MRS. CARLYLE'S HOUSEKEEPING

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 28 March 1891, Page 4

MRS. CARLYLE'S HOUSEKEEPING

.'• The wife of the famous Thomas Carlyle had many trials in her. early housekeeping. She learned to make bread from "recollecting how she had seen an old servant set to work, and she used to say that the first time she attempted brown bread it was with awe. * She mixed the dough and saw it rise and then she put it into the oven and sat down to watch the oven with feelings like Benvenuto Cellini's, when he watched his Perseus .:,,,. put into the furnace. She did not feel sure how it would come out ! But it appeared #übeautifulu beautiful crusty loaf, light and sweet. The rst time she tried a pudding she turned the servant out of the kitchen and locked the door on herself. Sometimes she could not send to the nearest town forljataher's meatj and then she was sedaced tej| er poultry .3 She had a parti|ulaf |r*6gof|ong-leggedj hens, and she tused <$ata~ the yasd' amongst them and point out those that were to be killed, feeling, she said, like Fouquier Tinville, pricking down his victims. The country was uninhabited for miles round. She usedjo . W"i£%WhA st^ mess was awful, and ■wnetf^CTß^wilKfflr out she could hear the sheep nibbling the grass, H and they used to look at her with innocent wonder. One .&yote£QQtt£sS^gstet Lord Jeffery and family were coming. She mounted her horse, galloped off to Dumfries to get what she needed, and galloped back, and was ready to receivte'her visitors with no trace of her thirty mile ride, except her charming account of it. FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE. Old Bendigo keeps a very sharp eye on his daughter Ma^l&jjdra&GF aTjM&ld-be lover has taken a' AraK^ftßr^a'fcbn'Wiraation with the hard-hearted parent. The old fellow is sold this time, however, and cards are out fof*a wedding. (~\ '^X After the 'lucky young nan lisa been courting Mary for about six months, the old gentleman stepped in as usual, requested a private confab, andjed off with— " You seem like a nice young man, and perhaps you are in love with Mary ?" " Yes, I am," was the honest reply. " You haven't &I 9 atijtthing fati tofeftfi: "Well, no; but llhink sne reciprocates my affection." thing. Her mother Jd^Qa|%najS,J and there's no doubt that Mary has inherited her insanity." " lam willing to take the chances," replied the lover. .",;..; jHO HOH " Yes, but you see Mary has gof a terrible temper. She has twice drawn a knife on me with the intent to commit murder." " I'm used to that, got a sister just like her," was the answer. a " Andyou should know that I have vowed a Solemn vow not to give Mary a farthing - of my property," continued the J fatner? Ui! ' %■ " Well, I'd rather start poor, and build up. There's more romanc^-in it." The old man had one more shot in his carbine, and he said : . -, ,r ■ , - " Perhaps I ought to iell^yVto^nW all* Mary's mother's relations who didn't die on the scaffold ended their days ( ftn3 liouse. These things might b^brqughtyop S" in* after years, and I now warn you.'}, ", ' , "Mr Betuligo." replied ;j tnyi6'f«r> heard all this before, and also that you have 1 -ecu on trial for forgery, had.tu fly to Spain i >r att-. tpied murder, and served a year in )-:ison ior ste;iling. I'm agoing to t.iarry into you r »anvlv 'to 'give ydu a-l'eptJEation. There, no tunnks, good-bye." M r 4^en 1i 40 looked at the i you ng man *j|vith \v.i 1 "^ith wiHf open, ;'.ud when he touM p?t vis.jaws together he Lsaid:.. ; ;u . " Some scoundrel has gone'aiid given me on that dodge." , '/■".■ ■«■"•. -'* ■#■■■:*-'