The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31
apron and started to inspect Der 10.

main.
There was meat in the fce-box. Lin
) den eyed it at first with satisfaction
but the feeling gradually gave place
to doubt
It's either mutton, veal. beef OF
]. pork, but there doesn't seem to be any
distinguishing feature said Linden
touching it gingerly with one finger
q should think the butcher would
label it. However. it doesn't matter
particularly Z I'll just read up the di
rections for cooking all four. and
choose the easiest way Here's the
book. Make dressing Well, IT
| isn't veal, at any rate. for there isn't
any place in it to put dressing. Basic
/ well Now what does that mean? Oh,
+ know; they sewit up in a cloth. Put
= an apple In the nlouth'-Oh, that's for
4'a whole pig. Pshaw. This cook
book isn't any good. III just cook the
i thing-whateter it is-in the oven the
way Hannah does
So Linden slid "the thing" which
happened to be leg Of mutton, from
It's plate into roasting pan, and car
ried it to the oven.
WHY" exclaimed. the astonished
cook, there isn't any fire in the stove.
It's a good thing there's plenty of
time"
II was good thing. too, that there
was plenty of kindling, or the fire
might never have started. Some un-
washed sweet and white potatoes fol-
I lowed the meat into the oven.
should have something cooking
on top of the stove" said Linden, look
ing around with pexplexed air.
Hannah always does. Oh, coffee, OF
course. | think I'll make jelly of
these cranberries.p
THERE" she said, some time later.
Who says | can't cook? Now I'll
set the table,
Linden fingered lovingly over the
task of setting the table 1t really
+, looked SO well that no one-least of
all Underworld have suspected that
the salt. tablespoons. carving-knife
and napkins were missing. When she
returned to the kitchen she found that
the fire had taken advantage of her
fire had again gone out.
s Linden rebuilt it cheerfully, adding
solitary stick of hardwood to the
kindling. Then she went to the gar
den. where she gathered some flowers
Tor the table and a bunch of parsley.
When she returned to the kitchen the |
fire had again gone out.
The cook gave a gasp of astonish- |
ment, not unmixed with dismay. Then, |
with an anxious glance at the clock,
she rekindled the fire.
"A whole hour" said Linden. with |
a sigh of relief. Surely that will be
time enough. l never could see how
Hannah could keep so busy with so |
little to do. She gets herself so un-
necessarily mussy, too"
Linden glanced complacently at her
reflection in the little mirror over the
sink, and was surprised to discover
black streak down one side of her
nose. She washed her face and hands.
and then turned to inspect the fire. It
was out.
This" said Linden, "is an abomin-
able stove!'
She devoted fifteen minutes to the
rolling of single butter-ball. She
dropped 1t four times and the grooved
butter-boards became sticky and would
not work. The completed ball was
grimy in appearance and anything
but round. Linden consigned it to the
stove and decided that plain butter
was good enough for the Braddocks.
Even the cutting of the bread present
ed hitherto unsupported difficulties.
Hello, the cook" cried a hearty
voice from the hallway, nearly al hour
later. "How's the dinner"
Almost ready" said Linden, who
had just emptied her first decidedly
unsuccessful attempt at gravy over the
back fence.
What's happened here?" asked
Max. coming in at the back door. 1T
looks as If you had murdered some
body In the kitchen, dragged the body
through the shed and buried it in the
back yard"
That's cranberry jelly" explained
linden, crawling behind the Stove to
rescue fugitive potato. Il wish you'd
90 out of the kitchen, and stay out,
i'll dinners ready. I can't cook with
boys around"
AT last the dinner was on the table.
rhe roast garnished with parsley. !,
ooked very much like one of Hanna's
casts, for the parsley concealed GER
ain scarlet rivulets that trickled over ,
he platter The potatoes looked well. ,
CO. The cook did not suspect that ,,
hey were of adamantine hardness. ,
What was left of the jelly, by the time /.
linden had succeeded IN transferring
t from the saucepan to a glass dish, !.
ooked positively tempting.
Max took mouthful and made a
Vry face. Mr.. Braddock caught his
on's eye, and shook his head.
Dear met" thought Linden, swal !.
owing tart mouthful Il measured
hat sugar and then forgot to put it !.
NJ
During the meal Linden made trip
fter trip to the sideboard. the china :
loset and the pantry for missing arti- !.
les. Mr.. Brcddock sliced few NOR
els from the outside of the UNDERGONE !,
lutton, and ate as much as he dared !,
the almost raw potatoes. The cof-
se was muddy and contained frag-
rents of sone extraneous matter. :,
When Linden faised the cover of the :
Dffee-pot to allpw the steam to es-
ape, she was Mortified to discover a
cached egg floating serenely on
ark-brown sea. Ehe had dropped an
nbeaten egg into the boiling coffee. r.