to hear her talking TO
her doll In pretty. broken accents:
100 must Be till, dolly. and hear papa
wead" In spite Of myself. I was more
interested In her than in the momentous
questions which were being settled By
her father and his old instructor. I
had tuDoed toward the child, and sup
pose Augustus glanced up - he had
done before. expecting 70 meet . re
sponse ON my face. and found me nap
ping. He came TO IN ominous stop ''Is
L possible. Maria. that you arc not in
he said. coldly. 'Oh. yesi"
answered. humbly. do excuse me.
but she Is % cunninRl"
That Is true" he replied. his severity
happening as he looked 1ondly 1t the
little prattler; for. - ] remarked Be-.
lore. he ID very a6ectionate father.
The cakes were now al out Of the |
oven, and I sat with eyes fixed upon the |
reader, determined that nothing should |
livert eye or brain; but there came . /
knock 1t the door; answered Il; Il
was tramp. . villainous-looking fel.
ow who wanted something % eat
Augustus never allows me to feed these
Migrants. and dismissed him quite
.urtly. and turned away. He opened
he screen door and followed mo into
he kitchen; he beat . hasty retreat -
oon ~ he saw Augustua who has such
! commanding presence that even .
ramp Is affected by it
I seated myself again. and in about
hrec minutes Isabel, the enforced
luiet having become irl<some. began 70
rundle the doll carriage over the bare
loor In . most distractinR manner!
oh. do wait minute, until I can dis
'ose Of this childI" cried I took her
nto the dining-room and brought out
ONE toys which she II allowed TO have
My on state occasions. and hurried
ach. The end Of . chapter was soon
cached, and Augustus announced that
. thought that would do 1or that
and disappeared up tho back
tairA thought afterwsrd that
did not express my gratitude
. ought; but I had happened
0 glance 1t the clock - ] came
q from the dining-room, and I was
tartled to find how near dinner-tima
was Augustus h % punctuat and
o. not want the time Of his meals TO
ny . minute; %. though Il b great
clip toward forming correct habits 70
70 with such . person, am extreme-
J nervous II I get behindhand Another
Rgravation was that when I went to
{ the table found that Isabel had
'arred in shocking manner the face
the Handsome wax doll that Angus ,
rs mother gavo her last Christmas.
Iying that with care it would Last IN. ,
she was done playing with dollA II Ii
- all my fault. too. Tor giving Il 70
r..
Dinner was late. Of course. I know I
was annoyed, though be w.