The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-04-05
TIFFIN, OHIO. THURSDAY

cuse for her company. She had ofte
heard that you never know person
till you live with them IaWTenc
was TO have chance TO know Flor
Furlong. What il 1t should end b
bis pursuing q better aequsintanc
with Louise Mandell She began he
operations by eOnfding in Cousi
| FaDny-s maiden lady OF an unceI
tain age ana temper.
"Quits right" responded COusi
Fanny. 81 suppose men are neces
ssry in the scheme I; but if had Lee
making q world / could have dis
pensed with the element"
"FanDy ~ cried Mrs. HOgnslOE
regarding this as derOgstory to he
defenseIess husband and outrsgeou
to her living SOD.
"Oh, indeed - said Cousin Fanny
"the best OF them is only a stomach
; They sTe sll simple elevations of tb
jelly fish, the great prototype, and h
is nothing else. You can reach thei
! feelings, their affections, their pas
, sions, their intellect through th
stomach. How many g man ha
married his cook The whole secre
of domestic quiet is jast 10 keep tha
stomach Just filled" HOUnsIoy
could not say q word. It was on ex
actly that theory that she was pro
ceeding.
THREE days of the visit had no
passed before en- eastsrly storm CAV,
her her opportunity. Mrs. HOunsIoV
had been scarcely able to conceal hel
disgust over Lswrence's devotion L
Miss Furlong. There is something
animal ABOUT that girl Z" she ex
clained once, as Flora left the room
"VeTy," echoed Cusin Fanny
"When sse eats, I expect to see he
put down her face like dog aud laI
4 the gravy"
Lswrence's banging door shook the
house. Lawrence was doubly kind t,
Flora that night. BE sang with her
aud then he took her into the little
conservatory. "You should always
wear those rich stripes" be said, as
she wound an Oriental scarf arounC
her, stepping in. at so recalls thai
serpent OF old Nile"
"fhe sea-serpent, do you mean ?''
And then, seeing Cleopatra 8
stranger to Miss FurleHg, Lawrence
thought OF the delight of molding the
neglected intellect belonging to such
beauty. As for the young lady, il
never entered her lovely head that II
| did not contain all there was to know
except some dry facts and figures
| that defled it-such as the multiplied.
tion table. He was looking back al
the group of girls round Mrs, HOun-
slow telling their fortunes.
"Flies around honey" she said, "all
eager for q mother-in-law";; and she
looked up at him aud laughed. 81
hate a mother-in-law !" she added
presently. "pm so glad my mother
died when 1 was borned-mv hus-
band will never have that to COM
plain OF 20 They were sweet lips for
such brutal sentiments. Lawrence,
in his historical parallels, did not thiDk
that possibly Lucretia B0rgis's were
sweet.
"How it rains r'' she said, as the
droops beat against the panes.
"And / suppose every variation OF
the weather Affects q person sensi-
lively strung as you are"
20 yes" said Flora, lifting her
great eyes. "And it does so spoil
your boots J"
1t was only beauty that filled the
gaps OF such conversation. Present.
ly some one was calling. "Fiora
Where is she ? Such q capital idea
What do you think ? We are each
of US to get up dinner ~ cried Kate
Farley, looking in. "Come and hear
about it-only I stiDulste that mine
shall be last"
"I protest,n said Lawrence, as they
Joined the group, "agsinst the pIsc-
tice OF any such mysteries, Wilder
and me excluded"
"That's right" chimed in Wilder,
the young millionaire, who had been
added to the party for the sake Of
equipoise.
"Mr. Wilder" said Cousin Fanny,
sepulchrally, ''some day when you are
cast away on desert island, and your
wife cannot even make johnny
cake"
"Does that desert island mean mat
rimony 2" asked Louise, slyly, OF
Cousin Fanny.
"And when cast away on it, said
Mrs. Hounslow, sis it that the cook
and the house-maids have struck
hands and struck work ?"
"Well, If this is to be-" said Law
renee, "you will at any rate inter-
sperSe Puddioss~ with Pionioss rOGSts
with rides, mArmalades with moon
light-are there sny more allitera-
tiVes, Miss Louise 2"
Gas much,n said his mother, "as
you can interspeIse in q weeks gale. "
''It's ridiculous" said Flora, turn
ing away now with young Wilder.
"I wish there wasn't any such thing
as a Kitchen"
"And yet," said Mrs. HounslOw,
looking after her refectively, 81
should think she would have q genius
for cookery she has a cooks build
the typical cooks"
LaWrence's eyes were blazing, but
his mother went calmly on. "Well,
it's an experiment." said she. ave
shall have to suffer for lt-nOus autres.
What farce Kate's dinner will be =
salt in the whipped cream; and sugar
in the msyOnnaise-but Floras will
be good"
"Good enough" said Cousin Fam
ny, with a sniff. ANY gluttOn must
cOOk.n
The storm setting in Justify, there
was q fine season for the amateur
cooks, who were going about with
culinary literature next day, like nuns
with their missals, Lawrence said.
Enchanted into book-wOrms, We are
to eat our way through these vol
umes," he said.
The first dinner was of course an
absurd failure, being Kste's but they
made so merry over It that 1t seemed,
as Kate declared, better than if it had
been good. Louise replaced 1t on the
following day by one as exquisite as
any little French dinner, so perfectly
prepared and so perfectly served that
Lawrence looked with an amazed res
pect at the little being in his moth
er's place, whose genius had ordered
il all, and who was as composed as il
che had merely threaded her needle.
The next day it was Miss Furlong's
turn and certainly more beWitch-
ing picture OF cook than she made,
with her hair tied under the prettiest
of caps, her soft arms bare with all
their dimpIes, and her white apron
wrapping her from head to foot, could
hardly be drawn.
"Mrs. Hounslow,n said young
Wilder, 81 never knew q jollier idea
than this sitting in judgment on pref
ty caps and choice Dishes"
ga fine way to bs stayed with
fiagons and comforted with apples, 4"
said Lawrence.
"Well," said his mother, "there are
Flora's and some others in reserve /;
and after them what do you say TO a
dinner by Cousin Fanny ?"
at would be peppery," said Law
renee, for the estimahle lady had not
yet come down.
"And tart" said Mr.. Wilder.
"And well seasoned" said Law
renee again.
"Pastry short and bread erusty,"
said Mr.. Wilder.
"For shame ~ exclaimed Louise
and Kate. Gas If any crumb of it
would not be dish fit for the gods !n
"But why should this affair be so
one-slded ?" asked Mr.. Wilder.
"True enough. Men command
high wages as cooks" said Lawrence.
"Why should we lei such q chance go
by? 1 have made up my mind il
these young ladies are to be seques-
trated, 1 for one shall join the seques-
tration. Miss Furlong, put on 3 pa
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