The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-13
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BINARY ROBERTS RINEHART
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Copyright. 1909. The BoSbs- Mcrrfil Company

the clock. and while Mr.. HARRISON
had his back turned 7 got 1t down. 1t
was quite clear that the domestic type
Of woman was his ideal. n ! did not
care to outrage his belief in me. SO
Il took the cookbook into the pantry
land read the recipe over three times.
When | came back l knew it by heart,
although | did not understand 1t.
Il will tell you how / a with a
great deal of dignity. and since you
want to help. you may make It your
self"
He was delighted.
Fine" he said. Suppose you give
me the idea first. Then Wen go over
big fluffy omelet, and If the others
aren't around, Well eat it ourselves"
Well" | said, trying 70 remember
exactly. you take two eggs
Two" he repeated. Two eggs for
ten people,"
Don't interrupt me-" / a irri-
tably. Tiff two isn't enough we
can make several omelets, one after
the other"
He looked at me with admiration.
yVho else but you would have
thought Of that" he remarked.
Well, here are two eggs What
next"
Separate them ! said easily, No.
| didn't know what 1t meant /
hoped he would; l aid it as casually
as l could, and I did not o at him.
| knew he was staring at me, puzzled.
Separate them he said. Why.
they aren't fastened together Then
he laughed. oh. yes, of course"
When / looked he had put one at
each end of the table. Afraid they'll
quarrel, l suppose" he said. Well,
now they're separated"
Then beat" r.
First separate. then beat" he re-
peated. The author of hat cook
book must have had a mean dis
position. What's ext Hang them %
He looked up at me with his boyish
smile.
Separate and beat" | repeated, II
IT lost a word ef that recipe was
gone 1t was like saying the alpha
bet: / had 10 go 10 the beginning every
time, mentally.
Well" he reflected. you cant
beat an egg, no matter how cruel you
may be, unless you break it first
He picked Jap an egg and looked at 1t.
Separate he reflected. "Ah-the
White from the-whatever you cook
ing experts catI 1.-THE yellow part
Exactly" / exclaimed, light break
ing on me. "Of course. / knew you
would ind it out Then back 10 the
recipe-beat until well mixed, then
fold in the whites"
Fold 2" ne question. 1t looks
pretty thin to fold. doesn't it, l.
upon nay word, ! never heard OF fold
ing an egg. Are you-but of course
you know, Please come and show me
how"
Just fold them In" I said des-
perately. Tit isn't difficult" And
because l was sn transparent a fraud
and knew he must find me out then,
Il said something about butter, and
went into the pantry. That's the
trouble with a lie: somebody asks you
TO tell one as a favor to somebody
else, and the first thing YOU know.
YOU are having to tell n thousan-. and
srying To remember the mes you
have told SO you won't contradict
yourself. and the very person o have
tried to help turns on o ans re-
proaches @ for being u~ntruthful, l
leaned my elbows despondently on
the shelf of the kitchen pantry with
the feet OF a guard visible through
the high window over my head. and
waited for MI. HARRISON to come in
and demand that / old a raw egg.
and discover that | didn't know any
thing about cooking. and was just al
useless as all the others.
ITO BE C~ontinued.)