The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-01
And with deft fingers she loosened the

white fibre from the shell in a manner
that made Mr.. Selwyn cry 'bravow
'sAnd now, Pattie, l will show you
where things are, and leave you to get ur
as nice lunch as you can, for at 2:3C
O'Clock we are expecting my husbands
cousin from Philadelphia. I want every.
thing in perfect order"
81 will finish that salad" said Tom,
who had secretly been watching the pret
ty face and trim figure Of the new domes.
tic; "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 I am not handy sort of g
fellow around the kitchen"
Kate shook her head surreptiously al
Tom behind the screen, but he resolutely
affected not to perceive the warning ges-
ture.
Half an hour afterward he came to the
dining-room, where Mrs. Meredith was
arranging her best lilac and gold china.
"Kate she's jewel; gem of the first
water. Depend upon it she Las not al
ways worked in kitchen. I quoted
Shakespeare, apropos of something OF
other, and she recognized the grand old
words at once, e,-her eyes frightened, and
you should have seen the color come in
to her checks" F"
"Quoted Shakespeare to q common
kitchen girl.'' cried Mrs. Meredith in
amaZement.
"But I told you she is not common
kitchen girl"
81 don't believe in high life below
stairs" said his sister, disdainfully.
The lunch came up at $50 in perfect
order, but no cousin from Philadelphia
arrived, no hack rolled up to the door,
Glow provoking" said Kate. ''Miss
Meredith must have missed some con-
Meeting train. Charlie will be so vexed.
But, however, [ do not so much mind
company coming in at any time, now that
l have got an excellent girl"
The dinner of delicately roasted quail
and rabbit fricasse, with desert of Gus
tard and jelly, was duly served at pre-
cisely 7 o'clock, at which hour Mr.. Mere
dith pounced in, hot and flushed with
the haste he had made.
"Where is she?"
"Where is who?" cried Kate.
"My cousin from Philadelphia
"Not comet"
ssNo."
Mr. Meredith drew sigh of mingled
relief and regret.
"Then, after all, it is not so unlucky,"
said he.
"What is not so very unlucky? My dear
Charles. you are expressing yourself al
in riddle"
"That I forgot all about the oysters
and zephyr wool, and the servant girl. :"
''Forgot?"
''Yes-forgotl Isn't that plain Eng
lsh?"
But you did not forget" remonstrat-
ed Mrs. Meredith. ''You sent her. She
is here now in the Kitchen
Mir. Meredith started. ''I have sent
no one. Never thought of the girl from
that moment to this. 1 give you my
word and honor"
"Then who did send her?" calculated
his wife, slowly.
Ring 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 spoons?"
As he spoke he jerlled the bell-cord
with some energy. In minute or SO the
new girl came up cIlrtseying.
Mr.. Meredith uttered an exclamation
of amazement.
"Why, it is Martha Meredith" shout.
ed he. 'It is my cousin from Philadel-
phia."
And he clasped her in his arms with a
shower of kisses which made honest
Toms hair stand on end.
Il wish she was my cousin from Phila-
delphia," he muttered i'll stage whisper
aside. Kate turned as scarlet as pep
per-pod.
ooh, good gracious" she cried, clasp
ing her little hands nervously, "and I
took her for a cook"
"And l am a cook when occasion re-
quires, cousin Kate, said pretty Martha
Meredith, making her peace with kiss.
Don't be vexed at ne for humoring the
joke; indeed, I could not help it. And
l Will show you how to make meringues,
glaces and the Neapolitan tomorrow.
And they all sat happily down together
to the roast ouails and fricasseed rabbits,
and Kate and Martha went to the inter
national bureau on the morrow, and es,
tabIished a MiIesian danseI in the round
ings, and Tom. leaning over his sisters
shoulder, whispered:
Didn't 1 tell you she was a gem of
the first water?"
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