Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-08-06

she remarked.
eyes," 1 replied, "and you, /
suppose, are the cook"
"My name is De Planners, ma am.
Mrs. De Planners. am a wildly"
was the impressive reply.
''What is your given nameT' | in
quired carelessly, to all appearances
untouched by the intended reproof.
The woman's face was aflame.
'sMy name was Margaret" she
said !; "but if l may make so bold, l
should like to inquire what concern
it is of anybody's, ma'am?"
81 am in the habit of calling my
servants by their first names," l an
swered cody. "Have you your list
made out, Margaret?"
.sMe list?- list? What do you
name by me list? Sure an if it is the
things l made for the day, Henry
went for them Immediately after
breakfast"
"And what is for dinner, Margar-
et?"
"Bless my soul, and the heart of
me mistress dear, who has gone away
off to Californy, and who would niver
have asked me such a question if we
lived together for twenty years !!
and now the cooks tones exceeding
ly lachrymose. ''It's always just
what you plase, dear Mrs. De Flam-
mers: YOU do cook so beautiful that
there's nothing left to ask for"
"You haven't answered my ques-
ton, Margaret.
"What i would like TO know is,
what are we going to have for din
ner?"
"It'll be the courses that we gen.
orally have on Thursday, with a new
entry of pigeons-er-hearts, which
l thought as how it might be pleas
ing to the sick lady, was the reply in
a somewhat Modified tone.
"And that reminds me-" ] remark
ed, with an indifference which | was
far from feeling, "that | shall be
down in about half an hour to make
some soup for Mrs. Taylor"
1.-THE kitchen is me own vine and
fig-tree, ma am, and none of my mis-
tresses is ever allowed to sile their
fingers there" Mrs. De Planners
replied. ''The kitchen is no place
for lady. Surely We ought to un-
derstand that"
"There is nothing more to say al
present." l remarked, and with q
wave of my hand toward the door
by which this behemoth of flesh and
impertinence had entered, / left the
library.
think / can say that the expert
ence of the next 60 minutes was the
crowning experience of my life.
had seen some dirt and heard oi
more, but this kitchen was a den ot
iniquity. How any decently served
and favored food could come from
this filthy hole was a mystery. The
most expensive china and the nices
of porcelain pots and cooking uten'
sils covered the tables, the sink anC
the range. all scorched and gummeC
with the different accumulations oi
ages. The cooks assistant sat il
the front basement-the servants
sitting accommodating a novel. "A
couple of dozen squads, nicely pick
ed, Law upon one end of the table
and Mrs. De Planners was beating
some eggs at the other end. There
was not a single vessel in the bounti
fully provided kitchen that was in
readiness for my use. The presiding
deity appeared not to be aware Of
my existence. Mary came at my
bidding, and after tedious scrapine
and securing, saucepan was made
passably clean; just as had got my
soup we'll under way a wagon-loaC
of new pots and kettles arrived.
"You see, Miss" Mary explained
as they were brought in and deposit
ed anywhere where room could b'
made for them, "we was just goinG
to throw these things away; they
was so old, you see"
s'Who ordered these articles?"
asked of the boy.
"Mr. Guernsey's Henry, ma'am'
was the reply.
/ felt that moment like the com
pound, concentrated essence of dyn
ami,e. / conld have blown up mos
anything.
"Well," / said, "you will please
take these things back to the store
and say that nothing is to be deliver
ed at this house unless ordered by
Miss Cornell, who is manager, mis-
tress and housekeeper in the absenc'
of Mr.. and Mrs. Guernsey"
ssThem things is going to stay,
said the 'widdy," her arms akimbo
her face blazing. 81 won't cook il
nasty pots for nobody. I've beer
used to ladies born and bred, anC
not scullings, for mistresses. You'll
leave them pots, Bobby, just where
they be-"
But ''Bobby" had caught the fire Of
my eye, and knew better. Assisted
by Mary he made off, the tin and iron
beating out march that was very
grateful to my boiling blood.
1t took some strength of nerve tc
oversee the cleaning Of this kitchen
and the nroDer cleansing of all these