The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18
MA PUT INDIAN
 SIGN ON CUPID
By LAURA TURNER.

Vuy Lhch oui Ciy oAo PAb thO ohiNo uh der that Heinz fellow last Sunday night" laughed the girl with the exag gerated psyche knot. "He won't come incoming around my sister Bertha any more. She giggled as she tucked in B few stray hairs that had curled ove. her collar and surveyed her pleasing reflection in the mirror above the lava tory.
 How did she squelch him, Annie?" asked the sleepy looking blonde, stretching her wet handkerchief across the mirror to dry it.
 Well. Berthas had an awful case on Heinzy for quite while. He's widower, with a boy about five years old, but Bertha said she didn't care, for she liked him anyway. She used to rave about him until she made ma and me tired I could see from the start that ma didn't have much use for him, and she warned Bertha that all he was looking for was some body to keep house and cook his meals for him and take care of that kid of his.
 Bertha said ma was wrong, that he was head over ears in love with her, and she wouldn't hear a word against him. Ma used to call him Bertha's fireside companion, because he never took her anywhere, but just sat around and acted as though he was afraid to spend a nickel.
 "Last Sunday morning Bertha went out to the kitchen and asked ma if she would let her have the Heinz fellow to supper that evening. She coaxed around until ma finally said she could ask him if she wanted to, but you could see that ma wasn't at all crazy about having him come.
 After Bertha had gone out and ma and were doing up the work, all of sudden 1 saw that ma had an idea. She chuckled to herself the rest of the morning. but she wouldn't let me in on the joke. When 1 asked her about it she just told me I would have to wait and keep my eyes open and I would see something funny.
 That evening Bertha said she want ed to get supper all by herself and show Heinzy what a grand cook she was. Ma says All right, if you want to get job as housekeeper of course you must give your future boss a sam- pie of your cooking With that she went upstairs.
 After a while ma came down again and asked Bertha how she was get ting along. Bertha said that everything was on the stove ready to dish up, and would ma watch things while she hus- tied upstairs in order to primp up bit?
 Ma said she would, so Bertha beat it upstairs to doll up for Heinzy.
 When we all filed up to the dining room and sat down things looked good to me- While ma was bringing in the dishes she says to Heinzy: I want you to know, MT Heinz. that Bertha cooked every bit of the supper tonight, so if you like it you'll have to give her all the credit for it.
 Heinzy looked over at Bertha with fat, contented smile and tucked napkin under his double chin. Then he took bite of biscuit and next | saw him look all around to see if any. body was watching him as he rolled it out of his mouth into his hand and laid it carefully on his plate. I began to get suspicious, so l took a bite of biscuit just to see. Say, it was about the awfulest tasting thing ever atel
 Tt was positively green inside! Bertha had used soda instead of bak- ing powder, and plenty of it, too, and the biscuits were simply terrible!
 I copied Heinzy and got rid of my bite quick as 1 could and took a swal- low of coffee to get the taste out of my mouth. Say! The coffee was so weak 1t was just like water. I look ed over at ma and her face was as red as beet, she was trying so hard to keep from laughing.
 I knew pretty we'll then who had queered the supper. Ma must have put soda in the baking powder can so Bertha would be sure to get 1t, and probably she put plenty of hot water in the coffee pot after Bertha had gone upstairs.
 T was curious to know what else ma had done. so l helped myself to chop. Salty! It was worse than mackerel that hadn't been soaked overnight! Why, l felt pickled in brine after l swallowed 1t! glanced over at Heinzy. He was the glummest looking somebody you ever saw! Every now and then he looked at Ber- tha with frown banker than a thunder cloud.