Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-04

on the roller bit carried His own
/ towel on his arm and combed his hair
| with his own pocket comb instead of
using the family comb which always
lay on the window ledge, convenient
| for the use Of every one.
Nov, hurry on here, Eunice.
prompted Mrs. Morningstar. bustlsn"
to and from the stove in the QUITE.
kitchen to the dinner table, "and make
things on the table quick. Och" She
| threw a remark to the young ladies
who waited on the settee, It'll We're
done the breakfast cooking. It's time
| fur dinner already And it's SO hari
to know what to cook oil, too. fur you
towners And today it was every
thing now scarce. The lard was all
bread stale. And here this morning ]
gev Doc fur his breakfast fat cakes
with coffee over and he sayed, now
that he certainly don't want. So he
eat balony, where bought on OF
Jake Eckstein's meat car. That there
balony l don't like-they say Jake he
puts most anything in 1t! But Doc
he eat It,"
"Doc? repeated Daisy inquiringly.
"But he's not towner.''
"Och," said Mrs. Morningstar in
confusion, II don't mean to say he's
Just towner. But he's near as sneaky
about his whites as if he was one"
Daisy at once seized her notebook.
"'sneakyy Does that mean choicy?
How perfectly killing!"
"Eunice," Mrs. Morningstar again
shrclsed. "fetch them pie out Of the
oven! Och" she volubly continued to
her boarlers, II couldn't get that
donkey Of Il new stove to work today
and them pie amt good baked all.
have only twelve fur over Sunday. too,
and that amt enough for the size of
pie we eat
I'm sorry you find it SO troublesome
to cater for US, Mrs. Morningstar.'
said Georgiana. But take comfort
there are some essentials Of diet that
one can never find so good Up town as
on far1n-butter. for instance"
Eyes, we'll, but" Mrs. Morningstar
|. shock her head doubtfully, "the butter
amt good on the farms all. Not like
ourn. Eunice," she called shrilly to
the outer kitchen. make over the cot
fee now and put an extry spoonful yet
in and use the big pot-the little one Is
yet SO soon full. Yous towners," she
explained to the young ladies', "likes
your coffee so strong that way. Well,
l like 1t when it tastes good, too-cof-
fee especially by the such cold winter
weather. But shaking her head,
mot SO strong like yous take 1t. Yes,
1t makes me difference, too, If my
whites don't suit me. Now here one
day." she related as she placed a
white crusted pie on either end of the
table, 1--WE had q boarder here fur a
week from out west, and she sayed
how they fried their sauerkraut.
Well, l says, that would be big sur
prise to me to eat fried sauerkraut
yet! Eunice," she again called, take
watch oncet when the meat car comes;
Doc-Pete-he says he'd now like
steak oncet."
"You are very indulgent to your
farmland" remarked Georgiana as
Peter at that moment walked into the
room and sat down in huge painted
rocking chair directly in front Of the
settee.
"Och, Doc" warned Mrs. Morning
star, that chair IL fall together if you
set on it before Mister makes it new
rockers at"
Pete removed himself to the edge Of
the settee beside Miss Ellery, who.
with apparent willingness, made room
for him by drawing away the skirt of
her remarkably pretty pink summer
gown. Kinross liked her taste In
dress; her costumes were simple to
the point of distinction and, he
thought, exactly suited her style of
beauty.
II guess yous think such old chair
would as soon be throwed on the wood
pile" said Mrs. Morningstar, "but I'm
used to it some thirty years, and I'd
have houesick fur it II it went"
''By the way, Mrs. Morningstar," said
Daisy plaintively, would you mind
having the porch chairs moved to the
side Of the house which doesn't over
look the cemetery? We're here for our
health"
Mrs. Morningstar looked at her in
surprise. "But don't think" she said
reassuringly, "any Of 'e1n would come
over"
The entrance Of Ollie at the kitchen
door carrying basket of apples check
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