Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-03-07

6HE SAW THE DOtoh CohlNo Jul oF huS
CHIMNEY.
did not like the idea, but the little
girls mother said, Let the child try;
1t will keep her out of mischief"
So without realizing what the conse-
uuences would be she mixed some
dough and put in half the yeast cake
the half containing George. Then she
left the dough In a pan before the fire
and went to bed, planning to get up
early In the morning and make some
loaves.
And all that night George riz. He
riz and be riz and he riz I'LL the dough
puffed away above the pan. And he
rlz till that pan Of dough was as high
as the table And be riz till that pan
of dough was rs high as the mantel'
piece. And he riz so that the next
morning that whole kitchen was just
solid mass OF dough. and up the
chimney II was still keeping Oh rising
and rising and rising. Now. when the
cook got up before II was Hight and
came downstairs with her shoes In her
hand AMI found she couldn't get the
kitchen door open she was cross. She
didn't know II was because the whole
kitchen was full of dough. And she
thought the little girl had tied the
handle II tile door with q string. 80
she went out at the front door aud
around 90 the back door 10 get In that
way. But when she looked at the
kitchen windows and saw Il was all
solid white inside she was srared-
And then she looked up az the roof of
the house AMI saw dough coming out
Of the chimney aud slowly making its
way down the slanting roof And
when she had touched II aud tasted
Il she was sp-echless with delight. And
without waiting 80 much as % - up
s,a!rs aud pack her clothes she ran
down 20 the railway station and took
ticket for New York. And the dough
rose aud II rose and after awhile the
peoplc IA the house rose. because they
thought II was about time for break.
fast. And when the little girls father
discovered what had happened he was
wild with 10y and sent for his neigh
bors. who came with buckets and bar
rels. And he sold them the dough at
n great reduction. And he was con
graduating himself on his wonderful
good fortune when he had two
thoughts. The first was. Where Is
the cooky and the second, where II
the other half of that yeast cakeT
And he put two and two together
| and decided the cook had taken the
other half Of that yeast cake to sell
to multimillionaire. | hadn't men
toned that the cook had the other
| half Of the yeast cake. but the COOK
hadn't mentioned 1t either.
When the little girls father thought
| Of this sad fact he became so depress'
ed that II affected the atmosphere un'
I'll there was so much depression In
the atmosphere that It IN time affected
| George. He was unable to rise against
the dead weight. He had almost out
grown his strength, anyhow. and this
was the last straw. He stopped grow
ing. And, though the people Miheu
enough dough out Of the kitchen to last
them for three weeks, the supply came
to an end ut last.
Long before that time the cook had
returned from an unsuccessful attempt
to sell the other half Of the yeast cake.
And as servants were hard to get In
that part of the country they were
glad to have her back again.
They tried that night making bread
with the other half Of the yeast cake;
but, though they sat up all night and
their neighbors assembled to watch
the proceedings. nothing happened. But
ever since the people Of the neighbor'
hood have taken the greatest interest
in breadmaklng In the hope that some
day they will discover another ambi'
tious yeast plant like George.