The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-01-07
THE VOICE OF
EXPERIENCE

keeping house on the baGk steps. They
had already played q everything they
could think q. haA prepared every
meal neceasary In the roukins of =
day. had scrubbed ana auateA an1 n0w
their ingenuity ~ at . stan1still
Suddenly Bessie haA brilliant
idea. She fairly 1ance6 With 1eligAt
NJ her originality.
"Oh. let's play mAAtne jslly!" 80
said.
r should cay ao<l. returned Mile
very dccisivsly. NY lister Jennie Aas
been making preserves and Jelly III
summer and know tAae's nothing %
have FUN with"
BESSIE Was % taken ahack at this
outburst that aAe bod not thought Of
any reply to make beeues Mile asked
her: Does yoor - make preserves
and jslyr"
-Somsttmsa,- replied Deosse.
"Scmetimes!" repsated Mile. mo
wonder you think it's I'm. But my sis-
ter Jennie Aas been making that sort
IA bum 8h SNtAAGn0N.
Jennie 10 going 70 - narrse1. you
know" explained Nf1ie, - eAe b
learning to cook p eays ~ should
learn 10 cook = good seoak IL 1rse
thing. and ma say shs oaght 70 leax1
to make biscuits a1d such things ~.
but Jeanne says sAe wants 70 loAT1
to make preserves frst, Gus che ays
W~ill-tAat's her beau-hkee sweet
things and 90 does abe. But We just
hate EN-. She don't care ncthing about
u.s. added Mile. bitterly. And it's
taking her m awful LONG time 70 learn
to make such things. just think q Il!
All summer.
Once when abe VA putting up
some raspberries OF the jars broke
and she scalded Tires fingers. Maybs
~ wasn't mad when 10 lad to pay
the doctor bill tn her fingers were
well. But Jen said she didn't care
much. 'cus you couldn't Get no more
berries anyway. and she aid she was
Just taking . rest And "a said sAs
Wal taking . rest too
The worst az Il va" continued
Mile. that we never hAd 70 pudding
or pie or anything like that while
Jennie was making p~rsesrvss- We ~
ways had for our dessert what was
left over after the jars were allied.
And, say, maybe We didn't al get sors
when We saw that stun coming to the
table. We had Jelly or preserves
for breakfast preserves for lunch.
jelly after school and jelly or
preserves for supper. Oh. I
tell you. It y just the avfullest
thing And I guess We aint over It
yet cur / heard Jennie ny yestsr-
day she was going to NAH some peach
butter. Ugh"
Neither spoke for . vAils.
When / grow up.. MINE said q
hast. with vehemence. -a11 have %
GET married and have 70 learn 70 cook.
yon bet I wont make jelly aDl Pre-
serves. Just hate en-"
Silence reigned again for . time.
Bcth little girls were buried deep In
thcux ht Bessie trying 70 grasp the
full meaning of Miles speech and
Mile breeding over past h0grcrs-
play make jelly" repeated Mile
With 4 sneer. You never Was fA .
kitchen where there ~ aching but
holiness and steam. and yoa was q
vays gerttn' chased out f1rgt Il vas
ma. being afraid rA get sca11sd. and
then len would chase NJ. - vAs -
scared that I'd get . taste q hsr Oh
p-ressrves- / never waato1 EN- any
way
Again both felf 70 thiaking-
LAY. Besa, smell Ao0stAis'! asksd
NiIli. suddenly coming 81 & her rev
erie. lNr nose pcinting htGA&AwarA-
Smells like psacAes. I thinke -
severed ,Yesxie aster mtMng tAs afr.
-Uh-hua, that's what Il H. Jeanieis
making sCune peach buttA. aAl NJ
3uss nne- Hurry ~ A. ven -
scme,- caIle.a Millje 0vse ~ shs1l19
% Bessie - shs raa - - k1fcAse
sseps-