The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-08-04
THE COOK.
By xATcRIlr.

BY NAT CRuL
Dear MOther-WiII Dc down on the
tventy-foGrth, with my friend, Allen
Estwsld- He's splendid fellow, but
rich, and = little fAstidious perhaps
- have everything in trim But that
warning l. unneeessary; yoa are al
WAYS ready. Yours affeetionsteiy,
/ Royal Dent"
That simple little note brought con-
steruati0u into the Dent household,
I for the cook and maid-Of-all work had
I Just taken French leave, and IL would
Be impossible % ill her place on short
notice, for servants did not flourish
readily in the quiet little village.
sWhzt shall We doe- exclaimed Mrs..
Dent, gIaneing around II her three
daughters with an expression II tragic
despair
Telegraph to Royal thss he must
bring = cook down with aim, said
Ange, the youngest, with an irrePres-
sibIe smile
'Nonsensei To-morrO~ : the twen-
ty-60urth, and we viii have 10 ali enter
the kitchen, and take il turn about IN
I'll / can engage \ cook"
s-Oh, mother. yoa know it would
spoil my complexion u lend over the
hot stove That plan viii never d."
said fair Gertrude, folding her soft lily
white hands
And If We DO the cooking; who viii
entertain Mr. Es5waIdsf said Mira
~weH, you know ~ cannot get one
now for love OF moaey,4 sighed the
troubled ulArron-
..Yes, you can mother mine Here
/ one for love said 5rOEB-haired,
browu-eyed Ange- 7 xiIl Dc the cook
until you can get O1e, and Royals
fzstidiO0s friend heed never know IL
Ny name i Polly Ann, and III pre-
pare the dzintiest dishes, and yOa can
engage = boy % stay in the dining
room
Mrs. Dent hesiLated, but Gertrude
and Mira applaude,i the plan eagerly
ss Il would leave them free 10 enjoy
the society Of rish Mr. EstvaId- and
~ their destinations on him, fOr each,
IN the secret depths q her own mind
determine,i TO win him. Il wonzn's
charms had any power
You are making quite = saeriles-
Ange, my dear child, and ! do not Ike
- have yoa bani=he.i il that styIe-n
But II l. seIf-ha1ishment-r said
Ange, g4iIy giving Just one regresful
sizh, and then entering heartily into
the x0rk before her.
Royal cane AZ the appointed time,
accompanied by a handsome nlsn Of
eight or nine and twenty, with blOade
hair and mGstsehe, keen, clear blue
eyes, and the Winning ease and graes
OF one long used to the refined and eul-
tured circles Of society
The Misses Dent were faUltie=siy
dressed. and eharIningiy cordial. and
Mrs.. Dent beamed yraeiolsly; bat Roy
81 glanced around with dissatisfied
look
Where i AngeeT
sa-he-she-- the mother began, and
then not being in the habit II telling
fsI-ehoo<1s, she broke down
she mas gone on a visit 70 Aunt
Mzry's.' y said Gertrgie, smoothly.
Must have been rather sgddenr' he
said surprised
.-Oh. W.. Ange, dear child. i %
dfghtv.- murmuced Mira tarniug 70
Mr. EstwaId with 1 sweet smile, and
there the sabieet dropped
But passing through the back entry
Al hour later Royal vas astonLshed 70
find 3 young person, half hid ia huge
e-lok aprou- IL his Arms 10 feel the
fond pressure Of soft arms arOund his
his neck, the tSueh Of = velvet cheek To
his
@Hanoog1 he cried, falling back a
step
'-Oh, Royal. don't you know me-
s.Anger' he gasped-
aNo-POIIy Am, the cook, T" she coy
rerte,f. With = -oft IzHgh-
What i the meaning OF al this
rnyste.y5.T' he inquired sternly-
Don't speak - Ios1d, " she said; then
explained the situation
Hang it AL III have = cook, il l
have % 90 back to town after one
Here L brought EstEsIi down 70 see
vou- aad then find y0a 6anished to the
kiteheal I've great mind To raise q
ro~."
IF yoa Do, II will spoil the din
nerE' she cried, in aIArm. then dlsap-
peAre,i in the pantry
RoyzI slowered at the bare wall for
a minute; then smile suddenly spread
over his face, and he went back TO the
rarior, whi<tiiBg eheerfully-
The dinner xa= faultlss-Iy cooked
and served, and after il Was over, and
her mother came edt insisting on
washing the dishes. Anxe bathed her
face, par on fresh, white gown, and
taxing book, sought the solitude Of
the orchard
She climbed 10 her fzvorite -ear IN
the fork Of an old apple tee, and had
been there long enough 70 get rested
and eoJ when a gentleman came
sauutering through the shady sNeet-
ness Of the old orchard
Ange did not see him in time to run
away, or even get down from her perch
aud sat still and almost breathle>-,