Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-29

bore rather bewildered express
sion..
What is your name q she asked
patroniaingly.
My namea Oh, its ssMartha, ,
replied the stranger, in confus
ion.
Martha p critically repeated
Mrs. Meredith. What an usiy
name! | think /, shall call YOU
Pattie. Have you good refer
ences g.
Ill believe so.' q.
[ think sad Mrs. Meredith,
surveying her from top to toe,s'
you are a little over-dressed tor
your situation; ; but of course you
have palmer clothes when 1t
comes g
The stranger lifted pair of blue
eyes to the tall form girdled around
with a towel, who was vigorously
wrestling with the claws of a stu
pendous lobster at the table be-
yond.
DO you keep man cook g ask
ed the girl.
Mrs. Meredith drew herself mp.
Certainly not. This is my broth
er, Mr.. Selwyn, who is kindly as>
sistiEg me to make salad
But he is not doing it right. He
will never get the meat out of the
shell in that way. Iet me show
yon, Mr.. Selwya.''
And with deft fingers she loos-
ened the white fibre from the she'll
in manner that made Mr.. Selwyn
cry 'bravop
And now, Pattie. I will show
you where things are, and leave
you to get up as nice a lunch as
you can, for at 2;3O o'clock we are
expecting my husbands cousin
from Philadelphia. want everything
in perfect order
I will. finish that salad,' said
Tom, who had secretly been watch
ing the pretty face and trim fig
ure of the new domestic; now that
| have commenced it. But you
need not look perturbed, Pa.tie, if
that is your name. l will be care
ful not to get in your wa. And
you ask my sister if I am. not q
h indy sort Of a fellow around the
Kitchen
Kate shook her head surrcpti-
tiously at Tom behind the screen,
but he resolutely affected not to
perceive warning the gesture.
Half an hour later he came to
the dining-room, where Mrs. Mer
edith was arranging her best hiac
and gold china
Kate, she's jewel; gem of
the first. Depend upon it. she has
not always worked in the kitchen.
quoted Shakespeare, apropos of
something or other, and she recog-
tnized the grand old words at once,
her eyes frightened, and you should
have seen the color come into her
cheeks
sQuoted Shakespeare to COM
| mon Kitchen girl ? cried Mrs. Mer'
edith in amaZement.
But told you she is not com
mon kitchen girl
I don't believe in high life be-
low stairs, said his sister disdain
fully.
The lunch came up at $50 in
perfect order, but no cousin, from
Philadelphia arrived, no hack roll
ed up to the door.
sHow provoking said Kate
+ Miss Meredith must have missed
some connecting train. Charli,
will be so vexed. But, however,
do not so much mind compan!
coming in at any time, now that
have got an excellent girl
/. The dinner, of delicately roasted
quail and rabbit fricasse, with /
dessert Of cnstard and jelly, wa
Edufy served at precisely Z O'CLOCK
: at which hour Mr.. Meredith poun.
ced in, hot and flushed with til
haste he had made.
Where is she g
! sWhere is who 2 cried Kate.
sMy cousin from Philadelphia
Not come
sNoa'
l Mr.. Meredith drew sigh
mingled relief and regret.
! Then, after all, it is not so un
lucky said he.
? What is not so very unlucky
t Ny dear Charles, you are expires
: ing yourself altogether in a rio
( die
. THAT I forgot all about the oy
: ters and the zephyr wool, and tt
servant glrl.'
i Forgot 2
e 'Yes-forgot! Isn't that pla
: English 2
: but you did rot forget reno
strated Mrs. sMeredith. You Sc
le her. She is here now in the kite
u en-
N Mr.. Meredith started, i ha
l sent no one. Never thought of t
If girl from that moment to this.