The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-28
CHAT.

The bakers wagon was Ieisurely pro-
ceeding through the street, the boy on
the seat keeping his eyes peeled right and
left TO catch signal from any OF the
houses on either side. A woman appeared
at the door OF one OF the houses and
| timidly called: "Baker-r-r!" "Whoa 7"
eaid the baker, but his horse had already
stopped at the call OF the woman. Then
something like this ensued between the
housewife and the baker:
The baker -''Anything today?"
The woman-"Got any nut cake?'
The baker" Yes"
The woman-s'Is il nicer"
The baker-"Oh, yes, very NICE" Q
wonder whot the housewife expected him
to say).
The woman" Fresh today?"
The taKer-"Fresh this morning,
ma am" Q wonder IL the housewife ex-
pected the taker boy to say that the nut
cake was baked week before last.)
| The womap-"Weli, how much is it?n
The baker--"Thirty cents for halt q
| loaf"
The woman-"My. Don't cost any
thing, does it?''
The boker--"Oh, that isn't much for
such nut cake"
| The woman-'You are sure it's fresb?"
The baker-"Oh, yes ma'am. Perfect
| ly fresh. You can see for yourself"
And the baker boy jumped down from
] the wagon and shortly produced half
Loaf of the nut cake for the housewives
inspection, hailing to his horse as he
did so to "whoa there" more through
force of habit, apparently than with
any fear that the horse would start off
and run to Pawtucket before he could
be overtaken.
The woman-' 1t looks nice.
Baked this IN orning, too. Don't look as
il you put many nuts in it. Nuts are ex-
pensive, / s'pose. Thirty cents seems a
good deal to pay. Got any cookies?"
The baker-"Yes 'm-lemon cookies,
molasses cookies, sugar cookies and
umbles--n'ce jumbles."
The woman "Nice jumbles? How
much are Jumbles?"
The baker-"Ten cents, ma'aU."
The woman-"Are they nice?'
The baker--"Very nice--baked fresh
this morning. Just try one"
So the baker brought a jumble and the
housewife mnnched 1t contemplatingly.
The woman" II m, they are nice. How
much did you say?"
The baker--''Ten cents, ma'am."
The woman-"How much are the mo-
lasses?"
| The baker-'sSame price, ma'am-very
nice, the molasses. We make speciality
OF molasses.
The woman-"And the7iemon?"
The baker-"Same price, ma'am. Our
lemon cookies are very nice"
The woman-"Are the sugar cookies
nicer"
The baker, "Oh, yes ma 'am-very nice.
We pride ourselves on our sugar cook les. "
The woman-''How much are they?'
The baker-"Ten cents - same price,
ma'am."
The woman-"Are they fresh?"
The baker-"Oh, yes, ma'am. Baked
this morning"
The woman-"Y "You don't think they d
injure the children, do your"
The baker-"Oh, no, ma'am. They
ought to be very good for children"
The woman-H'm. Well, guess I'll
take Dozen"
The baker-"Of the sugar."
The woman" Yes-no, you may give
me the molasses.''
The baker-"The molasses? All right
a'am. One dozen?''
The woman-"Yes- no, guess I'll onl,
take half a Dozen"
The baker--"AIl right, ma'am. Half {
dozen molasses Here they are, ma'am
Yes, certainly III wait while you run Al
stairs and get tho change. Five cents
know that ma'sm, some firms charg,
more by the half dozen than by tn,
dozen. We make no difference in tn
price, though. No, haven't any spong,
cake today. Sorry I'm out of spong,
cake. Shall save you some tomorrow
Yes, I'll wait while you get the change
You'll find the molasses very nice, l'n
sure. Yes, they were baked this morn
ing. We make a feature OF our molasses
They are very nice. Yes il is nice day. ,
And the transaction was closed.
IL occurred to me that getting your
note approved for discount at bank is {
lightning operation compared to som,
dealings. THE CHATTERER.
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