The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-31

n HE girl left this morning. repeated
H Mr.. Justwed In surprise 10 reply to
" his wife's statement OF the dircful
calamity. "wby, that's too bad! And
Just when you had broken her In so beau
ufuly"
"Yes," answered Mrs. Justwed. as she
took Mr.. Us hat and cont and attended
10 the many other little dctnils that com
fort n man after n dong days work at
the Office. "but 1t was no more than
had anticipated. What servants are com
Ing 10 | don't know. They are getting
way beyond themselves these days. Why.
do you know, Homer. sbo actually told
me that she wasn't used TO a little two
by-four room that she always had three
afternoons OF week, and that she was
not accustomed to having to wash tho
dishes used at Sunday evening supper
tho next morning, and-nnd-oh, lot
of perfectly ridiculous thlng5 Ike that
] do hate 10 lose my temper. as you
know. Homer. dear, but l Just couldn't
help II. She mndo me so mad TINT l Just
up aud fred her. ! hope you don't think
/ was unreasonable or impatient, or-or-
do you, dcarlcf
Unreasonable ImpaticntP echoed Mr.
Justwed. cncouraginGly. soOthingly. proud
ly. Not a bit OF It, l think you did
Just right, Just as ! know my little wife
VIII always do. IL you had given In TO
her. / would have been disappointed.
tell you, Blossom, one has 10 deal firmly
with servants. Before our marriage
often heard of domestic troubles OF this
sort, and | believe 0rmly that the chief
cause of their existence IS that people
are shllly-sbally with their bclp-they
give 10 to them nt every turn. Now,
nlwnys have held, md l hold now, that
<o tvlih qTTTnut the
more she respects you md the better sat
isted she Is You did Just right IL you
Will pardon the slang, my dear, you
showed her just where she got on
"Oh. am so glad. Homer! You arc so
comforting-Just one man In thou
sandr'
"Tush. tush, dcorlc, Any man OF my
principle would say tho same thing, tool
Now. that's NIL over, and let's forget II
What hnye we for dinner this EVENING"
I'm hungry as n bear"
"Dinnor," gnsped Mrs. Justwed, fear
fully. piteously, that's just 1t, Homer.
dear. wc-we-wc haven't anything
Haven't onythinG,' cried Mr.. Justwed.
really sitting up and really taking notice.
Invent any-why, of course, l see"
"Oh. I'm SO sorry. Homer. SO sorry
but you said | did right and"
"Of course you did. OF course you did,"
aud bravely toclnS tho mark. but you
hive something TO eat In the house,
haven't your Something that you-er-we-
er-cr-can cook ourselves, you known"
Eyes, indeed. plenty OF things; nice
things, too. and you're just the dearest
boy in the world 10 ofler to help me cook
them. You know l have never cooked
in my life"
Come" he cbirped with wcll-conccnlcd
bravado. ''wc'll get dinner ourselvesl Here
is our chance 10 let that servant girl see
that we cnn get along very well without
her. It's matter of principle. Blossom.
a matter OF prinoiple-and were going to
stand by the union, aren't WEI"
In the best of spirits they walked the
requisite six aud ono-thlrd steps from
their sitting room TO the Kitchen. Mr.
Justwcd took hold nobly and with u
confidence that simply compelled admira-
tlon. Selling dishpan and q big, fat
potato he set to work. Mrs. ]. busied her
self with the gas stove. while Mr., J.
pared diligently away.
Homer. DEAR" faltered Mrs. Justwcd.
In trepidatlon. do you know how these
abomlnablc things workf'
Sure. Blossom sweet. Just turn on the
gas and light the burner-Just walt until