Middletown transcript., 1907-09-28
Mr.. Collins home 7

5n-is Mr.. Collins home
II, good evenin Luke Yes,
we're aik 10 hoina Just come
right inso 1he dining room. where
Mr.. Collins il and 1'll start The
FIRE IN the parlor Oh, 10 tfou-
BILE. It's all laid 'gainst anyone
comm in. Here's Luke Thomp
son, pa. You go and light the
front room fire What's the use?
Now isn't that jest like a man,
wanting to stay in the hack part
of the house the huh time You
jest go on, pa, an dos ! say, an
don't be so good for nothin !;
there's paper sticking out Of the
CRATE an all you hev to dos to
strike the match. Here, let me
take your hat an coat, Luke, an
you set right down alongside the
stove, an put your feet on the
fender. I'll call Susie. Susie !!
oh, Susie! Come down-Lnke
Thompson's here.
Well, you could light il, after
all, couldn't you, pa ? ! hear it
a-roarin up the chimbly. It'll
soon warm up, now. How's your
ma, Luke? Workin' too hard, is
she? If she only had dangh-
ter, now, like Susie, that could
help her out. / don't know
whatever I'd do without Susie;
but then / suppose I'll have to
do without her some day that's
the way it goes. Watch out. pa
you'll know that crock of yeast
off the back of the heater eff
you don't be more careful. What
you doin', anyhow /?
I'm looking fer that blamed
damper to turn off. Too hot,
amt ye, Luke ? Ye look sort of
flushed up, like.
In the name of common sense,
Pa Collins, why shouldn't he look
kinder red after walking we'll
nigh half a mile on sech night
as this? l do wonder what aiis
Susie. Pound on the stove-pipe
there, pa, and hurry her up.
What's the use of hurryin' her?
/ amt had no chance at Luke
myself. 7 want he should tell
me who him an bis pas goin to
vote for. You can, can't you,
I.uke
Laws, yes don't hustle Susie
on count of me.
Can't doa thing Withoutarguin
about it, can you, pa Ill go up
an oh, here she comes.
Well, Susie, down the same day?
Good evenin', Luke.
Good evenin', Susie.
/ could a. tried on all the
dresses I ever owned in that
length of time. Amt she a fuss
budget, Wouldn't keep
on the dress she put on to get.
supper in.
Prinks the hull time.
Why, Pa Collins, what's the
matter with you? She does not.
I'm sure a girl ort to keep herself
nice as she can, anyway. Not
but what Susie always keeps
herself tidy even when she cook
ing Susie, go get some Of that
cake you stirred up for supper,
and give Luke some.
Susie make that STIR cake?
Yes, sir, she did, Pa Collins.
Now'll you say she primps all
the time?
Well, she's improvin'. It's a
lot more tasty'n the one she made
the other day. Remember how
fat it was !? Bout an eench
thick. The stove don't need
pokin', Mandy.
I'll see about this; you go along
in an see If the front rooms het
up. Turn off The damper in the
pipe, and then make light.
Yes, you ken do it without takin
the chimbly of, If you'd ever
larnt how when / told you. Pull
up the catch to the side. Oh, of
course III have to do it. You
nights well come on in now,
Luke; and Susie, you bring that
plate of cake along it's nice and
warm mere now. Have this big
chair, Luke,-mind you don't
pinch your fingers in the rocker.
A good many people have. Who
was that young feller that hurt
his'n, a few weeks ago, so you
had to bind it up with arnicky, |
Susie?
Why, Mandy, that was old man
Wood
Oh ca it una WILL did l