The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29

when told that the instruction cost
1875 n quarter.
Jamsey had never had more than as
many cents in all his life. He mused
a little while, and then he said:
"Please, ma'am, want to learn
cooking with you, and 1 haven't got
any money. But IL you'll teach me
what you know I'll teach you what I
know, and I'll wash your dishes and
clean your kitchen besides, in the bar
gain"
The professor of culinary art
laughed very heartily and being
good natured soul took Jamsey in
upon these terms. One day pupil
desired to learn how to make two or
three German dishes. Her husband
expected to entertain some friends
from Berlin and wished to surprise
them. The professor was ut loss to
answer, being, at II matter of fact, ut
terly unfamiliar with Teutonic cook
ing. Jamsey, seeing the dilemma,
whispered to the teacher
81 know how. You let me teach
her."
The professor said: "Thanks,
Jamsey," and told the pupil that her
assistant had made speciality of Ger
man cooking and would be only too
glad to give her the requisite tuition.
The lady accepted, and Jamsey was
unspeakably happy. He gave three
lessons and did it so well that both
professor and pupil were deeply
| ,,ln .t, ha
was very well to do, gave the little
cripple 50 bill. He thanked her,
chuckled, and then went home as fast
rs his lameness would permit. When
he burst into the room where Mrs.
Mueller was scrubbing the underside
of the table, and handle that aston
ished woman clean, crisp bill, she
could not find words to express her
feelings.
and opened an ancient trunk and
took from it Dutch cap, black
velvet, with band in which
red, yellow, blue, orange, green and
violet were massed in crazy style, and
put it on the boys head.
She said: "My boy, you have
earned your first money, and you are
now man. You shall wear man 8
hat. That hat is what my husband
wore when he got out of his appren-
ticeship and became brewery man,
free aud Independent himself"
The professor was very well pleased
with Jam sey's tact and gave the boy q
very thorough training. Two years
he remained there, at the end of which
time the professor said that Jamsey
mastered the profession. Jamsey
was sorry to hear the news, because
he was ambitious to learn everything
there was in regard to the kitchen.
He had made little money during
the time, and he had bought cookery
books under his teachers advice.
The latter had also presented the boy
with foreign books, especially those
in French aud German, which were
unknown tongues to her, but not to
Jamsey.
He had also secured number of
implements and hadrefashioned many
to suit his own ideas. He was going
on Is, and, though small for his age,
he had already the soul of man.
About that time Mr.. Mueller was taken
sick.
Ere long the sickness ended, and
Mrs. Mueller was widow. What
money there had been put by had
been largely consumed during Mr..
Mueller's sickness, and his insurance
was very small.
At the furthest there was but $1,000,
and out of this came the expense of
the funeral and the cemetery. In
Rivington street they follow the an
, cient Irish practice of robbing the liv-
ing to honor the dead. There was a
fine hearse and many carriages, cof-
fin, which the neighbors called "per-
fectly illigant," a lot and q handsome
, tombstone.
There were the usual funeral festiv-
tiles, and when this was over about
I 500 remained. Mrs. Mueller, the
evening after the funeral, said:
'Jamsey, we'll have to go to work
very soon. We have only little
money, and it won't last two years if
We are well, nor one year if anything
happens to u.s."
Jamsey said:s 81 start ont tomor-
row, Frau Mueller, but you are too
old to work at all. I'll get the work
and take care OF you," and so Jamsey
started.
, He tried one restaurant, and the
proprietor, with an oath, said he didn't
want any children around. "Get
outv'
He tried another, and there was nc
vacancy. He answered ~ or l5 ad.
vertisements, but received no reply.
He then secured omploymentin in Bow.
cry restaurant, whore on the third day
he was brutally beaten by waiter
whom he detected robbing the owner.
Ho was plucky boy and was not
disheartened. 1t was very hard, how
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