The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-27

herself responding to his conversation
Once she was betrayed into a hearty
laugh.
Fishing second mutton chop from
the CONCEALED white gravy surrounding
II, the young husband 'ackled II with
apparent zest
Where in the world do you buy such
fire mutton chops. Lucretia?" he said.
Mother never had such fine ones ut
homeland she had q reputation as q
markeier. Or. Is It tho cooking? Some.
how there is flavor to them that is sim.
ply great"
l.ucret!a gazed at him intontly, but
there was no suggestion Of sarcasm In
his voice or looks. and he was consrm.
ing the chops with 4 relish that dcfed
| suspicion,
AS he concluded n hearty meal of Geld
and soggy things and wound up With n
second cupful of the lukcwarm coffee,
he smackod his lips and said:
III matters should 20 wrong and !
should die and leave you unprovidcd
for. Lncrctia. you Just 20 TO some swell
caterer or restaurant and ask for the
privilege Of making one batch of cnf.
fee for them. Make EN- let you do It
once and you can ask your own price
I've been a coffee drinker all my life, but
| never found any like you make"
That evening Lucretia's mother came
over and Samuel did nothing but sing
the praises of his wife's chops and cot.
fee. lie was too enthusiastic and persis-
tent 10 suspect
For some days he was promptly on
time To supper. Then one day he was
half hour late again Lucrctia was
little cross, but tho chops and coffee
were piping hot. In fact. Lucretia made
both fresh after Samuel came This
happened several times Sometimes
Samuel was more than a half hour late
One night he arrived an hour late and
found that Lucretia had not vet had
supper She explained. with symptoms
OF sulkiness. that she had had hard
day, and felt too tired to cook two sun
pers. Samuel was all sympathy. and
roundly cursed the necessity that made
him late, lie was delighted. however. nj
his good fortune in having her company
In partaking the meal. After this she
generally waited for him once In awhile
letting him sup alone In order to dem.
onstrate that she had not given In.
one day he brought friend home 10
supper without warning. The atmos.
phere In the house went down nine de.
Greos lower than the thermometer would
register. Lucretia declined point-blanE
TO make any change In her plans. and
certainly II was skinny meal. and In.
cretia sat like stone image at the fonst
The friend was embarrassed but Sam.
uel was delightfully."- obivIous TO the
the trouble and fairly dubbed with wit
ana small talk. After supper he pro.
tuced cigars. and with his friend sai
Tor good two hours nj the table chat.
ting and telling stories. while l.ucrctia
Iairly frothed at the mouth waiting to
clear the table.
The atmosphere continued pretty
chilly for some days. but It never touched
samuel
You have found another admircr. Lu
cretia he said next evening. TON
says II was the coolest and most delight.
tul little supper he ever acknowledgements
to come again. He's particularly crazy
about your tea biscuit by .Jovei they
were good last night But particularly
he's stuck on the splendid homcllke feel.
Ing here. Snys If 'e could find n rirl
who had good sense like You who know
enough to leave m'n folks alone and |
still maintain her dignity and place Ms
the real mistress OF the house. bc'd
maryland that's n great compliment |
because Tom is confirmed old bach. |
clor, YOU know"
And for days wi Grcvcr they went |
Samuel would tall of scarcely any. |
thing but the delightful little slp. |
per, and Lucretia's grace as hostess
when, by love. shr didn't even Know |
was going to bring him"
81 didn't know how she managed II
without any notice" he said 10 her
mother. bu, She couldn't have had n
swellor layout If The invitation had been
given week before"
Some days later he dropped in with
another friend Unexpectedly. They
were compelled to wait some time for
supper, but IT was a sumner. and after.
ward the ash trays and matches an.
Deared beside the coffee cups And LII
.retia was at her best as an entertainer
Other domestic matters adjusted them
'elves in much the same manner as they
lrose. Samuel was irrepressibly cheer
al and ilattorlng. and could not be got
en- to admit that anything Lucretia did
vas wrong. And Lucrctla took more
md more delight in living up TO Samuels
high opinion Of her
And they lived happy ever afterward.
The moral of this story is TINT you
an catch more flies with molasses than
With vinegar
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