New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-08
A Temporary Bachelor.


Maria ia was h9IrorstTek:s,n No sir you'd better
last night In case of the worst
this World 'ffr is is S SnS P pSe dog T on IN
cook as well as most people | haven |, wandered
food without knowing how TO handle 1t in an
me o think f that Should have 10 get MaTias
breakfast or so without my own What would
An egg or a rasher of bacon?"
- No. sir; said Maria Indignantly. Nothing of
the sort I'm surprised at your not knowing better
I'm afraid YOU can't have it. 1 never made
Maria you SSqd SseT eS 10 de
Certainly not, is there anything else I can do
TOT YOU DeIore begin the breakfast?
ter Try sasages sir Prck en with dt fork P rSt
said Maria. And if you wouldn't mind bringing
up the Sray cat and her kittens. ia be oblged 70
you They re in a basket under the dresser. and
Maria has great wcSkI,ess Ter Kittens, so I
brought up the whole basketfu. followed by their
pushed them in Maria brieny exPFessed her graft,
OF course no one had lit lit 1 the Kitchen fire. and
was ieI very mucn to my. own resources. could
found them should not have known what to 40
with them; but the sausages were IN the larder,
and l felt that could not so lar wrong with SO
I liked up the gas ring in the seullery and set to
WORK with the nearest frying pan, first vigorously
instructed me. All went swimmingly until just as
fe Hsse eS Mere nearly DONE the other cat came
and singed herself severely with the gas. OF
seemed to think that had done it on purpose and
II took time to soothe him and put oil on the patch
down and promised not to mention the matter to
floor, and found that two or three of them had
Maf b lo fT 6 k S oare5essy spilled by
them rather drasgled look, and did not improve
warm water, thinking that. as sausage meat is
lncased in a kind of skin, the damage was only
ished' cooking them. cut Maria some thin bread and
taking the tray upstairs without p any msh hap
Peeed that MaTa t3e oS GSrner OF NET door e
she did say was Where's my Cruel sir?'
udh 6e @ 9ou n 69 aos sons e
sa4SSiases; TheylreI,theyre more stre9gthening
please you, III 90 my best TO pick a Bit
dismay as her teeth met in the first sausage
What's the matter%' 1 asked. lingering the
You're doing your best to poison me. sir" said
ven die Of that as iambager stiii you Meant
nave G GGEEed the sa99sages IN Oil 50,
scullery floor where you'd been splitting kerosene"
left that keTosehe there said Maria. ps st in ag
grieve6 tones, You did orter be more careful sir
We'll. I've done my best, anyway" rap
and go to Sleep while fetch the Doctor up
49,, Good 6;i sir If don't wake again. I forgive
doctor said Maria and departed in search of
OF course, the doctor was out, so telegraphed to
to put 1t In this way rather than to into details
look loo after after her and went Tor long walk
The most important thing what Miranda would
say when she found out why she had been recalled
the kitchen, mserably making up my mind to ind
2q fbsre cold in the PanT 10 great sGT d
Maria and her friend were just sitting down to
stared at them in amazement. II thought you
We're nearly dead said severely. to Maria.
chop on her fork and looking at me With reproscR
full eyes. IF kind Mrs. Brown hadn't come in and
should have got well. did think you'd more feel
esve all Rg m0n @ ike this than to
Well 1 want some luncheon" snapped. Per
chops. I'm hungry. Had no breakfast"
invalid nat9ray 'T Fances chops sad Maria ash Es
fuly; but but If you Ga9 n do with Id ops
kind Mrs Brown will be good enough to bring it
rather surprised to find You sitting up and enjo ye
ing chops when she comes back presently"
"What. sir!" said Maria piece of cnop falling
cat caught it 'NIissus coming back again? What
ITO nurse you, said. angrily. You asked me
and I've done it. expect she'll be back again in
You shouldn't be in such a 'urry to take me at
my word. sir" said Maria, severely, How did
if we We're s, You said I'd have that pain again
angry if she's had to come back for nothing
IN finish my chop and think it over" said
sir. now you've done your best to upset me"
When Maria is upset it Is no use arguing. with
heard Maria hobble past the dining room door with
soon as Miranda returned I told her that Maria
very i'll in bed, but said not n word about the
chops. She rushed upstairs to Maria. and.
my great surprise. whel she came down. not
angry, but only rumpled the one hair my fore
head and said she had found the previous evening
very dull without She further added that she
did not like to take pleasure in any feminine
society even that of my heroine, except hers Then
she went upstairs again. TO iron Maria's back, and
did it vigorously that TO my great satisfaction
Maria's grOans penetrated to the study.
The next morning, Maria far recovered
that the breakfast appeared at the usual time
Later on l found her in the garden hanging out
the clothes.
What did you tell your mistress?" l asked. She
seemed pleased when she came downstairs again
Maria gave the nearest approach to a wink of
and l couldn't get light, so III She hesitated
''Well?"
II just told her you'd given five shillings
to pretend Ill. because you felt lonely yOu
couldn't get without her."-(Ladys Pictorial