The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-20
THAT RECEIPT.

too, 50 he was feeling lonely and blue.
Halo. little one How do you like
the looks Of thosey
It was Paul's Uncle Jack who spoke,
and as he came into the room he held
up on little pink platter three luscious
looking currant jelly tarts.
.'Oh, could eat one right now. Uncle
Jack
go ahead then and mi wait and see
you do it,
..Can't you tell story too2 You do
make up such 'musing ones.
perhaps. What shall 1t be about9'
Bout bout -'bout--let me think.
Oh, bout currant tarts, Uncle Jack
"Cnrrant tarts. Well. nowi Let me
think little.
And this is the story Uncle Jack told:
Did you know that the Heywards de-
seconded from an ancient Irish family Of
that name?
They did. The family crest was m
albatross rampant above currant tart,
and holding fast in one claw something
which looks like cigar lighter. or per-
haps a little stick Of macaroni.
Now. the currant jelly in these tarts
was made from receipt which has been
handed down from the first Heywards.
How they first came into possession Of
the receipt. and why they should adopt
such q funny crest or coat Of arms Is
one and the same story. 'Steen hundred
years or more there ruled in China the
cruel emperor, Yuhwhan Khan.
4 was the day before one Of the en-
peror's birthdays, and he called his chief
counselor to him, saying;
''Chief counselor, listen TO me. To
morrow Is my birthday; see to 1t that it
a celebrated by grand festival and
feast. And. mark you, have something
then that Is new and very entertaining. =
But. exalted ruler, it il too short q
time in which to arrange for q feast,
but twenty hours until the morrow"
THAT Is not my lookout You will
arrange for the feast. Now, begoneF'
And the chief counselor hurried away,
tearing his silken robe into shreds and
vowing that never did any chief coun-
aelor before him have such an unpleas-
ant position, for the cruel emperor was
n the habit of ordering . birthday feast
whenever he liked, whether it was real
" his birthday or not, and the chief
counselor Just had to hustle to keep
Yuhwhan Khan pleased or he himself
would be sure to lose his head and pig
fail.
Then Yuhwhan Khan called the head
cook Of the cooking college to him and
said:
S..Mignon-that was the head cooks
name, being short for Mignonette--
''Aiignon, tomorrow is my birthday"
"Oh, s-s-sis-sirer'
Mignon suffered.
Yes it i, and no joking, either. IN
less the cooking college prepares new
gweetmeat for that festival feast, you,
Shave, viii lose your head. BegoneF'
And the head cook Of the cooking col
lege went away Borrowing, for the en-
peror had had twenty-nine birthdays In
the previous two years, and by this time
his ingenuity was about played out.
Now, while both the chief counselor
and the head cook Of the cooking college
are racking their brains to discover, the
one new attraction, the other novelty
in pastry to set before the emperor, we
must go to little village in Tartary.
Before small matched hut is a lad
apparently just starting out on a long
Journey. A very old woman is bidding
him farewell
.Nestri, hast thou with thee thy sill.
very reed fiute7"
eyes, great-grandmother.'
1T is well Now, before thou start
est have two gifts for thee They are
small presents, but am poor. This bag
contains cerch-circh (which in Eng
lish is nothing more nor less than cur.
rant jellyl Take good care Of it, foi
never has it been tasted by other thar
members Of your family, and of such
great rarity and exquisite flavor is il
that should strangers, even kings and
emperors, once taste it there would b.
warning and strife among them for ii
possession.
So Nestri took the precious bag.
ALSO, Nestri, here Is the receipt By
which the cerch-circh was compounded
And the old woman gave him thin
shaving like q sheet Of ivorine painted
with queer Chinese letters, which BIZ
carefully rolled and twisted up until il
looked about like . cigar lighter, and
then for safety placed it inside Of hii
reed fute.
Then he set out on his journey, ever
to the very city where the chief coun
selor and the head cook Of the cooking
college were puzzling their brains t
please the emperor. Such was Nestri'l
skill In playing upon his reed flute tina
wherever he stopped and played thu
people hocked to hear him and fillet
his vatise with coppers and plugged ten
cant pieces.
II was while he was thus playing tina
the chief counselor CHANGED to hear him
And the chief counselor leaped int
the air, waving his cue and knocking HI
heels together for Joy, shouting:
''Houplal WhoOpl My head an