Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-01
Cooks
 Romance
Must we discharge her ?"

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 "Can she be losing her mind?"
 T am almost afraid to go Into the kitchen"
 The Gordon family consisted of hus- band. wife and two children. the latter being Frank. young man of 20. and Kettle. miss of IS. The mother and daughter were holding a family co3n- cil over Hannah the cook. who had been with them for five long years ard was still rustling in the Kitchen.
 Hannah was 40 years old, weighed almost 200 pounds and was a jewel That Is. she has been up to very late ly. They couldn't say enough in praise of her. and she hadn't demand ed more wages because they praised her.
 4 month before this family council of two opened there had come a change. Hannah had become fidgety IL was known that she was writing letters and secretly posting them t was known that she had taken a box at the postoffice. It was known hat. instead of going to bed at 3 o'clock, as all jewels of cooks do, she was strolling fin the back yard and repeat ing lines of poetry and signing long. drawn sighs.
 What can 1t be, mother-what cau it be-" asked the daughter.
 Hannah had selected a particular advertisement and answered IL She had bought pink stationery. She had licked the two-cent stamp on in the most loving manner.
 The advertisement was that of 6 young man who wanted to be loved by steadfast girl If he could find such he would make her very happy. Was not Hannah a girl-an old girl? Was she not steadfast? She wrote and received ah answer. and the af- fair was on. If the family council only had thought of romance all would have been clear; but 1t didn't
 And what made mother and daugh- ter more anxious was the fact that Rodney Bingham. a young gentleman of 22, whom they had met al a resort during the summer, was coming to pay Frank a visit. MT. Bingham ar rived Hannah was all smiles She was also seen to blush. The red on her cheeks was not from the kitchen range. but a real, genuine blush. She got a good view of him from 8 corner night was long one to her. At the first signs of dawn she dressed and left the house and gathered few late flowers in the garden for a bouquet
 With this ia hand she re-entered the house and softly made her way to the guests room. and after bestowing a kiss on the flowers she left them at his door. When A1r. Bingham arose and found them he carried them to the breakfast table iu his hand and gave Miss Nellie a smiling nod for her courtesy and thoughtfulness.
 After breakfast Frank and his friend walked out to the stables to in spect the auto. Hannah met them lace to face and smiled at MT. Bing- ham. Her whole loving heart was in that smile, but he couldn't understand it. That afternoon Hannah met him in the upper hall by design and smiled again and pressed pink note into his hand Mir. Bingham was too aston ished to return the note or to ask for an explanation. When he came to read the note he found:
 You have come to your own true love. Meet her in the garden at g o'clock tonight Beware of Miss Net tie. Be true to me-"
 It was an embarrassing position for Mir Bingham. The note and the smiles indicated that his hosts cook was in love with him, and he was stunned. He did not keep the appointment made, and there was another bouquet at his door next morning. Tied to it with a piece of store twine was an other perfumed note, which read:
 T waited for you for two long hours. but you did not come. If Miss Nettie has got you away from me then both of you beware!"
 Young MT. Bingham had never pass. ed through an earthquake nor a cy- clone, but he saw signs in the air and took the family into council. What ails Haunah?" became the topic. Ii was decided that they must go to the fountain-head 10 find out The cook was bearded in her den. She was dignified. She was reserved. She was quietly defiant When pressed she discharged herself on the spot and demanded to see Mir. Bingham. It was a full hour before the right trail was struck Even then Hannah could not give up. She brought out five or six love letters. which she had believed had been written by young NIT. Bingham. and they were passed around to be read. There was laugh. ' ter and ridicule and criticism. but it needed one thing more.
 1 That one thing came It was a red. | headed, shabbiiy-dressed man who ] knocked at the kitchen door. He had one eye. lie had large ears. He had scraggIy chin whiskers.
 "No vittlesl" said Hannah. He winked at her and took her pink letters out of his pocket and wanted ! to shake hands.
 "You!" she exclaimed in a voice Of ! contempt.
 "Yes. darling!"