Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-01-05

rledly, "IIll, run quick MTS. Scott IL
coming to bring home the irons !"
"Mercy on me!' said Lii, and out she
flew, slamming the kitchen door behind
her, just as Mrs. Scott opened the back
one.
They didn't try on wedding garments
in the kitchen again. But while Miss
Birch was sewing on the dresses, up
stairs, somebody had to keep on the
lookout all the time, lest some neighbor
should dodge in, and not finding any
one downstairs, proceed to come up
without warning. h.f
To have locked the back door, would
have been an offense against good man
ners in Hillborn CODE The front and
street doors were kept locked, as mat
ter of course, but the back ones We're
always left open, to. admit of friendly,
unceremonious "running in"
The girls would have given up in de-
spair. But as Mr.. Mort James came
down from the city every two weeks to
see his lady-love, of course the neigh
bors saw him, and they began already
to tease Lii about her beau, so the poor
child had about all she could stand.
90 At last the girls began to make the
wedding-cake. The pantry was not large
enough for operations, and they were
obliged to work i'm the kitchen, under
manifold Interruptions.
Lily sat down to stone raisins, and
Elva cut citron, while Harriet beat the
eggs.
In less than ten mintes rap! rap!
went the kitchen door. Elva flung a
towel over her citron, and began busily
sorting pile of napkins which lay
handy. Lii, who sat with her dish and
paper of raisinsSin her lap, whirled
round, SO as to bring them under the
table, out of sight, and sat idle. Harriet
calmly went on with her eggs. The in
terrupter was Florence Lockman.
"Oh, you're all so busy!" she said.
"Well, / just ran in to borrow your
rufiied apron pattern, please, Harriet.
want to cut one for mother and | haven't
any pattern. Lily, you are the only
idle one, get it for me, won't you?'
Lii couldn't move, of course Harriet
came to the rescue.
"She couldn't find it," she said. al
put that pattern away myself"
"Oh, never mind, then, until you get
your eggs beatenp' said Florence, and
down she sat. care YOU making cakee"
she asked. "Why II isn't Saturday !!
Must be looking for company"
ave are" said Harriet, Grimly.
"Lily's beau, I'll bet!" cried the
merry girl, while Lily turned red.
"When is it gong to be, Lil?"
'In about ten years, maybe said
Lily. "Elva, you might get that pat
tern, you know where Hats things are
generally"
Elva had got her napkins all put
away. She ran up for the pattern, and
they soon got rid OF that interruption.
But in another quarter of an hour, in
came Mrs. Scott, to borrow the clothes
line, and Elva and Lii had to dodge
down the cellar stairway with their laps
full.
At last, however, the cakes were safe
ly made and baked. But they had still
to be frosted. The girls waited for a
rainy day to do this.
II was Saturday, and Mr.. James Mort
had come down from the city, to pay
his usual visit. Lily, Of course, was
with him in the parlor.
Harriet and Elva having all the rest
of the work done, betook themselves to
the mysteries of icing the wedding
cake.
The snowy frosting was beaten and
stirred until it was the proper consist
ency and stiffness, and then they began
to spread il on the fruit cake with n
silver butter-knife.
ats good thing it is stormy" said
Elva. 1--WE won't be interrupted this
time, anyhow!"
won't we?" said Harriet. "Don't
be too sure of that"
At that very moment, waterproof
cloak was seen passing the kitchen win-
dow.
ooh, mercy, Hat!" cried Elva. "Hus-
tie it somewhere, quick! Under the
table! Anywhere!"
Harriet sprang up, caught the cake,
and vanished into the pantry where Lii
had once taken refuge, and Elva heard
her say, as she locked the door:
"If she wants anything out OF this
pantry, tell her we haven't got it !"
Knock! knock! on the back door.
Elva opened it, and admitted Mrs.
Brown.
'T haven't minute to stay" said the
lady, shaking the wet from her cloak,
on the clean oilcloth, as she came in.
al Just want to see Harriet a moment"
"Harrfet isn't here, just now" said
Elva calmly, taking care not to say eat
home" 'I'll tell her to come over
when she comes in"
"Oh, it isn't necessary" said Mrs.
Brown, II just wanted to ask her to
stop for me to go to prayer meeting to-
night, that was ALL"
"Well, I'll tell her." said the much
tried Elva.
Az Mrs. Brown went out, Florence
Lockman came in.
ooh, Elva, can l borrow a cup OF
coffee until after supper?" said she.
The coffee was in the pantry! And
Harriet had the door locked on the
inside But Elva did not want to be
un-neighborly, so she said
"Yes, sit down a moment, and | will
get it,"
Then she disappeared in the cellar
stairway. She ran down, and then out,
at the outside cellar door, and round in