The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-07-13
Her Soft Soap
Acquaintance
BY james .Norf7ref
Copyright, la4, by X. NJ. Whitehead

gagged his farm To old John Doan that
he might raise money to TO into the
dairy business hc could figure out that
he had twenty chances of success
against one of failure. Inside of three
years, however, misfortune had come
To him in half Il dozen different dhre-
lions. Most of his herd had persisted
when his barn hud been struck lay a
thunderholt, and following that his wife
had died and he had fallen and broken
leg. There could he only one more
calamity In store fer him, and that put
in an appearance in due time. one day
when letter had come for him he call
ed his daughter BESSIE In aud said>
well. it has come. cid John poan
Is going to foreclose the mortgage on
me, and In few weeks we shall he
homeless. Here's the notice from his
man of business"
Bessie Thompson WAS n girl of TWEEN
ty. In addition To being good look
ing and having n good education. her
acquaintanccs called her n "hricll."
They said so because she had faced
her father and had displayed II level
head and much shrcWdncss in trying
To stem tie tide and eXtricatc him
from his unfortunate situation. She
had even taken trip of fifty miles To
see old John Doan In person aud try
to soften his heart, but had only found
his agent and been grufly told tint
her father must pay up or go. She had
expected the blow, and her answer To
her father was.
We'll, II we can't pay We'll hnVe
to go, of course, but we shall he allow
ed n few weeks grace, and who knows
what may happen In that timeY
Something did happen, but 1t came
about in IA queer why. Two weeks had
passed, and Miss Bessie had started tn
make soft soap In II big kettle in the
back yard Farmer folks would make
soft soap in the spring even though as-
sured that the world would be no
more by midsummer. The big kettle
had been filled with I've from the beach
and n fire started under II, and the
hour WAS = o'clock in the afternoon.
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work ahN"itfe' about the iafi'f
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broken leg.
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thing when he broke II z
lie WAS drawing up wood last FEB
runry.'
I'm. Where's your notherT
"Dead."