| Show p 4 the cifes gentle reproof tilene i day as zachariah Zachar iab hodgson was going to liia hta daily aboc avocations 6 actions after breakfast he be purchased a large codfish and gentit sent it home with directions to his wife to have it cooked for dinner As no particular mode of cooking ingras was prescribed the good woman well knew that whether she boiled it or made it into chowder her husband would scold hey her when he came home but she resolved to please him once if possible nd therefore cooked several portions ons of A several different ways she also with some difficulty procured an amphibious animal from a MA brolia uck hack of the house bouse and plumped into the pot in due time her 11 or husband came covered dishes were placed on the table ami wi a frowning faultfinding g look the moody man commenced toe the conversa louversa tion well wife did you get the fish I 1 ahad hed sent home i I 1 yes es my mv dear d ear i q 1 l like to te know how yon TOU have hate cooked it I 1 will bet anything yu you have boiled it for my mv eaf ine takes the cover off I 1 thought so what in HI creation pos possessed d you yon to fry it if I 1 would as lief eat a frog why my dear I 1 thought you yon loved it best beat fried J 1 you di t theft any such thing you ton knew b iver loved fried fish fiah why yo you boa 0 ita it my dear the last time we had fresh fish you yon know I 1 boiled it and you said you like ed it beat fried but I 1 hav boiled some also to saying she lifted I 1 up a cover and lot th the e shoulders of a cod nicely boiled were bently le posited in n a dish diab a sight of which would have made an epicure ra rejoice joice but which added to the ul ill nature of the huband aa A pretty dish this exclaimed he boiled fiah chips sad and porridge if you had not been ohe ot of the most stupid ot of womankind you would have made it into chowder hi his 8 patient wife with a smile immediately placed a tureen before him containing in g an exec excellent nt chowder I 1 c my der dear 1 said she here is your favorite dish I 1 favorite dish inde indeed edlI 1 I dare say it is ie an unpalatable wish washy mess mesa I 1 would rather have a boiled frog than the whole of if 4 this was a common expression of bisand had been antici anticipated T abed by his wife who as soon as the pro preference arence was expressed uncovered a large dish near her husband and there was a large bull frog of portent ious dimensions and pugnacious aspect stretched out at f full ull length zacariah Zah ariah sprung from his chair not a little frightened at the ain unexpected apparition my dear said his ft a kind entreating tone 11 hope you will be able to make out a dinner 4 zachariah could not stand this tills his surly mood was finally overcome and he burst into a harty laugh he acknowledges that his wife was right and that he was wrong wro F and declared that she should never again lim have occasion to read him such another I 1 lesson he was as good as his word |
