Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1893 — The Lesser Evil. [ARTICLE]

The Lesser Evil.

An Italian prince, who had a Sicilian cook,' was once traveling to his provincial estates (says the Bazar), taking with him his cook, together with his entire kitchen force, without which, so fond was he of the, delicacies they were wont to prepare, he rarely if ever traveled. At a point where the narrow path along the precipice turned the angle of a projeeting rock, the prince, at the head of his long cavalcade, heard a shriek and the splash of a body falling into the torrent far belpw. With a face white with horror he pulled up, and. looking back,exclaimed; “Thecook! the cook! Oh, do not tell me it if, the cook!” “No, your excellency,” cried a voice from the rear; “it is Don Pro6docemo.” The prince heaved a sigh of intense relief, then said. “Ah, only the chaplain! Thank good ness!”