Show just a slight mistake now to reward you tor coming to see me this rainy night she said I 1 m going to make ou something in my chafing dish I 1 got a new recipe book tor christmas and I 1 m going right through it alphabetically ive gotten as tar as D already he hastily disclaimed any desire for refreshment lie had played the dog to experiments on that lar chafing dish before he had gone as far as D himself when on one occasion she had mistaken the red pepper for cinnamon oh do she urged see now vou may choose dont these sound inviting damson sauce devonshire deviled crabs I 1 er that is the doctor has for bidden me to eat anything commena ing with D he interrupted her face fell I 1 m awfully sorry because I 1 coulden couldn t skip you know it would mix me all up id forget where I 1 left off ob no it would never do to skip he agreed well then at least let me give you a cup of cocoa she said hospitably As cocoa sounded comparatively in nocuous he accepted the offer but without very great enthusiasm she lit the light under the kettle measured a brown powder from a tin box marked cocoa mixed it with condensed milk and the kettle had boiled filled the cup with boiling water then with a flourish she set the steaming beverage before him just as she was about to replace the cover on the tin she gave a start something in the color of the powder had aroused her suspicions she sniff ed at it then tasted it wait a minute she exclaimed hastily oh you haven t drunk it have youa yes be answered in a hollow voice seeing his doom written in her horrified expression it has come at last he had always known he would die a victim to her culinary eapen ments but dian didn t it taste queer no no queerer than I 1 mean 1 drank it so quickly that I 1 dian didn t no tice well it fatal necessarily she said reassuringly im awfully sorry I 1 forgot I 1 had put it in the cocoa tin but its only the brick dust we use for cleaning the knives |