Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-01

a special pantry built to which he
might adjourn at his pleasure without
any fear OF finding the cupboard bare"
She he'd the way through the buffers
pantry and Into a small ~cupboarded
room adjoining the table linen closet
At her command the butler threw open
the doors aud disclosed ines Of shelves
so arranged as to accommodate In the
most compact and orderly fern imag-
Unable several dozens OF pies. These
pastries. Ia the pans as they had come
from the oven. peeped out ipyihngly.
Miss Octnxia explained their presence
In Der usual impressive
ut was one OF the conditions Of the
sale OF this house to me by the origi-
nal owners executors that the pie
vault should be kept filed Mt oil times.
whether I nm In residence here or not
He felt greatiy Indebted to pie for the
success Of the dyspepsia cure. 1t had
widened and steadily increased the
market for the cure. and pie was to
him a c~onsecrated and sacred food. II
was bis habit to eat a pie every night
before retiring. and on the Nightmares
thus inspired he had planned the STRAIT
egg OF all his campaigns against dys-
pensia. The man had elements OF
greatness. and these shelves are q
monument to his genius. 10 order to
keep perfect my ttie to this property
II Is necessary for me to maintain. q
pastry cook, and as ! do not myseif
care greatly for pie the total output
II distributed among the people OF h
n%eighborhood every second day. The
station agent at Bedford 10 a heavy
consumer. and a retired physician at
Mount Kisco has q standing order for
a dozen q week. My niece Hezekiah.
Of whom you have heard me speak Ii
partiai to a particular type Of pie. and
| one only. II 10 the Eooseber-y that Do
lights Hezekiah's palate. and under q
IN file 8, In the corner behind you.
there Is even now a gooseberry Pic
that | shall send to Hezekiah, who. Tor
reasons need not explain. does not
now visit here" .
But the dyspepsia man-you speas
| Of him az though he were dead"
Your assumption ID correct. MI.
| Ames. The builder Of Hopehe'd died
only a few weeks after he had estao'
Nshed himself In this house. Having
entered upon the enjoyment OF his
| we'll earned leisure and made II un-
necessary that he should ever 20 pie
less to bed. he gave himself up for a
A.Aa-AA a.. MAD (ndpttyAfpo In me.
ringues and died after great suffering.
steadily refusing his OWE medicine to
the end"
We still fingered In the pie crypt
after this diverting recital. while Miss
| Oeta via entertained me with her views
On pies.
"The soul color OF pies varies great
", Mr.. Ames. 1t has always seemed
to me that apple pie stands for the
homelier virtues Of our civilization. 1t
Is substantial. nutritious and dlling.
| The custard and lemon varieties are
feminine and do not. perhaps for that
reason. appeal to me. Cherry pie at
Its best Is the last and final expression
Of the pie genus. and where cooks
have been careful In eliminating the
seeds and the JUICE hasn't made sod
den dough OF the crust a cherry pie
| meets the soul's highest demands. In
the g~oosebeIry l find a certain rad-
| aesa or, II l nay use the expression.
Zip. thnt u highly stimulating. Both
qualities you will observe In Hezekiah
II yeu come to know her we'll"
II have already formed a high opiu-
len OF Miss Hezekiah. and | sbould
deal harshiy with any one who ven
tured to criticise her In any particu-
lar" l replied.
"Wiii you kindly inform me just
when you made the acquaintance OF
my younger niece? l should greatly
dislike to believe you guilty Of dis
stimulation. but when Hesekiah was
mentioned In the gun cor last night
your silence led nj to assume tina!
she was wholly unknown to you"
-She was. I assure You. at the din
ner honr last night But | ME her
quite by chance this afternoon in an
orchard at no great distance from
this house"
Miss Octavia paused In the hall and
bent her head In thought for Il mo
ment.
May ! inquire whether she referred
In any way to Mr.. Virgins In this In
terviewT"
"She did. Miss HOLSTER" I replied.
And / could not help smiling as l re.
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