The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-21
TURNED ON THE GAS.

your deposit and hasc the gas turned on
Much obliged for mentioning that to
me. replied Mr.. Ncwspiiec I'd sure have
forgotten It II you hadn't, aud we'd have
been in a dickens III a pixie over night
without any gas, wouldn't wc!'
Ncwsplioe got NJ 20 the pcw fiat about
hali'past four, and found Mrs Ncwtplicc
with her sleryrs tucked up aud hrr hair
wrapped in towel. setting thing to rights
by the way.' remarked Ncupplicc. see
ing no signs Of auy dinner preparations,
anything doing IN the way Of food for q
hungry man around ihis plant. Mau can't
live by putting up pictures alone, can hes
II do declare, ! forgot all about dinner"
exclaimed Mrs. Ncwsrirc. Won't YOU
just run down b. the ruTucr and get a small
steak and some potatoc7 and few LITTLE
things ~ give you o lisl Merry on H..
| completely forgot that the poor thing d,
supposed 20 eat.
II was Kind 1t O cherries business, this
just starting of after fpod for dinner, bat
Newsplice put uE ..ia coat and Wcni after
the stuff his wife wrote down withA stub
OF a pencil, and came back with tgo arm
loads
"Ah, nov can have a little patched up
dinner inside OF an hcuE easily" aii his
wife. Won't you please set at that barrel
and unpagk the dishes for me-
Newsplicc got at the bagrcl. and while
he was ont iu the Kitchen slowing away the
excelsior he got 30 lo0aiur At the ras range
II rauacl ham ip think ui something ~,
went into where hts vIlr vas dupinc i1r
the four hundred aud nineteenth tr.a the
front room manlci, and inquired.
'kr-um-hy She way, where's the coal
nugrg"
Coal raugc'" replied Mu Ncwrlicc
why. there isn aus Wen cook entirely
with the raa range here Ms how old
fashioned YOU are, Why should there be
ga range and a coal range. top.'
Well You'll have Go Ia,ss me on that, 4"
replied Ncwsplirc but ! know one time
when you're not going 90 rouL uu the gas
rangr, and tbatJ tonight Now. don't 60
Of the handle and tell mo l'm a finhcad
which ! am and a uumhstull uhr.h am
again and mental jrl'tu-l vMr.. once
more, ! Kriryc 20 -as mm bot inrsut go
- b. the ras oN..c and make lhr deposit,
AMI ~ thcrci II uc No g1s tu.ulglI
And you know ; particularly told you TO
ittcnd to the ga, rcrToachiuily .lid Nit
Ncwspllcr
Il know it-so DID the a.rni- dbl my
own inner couss lvtnuus,' replied New
splice Everything that 80. near and
dear and precious tp iu, 10 th,. l'c shout /
have inspired mr to go O. tho gas niltcr and
make my little drpr-f .gt i.Iut dn H.,
and s1 what ID, 4rr..- lee u-r ni hlViuE
upon o. Fore,' u' On ro down aud sec
rm bripic breakfast tomorrow morning
Meantime I'm gu out and get lut @.
haiici hlm aud cured tongue 1"p canned
salmon and Er'iu,- and cracker, and
cheese and wer-- beer and stuff like that.
aud We can make % mrRI on pi tIat truck,
and IN ulsn get some ,andiCs and wc can
soc 10 go 10 bel hy the hight %. en-. and
Oh, what lark. Won't % be- yu-i ton cute
and lnrky Tor anything Co e. ." bed By
candle light and the wln laughed "a
hoarss Druak. while Boo spouse regarded
him w0IrnuulE
Pretty hungry hg 'us 'nr. he wont out
and bought near, 80 ui hrar;f ly- Hc had
enumerated together vI.H H..rH ~ r.r
largest azci ryuiira iHII rHuII hr bought
ior roury, raI returned Boz 'nr bat Uc
noted. gluumfiF. 900 no. $50" rU 'gr, that
oil u' the other trrHU'. t"i gH. nl oaUrar.
and h. wondered % .l.. ,.f.r. ..Iruu de-.
nrs'iru That &C. uH. .rrs Dis memory
were r,rik fol. However. Hr put 400 imila
ton cheerful f. c. un trc natter az he
stumbled up The ararrs and st1pcI hls way
through tho private Iall al his new fiat
lie ht one oI tic candle o.. .run a. he
had set down the -,roud batch Of proven.
der he had bought. and then 30 Do nearly
IN the ret of them and Al wife sct the
table az best she ruulJ under the di,ad-
yantarcu, and tbsy mrdr their fret meal IN
the fat Bat thai lr.' meat couldn't have
been called either "Irky" .r cute" as
Newsriirc had rul o. r the widest pcs
uiblr stretch OF tho mas.rAuYu.
After tine me,l. q, BON Vi. Nrvglirc had
Ri,cn Ncw.ult., Cine sIsull tgtt she'd like
TO have hun lt1., the table u order that
She might be- r-imfjrt to remove the
iishes. lc iumh'yd lr.Gui Io hi, vest p,rkr
,ts ah-rutmtudr.lly. Iur awhile. IDar.huE
for cigar. lie found one Tncu talking
all the time to h,a vric. and telling her
what rorkng good tuu be- Thought It WAS
to cat hy candle light. and lo eat pre-,
parcel food al that hr irmtird around Tor
4 match. Finding the match. hc absent.
mindciIy rcaclrd for tie les Of ga
fixture right In iron, oi him. TUNED the
key. sull ahscutmindclly, applied the
match "a the ga-. lighted it-pithuut any
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