Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12
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double boiler because the handle was
long and he reasoned that he could
manage it without further burning
himself
He broke the eggs awkardly Into
the pan, poured boiling water over
them and set the pan on a burner
which was burning full tilt.
Pa looked at the bacon and
scratched his head.
81 wonder how long it ought to
COOKE" he ruminated. ut don't look
natural Oh, 1 see-I ought to put
it out on a platter Gee whiz, where
does that smoke come FROM
1t came from the oven and pa sud-
denly. remembered the toast. He
opened the oven door with slam.
and choking with the smoke, reached
in for the toast.
"Ow-wow!" howled pa, withdrawing
his hand in haste. Across the wrist
was a long red mark where it had
come in contact with the grill.
Pa hoped around the kitchen for
minute, nursing his various burned
places. Then with Tll-do-it-or-die ex-
| the oven, cautiously scraped out the
cinders which had once been bread,
cut more bread and placed it therein,
this time leaving the oven door open.
Then he hunted for platter and
finally managed to transfer the un
natural looking bacon to its cold sur
face. By this time he bethought him
self Of the poached eggs, which had
never ceased to boil.
He hunted for a tablespoon (recom
mended by the newspaper article) tc
take them out. Then he thought o.
the toast. again, f1shed 1t out Of the
oven and hunted for plates on which
to put the pieces. Finally he had {
piece of toast on each cold plate
then began the task of ladling thu
mass Of rock-hard eggs onto the toast
'Hum"-meditated pa. They dom
look natural either. Gee whiz, thos,
kids are up!' as he heard sounds II
the region above. Gee whiz," he re
peated, glancing at the clock, "it's
o'clock! Why, that fellow said
took only half an hour for an ine1
perienced man to get breakfast 70
a family. Say, wonder when he go
time to set the table I'll be late t
the Office the first time in Is years.
Pa looked around in despair.
well, guess I'll pour out a cup G
: coffee and take it up to ma, anyway,
: he opined, and reached for the coffe
pot. He took a firm hold of the he
l handle and Immediately let go with
3 howl
4 1t was the limit Pa yelled for m,
r Where's the liniment?" he inquire
/ from the foot of the stairs, at the to
of his voice.
a Coming. Pa" soothed ma, and pre-
j emily she appeared.
e MY goodness, pa, you never close
e the kitchen door and the whole hous
!, Is smoked up was the first thin
e she said to him.
: Ding the house. Ding the smok
Ding everything" shouted pa. "I'l
S almost killed"
Whereupon ma set to work
S soothe pa, bind up his damaged part
/. bring order out of chaos and final
Il get the whole family seated arour
a the breakfast table without undr
fuss. Pa insisted that the coffee W,
a all right, anyway, but after he hs
If tasted the I've, decided he would swei
l. off on coffee temporarily.
d You don't hear pa saying anythi1
II more about how easy it is to do
d woman's work. He's terribly dow
e on the newspaper that melted him
4, try it, and today looks upon ma wi
n unwonted awe and respect.
1T amt just doing one thing well
h he told himself. Its doing ever
,r thing together and getting em to 6
S. come out right at the right tin
a That's what beats me-"