The Washington times., 1895-05-19
R P0rkUn6 from
a Recipe Book
what Three Girls Did WIZ
GrHndmutlIeT's Manuscript
Legacy.

81 don't carel It's perfectly horrid to
be poor" said Nina. Its disgrace
or if it isn't. it's looked on IS one. It's
a perpetual modification. perpetual
effort
Its a shame" said Molly. '.But 1
don't know how we can help it. Poor we
are and poor"
1--WE must remaini" said Bella. ''No,
indeedi III there's any ingenuity in the
feminine brain I'm going TO work out
OF it, ="
''Work, Bellat" exclaimed Molly, with
CONSERVATION IN her dark eyes-preJty Ian
1guishing dark eyes to which conste rnation
was unbecOming.
Certainly. why not? Our money is
nearly an gone now, and it's either work
or starye. "
''Oh, Bella, how can you talk sol'' ex-
claimed Nina.
How can talk so! Idon't know what
you mean. Do you suppose because food
and dresses and flowers and servants and
opera boxes and horses have always been
Furnished o you that they are always going
30 be? Now when there is DO one 10
furnish them?"
''Oh, poorpapa, poor papa" wept Molly
''It would have been harder for him than
for any ot Us, if he had lived. God was
good in taking him, think. -
''Oh, Belial ANY one would suppose
you didn't care anything about him at all.
Good in taking him!"
But Bella made no reply. She sat with
her fair cheek resting on her hand and q
dewy flood OF recollection in her great
blue eyes. She knew who it was that
had been her fathers conridant and con-
sOleT and nurse and friend, while the other
girls were dancing and flirting and making
merry; and she knew now that the needless
luxury loving girls, ignorant of the world,
of business, OF the first principles of life,
had only herself to look to as soon as their
little hoard was gone
''what kind Of work, BelIa?" sobbed
Molly.
81 don't know yet exactly"
"And what VIII Roland Tascot say?"
Il can't help what he says. L don't
imagine he viii say anything. don't
imagine we shall ever see him again"
''Belai don't believe you have heart
in your body! When he was SO 40 love with
you?''
Perhaps he was not. He was in love
with papa's fortune and my position; and
then did very well 10 carry off the Tascot
name"
Il should think sol' cried Nina. in
dignation taking another turn. AS il
there was a TascOt Of them ali that had
your bloom, your Titan hair, your eyes,
your perfect teeth, your shape, your car
riage-yOur accomplishments
Yes, Bella, there are our accomplish
ments."
''Good for nothing, = said Bella. mot one
OF them would buy our cold cream. Pro-
fessionals by the multitude do everything
wecan do, and do il all great deal better"
'Oh, Bellal" the Others cried in chorus.
the tears pouring over their pretty faces,
what are you going to oo?"
Il fancy said Bella, laughing and en-
bracing them both together, that you are
going 10 do nothing but help me >ut by
keeping the house FOR me. Bot am going
10 work. What I said just now about the
cold cream gave me an idea"
''What-whats sort OF an iGea?" stammered
Molly.
well, YOU shall see"
II was a week afterward that Bella came
to the two girls with something in her
hand. little white satin box, and as she
opened IL, and then the inner wrapping OF
silver tissue paper. she disclosed a cake OF
pearly white soap exactly fitting the box.
THAT is what / am going to do, !" She said.
'I-I don't understand" said Molly.
az am going to make soap"
The girls were too aghast TO speak.
Al have a lot of grandmamma' old
recipes. ! shall make soap, OF the finest,
toilet waters, colognes, rose pearls, aro-
matte vinegar. j shall put them up in the
daintiest style. The creditors are going to
let US stay on in the house one year. By
that time / shall be able to rent il. We
shall use these parlorS for salesroOms; and
] am going out now to speak TO Mrs. Des-
senerly, who know viii talk US up through
the whole city and outlying territory. Our
things VIII become the fashion"
''Oni OH OH" cried the TWO girls, fall
ing on each Others necks and weeping TO
break their hearts. Soap boilersl"
I'm sorry you're ashamed OF me-" said
Bella demurely. But if you don't like it
you needut appear, although / think it
would bring us great trade of curiosity,
for time AT any rate, if you did. / am so
many years older than you, il doesn't mat
ter for me. ] shall be twenty in a day or
two. BY the time you are twenty we shall
have made a little fortune, and then we
can go away and spend il where no one
knows US, in the south OF Europe, in the
north of Africa, in the west OF America"
"A fortune made in soap-and not by our
grandfather, but 10y ourselvcsl Oh, Helia,
Bella French. ] should think papa and
mamma would turn over in their graves TO
think OF youi And what in the world Will
Roland Tascot-"
I'VE won't talk of those things" said
Bella, with dignity. The fuonent you
hsve any better idea we VIII act upon it,
But now my cologne water is ,ig@sUug and
all my other bTews are under way in the
kitchen aud laundry. and I'm going out 10
see Mrs. Desseneny."
To the amazement Of Nina and Molly,
when Bella came back Mrs. Dessenerly
came back with her, and gathering up her
superb robes. without seeing the girls she
descended 20 the lower regions and began
TO inspect Bellas work
You are sure of your recipes, my love?'
she said.
'Oh perfectly" answered Bella. "They
are grandmamma's, and don't know how
many generations before her-old still
room secrets when the family were still at
home in the old DeYonshire house. I've
made the cologne just as tie rule says, with
angelica root, and sweet flag, and caSsia
wood, with camphor and cloves and mace
and wormwood, with sage and thyme and
orange flowers, and Lavender, rose leaves
and violets and mint, and have bruised
them all togetheF-in rectified spirits, stir
ring and stirring and stirring, and distilled
them all off through that little STILL and
added them all to the fragrant oils, jassa-
mine, beTgamot, cedrat, balm. Lavender,
and lemon, and neroli, and stirred and
stirred and stirred again, and filtered off
and now see if anything was ever more de-
hcious"
MY dear, it is whole garden of flow
ers"
And there" said Bella, There is the
angel water, for fine ladies to use in their
baths by The quantity, made with rose
water aud orange water and myrtle water.
aud little scrap Of ambergins, and a little
dust of musk / have had Peter shake it
for hours ia a warm room and then shaken
It again a day long, and / have decanted
and filtered it,"
1T viii make their bodies feel Like Venus