Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-09-08

Ahd hOhs dllles Il VIII SuOW you
where things are, and leave you to get
up as nice lunch as you can, for at
2:30 o'clock we are expecting my hus-
bands cousin from Philadelphia. l
want everything in perfect order"
81 will finish that salad" said Tom,
who had secretly been watching the
pretty face and trim figure of the new
domestic, 'now that have commenced
it. But you need not look perturbed,
Pattie, If that is your name. will be
careful not TO get in your way. And
you ask my sister if L am not handy
sort of fellow around the kitchen"
Kate shook her head surreptitiously
at Tom behind the screen, but he reso.
lutely affected not to perceive the warn
ing gesture.
Half an hour afterwaTd he came to
the dining room, where Mrs. Meredith
was arranging her best lilac and gold
china.
kate, she's jewel; a gem of the
first water. Depend upon it she has
not always worked in q kitchen.
quoted Shakespeare, apropos of some.
thing or other, and she recognized the
grand old words ut once-her eyes
frightened, and you should have seen
the color come into her cheeks"
Quoted Shakespeare to common
kitchen girlp cried Mrs. Meredith in
amaZement.
''But | told you she is not "A common
kitchen girl"
81 do not believe in high life below
stairs" said his sister, disdainfully.
The elunch came up at 2:30 in perfect
order, but no cousin from Philadel-
phia arrived; no hack rolled up to the
door.
GLOW provoking" said Kate. "Mlss
Meredith must have missed some con-
meeting train. Charley will be SO
vexed. But, however, do not so much
mind company coming at any time,
now that | have got an excellent
girl"
The dinner of delicately roasted quail
and rabbit fricassee, with a desert of
custard and jelly, was duly served at
precisely seven o'clock, at which hour
Mr.. Meredith pOunced in, hot and
flushed with the haste he had made.
"Wherc is shep'
"Where is whOp" cried Kate.
my cousin from Philadelphia"
"NOt come"
"No."
Mr.. Meredith drew sigh of mingled
relief and regret.
"Then, after all, it is not so very un.
lucky. said hc.
"What is not so very unlucky. My
dear Charles, you are expressing your
self altogether i'm riddle"
"That forgot all about the oysters
I'm the zephyr wool, and the servant
girl"
Forgot"
Yes, forgot Isn't that plain Eng.
lishY"
but you did not forget" remon-
strated Mrs. Meredith. you sent her.
She is here now in the Kitchen"
Mr.. Meredith started. 81 have sent
no one. Never thought of the girl
from that moment TO this. / give YOU
my word and honor"
"Then who did send herr" calculated
his wife slowly.
"Iiing the bell. Let us have her up
here. Who knows but she is one of
those confidence women, with an eye
to the forks and spOonsY'
AS he spoke hc jcrked the bell cord
with some energy. In minute or so
the new girl came up curtseying.
Mr.. Meredith uttered an exclamation
of amaZement.
"Why, it is Martha Meredith
shouted he. at is my cousin from
Philadelphia"
And he clasped her in his arms with
a shower OF kisses that made honest
Toms hair stand on end.
IL wish YOU was my cousin from
Philadelphia" he uttered in a stage
whisper aside. Kate turned as scarlet
as pepper pod.
"Oh, good graciousw she cried, clasp
ing her little hands nervously, and 1
took her for a cook"
"And am a cook when occasion re-
quires, Cousin Kate" said pretty
Martha Meredith, making her peace
with kiss. "Don't be vexed at me for
humoring the joke; indeed 1 could not
help it. And will show you how to
make meringues, glaces, and the Nea-
politan tomorrow"
And they ali sat happily down to-
gether to the roast quails and fricasseed
rabbits. And Kate and Martha went
to the international bureau on the NOR
row, established n Milesian damsel in
the premises, and Tom, leaning over
his sisters shoulder, whispered:
"Didn't tell you she was a gem of
the first water?"