The Republican journal., 1877-05-24
''Pastry short and bread crusty," said


Kate. LAS if every crumb of it would
not be a dish fit for the gods. !"
'But why should this affair be so one
sided ?" asked Mr.. Wilder.
True enough. Men command high
wages as cooks said Lawrence. '.Whv
should we let such chance go by? |
| have made up my mind; if these young
ladies are to be Sequestrated, |, for one,
snail JON the Sequestration. Miss Fur
long, put on q paper cap and serve with
YOU to-day. Wilder, set your cap for to-
morrow and Miss Maria. Not word to
the griffin Here she comes. You see
we are waiting tor YOU, Cousin Fannie,
and Hebe is cup-bearcr. They also
serve who only stand and watt And
SO they all went out to breakfast
If the cook had assisted Louise the
least in the world, it was owing to that
young lady's Witcheries. But Miss Fur
long had no witchery for cooks, and the
| assistance youchsafed her came in the
Wltheling manner Of science toward iy-
nordncC, and was ScOrned. And although
She and Lawrence began the play in the
greatest spirits, and ere anything ap-
| preached completion Miss Furlong had
become so heated, SO flushed and lroWzv,
50 greasy and tloulY. so smirchcd as to
lrr dainty dress, and so smeared as to
| her lovely face. that the occasion grew
melancholy. Then the water boiled
away, the fire got too low, aftcrward got
toe strong; she burned her arms and
scalded her fingers; She grew excited,
stamped her feet, became furious when a
sauce ran over, and capped the climax
bN Slappig the cook in the face, who
Went 70 Mrs. HounsloW in a great fury
and gave warning. As one revelation
after another Of this sort of sweetness
and light unrolled itself. Lawrence look
el at the beauty with wider and wider
eyes. and ut last escaped, With the cook
from the Disseminating vision. An hour
after the time, dinner was served, and
Miss Furlong, rather red and bloWzv,
but transformed from cooks linen to
| ilne-lady @allzes, was given the place Of
honor.
Ii the guests at that banquet could but
taste the salmon, it was not because they
had been stated with the soup; for al
| though every body said it was dcliciousy
seasoned, and nobody said it was burned,
| yet when Lawrence in his chivalry would
have taken 4 second plate, it appeared
there had not been quite enough 10 20
rouhd. There was enough of the chick
ems though, tor the fire had dealt so
lightly With them through their coats of
bastlng that the company could not deal
with them ut all. When the sweet :
breads appeared as firm as the best of
calf-skin, Cousin Fanny's patience de
parted. IL thought you nigh have had
Il talent for cooking" she cried
'-Why, what's the matter Z" inquired
Flora, pacidly. Isn't it Il good dinner
There's plenty more to come"
.'Good gracious More ;"
And then the birds, so like burned
chips that they could not be told from the
toast Oh which they lay, came on. and
Went off as they came.
"a swallows flight" whispered Kate.
''Thty dip their wings i'll tears and skim
away"
And thereat there appeared SO eNtraor-
dlnaly a dessert, the sponge cake of
which 50 exactly rescmbled boiled han-
mel. as Cousin Fannie canddly remarked,
that NcNcd in soul, the worthy dame de
claled- II must say wicked waste makes
Wotul want"
~ don't know what You mcan.' said
Flora II call it an excellent dinner.
There was soup. and fish, and roast, and
| entrees, checking them Oft on her fingers.
''Oh. there. there" said cousin Fan
ny, whose cue was to let the girl display
all her tine qualities, us she aiterWard
said.
"a great deal more of a dinner,'' re
tIJrn4I Nlpr.,
ut home. I'll be bound" And as Mrs.
llounslow rose, Miss Fullong swept by
the astonished Lawrence, murmuring as
she tosssd her head, Il thought that
would fetch her"
Slang from those perfect lips Such a
temper behind that perfect beauty. Such
incapacity in those lovely hands, Such
stupidity in that lovely head. Lawrence
walked five miles in the pouring rain, and
| came home with his incipicnt passion
quite thoroughly wet down
Somehow after that dinner things
seemed to ilag. Miss Furlong had not
quite recovered her temper, and there
Was 10 spirit in the others. In the eve
ming Lawrence did not seem to remcm-
Der that there was il conservatory. Mrs.
liounslow and Cousin Fannie kept eN-
changing glanccs: the old witches were
sure that the philtcr had worked, but
they hardly dared to breathe. But, in
reality, to Louise Mandell nothing flag
ged. Whether because she was in the
house with LaWrence; because now and
then he spoke with her, listened when
she sang, took her book and read some
pages; because Lawrence seemed now to
look over Miss Furlong, through her, any
where but at her; or because her own
nature was SO Joyous, and she couldn't
help it she was gayer than a lark, and
filled the house with sunshine. at has
been week in paradise" said she
"To compare Il country house in an
eastcrly gale to palAdise.' said Miss
| Furlong.
at would depend upon whether You
| We're in it, Miss Louise" said Lawrence
And then Louise colored higher and
| higher, and grew rcdder than a rose.
and Lawrence wondered why he had
never thought that little girl Il beauty
before.
The sun came out on Sunday morning,
just as the muSic-boN ran down in the
middle Of ''Loyes Young Dream" and
Miss Furlong announced that she was
about to leave for home. OF course there
was all polite objection, and in the midst
Of it the surprise Of q furry of shippers
and bushes on that beautiful mask of
hers oh" she said, in an aside to
Kate Farley When-Whcn oh, really
when Il persons going to be married,
there is no time to lose; and Mr. Viii
| der"
Mrs Hounslow sprang from the seat
which she had just taken, and almost
upset the brimming urn in her haste to
emphasize the fact by embraces and con-
gratulations 81 am SO glad for you
It's such Il splendid marriage . she
cried; and unable to hinder it another
moment, after all her anxiety, she burst
| into flood of tears, which Miss Furlong
attributed to interest in herself, but which
were really due to the glance she had OF
Lawrence coming in from the garden with
Louise, and Of Louise wearing at her
breast the white rose she had given
Lawrence herself a half hour since as he
waited for breakfast.