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? ? ? ? After supper Rodney told Jefferson Pettigrew what had happened.

? ? ? ? "Have I done right?" he asked.

? ? ? ? "Yes; we can't have any insubordination here. There can't be two heads of one establishment. Send Gordon to me."

? ? ? ? The cook with a defiant look answered the summons.

? ? ? ? "I understand you want to leave, Gordon," said Jefferson Pettigrew.

? ? ? ? "That depends. I ain't goin' to have no boy dictatin' to me."

? ? ? ? "Then you insist upon having your own way without interference."

? ? ? ? "Yes, I do."

? ? ? ? "Very well, I accept your resignation. Do you wish to wait till the end of the week, or to leave tonight?"

? ? ? ? "I want to give it up tonight."

? ? ? ? "Very well, go to Rodney and he will pay you what is due you."

? ? ? ? "Are you goin' to get along without a cook?" inquired Gordon in surprise.

? ? ? ? "No."

? ? ? ? "What are you going to do, then?"

? ? ? ? "I shall employ Parker in your place."

? ? ? ? "What does he know about cookin'?"

? ? ? ? "He ran a restaurant in New York for five years, the first part of the time having charge of the cooking.


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