The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-14

Tseeee apA M1nactng.
TsHE man Of the hosae 10 about 70 %
into the dining room when ~ hsans
voices that tell him that his wife has
gone down 10 give the hired help g.
threatened going over. He quietly with
draws, closes th< door noialssnsy behind
him, and Hstens from safe Doint OF van
taee
One voice IL sirnid and hesitating. that IL
his wife The other IL fearlessly raised !:
that IL her majesty. the queen who rules
the kitchen. and from II the rest OF the
house.
This u what he hears:
We'll Aia' Aasfin, hit do ee<m LAX you
So bent an boun' 20 be admin fault
wid me wen de Iawd knows Ts doin' de
ve'y bes / kin. What bout Do brekfuS
Ds steak too done en- de Eaters amt
6oEe enough! Now. Mis- Na'tin. I Jes'
want 10 chow you cooked dat STEAK an
dem 'tateys de same Iengt' o. time
Seems TO me deg ought to be done de same.
Dat ux q thick steak. an jeT got hi,
Drowned thoo nice. What mo Il you
want?
'sYou didn't want It fried at all Now.
Miss Matin. ciah to goodness Who evan
hyeah de beat o. dat? Don't you know
dat fried meat In de bes' kin In de worr
VIZ. De lag family dat I lived wid-dst
anybody fryfn he evah seen. said i fried
syshthing In sight. an he said my fried
food stayed by him longer than anything
he evah ct. Even wen e paid me on h.
said II was case he thought somebody else
ought TO have de benefit Of my wunner.
ful powahs. Huh. Ma'an. Ts used 10 d.
bs1. DE- jedxe paid me de highest kim
o. compartments. d. las thing he say -
ne was. CA'line. CAline.' he say. 'Yo
cookin' is q pa'dox. ], b criminal. dsy
amt no 'sputin dat. but ii Amt action
bIe.. co'se. / didn't unnerstan' his ham
gidge. but knowed hit was comperments.
scaae hix WIFE, MiT ledge johnson. got
right jealous an tot him to shet his
mont.
.Dsy you goes Now. who'd "a thought
dat q lady O. yo' raisin' ~ unnerstan-
tn would "a brung dat up DE mo'nin'
you came an keteh me settin' down an de
brsAfus not ready. was q -steadyin'- IL
. niishty ham TO steady. His xa'tin.
'pscd, steadies mos ali de time. But
DAT mo'nin' I sat 70 steadyin' an aftah
while sot down an al my thoughts
come to my min. ! sho' has . heap o.
trouble. jes' sot thaih a-steadyin' 'buot
'em an asteadyin'. till bsme-byc. hyah you
comes.
EMO. Ma'am, i wasn't 'saep. rs mighty
apt TO nod wen Is a-thinkink. Its
kim O. keepin' time to my idees But
bisUs yo' SOUL wasn't 'sieep. ] shut
M eyes SOS 10 see to think bettah. An.
es.ah all. Mr.. Ma'tin wasn't mo n haifin'
howah late dat mo- min noh0w, case
wen ] did git up shoiy few FL you
les 'membahs bout my steadyin' we anin't
nevak gwtne have no trouble longs
staya heah.
.sYou say dat one night stayed out
tell 1 O'Clock. wy-oh. yes, Dat ux
Thus day night. Wy. la! Mis- Ma'tin.
dArs do night my s'iesy meess de Ar
We had TO 'nitianate a new candate dat
night. an II! I wish you'd IA been thaih.
you'd "a killed yo'se'f iafYin'.
"You nsvxh did eec sich Gains on In
all yo' boa days. Il ~Fas pew'sn funny.
Broth Eph'am Davis. he's ouah mos wus-
ohipfui rabbi. he says hit ux de mos
o'cessfui inflammation We evan had. Dat
can'dase paved Dc groun' lax hoss an
tried 10 git outen de winder But I got
90 be mighty keerfu. how I talk; ] don
know whethah you long to any se'cut
Societies or not. I wouldn't ben 20 late
even fu' DAT, bat Missah Hiram Smts. ne
galianted me home. an you know a lady
ecun' TO stan al de gate an talk TO huh
comp'ny q little while. You know how Il
~ Mis- Ma'tin.
II been entain'in' my eomp'ny In de
pA'ior co'se has: you wosn't usin' hi..
What yea spose my frsen's 'ud think ef
I'd AK EN- I'm De kitehin. wen dey wasn't
no one In de front ROOM Co'se I az EN-
In de pa'ior. ! do want my fr!sns 10
think Is wo'kin fu' no low down people
wy. Nike Lac Harris sc, down an played
mos splendid ON yo' psanna. an she COM
permsnted you mos high. S'pose Ia a
TUX huh In de kitchen. waaih dc comper-
merits come ine
"Yass'm. yass'n. does tax home h;tIe
thinsa now an den. DAT does. an amt
gwine 10 my ii. jes' says 10 myself I
Amt okin' fu' ne sirainers LAX de people
mex do what goes into tantrums ef de
lady what cooks fu' 'eu. ticks home a bit
o sugar. lows 10 nyse't I Amt wo kin
fn' no slch folks. 80 sometimes teks
home ses' w~enchy BIT q sasnepan' DAT
nobody couldn't want nohow, an | knows
you ain't gwine 'jeet 10 dat. You 90 ':ecs.
you 40 'iec;. Huh:
us get 20 come an az you. has I.
Look ahyssa Mis- Matfn, know has
ta wo'k In so' Kitchen. I know I has 10
cook IA yen. but want sou 90 know da,
oven Fl I does Is LADY Ia n lady. bat
] ses you do know how 20 'nrecsate q
LADY wen you NETS one. Heah. TEX 20
sp'on. TEX you ap'on you kin ies Hight
tn sn' Eif so own dsnnah wouldn't
wax "a YOU - you uz made O. got I
nevah did lax to ws'k "a stra.nesx. no.
how.
'sNs. r'a'Sai. caint even stay an glt
De dsuaah knew wen beer insalssd.
Seems LAX - stay IN hyeah another min
ess IN hise all ovsh dis Kitchen.
"who excited Me exctssdr Ne. i
ata's excited. Ia mad. ! 81 lsk no.
body pestsrta' 'fona ny kilehsa. naa,ew.
Neh IA han~v Tssc mary places in Of.
town vain ia cs'iine Mason.
me. tn.ieed, ven needn't 'raogsse -
ire, I s'lieve 10 people ssyin' tes' waa,
aes reaa. does
'swcui,ia't stay e. yau 'csesae nv
waws~s vsn-~l cnuii. hHt hat do
want 10 foolsshna@s
fsosus, ''ltuaf Ola SIZE taink size wss
ewsne Ca conir doNn aysah an skssr ne
huh ua whasa's So frytn' pam
The mar 81 tae hosa-e hssars ,ae rsiSsls
OF hts wsfe's sRsF5s she sS@ass a retreat
ard he goes pr~tairs sni into the library,
wAas;iiax See. the Gonawergae Berr
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