The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
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"Aa have before remarked" said
HypatiaL relates the Chicago Daily
News. II was not cut out for tho
present economical sphere I occupy.
by the barrel, instead Of the pound,
have two news dresses day and not
give rap whether or not tho cook
handed over threequarters of the
flllet object 20 her deserving cousins
ut the ,back door. Bow 1 could have
shone in such srroundlngsl" She
sighed pensively.
what have you been doing now?''
asked her brother apprehensiyely.
II didn't do Il ut ALL" explained
Hypatia. 1T happened last Sunday
when YOU we're away. We had Tom
Ferguson coming TO dinner because
he boards, and thought It only
charitable to give him a glimpse Of
real home life"
always thoughtfuli" murmured
Hypatia's brother, admiringly. "Tom
lives at n club--and is six feet two
and his income is scandalousIy
large"
Hypatia merely looked virtuously
panied and innocent. Gwen, what did
Tom do but appear ut ten o'clock
instead OF one o'clock. He said he
thought perhaps I'd like to go TO
church before dinner. / told him I'd
go 81 he would wait till l made the
lemon sherbet for dessert. was
really glad that he should see was
not ashamed OF having TO save 2s
cents by making the sherbet afhome.
Tom said he'd be delighted, and
couldn't he help? So we went out
into the kitchen. much to mothers
dismay. Our new cook hadn't ap-
peared shat day. boiled the sirup
and put IL TO cool and Tom found
the freezer. Don't you have to use
salt or anything?' he asked, appear.
ing with little shaker of table kalt.
restrained him and got out the five
pounds of rock salt He appeared
impressed by this and asked where
the ice was. I told him / was going
TO borrow the iciele next door, but he
looked so sort of wild I had TO ex-
plain that In the winter time there
was usually an icicle of from 20 60
30 pounds adorning the waterspout
between the next house and ours, and
as our neighborE hadn't q freezer, I
had unrestricted use Of the icicle. I
said he might break 10 up for me.
$50 he pushed up his cuffs, and
mother tied a gingham apron ON him
over his beautiful froek coat. He
was as charmed as little boy with a
new top. He smashed the Ice almost
10 powder before I could explain 90
him. Meantime had been straining
the sirup and lemon juice into the
can of the freezer. We had n great
time getting things fixed, and Tom,
Of course. said he'd turn the freezer.
It takes only about IS minutes. so I
thought Il wonld do him good--work
up an appetite for dinner. left him
and went 10 slip into church clothes.
When / came back he was still turn
ing frantically. Something he said.
must be wrong with the ice. I don't
believe icicles are the proper thing
at all. Why, the crank turns as cas-
lily rs nt hrsti'
81 tried 81, and so Il did. It was
really most extraordinary. The
bucket was solid with ice and salt,
and yet the sherbet showed not the
least intention OF freezing. I turned
and Tom turned. and we worked for
half an hour more. He insisted it
was the fault OF the iecle. He said
he had never heard of anyone freez-
ing ice cream with an iciele, and one
never got good results unless one fol-
lowed the cookbook precisely. lie
said he had no patience with expert
menters. and between turning the
freezer and arguing we both got so
exhausted and cross that no doubt
we would have been slapping each
others faces like two naughty chill
dren n had not had an inspiration.
| said / should open the freezer and
take look at the strangely refrao-
tory sherbet | did so. We both
looked in AZ once and gave our heads
an awful crack. There wasn't so
much as the slightest dab Of any.
thing In that eanl II was emptyi"
"Why- whnt-" began Hypatia's
brother.
."Tom said" concluded Hypatin,
''Tom said that If course he had
emptied out the watery stuff he found
IN it. He wanted to get II all ready
for me 10 pnt the shcrbet IN and
save time. The goose didn't know
the 'watery stun was the sirup and
lemon Juice ] had painstallingly
boiled and strained before his very
eyes. And we had speat a aollj hour
grinding away 81 an empty freezer
packed carefully In ice--and VIC didn't |
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