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THE STRAND MAGAZINE. 
What a commotion the appear- 
little man created ! The 
their horses, the carpet- 
for breakfast this morning ? ” demanded the 
Lord High Kitchenmaster. 
“ Your Nobleness,” replied the chief break- 
fast-maker, " our Duke has been graciously 
pleased to command the Danish soup, with 
red Hamburg dumplings.” 
“Do you hear ? ” said the Lord 
High Kitchenmaster, turning to 
Jacob. “ Can you prepare those 
difficult dishes ? ” 
Jacob smiled to himself, for he had 
often prepared those dishes when he 
was in the witch’s kitchen. “ Nothing 
is easier,” he answered ; and to 
everybody’s astonishment he summed 
up all the ingredients required for 
1 THE PEOPLE SHOUTED TO ONE ANOTHER, ‘HAVE YOU SEEN 
THE FUNNY DWARF?’” 
that he recruited his cooks from every known 
country ; so he went to the palace to offer 
his services, 
ance of the funny 
stable-boys left 
beaters t. h c i r 
carpe.ts, and ail 
joined ii\ the 
throng that foi- 
lowed Jacob, 
calling to one 
another, “A 
dwarf ! a dwan ! 
Come and see 
the strange 
dwarf ! ” 
When the 
Lord Intendani. 
saw Jacob he 
almost burst out 
laughing, b u t 
just managed to 
control himself, 
for fear of im- 
pairing his dig- 
nity. With his 
whip he drove 
away the ser- 
vants and, 
coming d o w n 
the steps, he 
took the dwarf 
by the hand and 
led him to his 
own r o o m. 
There he took 
a good look at him. Never 
in his wildest dreams could he 
have imagined a more curious 
specimen of the human race. 
He must certainly try to secure 
this curiosity for the Duke. 
“ They tell me you are inquir- 
ing for the Lord Kitchen- 
master, but surely that must 
be a mistake ; you are want- 
ing to come to me, the In- 
tcndant of the palace, to offer 
your services as chief jester to 
his Transparency the Duke.” 
But Jacob begged very hard to have his 
way, so the Intendant took him to the apart- 
ments of the Lord Kitchenmaster. 
Here Jacob pleaded his cause so eloquently, 
and prayed so earnestly to be allowed to make 
at least one trial, that at last the Kitchen- 
master gave way, so, followed by Jacob, he 
passed into the kitchen. 
“ What has his Transparency commanded 
the soup. “ For the Hamburg dumplings,” 
he added, “ I require four different kinds 
of meat, some wine, the fat of a duck, 
some ginger, and a certain herb called 
‘ Magentrost.’ ” 
“ Ha, by the Duke’s beard l ” cried, the 
chief breakfast-maker, “ what magician 
taught you cooking ? You are indeed a 
wonderful cook ! You have not forgotten a 
