Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-30

asked.
"Ah-h-h-h-h!" said Joonn. What is
that awful racket"
"It's the folks up stairs" she in
dignantly exclaimed. shall I rap on
the ceiling with a broom?"
Have they started a steam factory
up there?' asked John, looking stern
ly at ner.
" No, John" she timidly replied.
IT'S their ice creame freezer. Now
They're making ice cream"
"Oh, OH" said John, looking quite
natural again. ice cream, Ell? What
have we got for d~essert?"
Coffee jelly" she said.
TOO heating" said John with de-
cision. -
'And cake" she concluded.
"Cake!" cried John, in, oh, what
an accent! There's only one kind
of dessert appropriate to a day like
this" he chided her.
Eyes, John, dear. And what is
that?" she asked.
"Tce cream said John.
But John, we have no freezer" she
gently protested.
"A freezer?" demanded John. "What
is a freezer?" and he looked al her as
though she had been keeping some
thing back from him. She meekly ex-
planned the principles of making ice
cream.
Then" cried John, slapping on his
coat and hat, I'm going right out and
get a freezer! Right away! This
minute!"
And out he went.
And he came back with the freezer.
shThnrn - cold Tphn ql-1-sz- =
%toriously at her, as he put II down In
the kitchen, "how's that?"
"Oh, what a big one!" she cried.
why, John, that must hold fifteen
quarts if it holds a pint"
Wei, we can make ii and keep It,
can't we?" demanded John. Folks
don't eat enough ice cream anyhow.
I've read of cases where invalids have
lived on it for years"
But John" she added, "such a big
one will TAKE all the ice!"
Well said John, We can buy more,
can't we?"
"But your bottled beer will all get
warm" she concluded.
WHAT" cried John, beer get
warm"
And with a fond look at the refrig-
orator he picked up the big freezer
and out he went.
And back he came again with a lit
de freezer.
'"Two-quart size," he gasped, mop
ping himself and tearing off his col
lar n tie. Now let's have some
Ice cream. quick. I'm nearly swell
tered"
"But John" she hesitated-"John,
dear"
Yes" said John kicking of his
shoes. Eyes, Janey."
Il have no cream" she murmured.
Up jumped John and strangled him
self afresh with his collar and tie, and
raised beads of perspiratiton all over
his manly brow, as he struggled into
his shoes and laced them.
And he came back again with the
cream.
There" she said, I've been scald.
ing out the can. Now III do the mix.
ing.
Three pints of cream, one-half pint
of milk, fourteen ounces Of white
sugar, two eggs, eggs and sugar be,
ing mixed together long before being
mixed with the cream, and a tea.
spoonful of vanilla flaVorlng.
Now are you ready to freeze It,
John?" she asked, as she finished the
mixing.
I'm just take on my collar said
John, disappearing. Where are my
sippers?" he shouted, from the din.
ing room.
So presently out she came and found
his slippers. Whereupon, John rushed
10 the kitchen. rs it ready to freezer
he asked, as he rushed.
A j. ready" she smiled-'all ready,
John"
"All right" said John. You needn't
come.
And rushing into the kitchen. all
u~nheedtul Of her last directions. John
rushed into the kitchen, seized the
can and put it in the bucket. filled the
surrounding space with ice and salt
n turned the crank.
Jonn turned the crank. Like a gen.
ueman and a scholar, he turned II.
with a magnificent swing of his good
right arm and shoulder, scientifically
rhythmically, smiling serenely al
space, as he d|ebonairly turned me
crank, slowly but surely, and with a
certain awesome irresistibility.
The cat came singing into the room
and jumped upon the table lust be.
nind John and there sang In a trans.