The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-09-30

would say when she missed the pies and
other things.
Dear met calculated the mother.
There is old Mary Jane Holland coming.
Tell her I'll be back in Il moment |
must take peep at those rolls. y
A sudden impulse to rescue her donations
from the dirty old basket was Immediately
abandoned by Rosaleen. Mary Jane kept
on past the front gate. She had seen the
mistress of the house going towards the
kitchen, and as her business was with her,
she followed to the side entrance. Rosa
leen, troubled in her thought, sat quiet a
few moments, and then went to the kitchen,
too.
When she entered it she noticed a
heightened color in her mother face.
Mary Jane had just gone fussing on her
way.
Come Rosaleen, we must get lea on
the table, so We shall not be flustered dwhen
the Senator comes Mrs. Dunn threw
wide the pantry door as she spoke, and
then stopped in sudden dismay.
For gracious sake!' she exclaimed,
and Rosaleen knew that the time had come
for her to assert herself.
Mother" she said, II couldnt bear
for you to put all those old-fashioned things
on the tea-table, and so | have simply
given them TO Miss Mary Jane, and the
milk yeast, that | heard you tell father
had mysteriously disappeared, | have
thrown to the pig,
They stood and looked a: each other for
a time, and Rosaleen' lip began to trem-
BILE. She was very sorry, but she Was de-
termined not to say so.
''What are we to set before the Sena-
tor p asked Mrs. Dunn, and Rosaleen
frightened a little.
80 mother, have made several lovely
dishes, and have come right now to broil
the chicken and the birds. We shall have
splendid supper.
She studied her mother face for some
sign of approval, but it was sadly lacking.
You will find my dishes in the ice box,
mother, she concluded.
s'No. sha n t. said Mrs Blnn, for
| have just given Mary Jane every single
BIT of your fxings.
At that they looked at each other again,
aud before they had time to think they had
broken into great laugh, aud in moment
were fairly shouting with mirth that held
suspicious quaver in it.
20 mother, the hominy Is burnt upI
cried Rosaleen, rushing to the stove and
sna,ehing off the bright blue boiler, from
which roSe the telltale odor.
s'Oh, it i. it isr' Mrs. Dunn sud
denly rev sober. 'Rosaleen, it serves
Us right but what is the Senator to have
for supper? He win be here in ten min
utes
IF We try TO cook things he'll have
bruiled hos,esses for sure, replied the
girl. She had come close to her mother,
wi,h the sputteung boiler in one hand, but
the other one stole up about Mrs. Dunn :
meek
.'Fll tell YOU, said Mrs Dunn. after
moment, wherein her own hand had
sought her daughter 5, "iour father
said he would ike to have him to himself,
aud cook as they used to. Let's 80 to
Grandma Smith until traintime.
"Goodr' Rosaleen hastily secreted the
boiler beneath the sink They worked in
a hurry. They sliced bread and put it on
the table, along with cake, preserves and
pickle They brought out the dressed
chickens and partrdges, aud washed some
rice, and set it sugges,iyely near, with
some cheese. some cream, some crackers
and the teapot. Mrs. Dunn hurriedly
wrote a little note
we have taken you at your word,
father. and left YOU and your friend to en-
joy yourselves alone You may come for
us as yoa return from the depot We
hope there will be some Of the pilau left
for us
By this time Rosaleen was at the door
with the pony and cart, and as Doctor
Dunn and his guest swept up the drive
behind the Moran colts, the mother and
daughter drove out of sight down the cedar
avenue that led backward 10 Grandma
Smith 5
Grandma Smith could not see the hu-
NOR of the situation, and was openly scan
dalized. 'R0saleen ought to have been
sent to bed and kept in her room for a
week for such behavior, the old lady
said, severely, And instead Of that,
here you are, Kate, giggling with her and
hueging her as if she had done something
smart. Whatever Senator Sparks will
think, | don't know, and if Bill Dunn has
never before been sorry that he married
YOU. | guess he will be when he finds he
has to TX his own supper.
After awhile she went to bed. Rosa
leen aud her mother sat on the doorstep,
arms round each other, talking as they
had not talked before since the disastrous
home -eouiing from school and waiting for
the sounds of buggy wheels.
The midnight train passed, and present
ly the doctor team appeared in sight,
They went down the cid box -bordered
walk to meet him at the gate, but the
moonlight showed that he had a companion.
1T was a delightful thought, the
Senator was saying, cordially, moment
later, land Billy and | have had the time
of our lives-yes, we saved you some pilau;
but | couldn go away without seeing the
wife and daughter that he is so pulled up
over, so have begged him to let me stay
till tomorrow afternoon.
And tomorrow morning you and Rosa
leen shall prepare breakfast for US, and
put on all the frills you want to, said the
doctor, looking smiingly down at his wife.
"Yes. Rosaleen and | will fix your
breakfast-or I'll fix the breakfast and
Rosaleen will fix the frills, she replied.
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