Show HoW Katie Baked and asted ny BY MAUI MAUD A tu n. n S Katie was wis only 9 years yena's old but ut wan w was ws an extremely bright and clever clevel little in las for or that age She had hall pone one to tollio tho llio country to spend pt nd the summer with ur anti and Und and i dear big joll Jolly Uncle Jack Jacl who thought there then was as no nn othel other little girlS girl girlIn r S In all th the th world HO so capable l. as his fa little niece A C few y w Katie was Installed lit lil her hel gl J hou house e she he beg le- ged ell that dear dar old lady to tu allow hI Inin to In to in help heil with wili the tue hOUR housework Ph This I iq request was le readily I ly corn complied i i fel with vi t h for 01 Grand Orr hc believed II 1 0 In 10 training girls when young in the tho art artof of ot good goot housekeeping City fity girls know next to nothing satisfied that they would be tho the greatest great great- I est st hit cults her uncle ever evel had placed before l oro him And In this supposition Katie was not ron wrong Does Docs mother know that we are to have a new cook a asked ked Uncle Jack just a R shadow of doubt lou t In his tone tont Of o course sir sIrS answered Katie lowing her pretty Hetty h head with spirit has told mu nu to get let the din din- n ncr ner cor Good enough Good enough cried Uncle Jack cheerily But in inwardly III- III war ly he lie was saying to himself Its all very Vely well to h teach ach little girls to cook coole but hut it Is 18 a good plan to wait walt till the men ColI folks s are arc awa away for the day lay However Ho Ill I'll eat whatever ver Katie fixes I If it It IL chokes me Mustn't l hurt I c iu i it i 4 IJ S e I 0 J I So Su Into lio the tilt lint hot fI Mesh sh silo ho thrust th tho darning needle about th the very things they need most io to khow would say FaY y as asi he shook her heath head pityingly oer over overa a grave fact i Well I know how howo o to o to do oh oh ever so su many needful thing declared Katie in st self defense lf- lf r for she fancied her in included lU- lU eluded 1 ILIr in that stat statement about l city ty girl girls gins Well etl ba baby y Old ald grandma indulgently she sh gently she could not realize thai that KalIe Ka- Ka lIe Xie was 9 P years ars old and amid a bah baby no noI I longer well baby alJY a as I r am very busy Jus r Today finishing a milt in the lie frame r you OIl s 1 lia ethe have havu tilt the opportunity to too tot toJ J t 1111 to o tn just how lio much t k f l know iii a about getting a dinner Now y tt Ivo Ive just t put a cluck in the oven tH to In f. f AI I tom for dinner anti and you shall lIa baste te Jt for Cor lna You ou may muy also make a n pan panf f i tiTle lh I biscuits for Is very ery J fond of if them when he lie finis roast roast dt duc 1 If you yuu do 10 iu not t know liow to mix th biscuit llou dough h you nu will find a u cookbook hool In th the pantry from Which you will get a a. recipe J A All right JI II 11 mamma agreed Katie her hel face glowing with the pleasure pleas ideas la lire lire ure she experienced at hein being given gl l carte blanche In the tIme kitchen At lh moment she hc felt no apprehension concerning concerning con con- her success in the culinary 1 I Iline I I line lIm but when once In th the big kitchen with th the tho great grat cooking range glowing fire on whose hose top steamed till UK- I big lg teal teakettle and In whose oven o the roasting fowl she hl was wa as to baste astl Katie was a a. bit hit confused I 1 wonder which thing timing I shall do first she said to IH herself Then 1001 look look- ting out the window she caught a glimpse of dear deur Uncle Tacit Jack coming to towar toward to- to ward war 1 time the house Ill Ili Just lust tell Uncle Jack of or my dilemma she decided and and ran to tu the kitchen porch beckonIng beckonIng beckon beckon- j Ing him to her ber Say Uncle Jack JucI S she shie said when hen that individual upon lIpon the Im chief cook and maker biscuit today but ut a as I am nm ama a D. bit lt uncertain just JUKI what thing timing to do 4 first I thought Id I'd ask advice I Sure SUlo said Enid Undo Uncle Jack J Ill Just come right In nn and give you a lift In Inthe the right direction But Dut what do I smell cooking And AmI Uncle Jack sniffed en I Ted at the savory odor ollor of or roasting ns duck that came floating from Crom the kitchen Why that's duck huch explained Ka Ka- tie tic Granny Cranny hn has got It In the time oven 0 and ana I r am to baste It But what I want to know Is which to o do o drat Shell Shall I 1 baite the thc fowl or make the biscuits Biscuits and Uncle Jack Jae puckered l' l 1 s up jp his hits lips 1115 9 In iii a 11 long lunK whistle of do dolight de- de o light t. w V w-w-w w So Su you are arc to tomake tomake m make e th the biscuits eh h I Y You Yes 8 laughed Katie quite the little HUll iia kids kid's feelings not feelings s not a bit hit of It Then rhen ho lie said aloud Well ell I reckon you'd better belter basic basto the luck duck first seeing or sewing or smelling meiling rather rather- that it Is cooking Then mix up tip the thc biscuit dough cu cut t er ci out nut pat cm in lii inthe the pans pans ians anti and shoot cm em in lii the time oven t to I hake bake al along with Mrs ims 11 Duck what hat 1 Ill I'll do 10 exclaimed Kalle Knill So now you run alon along h to the time sitting silling room i where granny Is I- quilting and read your Ager ger Gazette till I call all you to 0 dinner With 1111 a smile a yard yarl wide itIe ille hut but with a fueling of uneasiness s concernIng conCerti concern Ing Ilig the time dinner Undo Uncle Jack Jacl did thu the lit littie little lit lit- tie lie Katie's Katies bidding it ng- ng and amid joined his ills mother in the sitting silting room ll Then ell Kalle Ian ran up UJ to her hem own room got fot a fl sung darning needle an and threaded It with a lilt bit of oC strong wrapping twine tine r into th the hot flesh she he thrust th the darnIng darnIng darn darn- arn Ing nee needle taking a long stitch binas but bin butas as she en endeavored to draw the forth th the tender skin gave gae way vaY am ami the stitch failed of its purpose PumP Agair Katie took tool a stitch burnt her In the time hot grea grease a few Cew drops ol oh which flew fie in her face acu Ouch cried the little girl III anti and Just as sue she he W waT was wa T her iier poor burnt thumb oh on hei apron the tIme door doom opened and aUth in walked Grandma Olf Orr Time The old I lady tool took In Inthe inthe the situation at a glance and being unable to suppress her laugh laughter tor sh she sat down and find gave way to her hem ment I- I Katie Kalie atle looked up In surprise but tut front from the expression on her grandmothers grandmother's grandmothers grandmother's grandmothers grandmother's grand grand- mothers mother's face she knew something was wrong Tong with the tho basting of the time duckI duck I J 1 dont don't seem to be able to lo make the basting hasting stitches stick slick she IH confessed confessed con con- fessell her face Cace aflame from rom the lie heat of oC the oven and added adde to perhaps l by hy a bit hit of embarrassment m See Set they just pull right ht out out Then dear old forcing nack her hem lau laughter sat down beside het Katie and showed ho her that basting a alow low fowl was In no way similar to lo ha the time seam or 01 hem hem o of a garment Then II I Katie atle with eyes yes wide wille anti ami cheeks chI blushing some more mon was as forced Li to confess her Ignorance in iii that line But Out I can cami make the biscuits all allright allright right she insisted for COl Ive I've watched you VOLI mixing them so often that it will come awfully easy Very well veil smiled Youve got to learn it sometime th the same as you have now no learned to haste baste a. a fowl Cowl We c learn by y our omit mistakes you know Well Granny said l ll Katie Kalie getting on elm her hm feet fool and anti looking serious I ur dont don't think Hie e was mine TI The I ical Leal al mistake was made by the cook who first called dipping the gravy g over the fowl by iy the wrong name BastIng BastIng Bast- Bast Ing log Is done with ith a needle le and ail thread not not with Ith a it spoon and hot lint fat Cat Well Veil ehl you may may be he right dearie deamie n admitted but ut I suspect sims sus p peet ct you'll find basting roasts rousts with wilh SpoOn and gravy gi-avy much easier of accomplishment ac ac- than with needle and thread thrond But nut now you may try the till hl biscuits cults Katie went w. Into the lie pantry an and sifted d the fl flout flour 0 III into the big lg wooden cad bread Hl bowl So far fal am so good she chuckled to in hc herself Then into inlo the flour she II kneaded a big lump hump of white while lard ard She Rhe had so often seen g do 10 that Then Themi she he got a pint cup cur nl anti and d filled it wilh rich swe sweet t mill milk with i which she h began to lo mix the Hie flour i into soft dough So Sn fa far r. r a all II right m t f she lw said again a smile of on oil her hem face Then she got the time dough doug I of a consistency that would bear hear time the rolling roiling pin put mt It on time the bread board oard and ancl rolled rollel It thin Next she got Jot till the tin biscuit cutter cutler cut cuL th time dough Into inlo small wheels and amI filled the Iho dripping pUll pail with them rise away up til as they bake she he began to tu say r rI r- r 0 I W lh 1 L w w p 3 n tIt called Jack t This bo be e bettor better to baste with than titan thread she mused as she hurried hur ried again to tu th the I kitchen Then rhon on her knees In front of or the tho oven she drew tho time big dripping pan Ian forward mid and 1001 looked for sonic some opening in the browning oily skin to sew up uT But seeing no place which seemed In need 01 ol stitches Katie decided that time the roper thing to do was to baste aste the body o of the duck so o thoroughly thorough that in no spot could it be burst open So Sn to herself Then of or a a. sudden she r that thai she sho hall had forgotten to put In the tho baking powder And the salt sail Yes she had hUll also forgotten the salt salL But that could be Ill easily rome reme died Quickly getting geltin time the baking powder she sprinkled some under each little cake of dough for fOI as she 81 said hI to o herself baking lIal powder was just used to male make the biscuits rise so why not hot underneath as well elI as as In inside in- in side Then on top tot lih she HI sprinkled lell a dash of salt for tor bread leal without salt falt w would uld not be fit to oat eat she h knew h While hili II 0 th the pan an of ot biscuits Katie set ct the tho ta table le for COl dinner but ut left her quilt antI and came caine hi into to the kitchen to mal make e the coffee and gIve o the time luck duck a little attention When the old ladys lady's eye ee f fell 11 on the tho pan pami of oC biscuits In the tho oven she de tie- to put spine me slices l of light bread read en n the ta table l. l but ut she si said nothing to Katie Kallo a about out h her r misgivings In a little while Undo Uncle Jack Jacl was called to lIonel dinner and anti Katie came camo in reluctantly with a plate of the 1 his bis 19 cults l. which though thought baked to a beautiful beau heau- brown crust Clust wore flatter than when put to bake ake Im Im sure Uncle Jack I dont don't know why these those his bis cults wouldn't rise said Katie jutting put jut ut- ut Un ting the plato plate bIdo him Did you 1 0 put in the Iho baking pow pow- der Inquired gran who ha had guessed tho the cause o No confessed Katie alle but 1 put plenty plant of or It under l them thorn them Its It's all the same Isn't It You ma may taste them and se see said Orr looking at Uncle Jack who winked knowingly Then rhen Katie understood that baking powder and salt rolt outside the dough though lid did not riot produce time tilt dc desired dred effect In vain ullI she tried to oat eat one of the tho flat ta tasteless taste taste- h less biscuits she he she was vas obliged to la lay it aside and reach for Cor a a. slice hice of ur bread But how fast fasl Uncle Jack Jal got awa awu away with those thosA biscuits Why the they dl disappeared disappeared dis dis- appeared as if tr by magic Fine th they are arc for fOI the first attempt he lie said smacking ills jils lips hips and nodding encouragingly to Katie who a lit hit crest crest- fallen fahien kept keit her tyes es on her hel plate only peeping toward the time biscuit 1 plate lato occasionally oc oc- to marvel el at nt the Iho disappearance disappear dIsappear- ance of or the tho tasteless things Twenty minutes later hater and amid while Orr r was explaining a afew afew afew few things to Katie about cooking a athey as thc they cleared awa away the ta table le Uncle Jack sauntered towards the time big l. l pigpen pigpen pig pig- pen In the rear o of the time barnyard paused looked 1 about aboul to lo be lle sure that thai no 10 len person OIl wa was within eyt eyeshot and und then deliberately took from frum his coat nt pocket h ton n n of the flat heavy y lIl biscuits cull hu vilos disappearance hind had caused dill I 11 no small entaIl ill grot o of relief reller for fOl she he had supposed they found a l lodging place Uncle Inside deal dear Indulgent old od Jacks Jack's spacious stomach Pig Piggy piggy called Uncle Jack Th Thc Thc-n n Into tho the trough he lie tossell Katies Katie's fil first st t biscuits cults I 1 wouldn't have haic hurt hUlt the time little I IMd's Iid's feeling for Cor the world by r leusing re refusing le using fusing these hh biscuits said Uncle Jack Jacl Hut But until mull 11 she learns moru about the mysteries of tf dough h It la Is safer to lether lether let lether her experiment on omi the time pigs They y dont don't mind If IC Li biscuits ore are a trifle trine sad rod |