Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-04-07

But Samuel refused 70 be an object OF
sympathy or 70 permit an atmosphere
= embarrassment to gather lie rat
lied on in a most interesting manner,
telling Lucretia interesting bits Of gos-
sip he had heard during the dag. and
equally interesting things that had hap
peusd az the Office She had never seen
Samuel Ia such high spirits and f5nnd
herself responding 20 his conversation.
once she vas betrayed into a hearty
iaugs
Fishing A second mutton chop from
the CONCEALED white gravy surrounding
II. the young husband tackled Il with
apparcu, rest
Where in the world 90 You buy such
fire mutton chops. Lucretia-" he said.
Mother never had such fine ones at
home-and she hal a reputation as a
marSetsr. or. is ij the cooking Some
how there is favor 20 them that is sim
ply great
Lrcretia gazet Al him iutently. but
there was 70 suggestion Of sarcasm In
his voice or looks and he was cousum-
ing the chops with Z relish that deaed
suspicion
As he eorc,uded a hearty meal q cold
and soggy things and wound up with
second crpful II the Iukewarm coffee.
he smacked his iips and said;
If matters should go wrong and
should die and leave yoH uuprovided
for. Lucretia. you just 20 10 some swell
caterer or restaurant and ask for the
privilege Of making one batch OF cot
fee for them. Make en- let YOU DO It
once and You can ask your own price
I've been a coffee drinker al. ny life. but
I never fOrnd any ike you make"
That evening Lucretia's mother came
over and samuel did nothing but sing
the praises Of his wife's chops and cof-
fee. lie was too enthusiastic and persls-
tert 10 suspect
For some days he was promptly on
time To supper. Then one DAY he vas
4 half hour late again Lucretia Vas
4 little cross. bU. the chops ard coffee
were piping hot. In fact. Lucretia made
both fresh after Samuel came. This
happened several tines 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 size had had a hard
Gay. and felt too tired 10 cook two sup
pe-s- Samuel was all sympathy. ard
+ rouudly cursed the necessity that made
him late. lie was delighted. however. az
his good fortune in having her company
IN p1rtaking 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 be brought 4 friend hone 70
supper without warning TIE atmos-
T phere in the house went down nine de-
grees lower than the thermometer would
register Lucrefia declined point-bIank
to make any change in her plans. and
certainly it was 4 skinny meal. and In
cretia sat like 4 stone image At the feast
The friend vas embarrassed. but sam
mel was DELIGHTFULLY."- obl.yicus 70 ths
The trouble and fairly dubbed with vii
and small talk After SUPPER he pro-
cuced cigars. and with bis friend sat
for coed TWO hours AZ TIE table chat
ting and telling stories. while Lucretis
fairy frothsd a the mouth waiting tc
clear the table.
The atmosphere conuHusd pretty
F chilly for some days. but it never touched
samuel
You have found another admirer. I.u-
cretia.' he said. next evening. Tom
SAYS it was the coolest and most delight
ful little supper he ever acknowledgements
20 come again. He's particularly crazy
about y-our tea biscuit. BY Jove, they
were good last night But particularly
he's stuck on the splendid homelike feel
ing here. says ii be could find 4 girl
who had good sense like you who knew
enough 10 leave men folks alone and
still maintain her dignity and place as
the real mistress of the house. ned
maryland that's 4 great compliment.
because Tom IS a confirmed old bach
elor. you know
And for days wherever they went
Samuel would talk OF scarcely any,
thing but the delightful little sup
per. and Lucretia's grace as hostess.
when. BY Jove. she didn't even know
vas going to bring him
I didn't know how ste managed /,
without any notice r. said to her
mother. but she eoalG-'t have had a
sSelier layout il the inv. ktior had been
given a week before
some days later he 3 opped in with
another friend expsrtedIy. They
were compelled to wat, some time 70,
supper. but it was n stg-ner. and after.
ward the ash trays and matches an.
: peared beside the coffee cups. Ard In.
, erstia was AZ her best as an eutertaine-
? Other domestic matters adjusted them
: selves in much the sane manner as the,
arose Samuel vas irrepresslbly cheer
: ful and fatrering. and could not BE- got
ten 70 admit that anything Lucretia di,
vas wrong and Lueretia took NOR
ard more delight in living up to Samuel
! high opinion of her
And they lived happy ever afterward
The moral Of this story is that VOL
! can catch more flies with unolasses thai
with vinegar.