St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-02-29
4 WARTIME FEAST.


xArse Hisafal Ilssas onaaaess - . Raa1-
HeoA Dlnnsr 1an1a
ut was . brisk winters day, and our
walk out franklin street aided to the
insistence Of youthful appetites. Jim
mine declared that II old Esther didn't
hurry up the dinner when We
got back, he should have IA
read the cookerybook to stay hia
hunger. But secretly, we were DWELL
Ing In Imagination upon the rich treat
that was soon to come; and. on reach
Ing home, both Of N abandoned cere-
mony to rush pell-mell down the base
ment stairs. Jimmie opened the door
with = sort Of mild Indian war-whoop
Of delight. responded in the same
Gow-sill, was indeed our plate Of nut
candy as we had left It: but sitting in
the middle Of it, her little rcd tongue
industriously travelling over every por-
ton within her reach, was also Az
chenquittel! Two cats, friends Of hers,
on their hind legs upon barrel in the
yard, their heads upon . level with the
plate, were engaged in licking what the
selfish hostess had left accessible to
their attack"
THAT mean little Aschenputtel!"
cried Claude. Indignantly.
"Poor little Uncle Jimmie. and poor
little disappointed mother!" COM
mented Hal. giving his mothers waist
q loving squeeze.
'Namma. what did you do?" asked
kathleen.
I'm afraid cried-just little bit.
Jimmie, very red in the face, drove
away the cats. and. taking up the plate,
was just preparing to throw the whole
thing into the yard. when a couple Of
small darby children came running
down the street. looking 70 longingly
at the dish that he changed his mind.
Look here, you youngsters.' he said,
the cats have been licking this; but Il
you choose to take it and pump on II,
you're welcome to the lot With grins
and hobs, the little negroes took plate
and NIL. and scsmpered away. A mo-
ment later, my dear father came In
from his Office. Al he shook hands with
Jimmie and kissed me. we saw by his
shining eyes that he had good news in
store. First we thought it was vic
tory Of our army; but it turned out to
be little pot Of strawberry jam which
o clerk for whom he had done kind
ness had sent - . present to his little
GIRL"
Il am 20 glad" said Claude, with
emphasis.
$50 were we." answered his mother.
Il laid the cloth. and when presently old
Esther brought in the dinner, what
should she do but set before her 'Marse
Jimmie. . dish containing three hot
sausages! Where they came from, we
could not induce her to reveal. It has
always been my idea that out Of the old
creatures little store Of CONS laid by
for rainy day. she purchased the
dainties to regale her pet. And %,
that day at least. we toasted like kings;
every morsel put upon the table was
eaten with hearty relish, and to this
hour ] love the memory Of our POOR
little pinched refugee banquet. where
70 much affection and gratitude and
xelf-sacrifice went to furnish the mea-
ger board One thing, especially. 70
member Of It. Ny father, pausing
with . morsel Of sausage upon his fork,
sighed deeply and seemed to be looking
81 something we could not rec. Jimmie
and knew he WINS thinking about his
other children; the two boys who. upon
BAREBACK and raw bacon, were then
wearing out the end Of bitter and
hard-fought struggle-the sons whom
never again he was to welcome under
his roof."-Constauce Cary Harrison.
in st. Nicholas.