New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02

with many thoughts not the least Of which Of Mr.
Qumbys breakfast. Al the door OF the Kitchen Shy
met them, maternal, concerned eager to pnper ana
To- serve lust as Aagcc remembered her on that nlHh'
that now seemed so long ago. lie smiled down INTO i'i
eyes and he had an engaging smile even at our-mrN
in The morning. -
straight from tina, Old hus. Of an inn! And believe mo-
he, pretty anxious to sit down to some food that woman
starter Of al the trouble since the world began had
hand in.
~Comc right in al Of you, chrrupcd Mrs DUMMY
ushcring them into a pleasant odor Of cookery. Iak'
off voir things and sit down. Breakfast most ready
Nv land g,i,.,i YOU must be pretty nigh starved 10
death Ouimbv told me who cooking tor YOU ana
| slys 10 Ouinby What, | says. hat n" account
woman hatcr messing round at woman jon m,
that | says Heaven pity the people at the mn!
says. MIR. Peters may be able {" amusc them w'H
s0rcs Of how Cleopatra whllcl away the quiet Egyptian
EVENING ,vs and he may be able to throw little
new gh, on Helen Of Troy who would object I" having
it thrown She was alive and the Lady think her; but
| SAYS, when it comes to cooking. guess ne STANDS
about where YOU do Ouimby' You see, DUMMY
rcpcrorv consists Of coffee and soup. ana sometimes
its hard 10 tell which he means for winch.
$50 Mr.. Peters has taken you IN on IN! secret o, ,'
book he is writing against your sex; r''''N'" n''N
Not exactly that" Mrs Qumby answered, brushing
hack wi,p Of gray hair; but he's discussed II III my
presence ignoring AT the time You Sec ne conc
down here and reads his latest chapters 10 Qulnpy
nights, and I've caught quite io' "i II OH lily way "
tween the cookstovc and the sink 50
81 amt no Judge Of books remarked MIS-; Norton
from a comfortable rocking chair, but II bet th't
ones the limit. ,,t 81
"You'rc right, Ma';m,' Mrs Quimby t"ld her
oin't saving that some Of II amt real pretty W"fo.
bu, thai lust to hide the iaschood underneath. MY
land the lies there is in that book You don need |"
know much about history know that Jake Peters has
made if over TO t his argument and that Inc am mic
il over 50 well but what the old seams SHOW mere ;u'
there and the place where the brand WAS is PLAIN Is Gay
light :,.,
After ten more minutes Of hustle Mrs Dummy an
nnunccd that they could sit down, and they were no,
o,y o accent the invitation. The breakfast she ScrNcd
them moved Alagcc 10 remark:
81 want To know where stand rs Judge oi 'rld'''
On the first night saw Mrs Quinby, without t'StnH
mors Of food cooked by her. SAID She was the p'''
cook in the county. go .y,,
The professor looked up from his grd'ilccakcS why
limit i t the countv?" he asked. 81 should say you
wcrc too parsmonouS in your Judgment.
Mrs Ouimby, detecting in the old man WorS Il
compliment flushed an even deeper req as Slc penn
above the stove Under the benign influence OF the iooi
and the womans CHEEKY personality the spirits Z" the
crowd arose Bal1patc Inn in the past, IT'S doors
locked It's seven KEYS scattered through the dawn Mrs
Oui,nlv as she continued To press food upon Them
smoke with interest Of the events that had come 10 pass
at the inn. -
~I's 50 seldom anything really happens around here
she said 81 lust been hungcrng for news o the strange
qonps on up there And must say Qumby am been
none too ncwsy ON the subject ! threatened To come
M and oin in the proceedings myself especially when