The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-11-29

Now [ II run and comb my hair; /
shall have time before | need to com
me ice dinner
She tlipp-d upstairs to her own
pretty room, combed her lar and
finally changed her dress SIN honor OF
the OCCASION she said ldughin9l :;
then spying a book she had been read
ing the night before, she sat down tor
a few MINUTES rest and pleasure. The
striking Of the town clock aroused
her "ples.' she cried, throwing aside
her book aad running down the
stairs.
The odor Of burning sugar greeted
her nostris as she entered the kitchen
while faint sizzling noise came from
the direction of the oven. With sink
king heart she opened the oven do 7
and looked in. What sight met her
e 5es.
In her excitement she hid rntirey
forgotten hr aunts injnnction to
always put pumpkin pies mo Il
hot oven" and SO the slow fire, to-
gether with the extra amount of soda
in the crusts hid caused her pies TO
elevate themselves in an unexpect d
manner, and shining white mound
appeared iG the center of each 1lon
which the liquid pumpkin was pour
ing on all sides and sprea ling It's II
over the bottom Of the oven. The 81 hi
was two much for Patty. Disappoint-
ed and fairly discou aged, she sat down
upon the floor AMI began TO cry, and
there Robert found her few minut $
later.
Patty. Pa ty. WHAT'S the ma ter
he cried hnrrying around 10 her sd.
"Dld Nou fall, or have You bnrned your
self? WHAT is 1t, d "a !?
Patty pointed silently toward the
oven and Robert sooped down and
looked inside: tn II h. began to laugh
and he laughed and laugh d till poor
Patty put both hands over her ears,
aud burying her face in her apron.
s,bbed aloud. Then Rob rt's face
grew sober and picking her up in his
arms, as he wolld baby, he sat down
with her in his and end4avored to
soo:h her. Patty's usual good sense
returned finally, and wipins away her
tears, she joined in the laugh, also,
and they both laughed till they were
tired.
"Now you sit stil', Patty said
Robert, at last, "till | clean out that
that oven, thin We wlllget dinner
together"
He went for knife and an old pan
and after removing the depraved pies,
carefully scraped the crusted pumpkin
from the oven bottom. ",The pig will
think his Thanksgiving day has come
when she gets this he said roguishly.
''You don't begrudge his having a
feast once in his life, do you?'
Patty sho k Der head. She dare rot
r, veal how many such feas's the pig
had already enjoyed.
I'm going over to your mothers
this afternoon and have her tel me
how to make cream pie crust SAID
Pa ty, and then I'm going to do exact
ly as she says. I'm tired of cooking
by guesswolk.'
"Guesswork.' repeated Robert
''Don't you have rule-or It cipe, |
believe they call it-for making every
thing? I'm sure my mother always
had her cook books to 90 by. Why,
never should think of pu ting up a
barn, or the poorest kind of a shany
even without measuring everything
and having an exact rule for it all
and supposed YOU women had rules
for all your cooking"
':i'm going 10 aftsr this, said Patty
decidedly. aunt Harriet measured
everything in her eye and never made
anything twice alike but have learn
ed a lesson today | shas't soon forget.
I'm Going to have a meihcd now and
use i'.-Jalia s. Lawrcnce.