Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-26
ALTTTLR SHOP GIRL.

/ can. I've got beautiful recipe for
chocolate ecIairs. aud on Friday even
ing | am going there to make up all
can, so that the school children viii
buy them on Saturday. / know how
to make cinnamon apple tarts, too,
and lemon and cocoanut balls
stGrecie, lido believe you have taken
leave of your Senses said Medora
May. Zone would think it was dis
grace enough for Aunt Deborah 10
open a horrid huckster shop, without
our mixing ourselves up in the Of
fair.n
"But Aunt Debhy must live, you
know" said Grace, who awasperehed,
kitten fashion, on the window -sill,
feeding the canary with bits of spark
ling white sugar. "And Cousin Nix
on couldn't keep her any longer, /
suppose you wouldn't be willing To.
have her come and live with you ~ I I
II ~ cried Medora, "Do you sup
pose / want to proclaim to the whole
town that / have such q diiapidated
old relation as that 2" e 80
II would take her quick enough
said Grace, ''if didn't board with
Mrs. Howitt, and share the little up-a
stairs back room with the two chill
dren. just wait until / marry some
rich man." she added, with Q saucy
uplifting of her auburn brows, "and
then see if / don't furnish up state
ly apartment for Aunt Debby." ~
Don't talk nonsense said Medora
acidly. "It's very likely, isn't it, that
a factory girl like you is going to
marry a rich man z" 81
Grace Craxall laughed merily All
through life she and her cousin, Me-
dora May, had agreed to differ On.
most points. Grace. seeing no other
career before her, had, on the death
of her last surviving parent, cheerful
ly entered factory, while Medora,
taking her stand on the platform of 9
false gentility,g bad done 6nefsewing
and silk embroidery on the sly to sup
port herself, putting on all the airs of
young lady of fashion the while
And now Aunt Deborah May, to the
infinite disgust of her aristocratically-
inclined niece, had actually opened a
little low-windowed shop 10 a shady
street just out of the main thorough
fare.
But what am | to do ~ Aunt
Deborah had said. n
"But what can you do?" said
Grace.
Il don't know. Your uncle always
used to say / was y master hand at
making bread. r8 fs
"Then make it." brightly interrupt
ed Grace.
"Eb 2" said Aunt Debby, ~
"There's nice little store to let on
Bay street, !" went on Grace. 'for ten
dollars months
"But / haven't got ten dollars a
month";" feebly interrupted Aunt De-
borah.
"I'll lend it to you.n said Grace,
sout Of the wages have saved. And
there is pretty bed room at the back
Of the shop, and clean. dry basement
under it, where you can bake your
bread
do you mean to open O bakery ~
said bewildered Aunt Debby.
Not exactly that, = explained Grace
"But if the ladies around here could
get real home made bread, such as
you make, do you suppose they would
put up with the sour stug they get al
the bakers shops? And you could
easily get up reputation on your raj
sin cakes aud fried ctullers and New
England pumkin pies. Now, couldn't
you? ~
The old lady frightened up little.
II used to be pretty good at cook
ing,n said she. "And if you think ]
conld support myself s0--u ygtn
II am sure Off q cried cheerful
Grace. "And I'll 60 there with you
this very day to look 81 theplaee, and
will engage it for three months on
trial. And I can paint you sign tC
put over your door :: Home -madt
Bread by Mrs. Deborah May p And
IN hem you some curtains ana af.
range the shelves in the low window
/ almost wish I was going to be youl
shop girl. !" she added, merrily. "Bu'
can help you 10 the evening, you
know
Grace CraxalI's prophecies proved
correct. Aunt Debby's delicious
homemade bread, winter than pow
cred lilies, sweet as ambFosia. soor
acquired nrepatatiOa, and the OF
lady could scarcely bake It fas
enough. People came half dOzeE
blocks TO bur the yellow pumpkiE
pies and delicious appletarts; childEeI
brought their boarded peunies TO in
vest ID chocolate sWeet1ishts vanilla
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