The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-05-02

n. stllssf You nave not forgotsefi the I'd.
dress where 10 buy that brooch We
were talking about yesterday
Ereu father nodded, satisfied and
Pleasantly.
This is 4 practical machine, he
missed, eomulaceufiv pouring out the
filst ciln of the brown be ersage, sdud
What an aroma, but rather an odd mort
Of smell. Strange. isntit2 What does
if smell lille So
The ED man lifted 6he emp 70 his
lips and tasted the contents. With
jerk he seritaoYvn again upon che table,
nalsing VIZ. face.
+Fll be- 7 ask Your pardon, but
that stuff has a positively wicked taste;
unanstrous, abonIinahir. Iir = hat Ike
dickens does e taste lie @'
He expectorated several times and
pressed his hands 10 his stomach al
Il aalIHeafeefi.
sjust Ike can de cologne. father
T suggested, "a very agreeable smell,
dent ron t1ifTll, a tFitfe edd when
taEen with coffee. but You will IN
daubtedlY get used to fE.e jsste when
gou once become familiar with the ma
chine
For shame. husband, said my wife,
"how mean Of You. Undoubtedly Fam
Hie has accidentally spilled a drop Of
eau de cologne into the boiler while
filing the lamp Where is the harm
r IS a bit unpleasant, il is true. bht
thar is all there il to it We viii have
TO Try again. for the machine works
Al sight. Of that we ought 20 be con-
WINGED now
+Holdl' objected father, lifting his
hand with a protesting gesture toward
the coffee machine. no more OF this
monkey business. I would rather that
Anna make rs all cup Of coffee now in
the oid-fashioned way, and later vou
may eaHfinu your ex perilnents as Ieng
az You like The machine is Just splel-
die CHILDREN he continued, "and [
thank Fou heartily for your thought
faipess N giving it 10 me, BAT there is
something strange and odd about it
70 which. must get used first. and that
tales time for a man of my are"
sBefore we go any further with II. "
+ added, let rs tell the girl 70 give il 4
thorough cleaning Lottie to the
coole-''tale this machine INTO the
Kitchen and seald lamp and boiler with
hot water and seda#ar some such stuff -
The girl went off with her burden.
shortly afferYVard Ne were startled By 4
loud report followed BY frightened
screams from the Kitchen and by
sound Of falling and breaking pieces.
something teld me that again it was
tiiat Inflated machine I opened the
Kitchen door. Sure enough the girl in
dark corner had stumbled with her
burden, aad the characterization
coisee-aHd-tea maerine lay broken on
the floor The poor, frightened girl
sobheT', Fannie scoided my vic WIRING
her hands in despair; I bit my lips an-
derneath my bushY msstache. and IA
Their looked pleased and relieved
"Aeyer mind. children. he said. Hit
is best 80. I take this for sign from
above Providence has interfered. T
am conservative IN my ideas, and am
therefore not over fond Of the present
era of machinery. Stop crying, girl
this to the cooiS-'and brew good cup
Of coffee for my company. &nd now
no more about the matter. I do not
wish to have my birthday spoiled.
How about our bet, Anna - / asked
my wife.
You have lost that" she quickly re-
sponded. The machine was in per-
feet order. if only
Yes, if only il had not been so inn
perfect! No, my dear, this time you
have lost and not I. You had better get
ready to 20 for my rocking CHART"
What bet are you quarreling about,
sou two?" asked the old man.
I told him all, and called on him to
decide who had won.
"Roth Of YOU" was his diplomatic
opinion, which created another contro-
versy between Anna and myself. Mean
while Lottie appeared with the coffee,
made in "old-fashioned" style, and the
conversation drifted into other chan
nels and soon become general
On the following morning, however,
there appeared messenger in our
dwelling, delivering a rocking chair for
me a splendid piece Of furniture by the
way; exactly five minutes later another
messenger came bringing a brooch for
my wife, a yeritable little gem To
each OF the two presents was fastened
fathers visiting card with the inserip-
don: This is my revenge for leopard
ing my life with your collaborating
ri0n-coffee-and-tea machine"
say" I remarked to my wife, com
fortably stretching myself in the new
rocking chair, you seem To have been
ia the right, after all, for your seIf-and-
eo-forth machine has proved itself 10 be
very practical, indeed-in its results -
From the German.