"Tea!—my next lesson!" thought Mary Frances.
"That's easy and quick! and Tea Kettle is just beginning to boil. How awfully cold and hungry the poor man looks!"
"Wait a minute," she called.
"I almost know how to make tea,—but I'd better look at the recipe. Where'd I put my book? Oh, here it is,—open to the place," she spoke softly.
Then she read the directions for making
No. 12.—Tea.
1. Half fill the teapot with boiling water. Let stand until thoroughly hot. Pour out.
2. Put into it 1 teaspoon tea for each cup needed.
3. Pour in freshly boiling water, allowing 1 cup to every teaspoon tea.