The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-06-08
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still In your morning ~
Mr. Williams as he came home from
his work and found his wife still en-
deshabille.
"Yes. but do you not know that 'wo-
mans work is never doneT There Is
the baby. too
Yes. Ella, but do you not know that
all women have so much to do! IT
you would only hurry the least little
bit. you would accomplish all the work
in a much shorter time. | could do 1t
all In one-half the time"
"Oh, John!'
well, you just go off somewhere
and see If you don't find things In 'ap-
pie pie order when you come back
Thus ended the evening chat.
The Tuesday following she received
a note saying:
Dear Ella-come Immediately. am
very i'll. Your mother. E. f. /.
When John returned from his work
and had read the note he said: go, by
all means. | viii attend to the house
Keeping" added he, with a confident
air.
"John. shall be obliged to leave the
baby at home. In case should not be
at home again tomorrow will you see
that be is fed?"
"of course. Do you think | would
starve him?T
sThe next morning while Mrs. w.
was on her way TO her mothers house
John was at home, introduced into the
mysteries of the kitchen.
About dinner time he went down
into the cellar and soon returned with
a large bowl of sweet cream. After
placing this on the table he put on his
hat and coat and sauntered down to
the butchers after a steak for dinner.
In going out he forgot to shut the
door after him. and on his return home
he found five eats tapping the cream
he had left on the table.
well" he said. Il shall say nothing
Of this TO Ella. but I'll broil the steak.
and that viii quite make up for the
loss of the cream"
He then tied one of Elias aprons
around him. as he had seen Ella do
when she was about to engage in some
such kind of work. put the steak into
a frying pan and covered 1t over with
a pot lid. fully expecting to find the
steak nicely done when he should again
raise the lid.
Alas. however, the steak was burned
to a cinder.
"That is strange" said John. ELIAS
broiled steak never resembled this GER
tainly."
BY this time he was quite hungry
He was not quite so boastful as he had
been that morning.
There Is. at least, II thing I'll have
for dinner. I'll warm up the potatoes
that are left over from yesterday
dinner"
SO John put a large lump Of lard In
the frying pan and soon after the pota
toes. The potatoes were soon warm.
but as he sat down to eat them he was
surprised at their greasy appearance
as well as at the amount of lard left In
the pan.
How many times he had wished Ella
back again that day! In thinking OF
his many disappointments. together
with the fact that he had not yet had
his dinner, poor John knew not what
to do with himself.
The ringing of the doorbell aroused
him, and he. forgetting his ridiculous
appearance, rushed to the door.
II have come to call on Mrs. WI
liams,'' said the lady who rang the bell
"Mrs. williams Is not In at present.
"Then I should like to see Mr.. VIII
liams If he is in"
81 am he, madam"
"You?" said the lady. trying In vaii
to keep from laughing.
Then poor John. suddenly recollect
ing his ridiculous appearance, fel
ready to die of shame. There was n
help for 1t, however. He invited tn
lady into the close front parlor, II
which the fumes of the burned steal
and hot fat were still distinct.
Scarce knowing what he was doing
he led her to the sofa, and she So
down, not upon 1t, but into the pa
containing the lard.
John started back, not knowing wha
to do or say.
In the midst of these troubles tn
baby began to cry, and John. now tel
rified beyond everything. rushed int
the other room, mentally resolvin
that IL Ella did not come o o b
would put an end to these trials.
The lady In the front room kept yer
quiet. She thought she heard som
one crying. She listened. 1t was Johr
He was talking to himself. He SAID
"Oh, dear Ella, come back to me agai
and forgive me. and you shall neve
hear me boast again.
Then the old lady In the front roof
slipped off her wig, her old black. We
and her dress, and in a very few me-
ments his Ella, for 1t was she. stoo
before him.
"Oh. Ella. forgive mev were his FIR:
words on recovering from his surpris'
She forgave him, then told him ho'
she had planned all to cur him
housekeeping.
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