Year: 1874

alI MS iHealS,, anu was at loss TO
know what to do or which way to
turn.


In due time the salad was dressed,
tasted, and pronounced superb In
deed one of the young Englishmen
was SO well pie ased that he insisted
ed on testifying his appreciation OF
the Frenchmal's art by presenting
him with five pound bank note.


Henri very naturally objected at
first to accept it, but the Englishman
would listen to no excuses, and be
was finally compelled to yield At
parting they took his address, and
assured him that he would hear from
them again.


D'Albignac returned to his lodg-
ings in a much better frame of mind
than he had been for many days.
His first step was to satisfy his i'm
Fortunate landlord with thetive pounds
that had so fortunately fallen into
his hands; his second was to look for
other quarters. The huckster was
not little chagrined to see his ten
ant leave him, but he made no effort
to induce him to remain. 1--WE shall
see," he thought, " yon will be glad
to come back to me and accept my
offer-if not to-day or tomorrow,
then later. Return you are sure to,
for what can you, friendless and mon
cylcss, do in London ?'


Henri found, in the same, in the
house of q weaver, modest apart
ment that answered his purpose.
He nov began to look diligently
about for some means of earning a
livelihood, and thought no more Of
the salad adventure until he was re-
minded of it in a manner that, in his
impoverished condition, was most
agreeable.


Four or five days had elapsed,
when one morning he received a
note in which he was politely reques-
ted to do the writer favor to come,
on certain day, at specified hour
TO one of the handsomest mansions in
GrosvenOr square, in order that the
guests at a large dinner party might
profit by his skill in salad dressing.


Grosvenor square in those days
was the most fashionable part of
London. Once favorably know in
that neibgborhood, and his fame
could not fail to extend throughout
the city. The young Frenchman
had sufficient sagacity to see that his
skill in dressing salads might be
made to retrieve his fortune ;he there
fore spent the time interviewed be-
tween the receipt of the note and the
day on which he was to visit the
square in making some experiments,
which finally resulted to his entire
satisfaction.


He was puuctual and found the
principal ingredients for the dish he
was called upon to prepare awaiting
his arrival In little box which he
carried with him he brought various
condiments he deemed necessary to
enable him to acquit himself in the
best possible manner. He was en-
tircly successful and won the highest
praise but what gratified him most
was the liberal recompense he re-
ceived for his trouble, which strength
ened his determination to reap what
ever pecuniary advantage from his
art he could


Henri's hopes and expectations
were more than realized. His Sec
Ond so-called Italian salad did much
more toward making him known than
he had anticipated. In very few
days he received another invitation,
or rather order; soon afterward
another, and within a month it was
not considered ''the thing" at gala
dinner 10 offer ones guests a salad
that was not dressed by the young
French nobleman.


And one day, not long after this
happy turn in his affairs D'Abignac
paid visit to his former landlord who,
as soon as he recovered from the