Show COOK rox FRIENDS 4 what aa a daany anny new cook mamma I 1 has yes yea and how bow she starts every time the bell rings as it if somebody were coming to catch her and what a wild look she has in her eyes she makes make good cake though dont she louise a great deal better than black sallys s and then sally had such a temper tempe do 0 you remember how she sent the gridiron gridiron across the kitchen after the cham ber maid because she had bad mislaid millaid the dishcloth how I 1 did a V 11 1 I remember it ib what do yo you yoa a suppose makes this new cabok a act so oddly when the bell rings I 1 heard beard mamma sa say y she was lone one of the nervous sort it would be good fun to play a trick on her and frighten her woul dInt it you oai know the dark erit entry y by the parlor door louise yes well you know there are plenty of old clothes and things bavi hanging gine up there and she has to pass by bi them when she goes up and down stairs I 1 yes aeu well suppose we hide behind those coats and just as she comes along both of us make a spring at her wont that be fun capital said eaid louise but wont mamma punish nsf us of course if she finds us out but we get found out what is the use of having feet if you cant scamper with them betsey of course will be too foright ened eneato to see azo did it and before anybody else comes we shall get out of the way the new cook betsey whom these two little sisters were talking about was a widow her husband was an industrious temperate man a carpenter by trade he loved betsey very much and they lived irk in a I 1 comfortable little house which they A biped to be able to buy gome day when toto tom had earned enough money at his bis trado trade betsey made tore tom a good wife if he worked hard in the theaoa shop aop she worked hard la in the he house every thing was just as not neat as a P new nev pin you wight might have bieri eaten off her floors thoy hey wore were scrubbed so ao white and clean ihor were no finger marks on her doors doom or windows no brolien broken panes of glass I 1 with paper or rags stuffed in to keep out the air and ancher her closets and cupboards would bear looking look in g at in the brightest sunlight that ever fa found aad its way into a kitchen ber dishes and tumblers never stuck to your y 0 a fingers her hei table sever mover had bad on soiled t table b 1 r e clot claths cloths hs her walls ware never festooned festoon ed with cobwebs her hearth never was littered with ashes well blight tom work cheerfully ally for such a wife for he be kne knew w that every penny he saved vad and gave her was put to the best beat possible use it go for tawdry finery I 1 can e tell you and she knew how bow to turn a coat for tom or reline the gl sleeves cleeves eeves or seat a paro of pants as nicely os as a tailor tom was a good looking fellow he had bad a fine broad chest and a straight well f formed orm figure a lar large e eye and a fine filie roman nose asides besides a set sat of teeth that would have made a dentist sigh the truth was tom was one of natures qs gentlemen P he always did and said just the right thi thing and wade made everybody ev about him feel perfectly p erf tot satisfied with the world in general ud and himself in particular I 1 well they lived together as contented as two oysters tom grit his teeth when a carriage rolled by with a rich man in it or when another man passed him in afi a finer suit of broadcloth than his is own not i ot he he stepped off to his hie shop on the strength of betteys Bet nice coffee and biscuit as g grand r aad as the president why not nod he owed nobody a abent cent and than more than many a man can say who would knock voit voa down as quick as a if you should intimate he wiant one fine jay day tom to proposed to be betsey tsoy to go a fishing he said raid she needed tinZ of that eort by way of change for she ahe was quite worn out betsey said eaid no tom I 1 am well enough besides the water will make me siok sick but I 1 want you to gongu go you and phil D dolan you yon need it more than i ia n great deal tom like to go without betsey he believe in husbands husband frolicking about and ad leaving their poor tired cited wives to mond mend their old duds at home no he knew that there is to no woman be she ele ever so BO kind and good who does not isomo sometimes times want to see sail something beside a bopa gridiron gri diran and a darning needle so tom said no ill think of some pleasure you eso ean share with rno me but betsey persua persuaded persuade deA ii him togo to go without her she finc fancied iod good kind soul that tom was looking less veil ivell than usual and the thought of his pelting getting sick made her qui quite it e miserable iise rable so tom om said held hed go then betsey lot got tom its ais fishing tackle and put him up same some bisoi biscuit lit tor fyr he and phil intended to get out on a little island to make some and tom kissed her as true as you are ara alive though she was wag his wife and them thed he went for phil and they got into a little boat and floated off down the river I 1 betsey worked away thinking all the tim time Q how much good the fresh freh air on the water ws was doing tom she got along very wll well th through ugh the forenoon cleaning up the house bouse and putting things in olace till dinner time then than how lonesome it was not to have toms handsome face op opposite posits herl herf and nobody to eay batary Bat aey der dear heres your favorite bit or betsey dear your appetite to dayl jt it made her so dull that she eat berdinner her dinner I 1 am sorry to say that betsey had no dar j ling little e girl or bov to cli climb up i in her lap and talk t to her about p papa apa 1 betsey etsey wao wa sorry too and so was tom well the afternoon wore away it ta rs five time betsey betse bad begun to ret get tea for tom would soon saon be home Ws see she would make some flap jacks tom was fond of flapjacks flap jacks shed make him a real strong cup of f coffee he be liked that better than tea she would cook him im a bit of beef steak too for she knew that fishing always gave pea people le a good appetite so she i stepped around briskly ri and spread her snowwhite snow n ow white tablecloth table cloth and put on an her cups and saucers aed aad plates and tho the cis castor yes the castor on the tea table for they care a pin for fashion and whan n s she he had haa evoked cooked her supper she looked at the cloo clock yos YO it was quite time he li jas as there was ad then she looked out the froot door just ai as if she could look him home A an hour went by an hour after the time he wid said liem he come and tom always punctual to the minute miu lite too betsey grew nervous somebody rang the bell she flew fiew to the door tom tm never mever rang the bell it was only a boy iO inquiring quiring for th the dext neighbor betsey pulled a little wrinkle out of the table eloth set toms toma chair 0 up p to t the he table and peeped into the coffeepot it was all right V he would soon be there but somehow she keep still a minute she bad a great mini mind if she were not afraid of being laughed laug hejl at to tun run down to phil dolans bolans brothers to seq see if phil hd had got back I 1 I 1 theres the bell again betsey trembled so she could hardly get to the door though she tell why ay it is phils brother why dont betsel betsey speak to him bims why dont he be speak to i betsey ei why are hii lips ap ashen white I 1 poor betsey she knew it ally alii though lie he tag has not spoken a word tom is drowned phil lifts betsey from the floorn chafes her hands and speaks speake to her pa pitifully telf ally betsey does not afis answer she alto does doell VV so t evon even hear him IV v I 1 by and by she comes to herself and opens her eyes she sees the little supper table she looks at phill and then she puts her hand over his mouth and says not yet tat not yet 9 phils kind heart is wrung with pity he knows they will soon bring in toms dead body he loved tom everybody loved him it was only that very morning morma that he left home so ao bright so full frill of bif life e poor tom dear children yon can imagine im a e how poor betsey hung bung I 1 weeping ws wt 0 ver over ir her husbands 1 dead body how dreadful it was to see the earth clos cloie aver over it a and nd to leave her deat deaf little littie happy home and go out among strangers with such a sorrowfully sorrow full heart bout to earn her bread she heard that minnies mother wanted a cook she called and nd minnies mother engaged her and now berha perhaps sy should like to hear the end of the trick 76 the two little girls were planning to play on poor heartbroken heart broken betsey you too know now why she started whenever a bell rang and why her nerves were in such a stati state now inow is the time said minnie betsey has just gone in after the tea waiter quick get behind the costs coats louise betsey soon camhout came out with the tk tea tr tray ay of dishes and xinnie minnie and louise jumped at her from behind the costs coats obizine vi wing rudely hold hola of her arm I 1 betsey uttered a loud load scream and fell to I 1 1 I 1 the bottom of tho the stairs abr the aray a of dishes while minnie and lou louise ise terrified at the broken dis bishea fm tm os of up chamber to hide under rid Min minnies iiii admer I 1 r had bad not n 0 t gone gobe out as she ahe supposed and was was the clr first to find betsey whose face was wan badly out cut with the broken dishes and thomm who was taken up quite senseless 1 the doctor came and bandaged betteys Bet head andraid and aard she in might ht die their mot her nursed nur 4 led 0 t a brain feyer fever autt and in her delirium betsey tasey raved about her husband and told is in fragments all that I 1 iier h dor h heart eart had suffered winnies minnies mother without saying saving a word to her little girla girls about their naughtiness led them into the room and let them thea hear bear poor betsey call for tom dear tom to come and pity and love her and take the dull weary pain paia out of her heart and then they wa wept t and wanted to do something forb for betsey etsey if it were only to bring her a glass i 0 of 1 water ter to 10 moisten her lips after a fo long i their kind mother got nearly workout with watching and nursing betsey got better when she had bad quita recovered their mother too took k her f for or a seamstress and gave her a nice little room up stairs with a fire in it all to herself and minnie and louise used to sit and aad td to her and tell her oyer and over again with their arms arm around her neek neck how bow sorry they were they had been so wicked and gave her nice books to read evening evenings I 1 and tried to make poor betteys Bet lonely life as happy as ever ahe they Y could codd |