Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-08-06
A Batch Of Bread and Pudding.


Nancy Newton was oiuncerer' said
IONS VINO ought 10 MEOW. II II WASH !
n4uhuetih2 IL was worse ana mere they
tapped the'r heads AighlfSing there was
so'nr'hlh2 "l'h'h 'h"Se precious spheres
"h,'h Nancy rfau'nih ia'he",
hrF snnt ftilcia-"hat name 70 90
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ot'tT ~ Nancy y ne had hah an carrier
slart f"r tht chliu Wa- zen Years oin
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atn f'HcA Ne"'"h' splhsHr' was eai eu
upon ~ luIli4 'ht Aulr> oi Aihship' anu 70
atone i"r ''snch prih@'ns Up a. men io!ks
@'Nt. \ Nfai-h' dlet " iemih'h''V'
over anu over seams oto-hsahlhg. uIsh-
"a>hlh-' MISS Ne" .'h Prt-c''p.H shu a"-
mnl>tered her own medicine. Nancy took
II me- k'f but grew IL ne frtlcent' asked
lever questions, and >'dred her problems
ny maklus reckless dashrs at thein 80
"lnniH- her rcpdtat'on for h!undcring or
WORSE
Il declare don't knoT whether You are
too bright Or aiu't bright enough" cried
her aunt after finding he girl laid fiat on
the kitchen tihnr. fitting herself 10 an old
sack The elder had given her But how
In thr tame Of goodness Turn around
here Nancy ievolved, show ing her small
back With the large garment pinned across.
There were Sits in the cloth where alter
ation~ were to be made. How YOU erer
twisted aud turned went on Aunt Felicia,
taking out tie pins and slipping the sleeves
on the girls unwilling arms. "lf You
wanted 1t fixed, why didn't you come TO
mc?
Nancy murmured some unintelltgble re-
sponse. Shc could not tell her aunt that
any con,ortinn was prefersbe TO such an
appeal for help.
Eight years failed tn alter the relations
/ between the two Nancy grew more cap
able but not q hit more confidential
Aunt Felicia openly eNuited over the re-
suits Of her own training. hut eyed the
blank fair face before her with suspicion
weil-il.h htcpme di-tru>t shes glib
enough out>;3e. makes friends. has attrn-
uons. wHuder why we two don't get On
better: ml~ed the old lady She was *
ty-eight or would he on the morrow The
nearne>s of the festival, the prominence it
gave her mounting score of year,, brought
pensise influence to bear upon her. The
old heart yearncd over the young one.
Mamie she said gently, I've been
telling MIS- Barker at Mis- Skelton an
Ms Briggs. hats cGmtn' 10 dinner To-
m"rrer, ho" you conli COOK. Now I'm
2oin' to lay back an let you do It all.
wont raise finger So t. show 'em what
says true 10" d You IKE that
II was delicate compliment aud ten
dtrri generously, without hlnt oi posi-
h!e pIunnerin- Nancy nodded apprecIa-
uFeiy lrSi-rate' Aunt Fcllcla- What
You soin to haveF'
We promised EN- billed dl>h, cause
thev don't all OF EN- get H. nowadays
lea-twl>e Mis- Skelton an Mis- Briggs
doht and billed lnln puddln. You'd best
set psn o biscuit doin' tonight. Come
|" think OF II. we need bread; may a well
make Y hole batch While you're about
1t
There was meeting that night and af-
forwards Marcy loitered through the fra
grant lanes with her escortJo Barker. The
-poor-will> were singing As If their
honor depended upon getting in as many
notes a, possible before daybreak, A
wildgrape vine climbed the rail fence and
held It's fragile blossoms out TO the moon
light and the soft night breeze
M nm Amt that sweet;" cried 10.
rapturuuSly II don't know anything
swceter less it's"-here the precaution of
a glance at his companion told him to
hedge little. less its roses Blythe
way. our sweet brier's out full Don't YOU
want a pitcher Of em for your dinner Ia
bic To- morrer:" For JOS mother was one
If the prospective guests. and Nancy's
deLut a. a cook had been theme Of con
,ersation on The homeward walk.
Yes, indeed" responded Nancy, cor
disiiy You're Just as good as YOU can
be to think Of it,"
Don't know bout that" said 10, with
proper humility.
: Then the two said good dnight. and Nan
cy " ent to her bread-ms king. Aunt Fe-
licia had retired for the night. The kitch-
en- fire was out, and the lamp was frugally
turned down. The place seemed chilly
and dull after the radiance without Rap
idly, and as quietly as possible, Nancy put
away her bonnet and shawl and brought
flour. milk, and the jar of foaming yeast
Wish t aunt had left coal or two,
enough to warm the milk" she thought
Guess t II be all right, though"
1t looked promising, round, smooth,
mass. firm and white as the young arms
which wrestled with it. They turned and
kneaded and turned again, with a rhyth-
mic motion; then she caught sharp knife,
cleft the mass, gathered the pieces deftly
together, and fell again to kneading.
After all, innocent and hopeful as the
infant batch looked when tucked into its
pan, and covered with clean crash towel.
Nancy somehow dlstrusted it in her heart,
awoke at intervals during the night to
worry, and stole down into the kitchen
with the first CLEAN of daylight to learn
the worst Inert and helpless lay the
| dough, precisely at low-water mark.
Whatever shall do!' sighed the un-
fortunate detutdRte. "Itll never do to let
Mis- Briggs and Mis- Skelton and JOS
mother fut that stuff into their mouths. +"
She glanced wildly about her. The odor
of burnt sacrifice would not be pleasing
to the divinity above-stairs, who was to be
heard even now preparing to descend.
There was no time to be lost. Nancy
| caught up the dough, bore 1t hastily to the
flower bed, where trim geraniums left the
ground open between their stems, dug a
grave in their midst, dumped in the offend