The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-12-26

~ you carry out your inten-
y tion:
Il did, and / can safel,
say that | Will never give him another
surprise As long l live. You see, he
had resolved not to lose his temper
complain about anything about the hous'
for the entire year. | was 50 pleased thas
| wanted to do something awiully nice
in return. Finally. l decided to become
a model housekeeper, and, by way OF
showing the depth of my resolve, | decid-
ed to cook his New Years dinner my
self"
HIN perhaps it was as well that he
did resolve TO keep his temper for an
entire year Fudge and angels food are
not very filling Tor hungry man.
Fudge and angels food-the idea, l
decided on menu OF six courses. and
spent ten days in looking up the recipes
for it and studying them. Unfortunately,
the exertion made me 80 tired that l be
came mentally upset and was apt 10 CON
fuse a recipe for Italian cream With one
for creamed lobster. and they are very,
very different. However, when New
Years day really came and Harry said
that ne must spend the greater part OF il
az the office going over his accounts / felt
that success was sure.
by the way, haven't you 4 good cook:
And didn't you let her help and advise
you:'
"She wanted to, but l told her that she
needed a holiday and must take II while
| got the dinner She then confessed that
she didn't want to 20 out because her
beau was coming 10 see her and would be
offended II she was out. L told her tnat
made no difference; that what you did
on New Years day YOU did the year round
and If she did not work on that day she
l 10 cd To
are and living a life OF luxurious idleness
within six months
"Humph. Did she go then?'
''She did. Then | set TO work, and.
OH how | did work, but somehow nothing
was-well, quite like the pictures IN the
household magazines. The odor OF things
burning. too. became so strong that the
man from next door-a perfect stranger
came over 10 see if the house was on ire
end if he could be OF any use"
We'll, luckily, You could air the whole
place thoroughly before Harry came
home"
Il did BY noon | had cooked enough
10 feed a regiment-d;nner was to be at
three-but somehow it did not seem very
appetizing, so | decided TO have only four
courses; that was a more economical din
ner for a young couple anyhow. When
Harry arrived, promptly at three, | was
all ready and trying to look as If / felt
cool and hide the two burned and ore
cut finger. / had decided that three
courses were enough for anybody save a
giutton, by that time.
well, / am sure that everything was
very nice
'It-well, it was not quite perfect;
had forgotten to stuff the chickens and
| had put salt in the cranberries instead
OF sugar, but that WIS mere detail. for
the table looked lovely with all my best
linen, embroideries, silver, glass and
china on it. As l wanted TO surprise him
thoroughly, did not tell him that | had
cooked il myself meant TO tell him that
at the very last"
''As a sort of postscript to the dessert.
How nice,"
''M'hm. Well. though he had said ne
was wildly hungry, he did not eat-just
played with things. He kept starting to
speak, too, and then shutting MS mouth
tight without saying word. Something
was wrong with the coffee, though l had
put in twice as much as the cook book
said. As ne set down his cup, well, rather
more forcefully than was quite necessary,
ne said: We'll, dear, it is New Years
day, and l have resolved not to lose my
temper for an entire year, but / mus.
say one thing: the girl who cooked that
dinner must be dismissed before to-mor-
rows sun is up. A woman who would
give a hungry man underdone chicken.
overdone pota and asbestos pie, would
be capable of numbering US in our bedsi'"
''Oh, well, you need never tell him that
you cooked that dinner"
Il didn't tell him, but he undertook
TO discharge the cook, and she did,
Observing the Day.
swear off the coming yeirs
Mr. CounonS--Mv faxaSf-RrcollYp