Show An Insult to the Cook Wo had just engaged a new cook said tho young matron I was going out and as lots of little things were lying around in my room I locked the door Imagine my surprise when I returned to be greeted in tho hall by a veritable fury Impersonated by this same newlyarrived cook Sho hurled all manner of violent language at me and surprised as I was and Incoherent Incoher-ent as she was I managed to make out that sho had been accused of be Ing a thief Why sho felt so bad about it was tho puzzle Why do you lock your door she howled Of course that explained it all and so very gently I asked her how she had known It was locked She was only silent a moment in order to think up an answer I wanted a needle and so I went up sho was saying when I Interrupted with But that was quite wrong I was Just about to send In an alarm when my husband came home Ho did the rest Wo dined out Philadelphia Philadel-phia Record |