Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-04-05
Bread Baking
AND TIE IHErE WARNINGS.

II wa- in the DAYS 81 our grauImothcr~.
when there we're brick ovens In the land
that Mr Iilubbord bought hi, house bought
II very much against h. wlfe'- wiIl.lt was a
lonely house and reported 70 be- haunted. II
w9s!neNt 10 a graveyard. which. though an
used. was not cheerful, aud which had
lkewls" the reputation of a ghost. How
ever Nj. Hubbard did not hehrye in ghost,
and wa> TOO cheerful n be drpre,, ,,ed by
warnings, anu never intended d. By lone
ly.
Mrs Hubbard. he said. when his wife
shook her head over the purcha-". 4 got
IL cheap and it j. a good one. You viii
Ike il when you get there. II Iou Iou't
why then talk
- the house was bought. and into IL the
Hubbard family went. There was scarce
ly chance tor ghost to show h, face
amid such a family ot bpy> aud 4irl> Mr.
and Mrs. Hubbard counted ten of them. all
NOISY ones
Having once eXpo~tul4ted aui spoken
out her mind a. ID the house, Mrs. Hut
bard gave up the point, Size scrubbed ana
secured, tackrd downl carpets and put up
curtains, and owned the place was pretty.
A. not a ghost appeared FOR week. she
made up her mind that there were no such
Inhabitants; She even began not to mind
tiit tplAb~t'ifN. - lt lip'lSF -bL " llznk>
at last. and baking day came about In
the press OF business, they had great
deal OF bakers bread. ana they were tired
OF IL.
Mrs. Hubbard never enjoyed setting a
batch ofbread 10 rise as she did that which
was to be eaten for the first time in the
new house. For | cannot get up an APP
petite Tor stuff that nobody knows who has
had the mal'aL ~. sand Mrs. Hubbard,
and all puny and alumy beside.
So into the oven went the bread, and
out il came at the proper time. even and
brown aud beautiful a. loaves could be-
Mrs. Hubbard turned them up on their
sides she drew them forth. and they
stood in the long bread-tray, glorious
proofs OF her skill and excellence of the
oven, when Tommy Hubbard bounded in.
Tommy. was four; when at that aye We
are prone to believe that anything Will
bear our weight. Tommy, therefore. anx-
Ious TO inspect the uewly-made bread
swung himself off his feet by clutching the
edge OF the bread tray, and over it came,
loaves and Tommy and all.
Mrs. Hubbard flew 10 the rescue and
picked up the loaves. All were busted
and put in the tray again but one. That
lay bottom upward under the table.
a bothering child. to give me so much
trouble!' she said. As she crawled under
the table to it. 'O-Ah-dear, dear. dear
90 NY
And there on the floor sat Mrs. Hubbard
screaming, wringing her hands and shak-
ing her head. The children screamed in
concert. Mr. Hubbard rushed in from the
garden where he was at work.
What's the matter. motherg he gasped.
Mrs. Hubbard pointed TO the bottom OF the
Loaf living in her lap.
Look there and see. she said. 1t is
warning. William; am going to be taken
from them ALL
And he looked; and he saw deaths
head and cross-bones, as plainly engrav-
ed as they possibly could be.
1t is accident, said Mr.. Hubbard. Such
qneer cranks do come, YOU know
But Mrs. Hubbard was i'm troubled
state OF mind. as was but natural. srhe
stories about the haunted house were true
she said; and the spirits have marked the
loaf. l am afraid it's warning And the
loaf was put aside, for even Mr.. Hubbard
/ did not dare to e at any of it.
| Mrs. Hubbard got over her fright at last
but the news of the awfullr marked loaf
| spread through R, and the people
care to Mr.. Hubbard's all the week to
| look at it. 1t was deaths head and cross
bones certainly; every one saw that at a
J glance, but as to its meaning, people diff
fered. Some believed that it was warn