National Republican., 1877-03-11

| mine shall bo last"
~ protest" saId Lawrence, thoy Joined the
ter!e!, Wilder and me excluded"
| mi Iioraire, who had been added to the party for
| 'Mr. Wilder, 'Faid Cousin Fanny, scpuichrsiIy,
is and, and your vito cannot even make johnny.
| %nocs that desert island moan matrinony:r
asked Louise, 'iyly, of Cousin Fanny.
And when cast away on II, said Mrs Houn,.
low, "is y that the cook and the houso.maids
| "Wcll, II this IL TO bc,' said Lawrence. "you
| VIII nt my rate interspcrso puddings with pie
| nics, roasts with rides, marmalndcs with moon.
iight-are thore any moro slliteratrcs, Miss
"As much" saia bis mother, "as you can In.
ITS ridicuious," said Flora. turning away
now with young Wilder. II wish there wasn't
aoy such thing as a Kitchen"
"And yet" said Mrs. HOuuslow, looking arer
| genius for cookery; she has cooks build-thc
Lswrepce's eyes werc blazing, but his mother
% sad sks. I've % shall have to suffer f'It fSp It"noa.
auntI What a farce Kate's dinner will bo!-sslt
UaispeSat m sue FIorN's | viii bo @ good" " !" INV '0H'
Good cnough," eald Cousin Fanny, with a
Tho storm setting In Justify, there was a rno
season for the amateur cooks, who were going
with Tsh Ss K Srhs%TT nSR
| chpnted into book. k.worms, we are to eat our way
through 1%n ~ these s,e yolume,," he said: - ,r
that 4 seemed as Kate declared, better than Il
loving Ssy Sy one esTasS as an any y0H ts S
I French dinner so 90 perfectly prepared suds per.
smaEed respect at the little being in his mothers
| place, whose genius had ordered It all, and who
nee Tse mex, dsS was %ss
turn, and certainly more bewitching picture Of
| lH mat nfa hOF anH har avwIt oil
their dimples, and her white apron wrapping her
IRON head to foot. could hardly be drawn.
knew ioIler idea than this sitting in Judgment
| On pretty caps and choice dishes"
fortcd With apples" said Lawrence. '''''-
well, sa,d his mother, there are Flora's and
You @ sSy 70 dinner BY cousin Fan FSanyF" " "HA' 10
TSsin i,S be ,GS for the
| And tart" said Mr.. Wilder.
| And we'll seasoned" said Lawrence again.
'Tastry short, and bread crusty," said Mr..
"For shamcr r' exclaimed Louise and Kate.
AZ A. Il any srumb OF 1t would not be u dish At
but why should this affair be SO ouc.Sided."
"True enough. Men command high wages ns
such chance go byF have made up my mind,
ypG1s ladies are to eG
lEut on paper oap and serve with you to-day.
Wilder, set your cap for tomorrow and Miss
|
Gomez. You sec we are waiting TOR you. Cousin
Fanny. ard Hobe Is cup-bcorcr. They also serve
went out to breakfast.
1.-THE cook had assisted Louise tho least 10 the
rIcs. hut. Miss Furionx had no wiichcty Tor
cooks, and tho assistance vOuchsatci hoT came 10
nd Wa .cnpna SCcnGs towST1 Sno
Lawrence began the play tn tho greatest spirits,
long ere anything Approached completion Miss
fur!ong lad become so heated, so flushed and
| lrow2y, so greasy and nOuty, So smirchod as to
her dainty aress, and so smelred as to her lovely
face that the occasion grew melancholy. Then
the water boiled away, tho rre got too low, after.
ward got too strong. She surned her arms and
her feet, became iurious when q sauce ran over
And capped the climax BY alapplng the cook In
the lace, who went to Mrs HounsoT in great
another OF this sort Of sweetness and light uu.
rolled itself, Lawrence looked at the beauty wi h
| wider and wider eyes and at last escaped, with
the cook, from the dlsenchanting vision. An
hour after the time dinner was served, and Miss
| FurIonR, rather red and blowsy, bat transformed
from cooks linen to fne-lady gauzes was given
| the place Of honor.
the 50 mon,i was not because they had been sated
wih T.,E 1he soup for although 6 oySry6ody sa'd It
| burned, yet when Lawrence, in his chIvsiry,
wuld have takon second plate Il appt ared there
had not been enough TO go round. There was
| enough 1.-THE chickens, though, Tor the nre had
dealt so lightly with them through their coats OF
basting that the company could not deal with
them at all: When the sweet.breads appeared,
as hrm as the best OF cllfskio, Cousin Fannys
patience departed. "l thoug I you might have
talent for cooking" she cried.
"Why, what's the natter" inquired Flora,
p!ae!dly. Isn't 1t n good dlnner' There's
penty more to come
"G0od gracious. MoreFn
And then tho birds, SO like burned chips that
they could not bo told from the toast on which
they lay, came on, and went of rs they came.
N swallows flight" whispered Kate. They
dip their wings In tears and skim away"
desert, the sponge kcs OF which so exactly re.
sembled boiled hannel, as Cousin Fanny can.
dame declared, II must say, wicked waste makes
| wocul want"
Il call It an excellent dinner. There was soup,
and fish, and roast, and entrees CHECK king them
of on her fingers.
cue was TO let the glIl display all her iine quail
"a great deal more of a dinner" returned
Flora, angrily, than you ever get at home, III
be bound" And as Mrs. Hounslow rose, Miss
muiinv as she tossed her head, II thought that
T wonli fetch her"
Slang from those perfect lips! Such temper
those lovely hands! Such stupidity in that iOy sy
, head Lawrence walked fvo miles In the pour.
; | ing rain, and came home with his inciplent pas
sion quite thoroughly wet down.
| Somehow amer that dinner things seemed to
a u the oSef
| the evenings Lawrence did not seem to remember
thai there was conservatory. Mrs; HOunslow
=, old witches were sure that the phllter had
: | work H. but they hardly dared to breathe. But
r | in reality, to Louise Mandell nothing tagged
9 | Whether because she was In tho house witt Law.
a | renee; because now and then he spoke with her
| Listened when she sang, took her book and read
| sCmo nnges; because Lnurcrcc seemed now Ia
. | look over Miss Furloug, through her, anywhere
, | but at her, or because hor own nature was SC
5 | joyous, and she couldn't help It, she was gayeI
4 | than lark, and oiled the house with sun shine
| 1T has been woek in paradise" said she.
| ITO compare a country. house In an easterly
' | gale TO paTadisc!' said Miss Furlong
L "lt would depend upon whether you were In IL
Miss Louise" said Lawrence. And then Louis,
| colUrcd higher and higher, and grew reider thai
( arotc, and Lawrence wondered why he had nevel
J. | thought that little girl beauty before.
Thcsun came out on Sunday morning, Just a.
8 | the music box ran down 10 the middle OF "Lovei
4 | Young Dream" and Miss Furlong announces
that she was about to leave Tor home. OF cours,
Il | there was all polite objection, and In the midst o
0 IL the surprise Of furry OF shippers and blushe
J, | On that beautiful mask Of hers "Dh," she said
|. In an inside 10 Kate Farley, "uhen-when-ob
|. | really-when q PERSONS going TO bo married
s there is no time TO lose; and Mr.. Wilder"
o Mrs. HOunslow sprang from the seat which she
F." | had Just taken, and almost upset the brimmin,
n | urn In her haste to emphasize the fact by ON
braces and congratulations. ~ am so glad TO
0 you. It's such a splendid MARRIAGE" she cried
I. and unable to hinder II another moment, ate
i all her anxiety, she burst into q food OF tears
IS which Miss Furlong attri ibuted to interest II
{ | herself but which were really due to the glauc
o size had OF Lawrence cOming In from the garden
with Louise, and Of LQuise wearing at her brsas
Q the white fGse she had given Lawrence herself