She was a person of violent temper. It was said that she shook with rage
when she heard what we boys had done. But her lawyer advised her to keep
quiet.
During the next two weeks the birch bolts were drawn to our mill, four
miles down Lurvey's Stream, and sawn into thin strips and dowels, then
shipped in bundles, by rail and schooner from Portland, to New York; and
the contract netted the old Squire about twenty-five hundred dollars
above the cost of the birch.
But as I look back on it, I am inclined to think that Aunt Olive was the
real heroine of that strenuous week.
NOTE. The following recipe will make a sufficient quantity
of "white monkey" for three persons. Put over the fire one pint of
new milk in a double boiler. As soon as the milk is warm, stir in
one teaspoonful of flour mixed with two tablespoonfuls of cold
water. As the milk gets hotter, add slowly, so as to dissolve it,
two ounces of cheese, grated or chipped fine. Then add one ounce of
butter, a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of Cayenne pepper, and one
egg, well beaten and mixed with two tablespoonfuls of cold milk or
water.
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