The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-10-11

over-dressed for your station, Patty but of
course you have some palmer clothes in your
trunk when it comcs?"
The stranger lifted a pair Of grave blue
eyes to The tall form, girded around with a
towel, Who was vigorously wrestling with
the claws of stupcndous lobster at the
table beyond.
"Do you keep a man cool'J mo'am ?" said
she.
Mrs. Meredith drew herself up. "Cer-
tainly not" said she. "This is my brother,
Mr.. selwyn, who is kindly assisting me to
make a salad"
"But he is not doing it right" said the
new girl "He'll never get the meat out OF
the she'll in that way. Let me show you,
Mr.. selwyn."
And with def fingers she locsened the
luscious white fiber from the scarlet shell in
manner that made Mr.. selwyn cry
"Bravo /"
"And now, Fatty" said Mrs Meredith, l
will show you where the things are, and
leave you to get up a nice lunch as you can
for half past two o'clock we are expecting
my husbands cousin from Chicago, and /
want everything in perfect order"
an finish the salad, !" said Tom, VINO had
secretly been observing the pretty face and
trim figure of the new domestic, "now that
I've commenced it, But you needn't look so
perturbed, Patty, if that's your name. I'll
be careful not to geti your way. And you
can ask my sister if Im not handy sort Of
a fellow around the kitchen"
Kitty shook her head surrepttiously at
Tom behind the screen Tom resolutely af-
fected not to perceive the warning gesture.
Half an hour afterward he carhe up TO the
dining where Mrs. Meredith was ar.
ranging her best lilac-and gold china.
"Kitty,' said he, "she's jewell A gem
of the first water! Depend upon it she's not
always worked in the kitchen. | quoted
Shakespeare dpropos of come thing or other
don't remember what, and she recognized
the grand old words at ohce-her eyes
frightened, and you should have seen the
color come into her cheeks"
81 don't believe in high life below stairs"
said Mrs. Kitty, disdainfully.
The lunch came Up at half-past two in
perfect order, but no cousin from Chicago
arrived-no depot-hack rolled up to the
door.
"How provoking" said Kitty. "Miss
Meredith must have missed some essential
connecting train. Charley will be so vexed :?
But, however, don't so much mind COM
pany coming in at any time now that have
such an excellent grill"
The dinner of daintily roasted quails and
rabbit iricassee, with dessert Of custard
and jelly, was duly served at precisely sew
Ell, at which hour Mr.. Meredith bounced in,
hot AMI flushed with the haste he had
made.
'Wherc Is she % he cried.
"Where is who?" said Kitty.
"My cousin from Chicagop
"Oh |" said Kitty, "she hasn't come!"
"Not Gomez"
ono"
Mr.. Meredith drew long sigh of ming
led regret and relief.
"Then, after uli,' said he, "its not go un.
lucky?"
whats not so unlucky2" pctulantly de-
manded his wife. "My dear Charles, you
are expressing yourself altogether in rid
dies"
"That forgot all about the oysters and
the zephyr wool and the servant girl"
"Forgot?"
"Yes-forgot. Isn't that plain English
enough?"
"But you didn't forget demonstrated
Mrs. Meredith. "You sent her. She's here
now, in the kitchen"
Mr.. Meredith stared. "1've sent no one"
said he. "Never thought of the girl from
that moment to this, give you my word OF
honor"
"Then," slowly calculated Kitty, 4" who
did send her? ?"
"Ring the belll" said Mr.. Meredith.
"Let's have her up! Who knows but what
she's one of those regular women, with an
eye to the forks and spoons"
And as he spoke he ierked the bell cord
with some energy.
In minute or so the new girl came up
smiling and courtesying. Mr. Meredith ut
tered an exclamation of amazemeht.
"Why, it's Martha Meredith /" shouted
he. "It's my cousin from Chicago" g.
And he clasped her in his arms, with a
shower of kisses that made honest Toms
hair stand on end.
81 wish she was my cousin from Chca-
go" uttered he, in stage aside.
Kitty turned as scarlet as a pepper-pod'
"Oh, good gracousl" she cried, clasping
her little hands nervously, "and took hei
for the cook !"
"And / am a cooh-wheh occasion re-
quires, Cousin Kitty" said pretty Martha
Meredith, making her peace with kiss
"Don't be yeNed with Inc for huuioring the
joke-indeed, could not helpit. And III
show you how to make these n'eringue'
giaccs and the Neapoltan creams to-mor-
row !"
And they all sat happily down together
10 the roast quail and fricasseed rabbits
and Kitty and Martha went together TO the
intelligence bureau on the morrow and es'
tablished a datnsel in the kitchen, who wa:
net at all incongruous to her surroundings
And Tom, leaning over his sisters shoul-
der whispered, waggishly:
Didn't tell you she was a gem Of the
first water9"
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