The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-02

no earthly reason why sugar should
was a temporary squirt, and that with
in a few days the price would be back
at normal. While waiting for this
event blackberries went out of mar
ket, and so there I was. The berry
season was cut short by two weeks,
that
More wriggling,' sighed Mrs.
Perkins, as she Shook her head.
What about huckleberries? They
were cheap enough for a week or
two, and one morning you started off
to order a bushel. The huckleberries
never came"
And why, Mrs. PerkinS-why not?
was under the impression that l eX-
! planned the matter to you, but per-
haps not. On leaving the house I pro-
! ceeded straight to the grocery and
asked the grocer how he, sold huckle-
berries by the bushel. His answer
81 Mr.. Perkins, it is my business to
| sell huckle berries, but you are an old
| friend of mine. and l Will give you a
mint While this seasons huckleberry
/ looks all right, don't be deceived by
! It, 1t lacks developm pment-naturity-
! juice. 1t seems to be stuffed with
cotton or sawdust- Instead of throw
/ ing your money away on huckleber-
ries, wait for peaches
! Those were his words, Mrs. Per-
! kins as near as can remember, and
under the circumstances J. think you
would have done the same as / did.
find recorded here in my diary the
paragraph, In making your viii leave
a small legacy to Brown the grocer
for his honesty
well. the peaches came. They
were high at first, but there came a
week when the market was flooded
and the price fell. I fairly begged
Perhaps you have got that down in
your diary, Mr.. Perkins ?"
Undoubtedly, my dear-undoubt-
edly; but you seem to forget what
was happening in this family along
about that time. We had been figur-
ing UP our expenses for a year, and
had found them so high that we had
decided to break up and try board
ing People who boarG do not have
to furnish their own picked peaches.
After calling at several boarding
houses We decided NOT to make fools
of ourselves. AS soon as we came
Gerry, not even waiting to put on my
hat, but / was too rate The last
peach in market had just disappeared
around the corner If / didn't come
home and tell you of the matter it
was because I did not wish to harrow
up your feeIin gs."
But after peaches came fall pears,
ounces and citron" continued Mrs
Perkins. 81 told you that as we had
skipped all the other stuff I would
make those do, and you talked of
buying wagon load. Not one pear
or citron or ounce did you buy
"Umi You forget again, my dear
woman. About the time 1 was going
to buy a wagon load-in fact. on the
day I had decided to do so, you got
8. letter from your sister IN indiana.
She asked US to come out there and
stay all winter and be company for
her, and spoke particularly of having
a cellar full of preserves. We de-
cided to go, and of what use to buy
fruit We didn't go, but it was not
my fault. You were taken with a
spell of palpitation OF the heart and
when the doctor was called in he
warned you against the climate of In
diana, and decided not to go.
Gould I foresee your palpitation, Mrs.
time it was better it would be too late
for any more fruit?
And here We are, reduced to apple |
swered az
Il shall not dispute that point, my dear, |
but rather contend against the use of the |
word reduced It is a well-known fact |
that apples are the healthiest of all the |
fruits: It is because he eats the most ap- |
pies that the farmer is healthiest. Science !
has taught us that they contain at least Il |
valuable properties and any doctor will |
tell you that they can not be on the table |
necessity OF apple sauce. instead of being !
reduced. Your apple sauce was Iumpy to- |
night, but do not even complain of that |
tg III Doitung doWn the Jumps you get the |
exertlon Is only trife greater
And If we have company to tea we |
have got to feed them apple sauce, have |
My dear, why fret yourself unneees-
Sarny? Now and then a lady calls here
but II IS not one time in fifty that she has
any IDEA of remaining to tea. When you |
ma one that has you can easily discOur-
age her. She can be told that your cook |
mas quit without notice, or you can simp-
~ postpone the meal until she is tired out /
and takes her departure. There isn't the |
snghtest necessity of giving our apple /
sauce away
Wen, you've wrfggled out of it. just
as you do out of everything, but I have |
got my opinion of such man. remarked |
Mrs Perkins.
Naturally. you have. my dear; and
must bear with it, However. when you /
have ascertained. which will have hap |
pened before spring, that my whole idea |
IN this thing has Deen to save you from /
an untimely grave, your opinion will be
most considerate. There are many rea.
sons why I do not wish you to follow No
], and as far apple sauce and the up
building of your health are concerned I
shall continue to use my best endeaVors
And now, as We seem to have exhaust
ed the subject and arrived at the same
We are alive and in a fair way to reach a
T. c. McClure.1
When you feel a sense of weight and on
preston after meals it means indigestion
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