The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1889-01-12

10 Be otherwise. That was my expcr-
fence the other night.
She certainly had good cause TO be
cross We had been cursed with an
incompetent and insolent cook. We
stood til the incompetence aud she
the insolence-as long as possible, or
rather until another cook had been en-
gagged. and the day before. taking adj
vantage Of fragrant piece Of black
talk, the cook had been discharged on
the spot.
That was bad enough. 10 be sure.
and quite sufficient 70 put any house
keeper in bad temper; but 10 make
il worse the new cook that had been
engaged didn't slow up. When l left
the house, or rather the fiat, that
morning, Mollie was in an irreconcila-
BILE state Of despair. Life had lost Its
charm.
So when on my return in the even
ing not only found her good-natured
but beamingly joyous. promptly
caught the infection and felt as IL !
had struck winner" myself.
What is IL. MollieP" | asked. HAS
the new cook Gomez"
mo. she hasn't; the mean old
thIngw
What thenP"
ooh, I've got the best joke 20 tell
yonl You'll say its the funniest thing
YOU ever heard"
SEQ ahead and tell IT, can stand
pretty funny jokes"
''Well, come in TO dinner first; it's all
ready. You'll laugh when / tell you.
You see I've put bottle OF that new
wine on the table tonight. You can't
guess where / got t9'
On the table was long, slim bottle
Of sauterne. one of a ease OF very fine
wine that n friend had sent me n short
time before and that | priced highly.
mo. don't know. unless you got II
out of the box
Il didn't. got 1t out Of Snsan's
bag. (Susan was the name of the
wicked cook, who had gomez
You see, this morning / took her
bag out in the hall TO be all ready for
the expressman when he came. When
| put il down something in it made
suspicious sound. just felt 10 see
what it was, and inside was a hottie
shaped exactly like those WINE bottles.
/ counted them and found that there
was one missing. Well. just wasn't
| going TO let her carry that wine off
right under my face and eyes, and SO
| ~
TOOK IL out. But how did you I'M
| lock the bagPn
IL didn't unlock il. At one end the
seam had been ripped and sewed up
again overhanded | shipped il open
with the scissors and pulled this bottle
| OF wine out. And then what DO YOU
think did?'
put IL on the table"
.Yes, but did something else. too.
] took an empty bottle, Tiled IL with
water, corked IL mp aud put the tinfoil
cap over IL that had carefully cut off
another bottle. Then wrapped IL up
ia the paper. showed IL IN the bag. and
sewed up the seam Just IS IL was be-
fore. Now, isn't that pretty good
iokeP What do you suppose she will
think when she drinks itp'
Perhaps that IL has ben cursed be-
cause she stole IT,"
I'D just like 10 see he- face when
she tastes itp Won't IL 10 fun? She
won't know the difTerencetll then, /
fixed il so carefully. Shell think it's
| bCtH DtWiAtUtV Sult. VILE QOn I
care; it serves her right the saucy
thing"
1t did seem like prett, good way
of getting square with Ssnn. 1 felt
quite proud of Molie's achievements,
for set great store by tie sauternc,
and it was with good dial of salts
faction that poured outa glass for
each.
j slipped il.
Aud came pretty near wearing
biz, fat healthy oath. Something was
wrong. either with my plte or the
wine | said nothing, nt slipped
again, and then set my glas down for
good. Outside / was sesnity and
smiles; inside was seethg volcano
of wrath.
: But bided my time tin ollie took
drink of her wine. She Dked at il
with queer expression, Id II up
and shifted mt II. smackeo her lips
and then took another hg, slow
drink.
When she put her glass wn her
face had grown suddenly rednd there
was anything but a joyous TX IN her
eyes.
lis there anything the matr with
the wine. dearP" i asked.
: "You know there is. Whado you
I. try 20 be go smart and sarcdc forP
]. You have known ali about itbr five
!, minutes and just sat there Without
!. saying word, and let me iinout for
q myself
:. ''Find out whatp"
THAT put back the wronsottle.n
And now for three days thocyous-
= ness that the awfully funny Ike at