Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-03
Mr.. mEeK's DINNER.


thcy want me desperately at the Woman
ser 'Pd hsh hest iea ssa irom IS se'F he ss' II W
'hE9IplGhi you could manage by seurselt,Vii 4
y to !@rsay f%tslse y dSSi SSifFfSa fancy
will prove fatal"
. Tn get a roast and cock L this nor mon
30 TsisE rs;ssy @ sssa f$ 81 Ssef
gone camping pretty much every year
my life for nothing. / suspec, | can mar
t age hot dinner about as well as mos
Mrs. Meek had her doubts. and, unlii'
mS2st S wives. expressed them ,.,,,. u,
, ssapfisme contempt: and. unlike most nus
Thus 4 finally resulted that Mrs. Nee
dinner for him, and betock herself TO u
hNnzar Nl So !; resulted. iur,hesrmore :hhs
afternoon and proceeded to collect. on hi
WAY WAY home, ihe necessary supplies for
An allurlns display of chickens was IN
hrst thing to catch his eye and he was jus
on the poin, OF securing one Of them whcr
ihe natural sigSoi,y % Of the man. man. he reSoi e
lected th3i--weil that you don't, as rule
,sry reaction, that followed this feat o
memory. he bought a couple OF muttoi
'eIRi ana bsvd three rdSg omai9es is;n o,,s,,o,.,
English dim dinner sIG tRoasR h. as he huTrs
IPSaist The dsceitfal Chickens, with some
your hniky, poultry dinners for me-,
by tove!' he exclaimed a moment later
Ter " -6nn haTs ~ an r. apple pudding and some oys
He was so tickled with this idea that he
| pron,p'g rushed INTO grocety shop and
nrid nnrEinassd haii a peck OF their best eatlng
| thought OF the cab he was TO order for his
| wife at $3.50 sharp.
| 'iiully. and everything ready FOR start.
B! o CLOCK he was just beginning to en-
10y me thing; the tomatoes were stewine
| divinely: the potatoes were boiling 10 their
Ter soup was simmerlng -ontentedly on the
PACK OF the stove. The oysters. by the by,
had not arrived.
Dear me-" thought the ambitious gem
,leman; II wish had thought OF 1t in time.
an, snu q nave nave had some oyster patties for
by thunder, II that everlasting pig headed
woman hasn't left me some cold ham and a
eustard pie BY the Lord Harry. for 2
the back yard.'
The natural ,doclity Of his nature, how
Sin.t eyer. prevailed, and he left the obnoxious
dinner: A, $50 he put the chops on to
@ broii. as IN the good days of yore"-thls
Ing occasionSd By one one Of them h M SSsIdsn,aiiy SoK M
droppng into the fire, whence he rescued
jont Wiss srsns pr Of mind by the
shor thus rescued both Il and nd the t table BE
inE stronger This tri;iins @ dISnity W he eoso got
Syrr w;rry ny putting the erring chop, on the
the nre--to do the other her thing. iig ''p"' '"'0
This accomplished and with one chop |
gently gently cooking on the, gridiron and, The
pindd!ins in ling, This proved most fascinating.
small bowl; emptied a jug Of water on top
9i o, II, ADDED butter 70 taste, and proceeded
often seen his wife do. '"'pe' "' Ae '"'
The -four and water promptly forsook the
nowl and betook themselves to his hands
Just as the potatoes boiled dry He rushed
to the rescue and loft the major portion of
me me Paste evenly divided between the han.
Inter AT this tuncture the tomatoes start
ed IN TO see If they couldn't surpass the
milk In burning. They succeeded. The cat
walked on With the chop on the window
siili. while the chop on the fire grew beau
TRULY black on the down side" So many
,hlnss We're now burning at the same time
mat Mr. Meek gave up all hope of try
they're SICK e n ssAsa was 'hRes the sarn I
he H. siiuaiiS9 With the astxeness that
'orts TO track the truant paste. and simply |
'9}nped MS apples INTO the oven to bake,
;etting hotter than pretty much ANYTHING J
IN earth, unless, perhaps. 1t was Mr. Meek
te turned an the campers, opened all the
ulted most satisfactorily. The fire began
o cool. It didn't stop.
nat "a Eot Co. II van anyi.hing s. tle low After
ushed for kindllng and nearly took his
read " on a elothesline, Just as he had T
N clotheslines in general. and that t' clothes, \
Inc In particular. he went about twice as h
ar toward taking hIs head on, on the Il
The gentlest of natures when reused are s.
ften the most terrible, Mr.. Meek became s.
Sry terTlS 1lG He use; nsed M Up enough kind
hoved and poked and banged and cursed @ s,
IS dlnner-was displeased With him, ia and and ~
enarted 70 the outer kitchen to try the Ct
sStsr,, Sns, wnleh the diiatory gTocer had Just
arley with Mr.. Meek. He was Mise "
r2ner w., and had heard enough o,
tsters 70 Its taste, he became even less s x
lie grocer, it had heard enough, and taken u
4 unob'rusive departuro-it is highly q
.obable that considerable majority 81 b
rt hns ,arrna,, nTe, would nave come to an ab y
A A this stage, TO console the unfortunate pl
arted, II didn't stop. In abotit five min. W
es II had burned up what remained of to
e1Iy sen musn a, esefGything YER except large pot Sc
eek. The chop that the cat hadn't aatan, H.
rs especially well done. II could be a,iite ha
fely left on the window sill with n Who'll 80
sion of cats around 1t. Mr. Meek. how en-
er, simply left II in the coal bin In poipt 81
either color or hardness 1t would have ~ ~
en- difficult TO have found a more fittine si1 sI
ace for IL. 's su
Then there came over Mr.. Meek's face , 90
rrible expression. He brought in n nail 10
was the scrubbing pail, which he baaa III
staken for the scrap pail but no MAJ Tic
p. and poured the soup carefully into q
rowing the pan about five feet into ,bs du
TX. Next he scraped the potatoes into m,
same pail. and again another pan fnI is
we'd the course OF the first In getting in,o is
: sink; Then he poured the tomatoes on wi
, OF the potatoes, and still a thirI nan | IN,
| TO the sink with unusual rapidty -, | su,
inot be definitely stated Whether ar Nc, -"
;, Meek, In doing this. was actiatad III
desire to prepare some famous bunt |
$ dish, relished In the dear old campin. ]
vs. gone by, but certain 1t Is no sonnss rol
he get the tomatoes nicely on ION ~ Wi
potatoes, than he took the whole ib,ns on
tossed it. pail and all. into the outer tw
his accomplished, he proceeded to make wi,
neal on the cold ham and some bread am
butter-the cooking butter, OF course try
ust as he was finishing Mrs. Meek re- str
ned. why. James" she cried cheer bel
~, you never sent the cab for mo frs
waited nearly an hour" "'' sba
No. said her husband calmly. "I,ve nm
n terribly busy. Men from New YORK All All
list got home little while ago. This cri,