Honoré Willsie

Name: Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class
Author: Honoré Willsie

Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class (1917)

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“Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class”, published in 1917, is a work by Honoré Willsie. It explores elements such as Lydia, Lizzie and Amos.

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Honoré Willsie, Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class (1917)

“ You may call me Uncle Charlie."
Lydia put out her tongue at him. "Good-by, Uncle!" she called and raced up the bank to the house.
"Daddy," she said that night at supper, "why should Mr. Marshall and Charlie Jackson both say Mr. Levine is a crook?"
Amos ate a piece of bread meditatively before replying. "Any man that goes into politics in this country leaves his reputation behind him. You and I'll never have a better friend than John Levine."
Lydia nodded. She was only a child after all and still retained implicit faith in the opinion of those she loved. ”

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Honoré Willsie, Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class (1917)

“ Margery murmured on.
"Land, Lizzie, don't be so cross," said Elviry. "I suppose you've heard the talk about John Levine? He's getting in with that half breed crowd up on the reservation that the Indian agent's such friends with. They say Levine's land hungry enough to marry a squaw. He's so dark, I wouldn't be surprised if he had Indian blood himself. Land knows nothing would surprise me about him. They say he's just naturally crooked."
Lydia and Florence Dombey suddenly stood in front of Elviry. ”

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Honoré Willsie, Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class (1917)

“ Lizzie almost exploded with anger when Lydia retailed these questions, but Amos only laughed.
"Pshaw, you know Elviry!"
"Yes, I know Elviry! She's a snake in the grass. Always was and always will be."
"She's a dandy housekeeper," murmured Lydia. "I wonder where she learned. And she isn't teaching Margery a thing. I like Mr. Marshall."
"Dave's a miser. He always was and he always will be," snapped Lizzie. "I despise the whole kit and biling of them, money or no money. Dave never earned an honest cent in his life."
"Lots of rich men haven't," replied Amos. ”

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Honoré Willsie, Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class (1917)

“ Lydia blushed and gasped.
"If you won't dance, come on over and have some lemonade," suggested Kent.
"If I sit in the window, will you bring me a glass?" asked Lydia, still mindful of the back breadth.
"You take her to the window and I'll get the lemo, Kent," said Charlie.
Kent led the way to the window-seat. "You're a good old sport, Lyd," he said. "Charlie'll look out for you. I gotta get back to Olga." ”

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Honoré Willsie, Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class (1917)

“ The dishes were washed and set away in the immaculate pantry, and Amos and John Levine were smoking by the fire.
"Seems to me this room looks all slicked up," said Levine.
Amos nodded. "Lydia's coming along. Says the cooking school teacher told her to sprinkle wet tea leaves over the carpet before sweeping to keep down the dust. Place was like a cyclone this morning for an hour, but the result pays. She's growing like her mother."
"She's only a child, and small for her age, at that," said John. "It's a shame for her to work so hard." ”

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Honoré Willsie, Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class (1917)

“ And yet because life is as kind to us as we have the intelligence to let it be, it was out of the party that grew slowly a new resolve of Lydia's—to have some day as pretty hands and as well shod feet as Olga and Hilda and Cissy, to learn how to make her dresses so that even the composing of an organdy might not be beyond her.
They saw less of John Levine during the late winter and early spring. He was running for sheriff on the Republican ticket. He was elected early in April by a comfortable majority and invited Amos and Lydia to a fine Sunday dinner in celebration at the best hotel in town. ”

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Honoré Willsie, Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class (1917)

“ Elviry was not to be drawn into a quarrel. "You always was a jealous body, Lizzie. That old mahogany belonged to both Amos and his wife's folks, I've heard. Why don't you get rid of it and buy more of this here new Mission stuff that's coming in? Though I suppose you'd better wait till Lydia's old enough to take more interest in keeping the house clean. Butter's awful high this winter. How much does your grocery bill average, Lizzie?" ”

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Honoré Willsie, Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class (1917)

“ All time sick, all time nothing to eat."
"But won't some other Indian make you a garden, a little one?"
Again the squaw shrugged her shoulders. Her apron was full now. She produced a string from inside her waist and tying the apron up bag-like, she slung it over her shoulder. Then she gave Lydia a keen glance.
"Friend," she said, briefly, and turning, she tottered painfully out of the gate.
Followed by Adam, Lydia walked thoughtfully out upon the little pier Amos had built. They had no boat, but Lydia fished and dived from the pier. ”

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Honoré Willsie, Lydia of the Pines — VI. The Cooking Class (1917)

“ It was hard to understand how the Indians with all their rich pine land could be so poor. She resolved to ask her father and Levine about it and turned a somersault into the water. She swam about until tired, then turned over on her back to rest. ”

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