The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-07-20
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Tie best schools had done what they
could for Kate, and she had amply repaid
her fond fathers effort aud satisfied hi.
ambition, The school DAYS had been
over about three months, aud Kate had
been passing gay season at home. Mr..
and Mrs. Prentice had tolt that She should
have D littlt zine 10 herself before She en-.
tered the harder school of busy life that
was to be before her as a teacher, bat those
three months between school going aud
school teaching bad done for Kate what
they had done for many another girl in
the same idle time, aud there SHE stood
in the doorway with all her years OF
book knowledge and kitchen ignorance
behind her, announcing her intention of
making that mysterious compound, that
chef doeVTe Of accomplished house.
keepers, chicken pie,
Mrs. Prentice turned pale; She thought
Kate little crazy.
Mr. Prentice smiled There was q
twinkle in his eye,
Let her try, mother; let her try, and
with very quick step aud merry heart,
he was gone. But he talked aloud as lie
went down The street.
| wonder who II can be. | am sure |
don't know, but II must be somebody for
when girl that never could endure the
sight Of kitchen begins TO want to learn
how to cook, it'sas sure there's somebody
else in the question as il is when you see
one little brown bird building nest in
spring, there's brighter, gayer bird not
far OF, that is equally interested in that
sample of housebuilding.
Mr.. Prentice was right
But Kate, said her mother you surely
don't mean TO do it alone; youll spoil It
as sure as the world; You never made
even common pie, and IT takes real
knack to make a chicken pic.
] surely do, said Kate, aud if / spoil it
| spoil it. And what's more, must do
il all myself, and You may get entirely
out the kitchen-yes out of the house
You may go over to Aunt Martha's and
spend the day, 50 that the people who
eat the pie may be sure that did it all
myself. The fact is (and here comes the
fact about which Mr. Prentice was so
cusions) Charley Adams is coming here
to dinner Tomorrow. He's always wish
ing for one of his mothers chicken pies,
so I'm going 10 make one for him.
With thousand injunctions about the
crust aud gravy, and the fire and the oven
and with many misgiyings, Mrs Prentice
withdrew, and Kate, her daughter,
reigned in her stead.
Mr.. Premise returned at evening with
bis wife, and was told by her of the
events of the day. They went together
to look at the pie.
Oh, Mr.. Prentice, Ineyer can have such
looking pic go on my table, said the
model housckeeper.
Oh, yes, mother it might look a good
deal worse; but / win step down
early to the market, and have some nice
things sent home, which you will make
all right, You know. We mustn't let
Kate spoil all the changes by poor din
ner.
The next day came, and with il Charley
Adams, and the dinner was one Of Mrs.
Prentice's best, so that Charley was IN
capital humor when he reached the pie,
and declared that il was years since he
had eaten such chicken pie. lie might
with equal truth, have said he had never
eaten such chicken pie, for the crust
was tough as well as burned, and Kate
had been in n revcric while making as
well as baking SO She had forgotten the
salt, and il was indeed a very poor pie.
Bat what is it that Virgil says--'Loye sea-
sons all things !'-eyen chicken pic.
So Charley ate II iust as If it was his
mothers best, and Kate was radiant with
happiness
After dinner Mr.. Prentice said shyIy
to hia wife, cts all right. A man must
be thoroughly in love with woman to
cat such a pie as that with 50 good
grace"
Aud it was all right. Dat under the stars
that night kalie's rcyerie came truc--and
Charlie told her once more that he loved
pic, and her a great deal better.
and that she and she only must make II
for him all his life, aud they decided
about tie cottage, aud Kate's dreams that
night were q medley Of cottages and bri-
ial dresses, and chicken pie.
H.
They had been married year. and tbc
bad shone a. steadily as If Il .
bad been heightened by dispensation.
Bat i wancd at last, as It always does,
and the conflict Of life begun
katc's great grief was that Charley had
1 mother Not but that 10 the course OF
nature be would have been expected
% have, but his mother was d great cook
md Charley had become wholly posses
II with The idea that no one could cook
ike Ills mother. Now Kate had made 4
ong visit 70 ihc mother soon atier her
and aiili her teaching and
owes assistance rendering her tlc aptest
4 pupils Kate bad reallg beeomc quite
. cock herfelE 70 this mother who was
b truth rare cook, Kate told tbe story
i that hrst chicken PIE And Sic took
e@ons now most AumbIcy, not scorn-