Evening journal., 1892-08-22
PART THREE-cHAPTER V.

"Tou glib 20 upg
Portentous all the morning was Vol
iaire TO Sappho.
Now cookery, like chemistry, must
have peace to perform its experiments in.
Poor Sappho, with her husband dart
ing into the kitchen, looking mysterious,
exploding "Hushy and darting off
again. was as much hustered as IA nerv-
Gus chemical professor when his pupils
ieer his juggles with cabbage liquor and
turn up rebellious noses at his defiant
gas.
Sappho's great experiment Of dinner
suffered. She put sugar in her soup and
salt in her pudding. She sowed allspice
for peppercorns, and vice versa. She
overdid the meat that should have been
underdone. She roasted her goose until
its skin was plate armor. She baked
! her pieclust hard as Westchester shale.
Yesterdays dinner was sublime; today's
would be ridiculous. Conspiracy upsets
domestic economy, as it does political.
When Voltaire had deranged his wife
with dark hints he proceeded to perplex
his son.
Plato was lord of the stables. These
were times Of war. Westminster was
beginning to suffer for being neutral
ground for rebel and Tory to plumber.
Rents came slow at Brothertoft manor,
and when they came were short. Econ
omy must be consulted That crafty
counselor suggested that Plato's helpers
in the stable should be discharged and
he do three mems work. He was al
lowed, however, Bilsby juvenissimus
and another urchin from the manor to
"chore" for him. They were unpaid
attaches They did free service as
stable boys, for the honor and education
of the thing. for the privilege of chew
ing straws among the horses and for the
luxury Of a daily bellyful Of pork and
pudding and a nightly bed in the loft
Voltaire went out to the stable. The
six white horses Of famous Lincolnshire
stock stood, three on this side, three on
that. Their long tails occasionally
switched to knock off the languid last
flies of summer.
Voltaire stopped at the coachhouse
door to drive out noisy regiment OF
chickens. A numbering old coach, OF
the leathern conveniency order, was
showed away in corner. There is al.
ways such vehicle in every old family
stable-a stranded ark, that ne horse
power will ever stir again.
Nineteen year ago." thought the
ancient Brothertoft retainer; "nineteer
year ago last June drew Mister Edwin
, and that Billop gal in that conveniency
less than two hundred yards from her
house in Wall street to Trinity church
, to be married. heerd the Trinity belli
say, Edwin Broshertoft, don't marry
Billopl / felt it in my bones that she't
turn ont mean. Her money brough
worse luck than we'd ever had before
And the good luck hasn't got holt yet. A"
plato" says he, stepping into tn
great picturesque stable, half full o
sunshine, half of shade and half OF hay
fragrant as the Fourth Of July.
. 'Sir" says Plato, drawing himself NJ
and giving military salute. He hai
a seen much soldering going on Of lat
r and liked to play at tia relic perhap
Of gorilla imitatiyeness.
Them boys don't look to me in goo,
= health"
4 Voltaire pointed to Bilsby and mate
r They We're both chewing straws-a pal
Of dull sharps, like most young clodhoT
pers. They could tell acalf from a col
= with supernatural keenness; but wer
q of the class which gets itself well Peter
Funked before its manhood learns tn
h time of day.
"Dey's fat, ragged and sassy as ar
+, boys dis chile ever seed, >" rejoined Plate
!, berry weakly dey looks" continue
"a the conspirator. "Fallin away horribl,
y Neber see sich siclly boys n all N
4 born DAYS. Chestnuts is what de
4 wants. Worms is de trouble. Boys a
n ways git worms onless dey eats suthi
onto a bushel Of chestnuts in de fall"
" The two ragamufins dropped the
= straws, turned pale and began to fel
snakes wake and crawl within them.
n '.Now, boys" says Voltaire impress
/ ,vely, If you want ter perwent dei
Ia varmint, Jess you put fur de woods a
fiji yourself plum full oh chestnuts."
II But chestnuts has worms, too" o.
y iected Bilsby.
h $50 much de better; dey'n eat your
/" 10 long, now. stay mum tollShl ~
d don't come rom here fore tomorro
noon. BE keerfe, nowl Eat all toda
IA and pick tomorrow TO keep. You don
n look to me like boys who is prepared
die
n The pair obeyed and departed solem
10 ~. Nothing but chestnuts could sa'
them from the worm that never diet
lie There were two very grave and earne
lads that day cracking burrs IN d
,H groves Of Brothertoft manor.
k Plato stared in CONSERVATION as
re saw his regiment disbanded.