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Show Simple as Could Be. Tarts were on the table, on the ' dresser In fact, everywhere. It was the day of Mrs. Swankle's party, and the cook was making great preparations prepara-tions for the feast. "Very nice ve-ry nice!" Bald Mrs. Swankle, impressively. "But what a pity, cook they're all the same!" "No'm," replied cook, firmly. "Some's apple, and some's raspberry." "But they're all marked 'T. A..' " said the mistress. "How can you tell the difference between them?" "Easy 'm," was the cook's proud explanation. ex-planation. "The apple tarts are marked 'T. A.' for ' 'Tls Apple,' and the raspberry ones are marked 'T. A.' for "Tain't Apple'!" London Answers. |