Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-12-15

I " 'u5Si.'0ne, VieJ HaU great zeal 0l
bakers bread, and were tired Gift
Mrs. Hubbard never enjoyed setting a
batch Of bread to rise as she did that
which was to be eaten for the first time
in the new house.
"For | cannot get up an APPETITE for stuff
that nobody knows who has had the max
lpg Of said Mother Huhbara, sand all
puffy and alumny besides"
So into the oven went the bread and
out it came at the proper time, even and
brown and beautiful as leaves could be-
Mother Hubbard turned them up on their
sides as she drew them FORTH and they
stood IN the long bread-tray, glorious proofs
OF her skin and the excellence of the oven.
when Tommy Hubbard bounded in. Tom
my was four, and at that age one is prone
to believe that anything will bear our
weight. Tommy therefor, anxious to in.
.spect the newl made bread, swung him.
self off. his feet by clutching the edge of
the bread-tray, and over it came leaves
and Tommy and all.
Mother Hubbard few to the rescue and
picked up the loaves. All were busted
and put in the tray again but one. That
lay bottom upwards under the table.
"a bothering child to give me so much
trouble" she said, as size crawled under
the table. "A-O-ah-lear, dear, dear
-on-0ny"
And there on the floor sat Mother Hub
bard, screaming, wrihging her hands and
and shaking her head. The children
screamed also in concert Mr.. Hubbard
rushed in from the garden where he was
at work.
What is the matter, mother?" he
gaspcd.
Mrs. Hubbard pointed to the bottom of
the leaf lying in her lap.
'Look there and ask me-" she said
at is a warning, William; am going to
be taken from them ALL"
And he looked, and saw deaths head
and eross-bones, as plainly engraved as
they possibly could be.
at is accident, said Mr.. Hubbard
"Suoh queer cronks do come, you know"
But Mother Hubbard was in a troubled
state Of mind.
'The stories about the haunted house
were true, she said "and the spirits
have marked the loaf I am sfraid 1t is a
warning"
And the loaf was put aside, for even Mr..
Hubbard did not dare to, eat any of it.
Mrs Hubbard got over her fright at last,
but the news of the awfully marked loaf
spread through b, and people came to
Hubbard's all the week to look at it, 1t
was deaths head and s-bones, GER
tainly, every one say at a glance, but as
to its meaning, people differed. Some be-
believed that it was a warning Of approach
ing death some that the spirits wanted
TO frighten the Hpbbards away. This lat
ter supposition inspired Mrs. Hubbard with
courage; finally she leaned to the belief,
and when another baking day arrived, put
her loaves into the oven once more, pre-
pared for cross-bones, and not to be fright
ened by them. The loaves baked as before.
They came out brown and crusty as Mrs.
Hubbard turned each in her hands. There
were no cross.bones visible, but on the
last were sundry characters or letters
What, no one could tell, until there dropped
in for chat certain printer of the neigh
borhood, accustomed to reading things
backward.
"By George said he, "that is curious.
That is misunderstanding sresurgam;
that is what is on the lcaf-resurgam."
at is what they put on tombs isn't it|
asked Mother Hubbard, family
"Well, yes" ".said Mr.. Hubbard "but
il amt 50 bad as cross-bones and skulls"
Mother Hubbard shook her head.
aIes even solemner," said the little wo-
man, who was not as good linguist as
bread maker. ~ feel confident, William,
that | shall soon be resurgamed; ard what
will those dear children do then?"
And now the second loaf was before her
ewes, marked awfully as was the first
Mother Hubbard grew really pale and thin
and lost her cheerfulness.
~ have a presentiment," she said over
and over again, fthat the third baking
will decide who the warning belongs to. L
believe it is meant for me, and time will
show. Don't you see how chin ! am
growingf''
And though Mr.. Hubbard laughed, he
also began to be troubled. The third
baking day was one Of gloom. solemnly
AZ al funeral, the family assembled to
assist in the drawing.
Five loavcs came out markless, but g