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lc60k with Mr.. Chancys stove was another mat
tier She was obliged to conine herself TO n sim
pie routine of dishes which it was the least impos-
sible to prepare with it, and Mr.. CLANCY who had
been accustomed to good living and was fond of


variety, had to partale of them without complaint.


Yet he never lost faith in the excellency of his in.
yention, and he felt inclined to pronounce, moi
tally, his wife to be as stupid as the domestics


"My dear" said he, few days after the depar-
Eture of Alexander's successor, 'you know do not
make it practice to invite company without first
Econsulting yod, but to-day | met with party of
gentlemen, who am anxious should see my stove
tested, and asked them to dine with me tomorrow.


They are, an eastern gentleman; professor OF


natural philosophy; two or three editors, who can


materiafy assist my reputation; a celebrated ma


chnst, and also invited Il few Of my more i'm


mediate private friends-about dozen in all -


"Why. can it be possible, MFR. Chancy, that
lyon would do such thing Invite dozen Of gen.
tlemen to dinner when we have not single SER


want but one chambermad, anil am compelled TO


DO the cooking myseff!'


''But I'll get you servants plenty. / have just
engaged an Irish waiter at of the Intelligence
offices, active, willing lad, as can be found
twas resolved to have nothing moro to do with
those mpertinent black fellows. He'll be here ilt
the morning. l believe he has never served in
the house before, but white Servants, Europeans,
think Of nothing but o5eying orders. And FlF
hire you 4 professed cook for the day"


F;'Fhere is no cook who coufl do anything with
that soVe," said Mrs CLANCY, tlrtfy.
| FNonsensa my dear a cook who understands
her business thoronghly prossed cook can cook
with anything. When you have the whole struc1
iture in operation, which it never has been vet
you will find it to work to charm. | will at
tend to heating it properly myself, so that YOU
need not give yourself any uneasiness about it."


Mrs. Chancy's disafec!ion, great as it was, had
not arrived at snch a crisis as to lead her TO com
Ii, I -


being invited she no further demurred, but set to
work upon plan for the morrow's entertainment,
though it was not without monv misgivinGs-
She however, stipulated tn it her huSblnI shunld
not bring any Of his guests into the kitchen before
dinner was over


The neSt morning Mrs CLANCY arose before
the s'la to do the marketing, Mr.. Chancy insist
ing that even greater variety than is usual OH
such occasions, shoud be prepared, that the stort
might be tested to the fullest extent She return
ed with a bomtfll supply, having spared neither
trouble or expense in collecting it and founl her
husband busy, usual, with the stove preparato-
ry to breakfast; AMI well lie earned his morning
meal! While eating it. he Whetted his appetite
with conjecturing what would be the compliment
ary terms relating to himself in the paragraphs of
the next days papers, which he expected to no.
tce:-"A sumptuous and elegant repast prepared
at the mansion of Job CLANCY, Esq, by cooking
stove of his own invention"


Breakfast over the cook made her appearance
She cast sc1utinizing AMI suspicious glance at
the stove as, she united her bonnet strings and
asked if Ltat was what she was to cook in Mr.
CLANCY replied in the affirmative. AMI all alert,
threw back some of the plates and commenced an
explanation Of its ntOat4s 0peramdi She tied her
bonnet again.


Il ain sorry to dislppoint you, sir,'' said, she
resoutely; "but never undertake to cook irp
stove unless understand it, Themthaf cook lora
living must take care of their reputation"


Mrs CLANCY tried persuasion, AMI Mfr Chlncy
offered double wages but without success; and she
with hlrew 1t was time to commence preparations.
and Mr.. CLANCY set ofat full speed in quest of
some one who woult engage in the arduous un-
drrtlklng but without there being any apparent
reason for it, except to dis1ppoint Mr. CLANCY,
cooks seemed, for that day, to have been partcu-
larly in demand. Not one could be obtained and
Mrs CLANCY was obliged to draw upon the servi-
ces of an old woman, living in an alley close by,
svho was considered useful hand at work in gcii-
tfa, and to prepare for being The principal official
iii the kitchen hersrlf which she did on condition
that her husband would stay at home to regulate
the stove


The morning wore round and the new waiter
presented himself sturdy Irish youth, of eigh-
teen or nineteen, with a new pair of boots which
ereaked and thunpcd at every step; his coat but.
toned SO closely that it seemed marvel that hr
could move at all, and his hat set on one side of
his head on the top of an immense pile OF rough
sandy hair. Rosetta being engaged with the par
lor and the table things, he was taken into the
kitchen to assist there. Through Mrs Chancy's
labors and directions everything that hands couli
do was done well and soon but what was TO be
effected by the sove threatened to prove failure.
Some divisions were too much heated and others
scarcely heated at all; anil Mrs CLANCY heard the
first ring of the bell announcing an arrival, with
a sinking heart.


The hour came at which the dinner should
have been served, and some of the dishes were
ready, while others had scarcely commenced cook
ing; ani as Mr.. CLANCY now obliged to re-
main in the parlor with the company matters
grew worse. At length it became necessary TO
bring him out; and Mrs CLANCY directed her
new waiting man to call him. He did So literal
ly, presenting himself at the folding doors in ar
apron of Roscttas having come nnprcpared for i'm
mediate service, and said, in the Ioudest voice,
"Mester CLANCY, will yc come into the kitchen
ilit phase ye2"


The professor Unnatural philosophy was in tho
midst OF a scientific harangHe and Mr. CLANCY
keeping his seat through Difference to his guest,
gave nod to the messenger, and continued to lis