“‘Rule 2. If a dainty savoury is required at a short notice, carefully remove the jam from some raspberry tarts of the first water, and fill in the vacuum thus obtained with selected portions of curry-powder mingled with lard.’” “Is that another reminiscence of yours, Jennie?” laughed Ada. “No, certainly not. But it reminds one of the sort of advice given in some of the ‘answers to correspondents’ in the cookery columns of a fashion paper. He must have bought one and got the style without the substance. He and Jimmy Spriggins must have concocted this between them.” Jimmy Spriggins was Basil Orlingbury’s chosen friend, and was known as his companion in mild practical jokes of this nature. Jennie took the paper from Ada and read on. “‘Rule 3. A highly cultivated Gorgonzola cheese is a source of true ekonomy.’ (Oh, the spelling!) ‘It is not necessary to eat it at all, as the full flavour may be obtained by holding pieces of bread on a toasting-fork before the cheese for ten minutes. “‘Rule 4. To make sure nobody does eat the cheese, gum a notice on it: “You are requested not to worry the Gorgonzola!!” “‘Rule 5. It is quite time another cake came this way. Please see that the plums in it are well within shouting distance. The last was rattling good.’” “Is that the end?” asked Marion. “I should think so, and quite enough, indeed,” said Jane. “The impudence of those two boys to wind up by calmly asking for another cake! Why, it is not a month since we sent them one.” “Well, Marion did,” said Ada; “I don’t know that you and I had much to do with it. I think the hint is to us this time.” “Well,” returned Jane magnanimously, “I was young once myself, so I forgive the young people. They shall have their cake and eat it,” she added, with the air of quoting a proverb. “I will make a cake between the classes to-morrow, and let it bake during the last class.” Jane had from twelve o’clock until two o’clock to herself, and her last class was from two until four. True to her promise she made a substantial cake. We will copy the recipe out of her note-book. BASIL’S CAKE. _Ingredients._—1½ lb. flour, 1 lb. dripping, ¾ lb. currants, ¾ lb. raisins, 1 lb. sugar, 1 dessertspoonful of baking powder, 5 eggs, ½ gill of milk. _Method._—Work the dripping to a cream; work in the sugar and cream that; beat in the eggs one by one, putting a little flour with each to prevent their curdling; stir in the currants, washed, dried and floured, and the raisins, stoned and chopped; mix in the flour and baking powder, and lastly the milk. Bake about two hours. This cake was baked in a good hot oven, in a tin lined with greased paper and standing on a baking-sheet spread with a thick layer of sand. Jane left it in her class-room on a sieve all night, and brought it home the next day when it was cold; and she and Ada packed it up and sent it to Basil at Oundle, where it was received with much rejoicing, and where it soon disappeared.