Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-11-12
COOK AND COUNTESS.

Patty Cowslip, the only daughter OF
Rev. Peter cowslip, vicar of Muddes.
worth-in-the-Marsh, was a pretty girl.
She was SO pretty that she might have
actually sspired, though she hadn't s
penny in the world. to marry a fash
lonable curste. But though Patty was
penniless, she was ambitious, and she
hadn't the slightest idea Of marrying
the most fashionable of curates.
:, 1t 10 not Necessary TO describe what
Patty was like. "Rather above than
below the ordinary height" as novel.
lists say, rich chestnut hair with a CLINT
Of gold in it, an excellent figure, small
ears, brown eyes with dark eyebrows,
pearly teeth set in the rosy frame of q
pair of lips arched like Cupid's bow,
round and dimpled chin, a swan-like
neck. Bah! we have all once in our
lives met somebody as charming as Miss
Patty Cowslip; but, as rule, the ex-
perience has not been repeated. We
must not forget, though, that Miss
Pstty's arms and hands were her
strong point; q queen might have en-
We'd them, for they were absolutely
perfect.
Miss Patty Cowslip had had a de-
cent education, but beyond the annual
subsidy of fl0 year which the par
ish payed her for playing the organ,
she hadn't a penny in the world.
Rev. Peter Cowslip was as poor as q
rat. With considerable difficulty he
managed TO pay his tradesmen at the
years end; but Rev. Peter dined every
day much better than many million
aires. And why? Was it on account
OF the poor clergyman's wicked ex-
travagance? Not a bit of it. The
fact Is that Patty was splendid cook
a born genius for the noblest of the
arts.
Many modern young ladies, having
purchased terra Gotta jar and rendered
1t hideous with daubs of paint, compel
their friends to fall down and worship
it, and call it art; other girls torment
US with the piano, violin, banjo, harp,
ssckbut, psaltry, dulcimer and all kinds
Of music; other girls sing. All these
people work their wicked wills upon
Us with impunity. We grin; we say
"Oh, thank you SO much," because we
are obliged to do that; and our polite
oess is treated as an encore, and then
our sufferings recommence. Pretty
Patty Cowslip did none of these dread
full things; but she could cook like
Ode, Francatelli and Soyer rolled into
one. And pretty Patty went up to
town, entered the school of cookery,
and came out as the senior wrangler of
the year. 1t was Patty first, the rest
nowhere. NJ. Caramel, the professor
af ornamental pastry, proposed TO her
1t once; but Patty refused him, for,
is we have said, she was ambitious.
And then Miss Cowslip issued neat
little advertisement, took modest lodg-
ngs in modest West end street, and
began to teach on her own account.
Lord Fleshpotts was widowed
1oblemsn. He had three unmarried
laughters-the Ladies Gwendoline,
Ermyntrude, and Ermyngarde CasseT-
ole. His lordship was a great sufferer
from indigestion, and he was diving of
bad dinners. No cook ever stayed
2ore than month in his house; each
IF his daughters ruled the roast for a
week, and generally the particular
Foung lady who happened to be respon-
sble for the dinner on any given even
ng left the room in tears before the
dessert was put upon the table If
Lord Fleshpotts would only have dined
It his club, all might have been well;
,ut he persisted in dining at home, and
he lives of his daughters were slow
nartyrdoms.
1t CHANGED one day that they saw
Mss Cowslip's advertisement in the
st James Gazette. Lady Gwendo-
ilre pointed il out to her sisters. They
ordered the carriage early the next
morning, and they were ushered into
Miss Patty's neat little sitting room in
Park street. ave don't want to take
essons. Miss Cowslip," said Lady
1wendoline. "We're too stupid" :"
Iaid Lady Ermyngarde. "ADd it
would be no use,' said Lady Ermyn-
rude. "But oh! Miss Cowslip, could
lot you come every morning and give
Is few hints, for pa is wasting visi-
,ly!" cried the eldest girl.
"Its novelty that poor papa re-
Iuires," sobbed the youngest daughter
-''refreshing novelty and perpetual
.hange. Those are his very words,
Miss Cowslip, his cruel, heartless
Words"
HAS Lord Fleshpotts ever tasted ap-
,le dumplings?" asked Patty Cowslip
slemnly.
"It's plate.I never heard Of" eK-
himed Lady Gwendolipe.
"They were a favorite dish with
lis Majesty King George tne Third, !"
Dmarked Patty the historian