Evening journal., 1899-08-25
HER BATTER CAKES.
Nn OSE ELLA" said her mother Aunt
Susan has donetsont for me TO como

kase she's done got the grippe, an dem studi.
fyin' preaohah'sll go plum vii Ell deg don
git DER buzzum shuts an collahs TO- Sunday
Some on 'em.has to 90 to Aneyandra (Alex
andria) an some wants to go to Washin' ton.
Does yoosl reckin you kin git eHong wid-
out me while;s;as gomez"
"In co'se, maw," Rose Ella answered, de-
lighted at tho prospect of keeping house all
by herself. "Iain't dohe watch you an hope
| (helP) you all dis time for nuthin."
."Well, rs done put de bazin on to bile,
an you mus ak yo' pap bout hour by sun
befo' - o'clock an drap the cabbige in, an
go kin mex some cracklin' scratch-backs fo'
to go along Wild IT,"
"All right, maw;" and Rose Ella flew
around to "red up" the house before dinner
| time.
80 yo' nav had a call" remarked her
father while dining. 1--WE don't keer, tho,
do we, boys, son's she lef us sech good
coolf" And he smacked his lips over the
cabbage.
"By the way, Rose Ella, he asked, as he
rose from the table, what you gwine give
US fo suppah?"
81 dunno, pap"
"Mzzes james done give me a pint Of
losses es / come way fun dah-sayed theyd
done tiahed OF it-an i think 'twould go
mighty good on batteh cakes We's done
got de bunghole, now fo' de barl. Yere, tex
dis five cent an git dat wuth O. -four fun de
sto You got som SOU milk an knows how
to ingregiate 'em, reckin!
"Suttinly, pap
So when the "low descending sun" admon-
ished Rose Ella it was nearly supper time
size begun to sum up her knowledge OF the
materials used in batter cakes.
Les see-one quart of fouah, one big
teasponn Of salt, and also sallyratus, one
aig, an milk 'nough for sufficient. ain
done 70 got thing, kase nav tel me always
'membeh five, cop'en / didn't have no arg to
go in"
When her father and the boys--a hungry
trio-came in the table was set, the coffee
boiling furiously and the griddle smoking.
"Whoopeel Hurrayl" shouted the boys,
conveying the cakes to- their plates, from
/ whence rhey rapidly disappeared. Mex
base sis, er you KANT keep up, they
warned her. Suddenly their father paused
with half a cake suspended on his fork ana
|. said:
1T seems to me they 3 quare smell IN this
yer house tonight, Rose Ella. Am they
not%
'Why. that's fact, par" she, smiling an
swored. Il kind o. smek it few minutes
ago. but wus too busy to tex muchnotice oi
it. What you reckin it isy'
Dunno TO suttin', but pears to me it'
somehn lax gunpowdah."
ooh. yes. I'll bet them little 'Rigger boyi
has put a hrecraeker in my stove" sad kes'
Ella, aecusingly.
= "Dd youc" sternly inquired their father
"No. sab, pap" replied the elder. Mar,
r one turning to the younger.
"'Deed. no, sab, pap; I'd be feared
.Maybe it's someRn outd6s." remarked
" her father. "Ill 90 out an prospee
S awhile" adding, as he swallowed the las
y msrsel of his twenaeth cake: "Hore bat
teh cakes was rale good, Rose Ella; yor
n nav hes made lghteh ones dan desc, but de-
d am putty fair. reoldn yore milk was
little too sop"
A. he Slipped outside the htehen docl
which, in abnormal coiered mas 'sshouse
rsneraIly open summer and winter, b
,el heard his naWo called, aud, turning IN y
direction Of the speaker, saw sixlor eigh
mon aDdwonea Qrom pearssy cabintl, a,
Is With either handkerchiefs OF aprons, shield
q ssIVai you please shot 20 do'1" inquire
: the spokesman.
D. i'Whai fo'Y in turn. questioned Ros
Elias father.
ie oso's we all KANT cOtoh dot retaius Ceor
70 tagiousl zease."
(Which"
p 81 dunno; rs akin YOU now. Am It smal
pox aw vallyloid (vaiioloid)"
3 .TValv nuthin'l We all amt sick;
vou'lls seed us shublin' down de bate
~ cakes to suppeh you'd think So"
" "Go way nowl whut you runigatin' 70
den%
At "Wel, dat am mysterious. It do ses'
LAX it, IN remit, but taint we done It, an
at way%
-, the women. The children, who had follow'
their father outside, positively grew tv
- shades lighter at this, and crept cloee
their father,
At this moment the terrifying stuatiC
A. was relieved by the return Of his wife.
o. s."What YOU an havin' in my presence WIN
r@eoneg" she demanded; "a s'prise pawty
N. and without waiting for reply she stepp'
.rt into the house, calling back: Come m,
on YOU; room fo'-my soul an body VIII
), in do name of peace am yeu got IN yeAe,
' man?p and she quickly sought the out
air.
"Ooman, wish't could tell YER grave
answered her husband, "but ] KANT; We
~ holm a commocation on the suhiec' no
~ Some says maybe" in lower tone, "it a
a cuniah SPELL
''But his wife, less superstitious than ma
of her race, scorned this idea.
re SI gwine sif de bottom NV dis mattah, TO
bv Rlievo dat, anyhow" she declared, reent'
ING tile kitchen, and opening the windcws
az .'Rose Ella" she called, why fo' am y
1t bunnin' up my batteh cake griddle!" snas'
he. ing it from the stove.
,ut "'Deed, NAV, it got so strong in yer'
had 10 rum
les "An' did you hev hoe cakes TO suppah
no "No. nav, batteh cakes"
TER "Batteh cabesl whah'd you git de fou' Z
sallyratus FUN to 60 in um?"
'"s oIIe buyed the -four, an I got the sal
ratus outen the box whah you always ke'
IT,"
"'Decd you didn't den, fo' ! done use
de las yistday, an fo'got to,git mo-. Git
IRE Rox You use fun, an lemme see whut kin
-he toiufoolness you done"
m Rose Ella timidly obeyed. BY this fin
on the air being somewhat cleaner the peo
lef in the yavd, to satisfy their curiosity, v
for tured nearer, and crowded the doorway a
no windows.