The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-23


I most olorless fuid, Il slice Of lemon,
E sprig of parsley and several cloves noaHl
!, in each plate, and il tasted Ike
. !, well salted. My esolntIesl vas taken
i aninatant made al, ~ mind that
would eat the soup, and did ii
{ never attempted the second spoollf fnl
hal. IL this. ny dear = :askee
, great Cheerful Pretend al to 81
] ttireIy 1T my ease, as the next course d
peared Emily smiled sWeetIsf as she ii
j sWered hat is Russian fsfa Iiit, pare
i after thesame recipe as used in the En-
|. peror's kitchen.
Let l1s see, then whether our TASTE
3;agree with the Emp said, face
iottsly turning to } lack, but he dian't seel
1 isposedto talk much, 4 fallciea
Truth eompels me. to say that affer Ii
i 8Emost careful discussion off that fish pie,
did not discover any fish about it. foun,
i Ian onion slice of hard boiled egg ON
/ more parsley and fnally II d scrap of meat
but that was all. was getting nerceptibl..
nervous now. Whel1 a new course reIieVe9
] me-. s ere comes something, at last,
said to myself, as i dish 81 chop each viii
/ |a 8 fringed white paper wrap ped daintiI.y
about the bone, and accom- panied by to1na
to sauce, made its ppearaI1ce Il droop
| Ing spirits revived. e Chops are always
Ichops, ,s' & reflected. las! / Iidn t know
Professor ,Stoopann. So
The momentI attacked my chop, 4 fount
tia falIaey. twas comp of ofsomething
{ could not tell what, carefully shaped
and then tied fast to nothing more or less
than a tooth brush hsndle, bes attiiffnlly
scraped and poll shed
his Il as too much. / looked at J aek.
saw the expression Of disnay on his face.
I glanced across at Emily, serenely uncon-
scious ofmy feelings; and yielding 70 ali
uncomfortable impulse, I ordered the boy
in a voice Of thunder, to remove the dish.
Z As to he:restof that dinner, / can only
say it was worthy of the beginning. Even
what appeared to be a magnificent tart or
pudding collapsed like a soap bubble a.the
first touch Of the spoon, and left nothing
but a little sweetened froth behind, too
scanty to be divided. IF
! was not at all surprised when Jack
pleaded an engagement, and hastened
away without waiting to smoke a cigar
with me. He was going to dine, [ knew.
Having seen him down stairs, I returned
to my wife, who was both astonished and
indignant at my somewhat warmly ex-
pressed opinions about the dinner.
ssThe soup!" she exclaimed; you didn't
like the soup? Why it's one Of Professor
own inventions: He taught lis
to make it of the water in which the potas
toes have been boiled, and it is very nonr-=
ishing as well as economical. The Profes-
sor has lived on it for years.
And the fish-pie, !" interrupted, what
was that made Of? for there was no fish
there"
Emily looked disappointed. .sWhy how
lid you find that out 80 soon Z" she asked,
for thought the deception was perfect.
Professor Stoopanli said that no one ever
could tell the difference. That's wonder /
'ul. But once you've guessed SO much, |
Ill tell you the rest. The fish-pie was
entirely of some scraps of cold roast beef, |
md is even more economical than the /
'oup.'' 4
And how about the chops? Can you
ell me, my dear, what they were made Of, |
II why you place such q palatable joke on
he tableYo was my next question.
Butjust here Emily burst into tears. II
hink you 're==to too-erilel she sobbed. /
Z After I d taken such pains-and burned
ny face and my po--or fingers-and tried !
ii the Professors best dishes-just to ba I
colded-it's Is too much |!
90 But, Emily, DOM you see--'' began.
;he interrupted nc. s.f
II cut an these handles off of our old i
-
brushes, polished them all myself and T 4
With sa1dpaper, and tied them on, and !
verything, and them #you find fault. Il It's is /
Inel! Da-nn-anis s.
'sstill, my dear, it is q pity that you had
son1e other occasion for that t
Iisp1ay Of fingenuity, 2 said { not yet Van-iii=
uislled. You must have noticed that {
TacK ate nothing.
Oh, Charles you are too tlnkind Didn't.
e praise that puff pudding and wasn't il
eally lovely and all made out Of egg aid T
wo spoonfuls Of sugar! Wasn't that Il
lccess, + should like to know But yor
re a monster Of ingratitude. oo-oo-oe ".
Letsne draw a veil over this scene.
uffiee it that peace vas finally restored BY
compromise. I agreed to say no more
bout the dinner, and Emily pledged her
elf to abandon Professor opann's meth
DIS forever.