The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-25
The Magic Yeast
Cake
BIZ EDWZN L. SABLN.

20 AYMOND WEST had been sent down town
~ after a yeast cake and he was very indignant
%~~ the matter. It seemed to him that when
ever he was having good time he interrupted
and dispatched for yeast cake cake of yeast was
such an insignificant thing, yet it always bobbng
up at the wrong moment.
The walk to the store through the sharp atmos-
pRere failed to soothe his wrath, and the round, yell
low moon which stared him in the face his home
ward trip saw unusually sulky and resentfm lad
When he reached the house, instead of going
throug to the kitchen in order to give Mary the
girl the yeast cake, he turned aside into the library
He resolved that he would make Mary wait until after
supper.
The library was warm and cozy He slipped into
the big leather easyChair before the CRATE and med-
tated his troubles.
Il wish I million miles off! !" he exclaimed.
Come along then" said gruf, growly voice close
beside him.
Raymond gave start of surprise He saw the
oldest little imaginable standing by the CRATE and
scanning him with qulzzlcal smile. The stranger
had an enormous, face, as fiat and as round and as
shiny as dollar Within the unbroken circumfer-
ence two twinkly dots of eyes, dab of a nose
tiny, dimpled mouth with upIifted corners and just
trace Of two ridiculously small ears. There no
hair at all.
The face appeared to be set directly upon the Shout
ders OF short; squat body and the body rested upon
pair of wee legs encased in knckerbockers.
The man had his hands in his pockets, and with his
feet as far apart possible for him. evidently was
waiting for Raymond to respond.
"S-s-sir?" suffered Raymond.
Il said Come along!" spoke the man again in an
Unexpectedly deep, rumbly voice.
Where" blurted Raymond
why million miles off" continued the man
and now his tone as Squeaky as a fddlestrinp He
had a most remarkable voice.
But don't know you" declared Raymond, alarmed
Certainly, you do" asserted the man, Grossly and
once more in growl ",The idea-when I'm your
neighbor, living only about 100000 miles away and
you see me lots of times every month What stupid!
I'm the man in the moon-there! Don't forgetr
Wh-wh-what" calculated Raymond
so here IS your chance to skip so far that they'll
never, find you to make you go for yeast cakes
proceeded the intruder (And for the remainder of
this narrative must bear in mind that sometimes
his voice was Trow and sometimes it was squeak)
II don't want to 60" faltered Raymond
shouldn't have wished it However, we will onlv 90
quarter of Million for a beginning and you'll be
right where you look down and see what is hap
Pening at home. Quick! Give me the yeast cake be-
tore somebody comes in," and he jer1ed his hands
from his pockets.
Raymond was so bewildered and dumfounded that
he never thought of disobeying He meekly laid the
yeast cake in the extended palm of his queer mentor
hearth, near the glowing Goals
Watch it! he warned; TITS in very warm spot
and TO get aboard we'll have to be spry"
Suddenly the cake cor-=enced to spread and swell
Ready" cried the man, hopping nimbly about it.
Even as he spoke the yeast cake shot upward a
smooth, white column.
"All aboard! All aboard!" fairly screamed the
little man. scrambling upon it. Raymond also scarcely
Teazlng what he doing, threw himself frantically
against the of the column and his strange friend
ctutchcd him by the collar
ftang on tight" commanded the moon man.
Up the- went and before RAYMOND had time to
duck his head they had crashed through the ceiling
and through the roof if through paper, and quite
urharmed, were outside beneath the starry sky
Up and up and up they sped The apex of the COL
umn was narrow and so slippery that Raymond was
forced to cling desperately to maintain his position
The wind whistled around his in perfect gale