The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-11-27


: in. Tommy was four, and at tbs
age one is prone to believe that any
} thing will bear his weight. Tomm
= therefore, anxious to inspect tn
new made bread, swung off his fee
by catching the edge Of the breat
tray, and over it came loaves anC
Tommy and all. All were dusteC
and in the tray again but one. Tha
lay bottom upwards under the table
"a bOthering child, to give 81
much' trouble" she said, as sht
crawled under the table.
"Ah! oh! oh! dear, dear, dear, oh
my" and there on the floor sal
Mother Hubbard, screaming, and
wringing her hands and shaking hel
head.
! The child screamed also in earn.
est. Mr.. Hubbard rushed in from
the garden where he was at work,
"What is the matter, mother2" he
grasped.
Mrs Hubbard pointed 10 the bot
tom Of the loaf lying in her lap.
"Look there, and ask me" she said.
"Its a warning, William, and I'm
going to be taken from 'em ALL"
And as Mr.. Hubbard looked he
saw on the loafa deaths head and
cross bones as plainly engraven as
they possibly could be.
"Its accident" said Mr.. Hubbard.
''Such queer cracks do come, you
know. Don't fret"
But mother Hubbard was in q
troubled state Of mind.
''The stories about the haunted
house were true" she said; "and the
spirits have marked the loaf. Pm
afraid it is a warning" And the
loaf was put aside, for even Mr.. Hub
bard did not dare to eat any of it.
Mrs. Hubbard got over her fright
at last, but the news of the awful
marked loaf spread through R,
and people came to the Hubbard's
all the week to look at it. 1t was a
deaths head and cross-bones GER
tainly; every one saw that at a
glance; but as to the meaning peo-
pie differed. Some believed that it
was a warning ofapproaching death;
some that the spirits wanted to
frighten the Hubbard's away. The
latter supposition inspired Mrs.
Hubbard with courage. Finally she
leaned to this belief and when an
ether baking day arrived, put her
loaves in the oven once more, pre-
pared for cross bones, but not to be
frightened by them. The loayes
baked as before. They came out
brown and crusty. Mother Hubbard
turned each one in her hands.
There was no cross-bones visible;
but on the last sundry characters Of
letters; what, no one could tell, until
there dropped in q certain printer of
the neighborhood, accustomed to
reading things backwards.
"Hallow said he; "that's curious
That is curious-R-e-s-u-g-g-a-m-
Il shall rise again that's what's on
the loaf-Resurgam."
"It's what they put on the tomhs,
amt it9" asked Mother Hubbard
family.
swell, yes" said Mr.. Hubbard,
"but it amt so bad as cross-bones
and skulls"
- Mother Hubbard shook her head.
''It's even solemner," said the little
woman, who was not as good lin
guist as q bread-baker. 81 feel con
fident, William, that I shall soon be
'resurgamed, and what will those
dear children do them"
And now that the second loaf was
before her eyes, marked aWfully as
was the first, Mother Hubbard real
lily grew thin and pale and lost all OF
her cheerfulness. 81 have a pre-
sentiment" said she, over and oVel
and over again, "that the third ba
king will decide who the warning
points to. 1 believe it's meant fol
me, and time will show. Don't yOu
see how thin Pm gettingp And
though Mr.. Hubbard laughed, he al
so began to be troubled.
The third baking day was one o.
gloom. Solemnly, as to a funeral
the family assembled 10 assist in thu
drawing. Five lOaves came Ou
without mark; but one remained
Mother Hubbard's hand trembled
but she drew it fourth; she, laid it il
the tray; she turned it softly about
At last she exposed the lower sur
| face. On it were letters, printed
backwards, plain enough to reaC
this time, and arranged thus;
1, "Died April 2,
Lamented by
Her large family"
otis me-" cried Mrs. Hubbard
"I'm to go tomorrow. This is tn
first. I do feel faint. Yes,I do. IT
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