Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-06
Cold Weather

Miss Frizkie's. neck. Miss Frizkie
sQuirmed out of reach.
you're terribly nervous, Frizzie,"
said Miss Connolly. you ought to
take something for It,"
SIN more likely to hand out some
thing" rejoined Miss Frizkie, with
justifable indignation.
Miss Connolly winked at Miss Hoff-
man, who promptly collapsed in an at
tack of the giggles. Pretty smart
for you, Frizzie," said Miss Connolly.
Look at what you done to little
Hoffy. Some OF them wheezes OF hers
Is going to strike in some day.
1T wish you girls could see ma she
went on after moment. You never
did see any person hate the cold the
way ma does. The first night breez.
ed In out Of that north wind ma was
settin' just as close to the kitchen
stove as she could set.
Forevermore, ma says, putin
my hand on the back Of her neck
like done to Frizzie just now, why
don't you get into the stove?'
"I would says ma, IF the door was
big enough
"Say, it always tickles me to death
to see ma get peevish. so I went to the
door and flung it open. Gee, I says
but it's close In here!'
".Nell Connolly yells ma, shut that
door this minute, or I'll take my SHIP
per to YOU
"I didn't move fast enough to suit
her, So she jumped at the door and
slammed it shut and I really thought
she was going to hand me one on the
side of my head, she was 80 mad
"'Well,' she says, I never thought
to live to be the mother OF goose
she says, though 1t amt word that
I care to use, me bein' lady. 1t don't
run In my family she says. I al
ways did say you took after your pas
folks -
1.-THE next morning, when I came
down to breakfast, ma was shaking
so with the cold that she was maxim
the dishes rattle on the shelves.
was dom shiverin' act myself, but
wasn't in the same class with ma.
"My teeth was chatterin' so | could
hardly talk. but says, as steady as
could: My. amt it oppressive this
mornin', ma? What do you say to
havin' cold boiled ham, lemonade and
ice cream for supper tonight?' says.
81 couldn't get word out OF ma
that night when / come home from
work. i don't knows ever seen her
so sore before. After supper my kid
brother and sister got to scrappin
and, bless Pete, If they didn't break
the window Ma give 'em just one
look and then she beat into her bed
room and locked the door, and not one
of us set eyes on her again that
night.
1.-THE next night when I blew "A
there was my kid sister gettin' sup.
per.
Where's MAJ says.
"Gone to bed says the kid.
= 1T gave me an awful jolt. I'd never
knoved ma to go to bed in the day
time since I'd been acquainted with
her.
"She amt SICK is she?' says.
"'She's actin awful funny the kid
says. 4 can't tell whether she's sick
or not. You better go In and talk to
her
"Well. went into mas room and
there she was in bed with a hot water
bottle on each side of her. about sew
en blankets and three comforters on
top OF her and my kid sisters cap that
she wears to school pulled over her
face.
"'why, ma says. what's the mat
ter? Are you sick?'
"I s'pose you might call it bein'
sick she barks. Y know I'm sick and
tired OF this here weather and ! amt
soin' to countenance It another min
ute Ma knows some swell words. be-
lieve me. She's got grand educa'
tion.
"'Well.' I says to ma. I guess stay
IN in beds the best thing You can do,
! SAYS. I'll fetch you in some supper
and some hot coffee and then maybe
you'll feel better
"'You let me alone. says ma. You
needn't bring me nothin' to eat. Do
you think I'm going to sit up and eat
st: You bet your life I wont.
"On the square, begun to think
she'd gone dippy. She didn't act no
more like ma usually does than moth
in. oh, come out OF it, ma, says.
"'You bet ! won't come out Of 1t,
ma says. I'm going to stay right n 1t
till spring. And. what's more she
says. I amt goin' to wash my face till
the temperature gets above freezing.
and before come to bed did my hair
upto stay till the Fourth Of July. Now,
beat It, says ma
my. should think she'd get awful
tired ~ H." ssid Mas larson anrIous