Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-12-06
COOK AND COUNTESS.


Putty COwaiip. the only daughter O.
the Rev. Peter Cowslip. vicar Of Mud
dleswOrth-in-tlle Marsh. was a pretty
girk She was 50 pretty that she might
have actually aspired. though she had
not u penny in the world. to marrying q
fashionable curate. But though Patty
vVas PeiIniless she was ambitious. and
she had vol the slightest idea OF marry
ing the most fashionable OF curatcs.
Il Is not necessary to describe what
Putty was like. Rather above than
below the ordinary height" as novclists
say, rich chestnut hair with n CLINT of
gold In il, an excellent figure, small ears.
brown eyes with dark eyebrows and
lashes. pearly teeth set in the rosy frame
Of a pair Of lips archcd like Cupid's bow,
c ro1u3 and dirapied chin. d swanlikc
neck-baht we have all Once In our lives
met somebody aS charsai.ig as Miss Patty
Cowslip; but as a rule the experience
has not been repeated. We must not
forget, though. that Miss Patty's arms
and hands were her strong point: a queen
might have envied them, for they were
absolutely perfect.
Miss Patty C0wslip had had a decent
%education; but beyond tho annual sub
sidy Of ten pounds sterling q year which
the parish paid her for playing the organ
she had not u penny IN the world.
The Rev. Peter Cowslip was as poor as
q rat With considerable difficulty he
managed "a pay his tradesmen at the
years end; but the Rev. Peter dined
every day much better than many mill.
ionairPs. And why? Was il OH account
df the poor clergyman's wicked extrava.
gancss Not a bit Of it; the fact IL that
Patty was n splendid cook "a bDrn
Eanius fT tho uoblest of the arts.
Many modern young ladies, having
purchased q terra Gotta jar and rendered
it EidecuF with Gaubs of paint. compel
theH friends 20 fall down and Worship il,
and call it art; other girls torment us
with the piano, violin. banjo. harp, sack
but, psaltery. dulcimer and all kinds uf
music; other girls sing All these pep
pie work their wicked wills upon us with
impunity. We grin; We say, ''Oh. thank
you so much" hecauso We are obliged 10
do that: and Olr p~olitenass is trcated AZ
an encore, and then ouf sufcrings re-
commence.
Pretty Patty covslip did none Of these
dreadful things; but she could cook like
Ude, Francatelli ard Soyer roued into
one. And Pretty Patty went up to town,
entered the SchoOlof Cockery, and came
u as the senior wrangler Of the year.
1t was Patty first, the rest nowhere.
Monsieur Caramel, the professor OF orna-
mental pastry, proposed u her at once.
but Patty refused him, for. ~ we have
said. she was ambitious. Ard then Miss
Cowslip issued IA neat little advertise
ment, took modest lodgings is o modest
West End street. and oegan to teach OF
her OWN account.
Lord Fleshpotts was n widowed nobie.
man. lie had three unmarried dsuch-
ters-the Ladies' Gwendolinc, Errayn.
trude and Ermyngarde Casserole. His
lordship was a great sufferer from indi.
gestion, and lIe was dying Of bad din
nera. No cook ever staid more than q
month in his house; each OF his daugh-
ters ruled the roast for a week, and gem
orally the particular young lady who
happened to be responsible for the dinner
ON any given evening left the room in
tears before the dessert was put upon the
table. If Lord ~Fleshpotts would only
have dined at his club all might nave
been well; but he persisted in dining at
home. and the lives of his three daugh-
ters were slow martyrdoms.
II CHANGED n day that they saw
Miss COwslip's advertisement in Tie
ST. James Gazette. Lady G%wendoline
pointed 1t out TO her sisters. They or
dered the carriage early the next morn
ing, and they were ushered into Miss
Patty's neat little sitting room in Park
street. I'VE don't want TO take lessons,
Miss Cowslip.' said Lady Gwendoline.
Were too stupid" said Lady Ermyn-
garde. 'And it would 10 no use" said
Lady Ernyntrude. but, obi Miss Cow.
slip, couldn't you come every morning
and give us a few hints, for pa Is vast
.ng vislblyf" cried the eldest girl.
Its novelty that poor papa requires"
sobbed the second daughter; refreshing
novelty and perpetual change Those
are his very words. Miss CowsIip, his
cruel. heartlesa words"
~Has Lord Fleshpotts ever tasted apple
d~umplingsg kbked Patty Cow6iip. sol-
EMMY.
"lts a dish ! never heard or ex.
ciaiuled Lady Gwendoline.
"They we're q fsvorite dish with His
Majesty King George The Third" %,
Harksd Patty. ths historian.