Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-15

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Laura wemt 10 tINp window That
opened IN fire escape and faiscd ~
Then she uttered y fnint shflek ~
\ dlsfuny md turned ~ her husband
I "tts gomez ahc efied dramatically.
! "Whnt the puddlnaT Timothy NJ.
! preached the window mud made n care.
/ fui examination n the impfomptu re-.
I friRerator Nothing here. not blamed
pudding ~ my kind" he reported
"s'ufp vou didn't bring II inside and
forget about IT,
Laura opened the pantry door and
revealed ~ cupboardllke interior
There we're the plump chicken and the
deilrutely tinted celery and the Grim.
son cranberry sauce md bowl Of fruit.
but there was no sign Of that snugly
hn1ccd plum pudding that was to he the
chef d'ocuvrc of the christmas feast
Tho hour that followed WIS on OK
citing one for the relis They searched
high and low. in the most impossible
places, FOR the dclcrtabIe pudding that
Laura had made. hut Zoe vain. At last
Timothy went down 10 the basement
and consulted the genial inH.t9r who
listened with interest ta bis sale Of
woe hul offered 600 su.r.r.
1t was aftrr Z u.u'u.s un christmas
morning Whom Laura uHs awakened
by a ringing OF the mu br'I Throw.
iuE ou warm wrapper uui thrusfiug
h.. fee. into furry -.m.ra. .n. Ha..
toned Iufp frs narrow n.N. rarnfrf mot
tp disturb hur -Ir.r.ua husband
Laura ur.ugd the Gurr Hrr murn4t
crack and urrrod funui.fffypF through
What She saw caused uar tu throw tuc
door unru with cordial hospitality.
"NIarrr trrf-twH-t Come m. gnwr
She said to The little brown Girl who
stood there. Iuukfu.. rather ulI. and
frlentcncG
.I,r inst , ru,rrrrt vH.r, GONNA.
thfua must ayrIair s.....fr,rG i,-
sfla and .auIs iut. tfa. ,Tvfr ANN fam
ro offered 81 Luny. Won wifi tniul. IL
strgprp thot have r.nn n unrrr.f
STRANGER but tho f,.ifpr s1il van had
lost a puddipg."
81 hayn nid you find IT," rrind
Ioura oarcrlv. "It's thc greatest mvs-
terry what has hpcprn Of il"
The Girl smiled SADLY. uud flush
reddnpcd bnr cbecl, far 81 lriof i'm
stont and was gYnc II shall hgvn TO
toll Won ahout ourselves" she said
with dignity. $50 that Won will under
stand why we hgyn e,tep half 80
vour ruddfuo V-r.ro all al,nn bn.b
of us and we've had bad luck ever
since we were married In Saptcmbcr
Paul was taken down with typhoid
fever and lost his position as book
Keeper He's Just able TO get around
now and look for work. and he hasn't
been at all successful. Things have
been going from bad TO worse, and
we're going to move out the first of
the year. We've been running low for
a long time. and for the last two days
we haven't had much to eat, so there
Just milk or something like that. To-
night before we went out the dumb
waiter whistle sounded. and when
opened the slide there was our bottle
of milk, with plum pudding in a bag
81 thought-honestly did-that some
body had sent it up to us, though
were not acquainted with a soul here
and so | heated it up, ana we ate half
of II. 1t was lovely. \ little while
ago the janitor came and inquired If
we'd seen plum pudding, so | came
right down to tell you, as Paul is
asleep. | don't know what to say to
you"
Don't you dare say another word
about that pudding" commanded Lau-
ra IF you only knew how lonesome
we are today you and your husband
would come down and spend the day
with us. We were wishing we knew
somebody in the house here to ask.
I'm so thankful about that pudding.
WIN If | hadn't put It in the dumb
waiter instead of the fire escape Gm
very absentminded when I'm busyD
you would never have received il, and
we might never have been acquainted.
Isn't it blessed old pudding?"
These two lonely young women hug
ged each other delightedly. and after
ward Laura went to arouse Timothy
that he might accompany her To the
ond oda his ,,o,..,,,,.i,,,,, 80 t.
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