The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-30

CAKE
BY ETHEL
Copyright. 1904. BY Ethel harrington


IN uOn0ptn1 philO1nlnhiOn IN, ,otrictk
ing earth would know ~ oroo ,r,,otho.
or mot n VOC T,,rsao."
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'""'So"S IS inc GIFTS gay u Ths
rest are merely lnteriudes,"
Il am sorry, Cecilia, that the others
are gone and there is no one else to
make the cake"
Cecilia rerretrullv ,ot,,ruo1 l,or ho+ 70
ITS box.
oYou ore NOT to b,omo 1ts ou
so monv dnnghters"-
"Unmorried sigho 1rrs c,,,+ou
81 must 90 with AnroIo tn tIo tniio,,.
IFS p~rovtdontIol TntTencc h,inyinm hts
friend ond I hone thot ArooIn o, No.
rim
cor lIo,cn Groce 81. Arrrtoi ,r,y ,m
p~crsonotn Ion,h,s wholn oun suoi
| low
Cecilia Won oro vuIgor~
II is , tri,I tn hn q widow with an
only son hnt. nm only SON nins CIV
d~,urb+ors ,,nrosorts ,n,ra v.dnrm
choice in mntrimony n1ds ycst 10 corrt
shin but foo yrnot ~ su,,Irs dostroys
the r,n,I,o+ I~orronco Ca,.lton ,+ cnI-
lego Iorpbcd ot his mothn,,s onxietv
but chrnrfnIIv orfe,ed 10 h,5nr his cr,,in
home fn,, thn v,co+iou and uI,,o tbo o,rls
II chance.
at only needs ono to sct tho oxom.
Dlen Mrs carlton ovnIoInrd to 90.
ella. who admitted thnt Angola must
Inc socrjnced I'm order thot hor sisters
"gct the habit" But TO hor brother. she
wrote "It is n crime TO abuse friend
shin,
The nroposed visit WAS NOW ot hand
"NLuriel and | must law low. The
fun strength OF n1r family rirIhood ls
so o~vernowing." said Cecilia, Fastening
n loose slecved apron over her gown.
"Now. little Mother General. YOU may
attend to the dress parade. while / will
bring up the rear with the %ratlons.'
After Mrs. Carlton and Angela had
departed Cecilia descended to the kftch-
en-. She selected her pans and washed
the currants. sliced the cltron ready for
chopping and sifted the flour. Il mis-
chlevous rhyme tripping over her
tongue.
"'Wil YOU walk into my parlor?'
said the spider to the fly
The door gong rang sharply. Cecilia
busted her hand free from the flour and
went through the dining room and the
long hall to the door. There she en-
coumtercd an athletic young man bear
Ing Il dress suit case with an air of
having arrived ut his destination.
Mrs. carlton at homc?' he inquired.
NO. If YOU are n book agent let me
tell you books are not our crying need
Just at present. And the dimplc
laughed in Ccciiia's check.
I'm not Il necessity and to such a
household certainly no luxury, yet am
expected. Sounds like Il riddle, doesn't
ltT Carleton tclegraphcd me that he
could not get here until tomorrow, blu
that / was expected
1--WE understood YOU We're coming to
gcther, but YOU are none the less wei.
come" she added ~graclously, THAT is
the parlor'-
Its the pretticst little parlor that
ever YOU did spy" hummed Cecilia TO
herself. Then aloud: Perhaps you
have not read all the magazines. They
cannot be long
Long? They
The FAMILY answered the Youngest
vaguely,
but you Cecilia suddenly real
i%ed her apron and the ilour and her
mothers horror OF the situation. "Oh,
am baking cake-l-l nm the girl, you
know She drew herself up, but the
dimpIe ettoced the dignity, and there
was an odd twitching about the young
fellows mouth.
II am "wtuilN glad. thought YOU
might be one OF the daughters, and
Pm only the valet
"Graclous-
$50 you see we can be friends after
all. May watch the cake opcrationf'
Cecilia sanctioned doubtfully. You
may sit I'm the dining room If yoG in
slst.'
II do
Cecilia after providing aim with a
paper disappeared through the swing
ing door into the Kitchen He sat alone
for a few minutes, thcr gently swung
the door open. It's quite chilly in
here" he explained. Cecilia was beat
ing eggs, the sunlight tipped her hair
with gold. lie sank lnto II chair, watch
ing her.
do you like cakcf' she demanded.
81 adore sweet things" The look,
half smiling, wholly admitting, sent the
color tingling to the girls cheek, but
she only whipped the eggs the harder.
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