The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19

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Jane is very determined; almost too
much. in fact, | often tell her so; or
at least often used to tell her So
But when lady is constitutionaliy
determined-no that Jane is oDstl-
nate; | do not want to say that Tor
moment-but as ! say, when a lauy Is
consttutionany determined, telling her
so amounts to little, il anything; H.
indeed. it is not a mistake altogether
Now | am fond of eggs; not IN the
way of affection. you will understand,
but as a matter Of diet Ever siaee
can remember / have had two poachea
eggs for my breakfast every morning
but Jane being very decentralization
/ repeat. that Jane is obstinate; / can
not make that too plain; in fact au-
mire Jane for her determination; Dut
| keep this as a secret so that Jane
will not become conceited-Dut Jane
| say again, being very determined
brought me three morsels OF sausage
for my breakfast about month ago
and put the plate in front OF me with
such an air that | swallowed my sur
prise and ate the sausage.
This was my strategy AS | look
back upon it | recall now that ] ate
the three morsels OF sausage VITA
meeBness and sadness, and when Jane
brushed my hat that morning and
started me off to the Office sighed but
said nothing, This also was my STRAIT
egy
Not that considered it strategy at
the time; except as | might have done
so in an unconscious sort of way; but
all the same it was that subtle kind OF
strategy that is born in man from
wish to let James have their own way
in everything (being, after all, only
women) and which is-and / speak
only after experience and thought
the only way to deal with matters of
the sort.
a will not be robbed said Jane,
quite unexpectedly to me that evening,
adding, Il viii not be robbed"
said nothing, which was my STRAIT
egy again
And when they so up from IS to AZ
cents dozen at one jump, said Jane,
81 draw the line" Adding yes, sir,
dlaw the line"
"Eggs?" said /.
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 a quarter of
pound Of"
q don't believe it." said Jane. q
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
rhird Int firmly in my handkerchief
and placed it in my pocket Dane
likes to see a clean piate) Before
left the house that morning l ran up
to the spare room and put the sausage
in the bureau drawer was afraid
to throw it away on such short notice.
for ] knew that unless the thing was
carefully thought ont 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 if the worst come to the worst.
could still claim that 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 moro
pieces by Saturday night there were
nine choice morsels in the bureau
drawer, and on Sunday morning the
storm broke
l have seen the time when I would
have. eaten it 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 it with a
sigh. Jane let me finish it-Jane is
just and prides herself upon her fair
play--and then remarked.
| win not buy another egg until
prices go down. ] won't be robbed, "
adding, not by anybody