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Show Just a Slight mistake I ' I.. Mil I I L 'Nov, to reward you for coming to 8 dig this rainy night," sho said, "I'm Wing to mnko you something In my chafing ulHh. I got a now reclpo book for Christmas, and I'm going 8ht through It, alphabotlcally. I'vo Sottcn ns far as 'D' already." He hastily disclaimed any deslro for refreshment. Ho had played tho "dog" to experiments on thnt particular particu-lar chafing dish before. Ho had gone s far ns "D" hlniBolf, when on ono pccaslon she had mistaken tho rod feppor for cinnamon. 'Oh, Col" sho urged. "See, now you may choose! Don't those ouml Inviting: 'Damson Sauce, Dovonshlro Dumplings, Deviled Crabs'" "I cr-that Is, tho doctor has forbidden for-bidden ine to cat anything commenc-tDK commenc-tDK wiyi D" ho Interrupted. Her fnco fell. "I'm awfully sorry, because I couldn't skip, you know. It I would mix me nil up; I'd forgot whero Neft off." v Oh, no It would novcr do to skip," M agreed. V "VeJl, thon, at least lot mo glvo you a cup of cocoa," sho said, hospitably. As cocoa sounded comparatively Innocuous, In-nocuous, he accepted the offer, but mi i m w ii'iiii n 'i 'I i H without very great enthusiasm. iiH She lit the light under Uio kettle. IH measured a brown powder from a tin ill box marked "cocoa" mixed it with iH condensed milk, and when tho kettle HI hnd boiled, filled the cup with boiling il water. Then, with a flourish, sho set jH tho steaming boverago beforo him. H Just as Bho was about to replace tho H cover on tho tin, she guvo a start. Something in tho color of tho powder hnd nroiiHCd her suspicions. Sho sniff- H cd nt It, then tasted It. jM "Wnlt a minute," Bho exclaimed, Hfl hnstlly. "Oh, you haven't drunk it, H have you?" - "Yes," ho answered In n hollow H voice, Heclug his doom written In her H horrified expression. It has como at last. Ho had always known ho would H dlo n victim to hor culinary export- jH nronta. "But didn't It tnsto queer?" H "No; no queerer than I mean, I H drank It bo quickly that I didn't no- H "Well, it Isn't fatal necessarily." H sho snld, reassuringly. "I'm awfully H sorry I forgot I had put It In tho M cocoa tin but It's only tho brick dust H we uso for cleaning tho knives." H |