Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-03

and she'll commence all her questions
with sEsker,' and then stick like the young
man at the Veneerings' party. I shan't
see her, that's settled. Write to Mrs.
FNPper, (mellifuous appellafonD and
say we are going on a visit, and we don't
know when we will return; or, butter, 20
to town, see Mrs F., and explain openly
that | will never marry Frenchifed
wax doll, but that want wife who
knows how to keep house in order, can
cook, preserve, bake, darn, sew, dust,
sweep, and, as the advertisements say,
make herself generally useful. In short,
woman like my respectable 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. Glen
mems and she answered gaily, 'Well, Dick,
everything is for the best. Ifyou won't
marry her, you won't, so I'll do as YOU
say
After Breakfast she made hurried
toilet, and took the first train to the CITY.
Toward evening she returned with as
pretty little piece of feminity as Dick
had ever seen withal. The dainty, curly
haired little woman straightway went to
the kitchen, and then Mrs. Clemmens in
formed her son that she had made mat
tiers all right with Mrs. Flipper. and tina
the pretty conglomeration Of muslin, curlt
and pink and white. was new cooks
she had gagged.
"Ahm cries the intelligent reader, s:you
can't deceive US; the pink and white lit
tie cook is Kitty Flippcr, and the three
women have planned to catch Dick una
wares And the intelligent readers are
! correct, but we vow and declare that we
never had any intention Of shrouding the
dear girl III mystery and practicing de-
ception. If we had-but this is egotism,
and we digress. With the advent of the
new cook came luxuries such as had new
| er been seen on the Clemmens table be-
fore. The cuisine Gas Dicks Kitty Flip
per might say was perfect. Richards
| stockings were mended so neatly that an
old pair OF socks were better than new.
His shirts, too, were washed and ironed
SO perfectly that their whiteness and gloss
caused envy in the bosoms of all his male
friends.
But another change had been effected
by the cook. The pink -and-white young
lady, whom the hottest fires never made
red and white, was accustomed to take a
seat in the sitting room in the evening
and attend to her sewing-the kitchen
being locked up-to save gas, Mrs. G..
said, and Dick remained home at nights,
something unusual for him.
In fact, Dick was in love with the
cook, ana he found hundred excuses a
day to go to the kitchen and have a word
or two with the curly headed little wo-
man.
At first she was very cold to him, but
gradually, she saw his respect increase
with his love, the ice Of her reserve began
to melt under the warmth of his passion,
and the young man was correspendingly
happy.
Perhaps there were no conferences,
with comparing of notes, between the
cook and the mistress when our gentle
man took his afternoon walk! 0 no-of
course not-why should there be?
At length Dick found himself so entan-
gled in the net of love that nothing but
marriage would free him, and so he enter
ed the kitchen one afternoon, and with
preamble, proposed marriage.
And mere is where we triumph over
the intelligent reader, who says: II knew
how it would be-she accepted him, they
were married: the fraua was exposed and
they lived happily evermore."
Wrong, oh, intelligent reader!
"WiN you marry me?" said he.
"No, will not" she answered.
"Why?"
"I'm cook and you're Ia gentleman. .
"You're lady as we'll as a cook, and fit
to be gentleman's wife,
II dare say am, but don't want to
be a cook all my life.'
''Then marry me''
SAnd work to support you?"
"Why, my dear, I'm rich!"
''You mean your mother is
Swell, she would deny me nothing
81 don't know about that You don't
know how she'd act if you married her
cook. Besides, I've no fancy for man
who can't support himself and wife with
out help from his mother. I understand
you, Dick, and I admit that love YOU ,
0My darling" he cried, embracing
her.
"There, now, stop. You wouldn't mar
ry wax doll of a girl who couldn't keep
a house in order, cook, carve preserve
darn, mend, sew, dust and sweep, I've
heard you say So"
"That is true" ruefully remarked
Dick.
swell, will not marry man who
can not support me by his own labor. I
don't want a club house swell or lardy-
tardy man of society for husband: 1
want real man, a hard listed workman
who can knock down a giant if he insults
me. A good, honest, son of toll, one
whom I'll be proud to point out as my
husband and on whose shoulder / can
lean my head and, confident of his strong
love, know no fear in the world.'
What do you want me to do my dar-
ling?"
Learn trade, be man, an independ-
cnt man. When you have earned enough
money to Guy set of furniture and can
show me that you are able to support me,
I'll say Dick, my boy, I'm yours"
"I'll do it, cried Dick.
Next day, without word ofopposition
from his mother, which he thought rather
strange, he left home, went to the city,
and made arrangements with friend Of
l.