Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-13
BY EsTHER SERLE KENNETH.
sThere IS one thing you mustn'

y MY SsSc> SE1 SSss''.
sThere IS one thing you mustn't
Eergst. Brother Toni"
TVaat is that, Emma" !"
Don't forget to go to the help
office. and send me up a cook. The
5HsW glra is good for nothing. and the
old one cant do everything. Young
or afa. man or woman, don't care,
sGn2y yend me Up a competent cook by
10 O'clock this morning."
Don't look so desperate. sis; Ill
remembe- it. want things in pretty
good style for MAXWELL ., he is used to
fond of good dinners, and 1
guess I'n send you up good, smart
man cook, Emma"
II hope MI. Maxwell won't expect
things too nice; but III do my best
iSn other matters, Tom, II you'll only
uruyTde some one capable OF serving
q good dinner
2Ir- Thomas Maye disappeared with
- reassarIng nod. He had pro-
verbally bad memory; pretty Emma
:lZaye knew II very well yet in this
J. desperate emergency she trusted him.
llanssrous:: but what could she do?
Daring the two years she had had
sS1arge cf her widowed brothers. fam.
my. they had been blessed by the most
EkfHrnl nf cooks, but Joan had taken
d fzney to get married, and her place
Ha1 5tastiIV supplied by one who
5soon proved Incapable At this juno
tEre Mr. Maye received tidings that
his deceased wife,s fayorite brother,
Arthur MAXWELL just returned from
Europe, would poy him a visit.
TEe Maxwell family were noted for
Fhezs wealth and good breeding, and
Arthur especially was distinguished
z1cr his agreeability.
E!rUm the first, Emma had been
.ugrTcus over the responsibility OF
1eatertaining this elegant young man,
whum she had never seen. She Was
s0Telg and accomplished; but she
could net eook-she had never tried.
GertalHsy. Il seemed task enough for
b &yuMng lady of twenty to superintend
n family consisting of her brother
and herself, two boys and their tutor,
euo little girls and their nurse maid,
with Two other servants. But though
ardAuus, it had been we'll performed.
Ehe house was the perfection of
1eafness and. taste, the children well
kxaSaed, and Emma was much beloved
1R her Brothers family. To him she
Na& been devoted, in sickness and
Wealth. and he gratefully intended to
naake her tasks as light as possible.
Bak ne had proverbially bad mem
0ry. and. unfortunately, Emma had
neen obliged to trust tpsit. Z
II was haIf-past z o'clock when Mr..
HFaye went down town. He took, moth
ing oab a cup OF coffee at q, and
Hurehed at his favorite restaurant. at
IL AT halE-past 3 the Mayes dined,
and Mr. Maxwell was expected by the
$40 train
There!r sighed Emma. when, two
hours after her brothers departure,
the house was in its usual exquisite
order. and the yiands and flowers
sent up for dinner; II Tom doesn' t
forget. and if he sends up good
rnoE. everything will be nice enough.
She did NOT dare consider the pos
si5flisy OF Toms having forgotten,
OK chat OF the cook not coming for
any other, reason; but when, precisely
at 10 o'clock, the door bell rang, a
secret weight was lifted from her
heart She ran herself to answer the
aummons-
a medium-sized well-dressed, mod.
est-Fooking young man stood at the
entrance, and she frightened at sigh,
oE him
am very glad you are so pune
fnaf- I was afraid i should be dis
appofnted," leading the way, to the
kitchen. without an instant's delay
~Let me see-1O O'clock. / shall
have tG set you to work at once tc
prepare a frst-class dinner. We are
eg3ecting company from New York
erar cook has left me, and do moi
myself kntH anything about cooking
What is your nsme?" relieving the
yuung ulan of his hat, and hanging
1E as high out of reach as possible.
ELS reply was rather faint, but she
Shurght she caught it.
~Macz You do not look like al
Krishman. But it doesn't make an!
difference Are you a good cook?"
The smile of the young man wa!
rather puEzIing.
~K'u ilo my best" be said, pleas
znfly-
-You see there's nothing in tht
house but cold chicken" continued