LEFT BY THE LAST COOK.
Mrs. Jones had just engaged-anew cook. The cook—her name was Bridget—was not uncomely to,the: eye, and-consequent-ly Mrs. Jones feared for-.the tenderhearts of the district guardians of the law. "Now, remember," she, said • to # : Bridget, "my last cook had to' leave because of flirtations. I don't .want-you to < have, any men in the kitchen." Bridget readily consented to this arrangement, and -all. went -well until one day Mrs. Jones went through the kitchen on a tour of inspection. She opened the door of a large cupboard; and'found, to her surprise, a policeman .concealed therein. She turned an accusing eye on the cook. "Bridget," she,' said, ■ "what's this?" "I dunno," promptly , replied. . Bridget. "He must have been left there by .the last cook." . . • —
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 51, 28 August 1926, Page 21
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126LEFT BY THE LAST COOK. Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 51, 28 August 1926, Page 21
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