St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-02-02

THE ROMANCE OF A KITCHEN.

DNlio WIS S'tN''6 ~ ~ iONhlnE
chair in corner OF the kitchen, read
ing aloud to the other two girls
Maggie was mending a stocking,
and Bridget was making a dress out
OF piece OF calico which Mrs. Ran
dol had given her. Della had found
Sir Charles Grandson in the course
of her clearing up, and it amazed the
two older girls to hear her excited
lntonations and marvellous pro-
nunciation, as it undoubtedly would
have amazed Mr.. Richardson him
self Della was nice-looking girl,
and she was intelligent her choice of
books being, as we have seen, fault
less. The other girls were older and
stouter, but they had not outgrown
their taste for romance, and they
stened braveIy to what they could
not understand.
Why is it, | wonder, that our SER
want girls have such unfortunates sur
names? Delia's was McGoniglc. In
to the mystery of the other two, we
snail not pierce.
A dark shadow appeared at the
window. Della stopped reading
long enough to say: ITS only Phil
Crowley never mind him, and then
continued. Mr.. Crowley saw that
he was discovered, and entering the
,itchen, took chair with a nod of
recognition to his three hostesses,
while Della went on. And that will
DO for tonight" she said at last,
outing the book down with the
consciousness that her auditors
would like to hear more, but stop
ping because, well, because she
pleased. Della was an autocrat
You might have expected the
visitor to begin conversation, but
no. Phil Crowley looked at Della in
an admiring way, but never opened
MS mouth Maggie soon went off
20 bed; but Della persuaded Bridget
10 stay, lust to be kind o respecta-
Die" she said; not that Phil an me
amt all right alone
So Bridget Sa at her work, grow
us sleeper and slcepier, and there
a nause for a while Finally
p,l smoke in an earnest whisper
.canirg forward and looking hard
srD.lia
come M tonight Della cause
well, cause couldn't help it; an
night a, well tell We all about it.
;nre can't sleep o. nights for think.
.n,ofvr an think more Of We than
an the world. an'-au.-d'ye think
We can ever care a bit for me Della ~
Della looked ouicklv around At
BRIDGET who was doing over her
work and then said; Jaw Phil
man, what's got into We? don't
want to marry any one, an IN sure
It's not YOU that I'd take, if was to
choose Sure We must a been out O.
your head when We said that. Don't
Try romau;icizin', for We don't I'M
derStand It, You're off: Well,
Goodnight to We.
IVA WIS already al the door.
'l'u-n'SnI' DeI'a' Sald nc. u
WISH We pieas1nter night an q bet
'ef ,eep tnan Iu have bad luck to
mel lhen nc turned aud went
away, peI'a sat down again and
o., n@At awhile then She rose.
O3me on bridge, IT'S bedtime,
''1 >he' ana the two went upstairs
'org'ner'
he next evening, DeIa and PM
"''C 10 nave gone to dance given
'y inc Westminster Boat Clue. AS
"eht came on, Della wondered
N0c'ner her escort would make his
'PPearance' In the . O'Clock mail
sue received the following letter
Miss McGonigle;
Il can'ttake you to the ball tonite,
aSl have somethin else on Hand. As
YOU Wos not very glad to see me
last night, maby YOU don't care.
up. CROWLEY"
Della studied over this yo,d
while. 1t took her a lonu t;me to
master the spelling for t6ongh her
own was eccentric it was vrrv dif.
.er.n, frnns DL ~, II W. was FV'H "'''
.oo, puzzled her, One tbing was
certain: it was not noI;t. VS. Nfc.