Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-29

who scintillated in. whatever light you
held her. And because she was ]eWel
we had to lose her. Men pick up gems
wherever they can find them, ana atlef
a flawIess administration of our kitchen
affairs for six months, Katie left US ana
got married. Daisy wept, and must
have looked mighty sober if l looked at
all the way 1 felt; but we gave Katie
our blessing and a gold piece TOR
wedding present, and told her to be
sure to come back in case anything
happened.
Sure, what could happen?" Katie
asked
But we didn't tell her, tho we knew
that young Mr.. O'Malley the thief who
| had stolen our jewell was brakeman
on freight train. However. with all
the many safety appliances that rail-
road companies have adopted, katie's
optimism was amply justified, no doubt.
In spite of our regret at losing her,
Daisy and 1 would be the last to cease
shouting Long live Mr.. O'Malley!
Daisy and paid sundry visits to the
employment agency thru which we
had obtained Katie, but suppose the
agency's grab bag never held but one
prize, and we had drawn it the first
time. Each time we inserted our hands
+ in the bag we drew out not jewel
but tawdry piece of tinsel, and finally
grew discouraged. and tried advertise
ing.-But you are not interested in
this part Of it, of course.
For whole week, just when Daisy
wanted girl in the kitchen nost-she
was doing up preserves, and things
she had to do all the work herself. But
Daisy is q most determined little
housewife. and when she setssout to do
anything she does it. The fact that we
couldn't get kitchen girl was not TO
be allowed to deprive us of preserved
sweets during the coming autumn and
winter. No indeed. not IL Daisy knew
it; and she thought she did.
Daisy is proud little woman, as her
capability entities her to be; and Of
course she must have me out to see
the results of her long weeks work.
And a very pretty exhibition they
made, too. The kitchen table was
LOADED with rows and rows of full jelly
glasses, some ruby red, others amber
yellow. and yet others a rich purple;
and in the rear Of that jolly jelly army
stood certain tall grenadiers in the
shape of dozen or so bottles OF grape
juice.
I'm going to let them stand right
where they are tonight. Fred" Daisy
said, and tomorrow you are to carry
them down into the basement and
range them on the Shelves.
Tomorrow repeated, Then you
won't expect me to go to church with
you, suppose"
mo, shall be too tired to go myself.
I've worked awfully hard this week.
Daisy said. I'm going to rest to-
morrow. I've arranged an easy Sunday
dinner. / haven't got to bother at all
with desert. Just look at that beautiful
big watermelon, Fred! Won't that make
nice desert?"
'tLuscious!' said. did G. w. L.
J. j. see it?" asked.
II don't know. He's coming to help
again Monday, and I'll give him some.
We never can begin to eat it all.
&c. w. T. j. j." was the colored man
whom Daisy had discovered after Katie
left us, and whom she hired now and
then to do some > of the heavy work
about the house. His whole name was
George Washington Thomas Jefferson
him that.
Il should have had him take some of
the jelly down into the basement"
stumble and break the glasses. He's
dreadfully awkward
After l had duly admired the cur
rant, crab apple and grape jellies, Daisy
said:
I'm going to bed right off. I'm just
too tired to sit up any longer. You
put the advertisement in the paper
for tomorrow, didn't you, Fred?"
Yes"
Il do hope it will bring a girl"
hoped it would, too, for very much
disliked having Daisy get so wearied
over her work in the kitchen. However,
as lay listening to her breathing-my
wife had fallen asleep almost as soon
as her head touched the pillow re-
hected that there might be some slight
compensation for her fatigue. She was
likely to sleep soundly. and not be
troubled by burglars.
But I haven't told you about Daisy's
burglars, have 1? They form an i'm
portant chapter in our lives, or rather
a sort OF serial, for the story is con-
tinued from night to night, and from
week to week. The dear girl can't help
having burglars any more than the
Briggs little boy Tommy can help hav-
ing hives. (The Briggs are our next
door neighbors.) Unlike the hives,
burglars occur less frequently in hot
weather than in cold. Daisy has them
the worst just as the more severe
weather is coming on. The newspapers
at that season have good deal to tell
about burglars, hold ups, etc., and read
ing about them aggravates the mall
Iady However, 1t is a disease that may
break out in any and all kinds of
weather; and Daisy had had num-
Der of quite severe attacks since Katie
left US.
1t is rather humiliating thing to
say,perhaps, but think Daisy felt, on
the whole, that Katie was greater Sc
crrity against burglars than | am. Let
me hasten to add that Daisy doesn't
think me a coward, either. She merely
thinks that don't treat burglars with
the seriousness which the subject de-
mands Hence, burglars could easily
circllmyent me. But there are burglars,
and Daisys burglars; and 1t is only
Daisy's burglars that treat with that
lack of seriousness of which Daisy
complains. With other kinds have
had little experience. Daisy always
wants our bedroom door locked at night
whether burglars are epidemic or not;
and when she wakes up in the dead OF
night, cold with fear, and says there is
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