The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-22
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Yankee beans. such as my mother used
20 bake in & bean pot up To Connecticut
Course you never did. there never was
q bean baked right this side OF tbs
-Susquehanny. Then AXE brown bread
and In5un puddin-Lord. now wha'
puddin AL kinder brown n curdly
with e skin liae satin velvet plush
n e rich juice 4 e IL make you
shout Eaily-iey-yer., like e. man or
the rnourners' benches. spite OF all YOU
can DO. Then, take q billed cish-n!
stars, 1t makes my mouth water so
can talk; honest. 81 does, Look here
# you'd ever ct q mouthtul OF AIRY one
OF I'm there'd be & yarier streak this
minute up in the northeast, which
would be you maxim g line Ter the state
O Connecticut"
There, now. hear that vunst, will
ye." Tile Strengthened up in well
coosin' ou- wtmrnea does and, chin
uliny gracious. l won't stan for that
Still. Nosuh! I won't stan for havia'
the wirarn!a run down. nosuh: hat
eilus makes ue mad. Tessuhl" Re
stole g side glance owe at the widow
Krunrine. That's Jest like q Yankee.
now amt 1t wunst2 It's sust Ike 'eul
I'd know q Yankee wunst- I'd know
him by his brag. Tar-r-r-r- e-e-e-e-ei
On. my! leigh. Mitf?"
Cnconsciously CMe Was voicing e
large area OF his native state. The old
a~ntipsthies and rssentTaents described
BY Washington Irving as existing
among the early knicke-bockers, and
spr1ngtng UP again farther south
among the Germans during the era
when northern Pennsylvania was q
part OF Connecticut. are still t. be
found In the Teutonic portions Of the
state. where they cling even yet Ike
p~erginauons.
Look hers. Tile. what are you stand
Ing up for the winmen go for all to
once?' Amos tipped & sly wink at the
other end OF the table.
con. Tiles one soft on the whole
female sect" volunteered a youth
Say. why don't you brace up. Tile,
broke In another. Its comm OF
springs work. and you need a woman
d~retfully."
Don't you-uns worry about ma" he
snapped Il know what Tua about still.
YessuhG"
Vow. Tile, look here" Amos leaned
far over anG addressed him IN a ia
got one In the world; you know
that. Now you be sensible. II
YOU walt 20 get a handsum young
woman. then you weddin' won't ON
of mors'n q Dutchman's hat at g. fu-
neral. You let me tell you something"
He lowered his voice confidentially.
"You Jest edge up to the wilder Kuhn.
Shell take ye with 8 jump quick's a
bat does a June bug, and she'll make
ye a good wife You en- get q lot Of
work out OF them children OF hern. You
go'n see her. Tile. She'll take right to
you'd hev to do the askfn'. She's kind
o. hard up and discouraged; her first
a old Ezra, wal awful shifless, and
she havfn' hard times. o take my
advice. Ulie. and shine UP to the wilder
Kuhn"
"Humph!" grunted Ulie.
Jim Farthing heard very little OF the
running chatter. He sat facing the
stove and the summer kitchen, where
the women were at work, and where
Rose vas fitting about from point to
point, the life and center of all the
workers. Rose was a housekeeper of
skill and experience. and wherever she
was present at a dinner like this she
was oon at the head OF things. She
was cool and resourceful, and she for
got nothing. At critical moments when
g~eneralshfp was needed: when a dish
came out wrong at the when
It must be served. or when 1t showed
signs of giving out In the very midst
OF the meal, or when the next course
was not ready and h men were wait
ing-at such tragic moments the wo-
men ignored the hostess and crowded
about Rose. It vas worth while to see
her then. with her cool headed orders,
her deft. swift precision Of movement,
and her complete mastery OF the situa-
ton.
Young Jim was not tho only man at
b table who was furtively watching
her. She was everywhere. She circled
about them with the water pitcher and
Al1a1 kkN dnNA Fl nvI4ya c-rAL---I
up the empty dishes and poured an
other helping OF coffee. Every one had
q merry word as she came near.
!, Say, Rose, won't We smile Into my
coffee .wunst and ave mo gettin' the
sugar."
vinegar"
"Uie been round to see ye yet,
Rose?' q.
"oh. I'm too old for Ulie."
sYar-r-r-rl hear that, Ulie z"
Yes, I hev to drew the line. I cant
take nobody over % still. Y~ar-r-r-r-r!
shrill and penetrating, and It dominat-
ed everything while 1t lasted.
"Oh, shame on ye. Uliel Rose Is 16
rs she7 BY George. she don't look
.How old be 70. Rose7 Bet " don't
dast ter tell wunst."
"Old's I look-a woman's as old as
she looks" and che disappeared into
the kitchen In a swirl OF laughter.
Thus the chair and banter and home
~ country wit followed her IN merry
stream wherever h went. The other
women seemed to be merely solutions
and menials; she was the presiding
goddess. the life and soul OF the whole
dinner.
Thus indeed 1t seemed to Jim Far
thing. SO absorbed did no become In
watching her that he scarce realized
what he ate or whether he ate al mi.
The conversation ratified about him mo
the monotone OF summer cr1ckets.
Once he heard q voice At his elbow ad-
dressing him and be turned with i
start.
Say, don't you think Dams doin.
wrong to have his fiitt'n on q Saturday
wunst? It's q dretfnI bad sign. a sat-
urday nit makes q short sit,
He made no answer; for he Ind seen
Rose disappear with the water bucket
In b direction of the EASTERN. His In
~dignatlon Was instant. That Rose.
with all that room full Of men, should
have I q tug wafer Iii = bucket etruck
him ~ m0nstrOus- He arose 4nstantiy
and followed har.
There was moments hush about
thetablea. h 9 atitter. The epectacie
q g helping woman With her