Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-11-02

was used and every fork and spoon
held under The running water.
When She finally got the coffee
started. she rushed in to set the table.
Freshly gr0omcd and with brisk
a'crin"sS that made Helen conscious
oi her own disheyelment, Warren now
strobe out.
"NhCre'S the papcr?"
ut hasn't been brought in. Walt.
| I'll get it,"
Outside the kitchen door were the
! paper, bread and bottle of milk.
Dear, .it'n be quicker if l don't
make toast. DO you mind?"
"lland out anything you've got
only hurry. Quarter of eight now"
| Helen flew back to the kitchen to
! the diStaSteful task of cutting the ba-
con. With a childish. sQueamish dread
of touching anything greasy. gingerly
she unwrapped the fat. oily strip.
Warren always wanted his bacon
thin and crisp. but in her hurry, and
with not Oversharp knife. she ch
ii in thick uneven slices.
Get move on out there" impa-
hently from the dining room.
Here, dear, start on this" running
in with ii hastily cut, seed-briStlins
grapefruit.
where the deuce do you keep the
napiinST Warren was rummaging In
the Sidcboard drawer.
nj
cuing one Of her best dOilies from his
crumpling grasp. They're down
here"
Powdered sugar-and another
spoon! Did you think you'd set this
tabe?"
The dumb waiter buZzer was clam
oring for the garbage. Helen sour
ried back TO lift on the heavy. I'M
savory can and bullying bundle OF
papers. Her flowing negligee, imprac-
teal In the Kitchen. caught on every
thing, until, distracted, she stopped to
pin il up.
In maddeninS succession came the
ice, the mail. the returned garbage
can and a man to look at the gas me
ter.
Helen was always ut disadvantage
when she was hurried. If she had
known she was To get breakfast she
would have got up in time. But now
her haste left her nervously clustered.
She was doing everything with the
most cumbersome and time-consuming
indirectness.
Awkwardly she scraped from the
skillet the egg she had just dropped
In. Warren would not eat q broken
yOlk. She broke two more, but In
both thin run of yellow streaked the
white
Get DOWN." GROSSLY, elbowing the
impOrtuning Pussy Purr-Mew Off the
kitchen table.
"See here. I've got to get to the Of
flee sometime today" Warren was
glOwering from the doorway.
Just n moment, dear. Here, yos
can take in the coffee. Don't set IL
on the cloth. Wait. take this mat"
When she finally brought In the
bacon and eggs. he was stirring q
muddy cup of coffee with unfeigned
disgust.
"Oh, I'm afraid l forgot TO settle
it,"
Talk about incompetent maids"
with Il snort. III you're so blamed
incompetent yourself-no wonder they
put it all over you"
"But, dear, 50 rarely have chance
In, l. -
all do"
well If you'd spend half the time
on straight. plain cooking that you do
On mayOnnaise, fancy salads and all
the other fool kickshaws. you'd know
how to fry bacon and eggs. Huh, this
layout's a fine looking mess" scowlins
at the broken eggs and thick. greasy
bacon.
'Those yolks are so thln-skinned,"
alphabetically, you can't help break
ing them. Oh, wait, forgot the but
ter"
Returning with freshly cut square
Of butter, Helen was confronted By
Warren's pushed-back. empty chair.
"Why. dear!" rushing out In tho
dim hall where he was jerking on his
overcOat.
I'm off for decent breakfast
downtown" stamping on his over
shoes. thereafter when the girls out
Of commissiOn-we'll beat II TO tho
nearest restaurant. Understand? Wen
not spoil any perfectly good food In
the messes you spill out! Where tho
deuce Is that umbrella?"