The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-12

nonnced his Intention of assisting his
young hostess In tie kitchen.
Hstty smotLsTed Whatever doubts
Ihe may hsss bad and set him % work.
End, minus his coat, and with "a i'm.
tnense towel fastened about him, md
tquans cap, manufactured by himself
rom . pepper bag. covering The wayy
light hsir. be looked another Uds 81
ooyer come 10 life,
The morning wore away. and even-
Ing came The guests wore beginning
10 NIL the great kitchen Hefty was
moving in her quiet way from one part
OF the house to another, while At the
lire, under the supervision OF the new
conner. q noble joint of beef was turn
ing into . lovely golden brown, and in
a great saucepan . pudding Of huge di-
mansions was approaching perfection.
Hetty made her appearance in the
Kitchen presently. watching the mans
deft movements as he dished the Joint.
II should be sorry to have you 60
AWAY" she said. II feel as II I had
been acquainted with you for ever SO
long"
Thank you for that" he said. II
think 1t Is not improbable that we may
meet again"
In twenty minutes tho room was fillsd
with . noisy. hearty. jovial company,
whom Heiiy served In her own pecu-
liarly qui and graceful fashion.
Presen . bluf old farmer burst
put in goss. " way:
I've hesrd g how that Squire Gar
tone 10 expecting his son home every
lay. He's been gone nigh six year now
vent to Australia Great fellow be
lsed to be for fun-always up to every
hing. Good-hearted though In the
main; and I daresay he'll be . comfort
o the squire"
At that moment there was o stir at
he lower end of the room.
The new cook In his paper cap had
inferred with q tray Of cider and pipes
ind tobacco, and stood quite motion
ess. looking up the long table with .
'ougish smile ON his handsome face.
..Bless my soulr' stammered the old
armer. who had been speaking. Mas
er Richard! you herer" hls-i1L 4ls
There was q universal shout OF wei
come as nearly all left their seats to
crowd about the young man. who, hav-
ng placed his tray upon the table,
TODD shaking hands with first one and
hen another. enjoying 1t all hugely.
Explanations followed. On reaching
southampton from Melbourne, he had
let out to walk the distance to his
Tome. sl "a .tA
Not being recognised by Farmer Bel
ion and his daughter-for they were
aew corners when he had left his home
Iix years before-he could not pass
EVER the opportunity to indulge in . lit
lie m~asquerading. which savored of bis
bid pranks.
Such q time as there wasi And pres
entity. Hetty said. wonderingly:
But where did you learn to cookpe
'aOh. in the bush. camping out,
yachting and roughing it about the
world generally. My chums used to
say hat If l ever lacked employment,
they would give me a first-class charae-
ter as Q chef de cuisine" 1910
There was q burst of merriment over
that, and then one of the young men
a toast, to which Mr.. Richard
Garstone responded easily and wittily,
and was cheered and laughed at.
When at last the merry company
he managed to whisper . re-
quest in Hetty's ear that he might DO
permitted to call upon her again; . re-
quest which, We may. conclude, was
granted, IS. one year later. the SIX
mouth Chronicle printed . notice of
their marriage.