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Show Food for the Careless A reader who was Interested In the story of Mrs. John Corley, who was obliged to call "Fire! Fire!" In order to get her careless husband to chop wood for the kitchen stove, sends us this account of a somewhat similar Incident: In-cident: My grandmother, Bhe writes, used to tell about a cousin of hers whose husband hus-band also was careless about providing provid-ing firewood. Like Mrs. Corley, the woman had managed to get along somehow, but there came a day when her patience became exhausted. It was In harvest, and she expected to have several extra men to dinner. Before Be-fore her husband went to work she asked him as usual to cut some wood for her, and as usual he went off without with-out doing it. When the men came to dinner they gazed in astonishment at the table ; it was set in the usual way, but nothing noth-ing on it was cooked ! At one end was a big pan of biscuit dough, and at the other was a platter of freshly-cut ham ready to fry. There were various other things on the table, such as raw potatoes pota-toes and raw turnips. In a few words the woman explained that since she . had no wood she had been unable to cook. With one accord the hungry men started for the woodpile, and in a short time she had a steaming hot dinner din-ner for them. And never before had she had such a big pile of firewood 1 Youth's Companion. |