Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06
A MISTAKE IN THE ADDRESS.

as the house coming down. said
Mr.. Merriman, looking up from his
sermon-like paper despairingly.
For there WAS hurrying to and fro
from all quarters of the old mansion,
running MP and down stairs, sub
dued hustle, murmur of excitement,
and finally gust of laughter, in many
keys of elation, sounding as if it came
from the subterranean recesses OF the
kitchen.
mo, papa" cried little Lottie,
breathlessly; "but Minnie's bread has
come out of the oven, and it's sue
cess"
"Ohl" said Mr.. Merriman, abstract
eddy staring out of the window and
scratching his baldhead, sis that all?''
'1hat all, indeed" said Minnie her
SELF very blooming girl, with short
rings of faxen hair curling all over her
head, light blue eyes, and pretty pug
nose with just the proper upward in
clination to give it bewitching shape.
And she ran into the room with bib
apron enveloping her slim figure and
fresh color deepening on her cheek,
while by means of q stout kitchen
towel she held up tin baking pan con-
tanning a puffy, snow-white loaf ofnew
bread. 'That all, papa, when it's the
first bread / ever made, and when it's
to be sent to the hospital fair to be cut
into sandwiches and sold for the sick
poor at ten cents apiece! Look at it,
papal smell of it see how delicjously
light it is! And then tell me if you
ever expected to have your little Min
ME turn into such n stupendous house
keeperw
And Miss Minnie Merrman kissed
her father on the tip of his hose and
looked at him with pretty girlish tri-
umph.
every nice-very creditable!" said
y the good clergyman, beamlng on his
n daughter. II dare say you'll make a
famous cook one OF these days"
4 81 only hope" put in Penny, the
second daughter (whose baptismal
name was Penelope Dorcas), "that
Mr.. Ayton will come to the fair and
N buy some of Minnie's sandwiches
ii and"
Minnie turned short round, flushing
pink to the very roots of her pretty
hair.
penny" said she, what nonsense
you are talking when you know very
we'll that Mr.. Ayton is sick with pneu-
monia And of course he has sent a
liberal subscription to the fair; and
what can it possibly matter who buys
the bread?"
Penny subsidized, rather abash ed, and
\ Minnie ran down stairs again to wrap
the white spongy loaf in snowy nap
kin, and send Jerusha, the bound girl,
s to the rooms of the fair committee
with it.
"Now remember, Jerusha," she ut
a tered, lmpressively, as she held up one
Fl finger to add force to her words, sit is
81 No. 1919, do you hear?-19 Saville
y street,
"Yes'm,' said Jerusha, who was go
demoralized at the prospect of tenn
poraly reprieve from her washing
that She could hardly stand still long
enough to tie on her bonnet.
And away she went, gamboling down
the street like halfgrown elephant,
with the carefully wrapped,up loaf of
bread in a basket on one arm.
"My first loaf of bread - said Minnie
40 herself, as she leaned against the
window-casing. ooh, Pm SO glad 1t has
.urned out success
And then her thoughts wandered to
Mr.. Harry Ayton. Would he be well
enough to come to the fair that even
ing? would he patronize the refreshment
hall? would lie think her little pink
ribboned apron with the bib-front be-
coming, would he Oh, pshaw, this
would never dol Here it wa? 10 O'Clock
and the parlors not busted not Billy's
Sunday suit mended and brushed ready
for service.
While Jerushs, after giving her I'M
partial attention to hand-organs, a scis-
sors grinder and a street scutlle be-
q tween two belligerently minded little
& boys finally trudged up the steps of $50
~ Saville street.
~ please, with Miss Minnie Merri-
aman's kind compliments" said she.
Please, and it's he first bread she ever
made; please, and she hopes you II like
r.
W And Lois Jenkins, Mr.. Harry Ayton's
thithful old nurse and housekeeper,
carried the loaf of bread upstairs to
the room where the convalescent sat in
the sunshine, and delivered the mes
sage, nTbdtip1 at Eterotin.
"And very kind it is of the ministers
daughter" she said setting the parcel
on the table. and it's as beautiful
light bread as | ever see! And how
thoughtful of 'em, Mr.. Harry. to re,
member you, now, amt il? Bat Miss
Minnie was always one for doing kind
II things TO sick folks ever since she was
n knee-high to a grasahopper-bless her
dear little soul"
@ YES" said Harry, slowly, ut Is
kind-very kind, indeed Couldn't
] have little of that fresh bread with
nv beef tea at noon, Lois?'
'Well see what the doctor says, Mr..
Harry" said the old woman, cheerfully
sand anyhow, if you can't have it to-
day you shall have it tomorrow"
An hour sfterward Mr.. Nerrimsn him