The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-01-08

or something IKE that
Married yesterday says Uncle
Ismsiey, and gone 20 Waco and Nj
agara Fails on n wedding tour. Why.
didns you see none Of the signs all
aIong7 Jackson Bird has been court
ing Wlitella ever since that day he
took her out riding
Then says !. in kind of yen.
what wns all this zizzaparooia he
gives me about pancakes7 Tell me
that
when said 'pancaker Uncle
IsmHiey sort OF lodged and stepped
back.
'fornebody's been dealing mo pan.
cakes from tho bottom OF the deck.
I says. and I'll find out I believe
you know. Talk up says I. or we
mix a painful Of batter right here
Il Slid over the counter after Uncle
Ismaiey. IIa grabbed at his gun. but
IL waz In a drawer, and hs missed IL
two inches got him by the front
Of his shirt and showed him In a cor.
ner.
Talk pancakes says I. or be
made into one; Does Miss wilielia
make 'emr
I" She never made one In her nfs
and I never Aaw one says Uncle
Emslcy. soothing. Calm down now.
! Jud-calm down. You've got en-.
cited. and that wound IN your head
II communicating your sense Of an
teliiEence. Try not TO think about
pancakes.
~'uncle Emsiey.' rayr 7. I'm not
wounded IN the head except ~ far ar
my natural cogitatiye instincts run
10 runts. Jackson Bird told me he
was calling on Miss wiliefia for the
purpose of finding out her system Of
producing pancakes. and he asked
mo 10 help him get the bill OF lading
Of tho inTredienu. ] done 50. with
the results ms you see Have been
sodded down with johnson grass by
pink.ryed snoozer. or whsf7~
Slack up your grip on my drcrs
shirt rnys Uncle Emsley. and I'll
tell you. Yes. II looks like Jackson
Biri had gone and humbugged You
some. The day after he went riding
with wiiieiia he came back and told
me and her 10 wntch out for you
whenever you got 10 talking about
pancakes. He said you was In camp
once where they was cooking flap
Jacks. and one Of the fellows cut you
over the head with frying pan
Jackson said that whenever you got
overhot or excited that wound hurt
you and made you kind Of crazy. and
you went rayinK about pancakes. He
told ur 20 just get you worked off
! Of the subject and -oothed down, and
you wouldn't be dangerous So, me
and Wiiioiia done tho best by you
we knew how. Well. well says
Uncle EmHiey. that Jackson Bird is
sure seldom kind OF n snoozer.' 7"
During the progress Of Jud's story
he had been slowly but d~ftly com
blninr certain portions OF the con
tents OF his sacks and cans. Toward
the close Of II he aet before me the
finished product pair Of red hot
rlch-hucd pancakes on n tin plate
From some secret boarding place he
also brought lump OF excellent but
ter and a bottle Of golden syrup.
How long ago did these things
happcnT i asked him
Three years. said Jud. They're
living on tho Mircd Mule Ranch now.
But I haven't necn either Of 'cfn
since They say Jackson Bird was
fixing his ranch up fine with rock
Ing chairs and window curtains all
the time he was putting mo up the
pancake tree. Oh. got over Il after
a while But the boys kept the
racket up
did you make these cakes by the
famous r~cipeY I asked
Didn't tell you there WASN'T M
rccipe-- sad Jud. The boys hol.
iorcd pancakes I'll they got pancake
hungry. and ] cut this recipe pu; OF