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Show Men Confcs Atw.i.vs ou Time. ''Gnu of th;; (.Lilies to which I did not at once become accustomed in my mac cooks," said u housekeeper w ho has lately j attached a chT' to her r-st.iblUlnuent, "ir his foreh inde.bie.'s. Soon after his ar- , rival 1 gavv n '.inn-T, and dng nsed tc g'lin; ibiwu stairs 1. lie in the afternoon, at such times, ,'iiid alio u little curious tff ice if there were n pronounced difference ' between the i.X'lhods of Bridget, the deposed, de-posed, nud Pierre, the newly arrived, 1 made an erran 1 to the kitchen. I could see at once that my presence was deemed : an impertinence, but I forgot to reeout this in my horror at tho condition of affairs. af-fairs. The dinner was set for 8 o'clock, and it was then between 5 and 0; as far as I could see, however, it might have been sent to the table at that moment. A saddlcof Canada mutton was the piece 1 tie resislance, a::d this Pierre was draw- I ing from tho oven for what appeared to j me a final bastim? "Vegetables that took twenty minutes, as I supposed, to cook were gayly bubbling bub-bling on the range, an entree was ready . be put together, and tho cook was ap-p ap-p irentiy about to perform that act; ' nances were ma lo and standing in the; bain-marie; the li..h kettle was on, and J suspected it contained tho fish apparently appar-ently the dinner was ready and spoiled. "I Ventured n reoeirk. 'Von under- ' stand. Pierre,' I naid. 've dine at 8.' "'Oh. yes, madamo.' lie answered. ! Thou, as if he were willing to tolerate i thiii one interference: 'Madame need ; have no fear. Everything will be ready lit tiie in-diMit.' i "I thought it miirht be and withdrew, I fairly sick with anxiety over what t FH-nted to nwtt hopeless fVilure. T'ont , dinner, however, was pe, ; elicit, everv :i: h iij".pa:v:illy served at the moment of I iis prime. And since then I have trusted I Pierre and haven't pine downstairs tc bi distressed by bis promptness." Het Pint of View in New York Times. |