Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-01-11

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his feet.
l wonder if you know" he said,
looking around him, how good it is
TO See a white woman so perfectly at
nome in civilized kitchen again,
a1ter two years of food cooked by a
hlthy Indian squaw over portable
sheet-iron stove!"
SO perfectly at home! I stood in
the middle of the room and stared
around at the copper things hanging
up and the rows of blue and white
crockery, and the dozens and hun
dreds Of cOmplicated-looking utensils,
whose names had never even heard,
and | was dazed. | tried with some
snow of authority to instruct Flanni-
gan about gathering up the soiled
Things, and, after listening in puzzled
silence for a minute, he stripped off
his blue coat with tolerant smile.
Lave 'em to me, MISS" he said.
The miss" passed unnoticed II
mayn't give 'em a Turkish bath, which
Is what you are describin', but I'll get
the grease off all right. l always
clean up while the missus is in bed
with young 'un."
He rolled up his sleeves, found a
brown checked bingham apron behind
the door, and tied it around his neck
with the ease of practise. Then he
cleared off the plates, eating what
appealed to him as he did so, and
stopping now and again for a deep
thrOated chuckle.
I'm thinkin'," he said once, stop
ping with dish In the air, what q
deuce of noise there will be when
the vaccination doctor comes around
this mOrn1n'. In a week every one OF
us will be nursin' sore arm or walk
in on one leg, beggin' your pardon,
miss. The last time the force was
vaccinated, I asked to be done be-
needed me arms, but didn't need me
head much"
He threw his head back and laugh
ed. Mr. HARRISON laughed too. Oh,
we were very cheerful! And that aw-
full stove stared at me, and the kettle
down word that she was not well, and
would like some omelet on her tray.
Omelet!
I knew that it was made of eggs,
but that was the extent Of my knowl-
edge. l muttered an exc~se and ran
upstairs to Anne, but she was still
smiling over her necklace, and said
she didn't know anything about
omeleGs and didn't care Food would
choke her. Neither Of the Mercer
girls knew either, and Bella, who was
still reading in the den, absolutely de-
clined to help.
II don't know, and l wouldn't tell
you If l did. You can get yourself
out, as you got yourself in," she said
hastily. "The simplest thing, If you
don't mind my suggesting it, is to
poison the coffee and kill the lot of us.
Only, If you decide to do 1t, let me
know; want to live just long enough
to see Jimmy Wilson writhe!"
Bella is the kind of person who gets
on ones nerves. She finds a griev-
ance and hugs it; she does ridiculous
things and blames other people. And
she f1irts.
I went downstairs despondently,
and found that Mr. HARRISON had dis
covered some eggs and was standing
helplessly staring at them.
"Omelet = eggs. Eggs = omelet.
That's the extent of my knowledge"
he said, when l entered. You'll have
to come to my assistance"
It was then that I saw the cook
book. 1t was lying on shelf beside
the clock, and while Mr.. HARRISON had
his back turned got 1t down. It was
quite clear that the domestic type Of
woman was his ideal, and I did not
care to outrage his belief in me. So I
took the cook book into the pantry
and read the recipe over three times,
When came back knew It by heart,
although ] did not understand 1t.
II. will tell you how" said with a.
great deal of dignity, "and since you
want to help, you may make it your
self" @>3@
He was delighted.
Fine" he said Suppose you give
me the idea first. Then Wen go over
it slowly, bit by BIT. Well make a
big fluffy omelet, and If the others
aren't around, we'll eat it ourselves"
WELL I said, trying to remember
exactly, you take two eggs"
'Two!" he repeated. 1.-TWO eggs for
ten people!"
Don't interrupt me-" I said irrita-
bly,. Tiff two isn't enough we can
make several omelets, one after the
other"
He looked at me with admiration.
who else but you would have
thought of that!' he remarked. 'eWell,
here are two eggs. What next?"
Separate Them said easily. No,
didn't know what it meant. I hoped
he would; 1 said it as casually as
could, and I did not look at him. /
knew he was staring at me, puzzled.
Separate them!" he said ''Why,
they aren't fastened together!" Then