The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-12-14
PAsCAGoULA COUNTY, MISS, FRIDAY
she'll speak bad French in the pres.

she'll speak bad French in the pres
ent tense. Indicative mood, OF the
first conjugaiion, and she'll com.
mence all her questions with 'R:ker,
and then stick like the young man
at the Veneerings' party. l shan'l
see her, that's settled. Write to
Mrs. Fipper (rnellfluous appella-
ton J and say we are going on a
visit and don't know when we will
return; or, better, 60 to town, zee
Mrs. F., explain openly that l will
never marry Frenchlfed wax doll,
but tha, want q wife who knows
how to keep a house in order, can
cook. bake, preserve, darn, mead,
sew, dust, sweep, and, as the adver-
tisements say, make herself gener-
ally useful. In short, a woman like
my respected ma; and, so that you
may kill two birds with one stone,
find cook who can cook, and fetch
her back with you.'
An idea seemed to strike Mrs.
Clemmens, and she answered gayly:
"Well, Dick, everything's for the
best. If YOU won't marry her, you
won't, so I'll do as you say
After breakfast she made q hur-
ried toilet aud took the first train
for the city. Towards evening she
returned with as pretty a little
piece Of lemininiiy az Dick had ever
seen withal. The dainty, curly
haired little woman straightway
went to the kitchen, and then Mrs.
Mrs. Clemmens informed her son
that she had made matters all right
With Mrs. Flipper, and that the
pretty cohglomeration OF muslin.
curls. and pink and white. was
new cook she had engaged.
"Ahl" cries the intelligent read-
ers, you cant deceive US; the pink
and white little cook is Kitty Flip.
per, and the three women have
formed a scheme to catch Dick un-
awares." And the intelligent read,
ers are correct, but we VOW and de,
clare that we never had any inten-
ton OF shrouding the dear girl in
mystery and practicing deception.
If we had--but this is egotism, and |
we digress. With the advent of
the new cook came luxurics such as
had never been seen on the Glenn
mems table. The cuisine las Dicks
Kitty Flipper might say was per-
feet. Richards stockings were
mcnded so neatly that an old pair
of socks were better than new
pair. His shirts, too. we're washed |
and ironed so perfectly that their
whiteness and gloss caused envy in
the bosom Of all his male friends.
But another charge had been
effected by the cook. That pink
and white young lady, whom the
hottest fire never made red and
white. was accustomed 10 take q
chair in the sitting room in the cve-
ming and attend to her sewing-the
kitchen being locked up-to save
yas, Mrs. U. said. and Dick re-
NAMED home at nights, something
unusual for him.
In fact, Dick was in love with
he cook, and he found hundred
excuses day to go to the kitchen
md have word or two with the
title curly-headed woman.
At first she was very cold TO him,
,ut gradually as she saw his respect
increased with his love, the ice Of
Ter reserve began to melt undor
he warmth Of his passion, and the
'oung man was correspondingly
lappy.
Perhaps there were no confer
noes, with comparing Of notes, be-
ween the cock aud her mistress
vhen our gentleman took his aiter>
loon walk. D, no-of course not
why should there be?
At length Dick found himself so
ntangled in the net of love that
'olhing but marriage would free
i'm, so he entered the kitchen one {
fternoon, and, with preamble, pro-
osed marriage.
And here is where we triumph
yer the intelligent readers who
ay: ave knew how it would be-
he accepted him, they were mar
led, the fraud exposed, aud they |
wed happily evermore.' {
Wrong, o, intelligent readers
will you marry me?' said he.
"No, I will not" che answered.
!"Why?"
I'm a cook and you're gentle>
lan.r e
"You are a lady as we'll as Q
ook, and ft to be any gentlemans :
'ife." n
II dare say am, but l don't want
, be a cook all my llfe."
Then marry me-
"And work to support you?"
"WEy, my dear, Tm rich.
"You mean your mother is.'
swell, she would deny me moths !
g." !
Il don't know about that. You i
ont know how she'd act il you =
arried her cook. Besides, I've no
ncy Tor a man who can't support
imself and his wife without help