New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20
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obtaining from each other sympathy. fun free
sorrow What did il matter that | was almost
hhe a princess in her estimation. since | dwclt
at the big house, Th" greatest lady IT, the land
is after AL. only woman with the same fool
nGs. tho same vices. the same virtues as the
rest OF her sex. she would have argued. if you
/ had accused her Of garrulous1ess toward Il for
eisner W hon by-2nd-by. l said goodby to her
We feit Hhe OLD acGua intanCes. and in response
TO my listen Nelod. kcivosem," God I've with
thee. my dear soulD she raised my hand to her
lps WIN the customary sautation. added aC-
iectionatcly, God guard the gracious lady on
her way. and grant her the desire of her heart
ana begged me to go and see her She explained
graphically that her abode was near the church
me house with the big pigsty against it. where
hNe with my old master and my last left
osuShter whose husband came to take tho place
of our o"n dead sons one evening a few days
later started of n search of Erzsi's cottage
and easily found il. The walls were composed
OF what an irishma1 calls "whattle and dab"
whitewashed afresh every spring inside and out
The floors Were # stamped earth and there
were neither chimneys nor ceilings. The board
shelves for the crockcry. and the knives and
FORKS were stuck into Sits along the sides of
GU, through a hole in the tina tched roof left for
that purpose. or else out of the door the wood
en- framework OF which had become charred and
biackened from the smoke of years. The house
was OF one story, and consisted of a kitchen and
d room. The foundations, made of large
W"ouen blocks. raised il couple of feet above
the level Of the small Enclosure round it and n
rough veranda formed a sort of covered ter
race supported upon slender unhewn tree
trunks. along the front Of the house. The win
dows We're about eighteen inches square and
Coulo not be opened under any preteXt; they
We're guiltless of blinds curtains. One end
o, the kitchen was occupied by the stove.
formed or blocks OF stone When these were
hot the whole house was warm Round the
walls hung strings of sausages and hunks of
ter use; long. thin strips Of parrikas bacon
and some balls OF sheeps-milk cheese. On a
hke BABY. gurglinS to itself end stretching out
fat hand toward the big iron pot and the large
ner stood 4 big jar of picked gherkins and a
sack of brown flour for making the huge
0 of DAD f1,os
bas ket under 4 mountain OF hot ashes. Ovens
are unknown amongst the peasantry. Some
drinking water nanked a small bottle OF pa
, linkaS
OF the girl who choppng up melons for
the pig with a hatcheU at the edge of the
Verahda. she ran to kiss my hand and replied
that her mother was at home and would he
charmed to see me. She was the 'last-eft
of the chubby infant who lay cooling so content
edly On the shelf Hearing my voice. the old
ure, and drew me in through the kitchen to
the room beyond 1t contained an oak bed
wooden stools. in addition 10 the marriage
chest that held all the family treasures. How
tional tulips in red and blue. tie. With a true
lovers knot that were painted on the front
dirg-Cown Of dar,l-blue frezc Coarscly en-
hroidered all over in rosebuds of scarlet and
would be covered by the linen aprons elabo-
rately ernbroidered in red blue and yellow cot
IT.
was rroportionatey proud of them. Then her
skirts, ornamented on the front and sleeves by
| max thread embroideres had to be duly ad-
mlred. also her one pair of stockngs-fet ones
and the oNidiZed clasps for keeping her tiny
SWISS bodice together in front A lock cut from
the head or each dead was treasured be-
tween the leaves OF a big black prayerbook
carefully wrapped up in n large towel and lying
amongst n pile OF pillow with crocheted
insertions let into them. Then she pulled off a
sort of down quilt. made from hens feathers
and begged me to count the number of feather
beds that stood on the bedstead. There were
hVe one on top of the other. and a straw
palliasse underneath. or course, / congratu-
lated her on all these evidences of comfort ard
aftiuence. particularly the featherbeds and the
drled piS meat. She smiled deehedly and
answered. proudly: Yes, gracious lady it is not
every peasant who can boast OF the like is it p"
L gravely acqriesced. and returned to the
kitchen to do her the honor OF tasting her
bread and cheese"
There are worse things than sheep's-milk
cheese. but II is scarcely my favorite article of
food; Yet how could one refuse such hospitality?
Down sat on a wooden bench and ate a small
portion" washed down by n nip OF pal;nkas
in very decided atmosphere OF wood smoke
and onions. Then thrust a form into the girl
mothers hand Ito buy some thing for the l,hv
and took my leave. after an obligatory visit To
the pigsty.
Another admrins friend acquired by the au-
thor during this country house visit was the
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