MARY FRANCES was a long time getting to sleep that night for thinking about break- fast. She had her little cook book, and Mother's last letter under her pillow. ''Billy writes your lunches are 'scrumptious/" ran her mother's letter. "I cannot tell how much comfort my little girl is to me." "I've 'most a mind to tell Mother about the cook book," thought Mary Frances, "but won't she open her eyes when I tell her I've made everything — if I can keep the secret! I do hope I wake up in time. Father said he'd call me to breakfast, when he said "Good-night,' but I want to slip down, and have everything ready when he comes." So she fell asleep, and dreamed she made an Angel Cake as big as a mountain, and that Jubey stole it, and fed all the hungry cats in the world. She had fixed the curtain so that the first sunlight [50] iMu^^ Jubey led all llie hungry cals in iKe worU. Mary Frances Gets Breakfast 57 would fall on her face, and it seemed only a breathof time until she felt it call her. How sleepy she was! "I'll get down before the Kitchen Folks are awake," she whispered. She carried her little shoes in her hand, and stole softly downstairs, stopping in the dining-room to put them on. "Nonsense, you!" she recognized the voice of Tea Kettle. "Just wait till I read it out of my little book," mimicked a new voice. " For shame, you saucy Pan !" exclaimed Big Iron Pot. "Just wait until I read it!" Mary Frances peeped into the kitchen. In the middle of the floor stood little Sauce Pan, pretending to read out of a book: T^ Molrp Potato Pie Sauce Pan repeated: Ullt Ol "To Make Potato Pie Out of Sauer-kraut: S5UCr= "1. Fill eight potatoes with Sauer-kraut, and peel '|r-p/iii4 "'How to Make Potato Pie Out of Sauer-kraut.' "Silly!" exclaimed Potato Masher. them. |br shame, saucv Wan! EyP< '^'^ 58 The Mary Frances Cook Book ''2. Make a crust of the left-overs.✪ Potato Pie Out of Sauer-kraut '' 3. Bake the parings well, and serve very hot on ice.'* Just then Mary Frances sneezed. How Sauce Pan ran, and jumped up to his place on the rack! He looked so shamefaced when Mary Frances went in, that she hadn't the heart to scold him. Instead, ^'Boiled Eggs," she called. He pretended to be asleep. Then she took him by the arm and shook him. ''Boiled Eggs!" she shouted. ''Doesn't that mean you?" "Yes, ma'am," he said meekly; "I'm such a 'sleepy-head!' Do you know," con-fi-den-ti-al-ly, "I often talk in my sleep." At this the Kitchen People grinned. Wp "Ahem!" said Mary Frances, "It's a dangerous 1 1 ihabit. Sometimes people tell stories when they're prClcnuCUawake, too," she added as she stepped out to get the to be milk. 6.sleC0 '^^ '^^^ Puff-away' ready?" asked Sauce Pan of ^' Coffee Pot. "If you mean Tea Kettle, Saucy," answered Coffee "I can scacely wail till Fm needed Mary Frances Gets Breakfast 59 Pot excitedly, '^I hope so, for I can scarcely wait till I'm needed." Tea Kettle gave two extra puffs of steam, but other- wise took no notice. "How do you know you'll be used?" Sauce Pan asked of Coffee Pot, nudging Pie Plate who was near him. "I come next in the book — and, besides, I'm always used for breakfast." Coffee Pot was beginning to get angry. "Bet we have eggs, — eggs, and toast, and — tea! Yes, I bet it's tea for B. this morning." ✪ Boiled Eggs

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MARY FRANCES was a long time getting to sleep that night for thinking about breakfast. She had her little cook book, and Mother's last letter under her pillow. ''Billy writes your lunches are 'scrumptious/" ran her mother's letter. "I cannot tell how much comfort my little girl is to me." "I've 'most a mind to tell Mother about the cook book," thought Mary Frances, "but won't she open her eyes when I tell her I've made everything — if I can keep the secret! I do hope I wake up in time. Father said he'd call me to breakfast, when he said "Good-night,' but I want to slip down, and have everything ready when he comes." So she fell asleep, and dreamed she made an Angel Cake as big as a mountain, and that Jubey stole it, and fed all the hungry cats in the world. She had fixed the curtain so that the first sunlight [50] [illustration: Jubey led all the hungry cats in the world.] Mary Frances Gets Breakfast would fall on her face, and it seemed only a breathof time until she felt it call her. How sleepy she was! "I'll get down before the Kitchen Folks are awake," she whispered. She carried her little shoes in her hand, and stole softly downstairs, stopping in the dining-room to put them on. "Nonsense, you!" she recognized the voice of Tea Kettle. "Just wait till I read it out of my little book," mimicked a new voice. " For shame, you saucy Pan !" exclaimed Big Iron Pot. "Just wait until I read it!" Mary Frances peeped into the kitchen. In the middle of the floor stood little Sauce Pan, pretending to read out of a book: "To Make Potato Pie Out of Sauer-kraut." "1. Fill eight potatoes with Sauer-kraut, and peel them. "'How to Make Potato Pie Out of Sauer-kraut.' "Silly!" exclaimed Potato Masher. them. [illustration: For shame, saucy Pan!] 58 The Mary Frances Cook Book ''2. Make a crust of the left-overs. '' 3. Bake the parings well, and serve very hot on ice.'* Just then Mary Frances sneezed. How Sauce Pan ran, and jumped up to his place on the rack! He looked so shamefaced when Mary Frances went in, that she hadn't the heart to scold him. Instead, "Boiled Eggs," she called. He pretended to be asleep. Then she took him by the arm and shook him. ''Boiled Eggs!" she shouted. ''Doesn't that mean you?" "Yes, ma'am," he said meekly; "I'm such a 'sleepy-head!' Do you know," con-fi-den-ti-al-ly, "I often talk in my sleep." At this the Kitchen People grinned. Wp"Ahem!" said Mary Frances, "It's a dangerous habit. Sometimes people tell stories when they're awake, too," she added as she stepped out to get the milk. "Is 'Puff-away' ready?" asked Sauce Pan ofe Pan of ^' Coffee Pot. "If you mean Tea Kettle, Saucy," answered Coffee "I can scarcely wait till I'm needed Mary Frances Gets Breakfast Pot excitedly, '^I hope so, for I can scarcely wait till I'm needed." Tea Kettle gave two extra puffs of steam, but otherwise took no notice. "How do you know you'll be used?" Sauce Pan asked of Coffee Pot, nudging Pie Plate who was near him. "I come next in the book — and, besides, I'm always used for breakfast." Coffee Pot was beginning to get angry. "Bet we have eggs, — eggs, and toast, and — tea! Yes, I bet it's tea for B. this morning."

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