Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-23
I disremembah," was the calm


scorn.
Laws a massy! Miss Betty; yous
not a maxim sauer kraut!"
What do you measure it in?"
"'Cordin' to what you has by you y
with toss of the head.
How many teaspoonfuls would you
take?"
La, child! Amt you seed me meas
ure it wild tablespoon" She turned
her back
1.-TWO tablespoonfuls?'
''If it amt too sour"
Tremblingly l wrote down two
tablespoonfuls" opposite Vinegar"
Nov, Aunt Chilly, tell me the other
things. There is salt and pepper and
mustard and sugar."
Mustard in cold slaw dressin'! My
glory! Who'd eat it." Aunt Chilly
seldom laughed.
How much sugar did you say Aunt
Chilly?"
81 didn't say
Come, Aunt Chilly" cried, getting
wrathy; Il have no time to waste this
morning. How much sugar do you
generally put in?"
Miss Betty, you jest bother me to
deaf" she cried half whimperingly. 81
don't know muffin bout it. It's cord
| ing as how much eggs and butter |
| puts in
Eggs and butter" l said, aghast.
''Why didn't you tell me before? Do
you beat the eggs?"
Sometimes | does, and sometimes |
doesn't" with a self-complacent smile
"The whites and yolks separately"
my goody, Miss Betty! You's not
maxim cake"
"How many eggs do you use, three"
You'd ruin it wild three eggs said
Chilly, rolling ginger dough in grim
satisfaction.
1.-TWO eggs. them"
EFF it amt too much"
"One egg?"
Zone egg amt always enough.
Good gracious, Aunt Chilly" l
cried in despair; sis it one egg and
half?"
"Nebah heerd tell of half an egg"
Aunt Chilly looked out the window.
l wrote down 'One large egg or two
small ones"
Now for the butter. How much
butter do you use?"
Miss Betty, don't AK me muffin bout
de buttah | nebah take no count how
much buttah l uses"
We'll, it is not as much as a cup
ful?' | suggested, coaXingly.
Il reckon not
about a teaspoonful?"
"Nebah heerd of measurin' buttah
by de teaspoonful."
about the size of Walnut"
"P'raps so. 'Cordin' as how it looks
when it's melted"
do you melt the butter?" l asked in
surprise.
"How could you make de dressin
widout meltin' de buttah?" She waved
her bony finger.
"You know, of course" I answered
meekly; "but do you melt the butter.
before you mix the eggs and vinegar )
EFF you wants to-" She was rolling
dough again.
How long do you cook it, Aunt
Chilly?"
Tell it gets done" Carefully she
cut the finished roll.
And how soon may that be-"
"'Cordin' as how hot de fire is"
Aunt Chilly" | said, as | tore UP
the paper, Il don't believe We shall
try this receipt
Chilly did not raise her eyes, ",
when l reached the door sne said cont
posedly. "Bettah come back In half an
hour, Miss Betty; de ginger cakes Will
be done"
This was our first and last tussle.
Never since then, though she had con-
fided many things to me, have l at
tempted to sound her through direct
questions.
Sometimes she will talk of her child
hood, her far-away childhood, so DIN
and unreal to me, each year more vivid
and real to her. AS she sits in my
room, after l have gone to bed, ard
gazes into the fire, l often suggest that
she is thinking how she loves me. A
faint smile brightens her face, and she
shakes her head.
NO, l was Studyln bout de times
| had when / was little" Then she
talks of the funny, dreamy slave lays
pathetic in their happiness-and the
wrinkles smooth away and she looks
young again.
Then, when she sits in the window.
and the setting sun flares on her BAN
danna turban, and | wonder what she
is up to, the answer always comes,
"Studyin'. New York Independent.
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