The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-02-21

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inquired how much.
'Cordin' as how much you's
maxim" Aunt Chilly dropped the
batter compacently.
How much did you put In yester-
day?' / asked sternly.
Il disremembah." was the calm
reply.
Tactics had 10 be changed. isn't Il
about half a cupful?' / suggested in
nocently. Aunt Chilly looked up in
scorn
Laws a massy! Miss Betty; you'e
not maxim sauer llraut!"
What do you measure it ln?"
'Cordin' TO what you has by you &"
with toss of the head
How many teaspoonfuls would you
take?"
La, child! Amt you seed me meas.
ure It wild a tablespoon" She turned
her back
Two tablespoonfuls?"
IF 1t amt too sour"
Tremblingly / wrote down two
tablespoonful" opposite Vinegar"
Now, 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?"
Il didn't say"
Come, Aunt Chilly" I 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. Il
don't know muffin bout it. It's cord
ing as how much eggs and butter
puts in"
Eggs and butter" I said, aghast.
why didn't you tell me before? DO
you beat the eggs?"
Sometimes I does, and sometimes l
doesn't" with 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, then%
EFF it amt too much"
"One egg?"
One egg amt always enough"
Good gracious, Aunt Chilly" 1
cried in despair; lis it one egg and
half?"
"Nebah heerd tell of half an egg
Aunt Chilly looked out the window.
I wrote down zone large egg or two
small ones"
Nov 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
fulT' I suggested, coaxingly.
Il reckon not"
AUOuI JeaSpOOnIuI!
"Nebah heerd of measurin buttah
by de teaspoonful."
About the size of a Walnut"
"P'raps so. 'Cordin as how it looks
when it's melted"
DO you melt the butter?" asked in
surprise.
How could you make de dressin'
widout meltin' de buttah?" She waved
her bony finger.
You know, of course" l 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, Aun.
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" l said, as | tore up
the paper, Fl don't believe we shall
try this receipt"
Chilly did not raise her eyes, luT
when l reached the door sne said cont
posedly "Bettah come back In half an
hour, Miss Betty; de ginger cakes VIII
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 and
gazes into the fire, often suggest that
she is thinking how she loves me. A