Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-16

bewildercd expression.
"What's your name?" she asked patro-
nizingly.
'sMy name? Oh, it's Martha" answered
| the girl, in some confusion. .....
"Martha?" critically repeated Mrs.
| Meredith. "What an ugly name. 7
think shall call yon Patty. Have YOU
| references?"
"I-I believe so.
II Think said Mrs. Meredith, survey
ing her from top to foe, "That you are
| little over-dressed for your station, Patty;
but OF course you have some palmer
clothes IN your trunk when it comes?"
The stranger lifted pair Of gray blue
eyes to the. tall form, girded around with
towel, who was vigorously wrestling
with the claws Of stupendous lobster
at the table beyond.
"Do you keep a man cook, ma'am?"
said she.
Mrs. Meredith drew herself up. Ger
talnly not" said she. "This is nv broth
er, Mr.. Selwyn, wEo is kindly assisting
me to make salad"
s'But he is not doing it right" said
the new girl. "He'll never get the meat
out of the shell in that way. Let me
show you, Mr.. Selwyn."
And with deft fingers she ioosened
the luscious white fiber from the scarlet
shell in manner that made Mr.. Sclwyn
cry "Bravo!'
"And now, Patty said Mrs Meredith,
II 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 Chi
cago, and I want everything in perfect
order"
"I'll 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 get in
your way. And you can ask my sister
if I'm not handy sort Of fellow around
the Kitchen"
Kitty shook her head surreptitiously
at Tom behind the screen. Tom rcsclute-
ly affected not to perceive the warning
gesture.
Half an hour afterward he came up to
the dining room, where Mis-. Meredith
was arranging her best lilac and gold
china.
'Kitty," said he, ''shes d jewel A gem
of the first water! Depend upon it she's
not always worked in the kitchen, I
quoted Shakespeare apropos OF some
thing or other. I don't remember what,
and she recognized the grand old words
at once-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, dis;1ainfully.
The lunch came up at half-past two in
perfect order, but no cousin from Chica-
go ar11ved-no depot-hack rolled up to
tie door,
elbow provoking!" said Kitty. ''1Iiss
Meredith must have missed some essen
tai connecting train. Charley will be
SO vexed? But, however, l don't so much
mind company coming in at any time
now that have such an excellent grip
} The dinner Of dainty roasted qualls
and rabbit, tricassee, with a dessert Of
custard and jelly, was duly served at pre-
c1sely seven, at which hour MIR. Meredith
bounced in. hot and flushed With the
| haste he had made.
"Where is she?" cried he,
"Where is who?'' said Kitty.
"lIy cousin from Chicago!"
"Oh!" said Kitty, ''she hasn't come"
"Not Gomez"
s'No."
| Mr.. Meredith drew long sigh of min
gled regret and relief.
"Then, after all, It's not so unlucky."
said he.
"What's not SO unlucky!" petulantly
demanded his wife. 'My dear Charles,
you are expressing yourself altogether in
riddles:
''That forgot all about the oysters,
and the zepher wool and the servant
girl"
"Forgot?''
"Yes-torgot Isn't that plain Eng
fish enough?'
"But you did not forget, you sent her.
She is here now, in the kitchen"
Mr.. Meredith stared. give sent no
one" said he "Never thought of the
girl from that moment to this. I give
you my word of honor!'
"Then, who did send herr" slowly
calculated Kitty.
;'Ring the bell!'' 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 spoonsE
| 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.. Mere
dlth uttered an exclamation of amaze
ment.
"Why, it's Martha Meredith!'' shouted
he. ''It's my cousin from Chicago
And he clasped her in his arms, with
q shower Of kisses that made honest
Toms hair stand on end.
II wish she was my cousin from CHI
cago," uttered he, N stage aside.
Kitty turned as scarlet as a pepper
pod. ......
"Oh, good gracious!' she cried, clasp
ing her hands nervously, "and took her
for the cook!'
''And l am cook-when occasion re-
quires, Cousin Kitty said pretty Martha
Meredith, making her peace with kiss.
Don't be vexed with me for humorine
the joke-indeed, could not help it.
And I'll show you how to make these
meTinguees glaces and the Neapolitan
creams Tomorrow"
And they all sat happily down to the
roast quail and fricasseed rabbits-and
Kitty and Martha went together to the
intelligence bureau on the morrow and
established damse in the kitchen. who
was not at all incongruous to her sur
roundings!
And Tom leaning over his sisters
shoulder whispered, waggishly:
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