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In short, she was a mother, a stout, commonplace mother, a human breeding machine which procreates without any other preoccupation but her children and her cook-book. She welcomed me, and I went into the hall, where three children, ranged according to their height, seemed set out for review, like firemen before a mayor, and I said: "Ah! ah! so there are the others?"
"The cake and the apples must go in as soon as the oven is hot," said Dorothy, emerging from her cook-book. "That will leave the oven free for my oysters and Betty's popovers." Ruth gave a squeal of delight. "I've found a recipe for a pudding that sounds perfectly fascinating, and the cooking can be done on the top of the stove, which is an advantage."
The wedding-feast is therefore waiting. What is left will be yours. Let us hope there will still be the cook-book, but Miss Myrtle Meadows will not be with us, for I now pronounce her to be Mrs. Jack Rabbit, and may you be happy as long as possible, and longer." Then everybody became suddenly excited and pushed up to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Rabbit, and when the bride heard herself called "Mrs.
"The possession of your cook-book has made me quite beside myself. I prize it highly, not only for personal reasons, but because of its real worth. I feel so safe with it as a guide, and if I abide by its rules and laws no harm can befall me." Adeline Miller, a former pupil, Atlanta, Georgia. Alta, San Francisco. "Mrs.
She had been a diligent student of a cook-book for some time, and she had learned a good deal from her mother. All the time she was wondering how the situation would work out. He would leave her eventually no doubt of that. He would go away and marry some one else. "Oh, well," she thought finally, "he is not going to leave me right away that is something. And I can bring Vesta here."
Ever thine, J.G.M." Madison picked up his pen again and added another line: "P.S. Better buy a cook-book." He folded the pages, inserted them in the envelope, sealed the envelope and addressed it to Miss Helena Smith street and number not far from the tenderloin district of New York. Then Madison yawned pleasantly, tucked the letter in his pocket and prepared for bed.
Be assured that where, as you say, other women are common and vulgar, you can only seem distinguished; your manner of saying things would make a cook-book interesting." "You go fast in friendship," she said, in a grave voice which made d'Arthez extremely uneasy.
"What luck," she murmured, "that you noticed that cook-book in the pantry! And what common sense you displayed in smuggling it!" "To take a chance is the best way to make good, isn't it?" she said, laughing. "Oh, I am so thrilled, Mr. Vaux! I shall sit up all night over my darling cipher and my fascinating code-book-dictionary." "Will you be down in the morning?" he inquired. "Of course.
"And we're down to fifty a month in hard cash. But the tenant farmer on the other side of the bayou is to supply us with fresh fruit and vegetables. And our wardrobes are fairly intact. So I think that we can afford to hire the washing done. We'll take turns cooking " "Who's elected to do the poisoning first?" Val inquired with interest. "I trust we possess a good cook-book?"
Alas! how is she who has never made a stiff batter to settle the exact amount of flour necessary? I might give certain suggestions as to time, such as, "Close while the interest is still fresh;" or, "Do not make the tale so long as to weary the children;" but after all, these are only cook-book directions.
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