Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-08-02

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Not that I considered 1t strategy at
the time; except as I might have done
so in an unconscious sort Of way; but
all the same 1t was that subtle kind Of
strategy that Ia born In man from q
wish to let James have their own way
in everything (being, after all, only
women) and which is-and l speak
only after experience and thought
the only way to deal with matters of
the sort.
II win not be robbed" said Jane.
quite unexpectedly to me that evening.
adding, II will not be robbed"
] said nothing, which was my STRAIT
sgy again.
And when they go up from 3S to ~
cents dozen at one jump" said Jane.
Il draw the line" Adding, Eyes, sir.
draw the line"
"Eggs?" said I.
Eggs" said Jane.
Adding
And that's all there Is to It.
There's as much meat in an egg"
! began, 'as there Is In q quarter Of q
pound Of"
II don't believe IT," said Jane. Il
never have, from a child"
But sausage" began again.
Jane took up the cudgels for sausage
with such spirit that | abandoned
that, and said no more.
The next morning | had three more
morsels OF sausage for my breakfast
! ate two and (when Jane was out OF
the room for a moment) / seized the
third hit firmly in my handkerchief
and placed 1t In my pocket. (Jane
likes to see q clean plate.) Before
left the house that morning ran up
to the spare room and put the sausage
In the bureau drawer. l was afraid
to throw 1t away on such short notice,
for knew that unless the thing was
carefully thought out and accomplish.
ed, Jane would know cannot tell
you how, but she would know-that |
had thrown the sausage away. So
went about the matter circumspectly.
and didn't burn my bridges behind me,
for II the worst come to the worst,
could still claim that l had eaten the
sausage, then sneak up to the spare
room and eat it, and have my con-
science clear.
The next morning l hid two more
pieces; by Saturday night there were
nine choice morsels In the bureau
drawer, and on Sunday morning the
storm broke.
have seen the time when l would
have eaten 1t before the display reach
ed such proportions, but when Jane
came into the dining room on Sunday
morning with nine warmed-up morsels
on my plate, started on 1t with a
sigh. Jane let me- finish it-Jane is
just and prides herself upon her fair
play-and then remarked:
i will not buy another egg until
prices go down. won't be robbed"
adding. mot by anybody"
But why should they go up?" I
said.
That's It," said Jane There's no
reason at ali. Farmers grow their
corn just the same, and chickens
hatch and grow and lay their eggs
Just the same, and If that farmer who
brings our eggs thinks he can impose
on me, I'll show him different"
That night had the doctor. the
next day Jane had chicken coop
built, and on Tuesday morning we had
eleven chickens and a rooster on our
property. ALI would have been as
merry as a wedding bell, In fact, ex-
cept for one trifing omission: the
chickens didn't lay.
+ On Wednesday morning breakfast.
ed on leather medal which Jane re-
ferred to flor purposes of Identified
tion) as Chop" and on Wednesday
evening l brought home a book enti-
tied The Poultry Fancier's Friend. ;"
"Well?" said Jane, after l had read
the book through.
Oyster Shells" said I, putting on
my hat.
1t IL surprising what a demand there
is for oyster shells. / had always
supposed that oyster shells were a
waste product OF the oyster. At for
nothing but to be thrown away. But
IL anybody wants to find out few
facts about the value OF oyster shells,
let him go out and buy dozen from
the sea-food man from whom Jane
gets her Friday fish.
We cracked the shells In news
paper with hammer and Jane (liking
TO work with tools) cracked few
roots Of ginger and made a pot of GIN
ger tea. We threw the shells into
the coop. had good drink Of ginger
tea, and went to bed.
No eggs.
~r'1l run them around" said Jane:
shat makes them lay