The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06

sWhep woke up one damp moTnins .,
last week." said . very young marrlou
woman, o May bride Of this year. ! was
80 rheumatic that could barely move.
I am occasionally afdioted In that way.
I had to tell Jack that ] would be unable
to get up and that the servant would gov
his breakfast for him when she came.
But she didn't come. not till near the
middle Of the day, when abe bad some
very elaborate story about having been
Obliged to attend her aunt's funeral When
the servant was half an hour overdue !
suggested to Jack that he'd better get ms
breakfast downtown, and that didn't
care for any.
Not muoh.' said Jack sympathetioaily.
Downtown breakfasts don't make any kind
of q hit with me any moro. Homo JUNK
for mine. Anyhow. that yarn Of yours
about not wanting any breakfast don't
70. You're ~ hungry ~ wolf. can see
it in your eyes. Ill get the breakfast my
SELF
But, jack eIpostulated. you cunt
cook, you know. and
Cant, hey?' he broke In on me. WE'LL
that's all you know about 1t. l was
ohampeen camp cook years ago. Inc
fellows wouldn't eat anybody elses cooking
but mine when we oamped out. Whatohoo
got In the icebox to oookT
WE'LL I told him, there's bacon and
eggs, and
What more dye wantT broke In Jack,
cheerfully. And I'll f1 some toast and
make some coffee. guess bacon and eggs
and toast and coffee are good enough break
fast grub for anybody.
SThen he went out into the kitchen and
put on one OF my aprons to get breakfast.
| started to call out directions to him from
bed as to how he should 60 about the
getting of the breakfast, but he wouldn't
listen to any directions.
Justkeep still now, and wait till you
see,' he said to mo. I'm running the cult
nary plant Of this outfit for the present,
and il don't show you breakfast AZ Is
breakfast-well, you won't need to sign
me for next season, that's all
$50 kept still, but 1t was hard. The
turmoil out in the kitchen was something
awful.
.The doors OF the gas range were slam
banging, tho tins were Gathering to the
floor with frightful noises, all the sink
spigots seemed to be running at once,
the bread box seemed to be making BUSH
ness OF falling down with horrible sound
like stage thunder, the icebox lid seemed
to be dropping with deafening report
every half minute. and the racket was
generally so dreadful that I was in mo-
mentary fear the janitor would be hammer
ing on tho door and ordering u to vacate
the fiat on the instant
sThen the whole fiat began to fill with
smoke. I knew the cause later In the day.
when found in the scrap bucket six slices
of toast that poor Jack had allowed to
burn to cinders in the gas range oven.
After about three-quarters of an hour OF
the terrific din, Jack, his face all smudged
up and with CRIME and SCOT all over him,
appeared triumphant. bearing my break
fast on a tray.
-The bacon was all black around the
edges, and so yere the eggs; the toast was
black at the edges and not done at all in
and full OF grounds. But the poor hoy had
done his mightest, and when. he stood
there by the bed, an expression OF conscious
pride on his face, i couldn't do anything but
praise his breakfast.
Il had to tell him that It was tho fastest
had eaten In years. And the poor fellow
was 80 delighted over bis praise that he
stood right there, forgetting to eat himself
and Watching me eat the breakfast he had
can taste that cindery bacon yeti
Then, when I was through eating, he
sat down and ate his own breakfast, and
before he started for the Office he advised
me to try to get my coffee, hereafter, like
| his-he had always been considered i'm
mense at making coffee, he said.
| "A little while before the servant came