The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-11-22
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MISS RANDALL'S
CUSTOMER
A Case Of Mistaken
identity
By cLARiSSA MAckif

BY ClARISSA MACklF
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Hester Randall surveyed the result
of her mornings work with keen salts
faction \ snowy cloth was laid on her
Kitchen table. and piled thereon were
leaves uf cr,isty bread. sheets OF feath
erweight biscuits and glistening rnsks,
There wer" tempting ioaves OF pound
cake aud several layer cakes as we'll as
a platter heaped with sugared dough
Iuts ana anoi her OF cookies,
Friday was always Hester's busiest
DAY She aroSs at 1 O'Clock and baked
s!l da, to I'LL her orders for the dain
ties which were in great demand
S nuug her neighbors On Friday even
ing. although she was tired and foot
ore she would deliver the bread and
cRkp She would have to make several
trips with the heavily laden basket he
Now she sat down and drank u cup
Of hot tea and ate n tritie Of supper be
fore she started out on her rounds
She WAS plump, rosy little unite at a
voinHn with bright brown eyes and
5rown hlii that ohstinately refused to
earn gray although Hester had passed
ttel thirty first year Now she slipped
INTO thin white dress. for ii was a
hot evening. and. arranging her FIRST
basket load. went out into the gather
ing twilight
AT Mrs. Amos Biake's she left part of
Der fragrant burden and paused for u
little chat
YOU know the Paige place has beer
rented for the summer. don't you. He's
ter?" asked Mrs. Blake after awhile.
NO I'm glad to hear 1t, though 1t
means another customer" laughed
Hester
IL spoke good word for you. It's a
one man who has something to do with
making map Of the county herea bouts
and he was planning to get all OF his
meals at the hotel but when | told him
ibout how YOU baked for some of us
taZy hullsekeeperS he said he'd much
| rather have home cooking and he
! guessed he'd fuss over his own break
fast and supper. You know men like To
fuss over cooking things Now. Amos
here is tickled to death whenever | Iet
| him get breakfast on Sunday morning
| This isn't telling YOU about Mr. Chan
| der. though told him Id speak to
you and tell YOU to leave him some
| bread and cake and he said he might
| not he home when you came 50 he ask
ed me to give you this dollar and tell
you to leave a dollars worth on his
back porch every week Have you got
anything to spareT
Maybe can make out some for him
! by giving M my own baking" replied
/ Hester rs she placed the money In the
little bag dangling from her waist ~
! don't hurry it will t,p nrt"h farf hr
| fore I get n ,Uah ,rupH n. .-Ui
Good night Hester rhat cream cake
ookS 80 good m going 20 have slice
| tight AWAY
| II WAS dark indeed when Hpstnt i';tu
/
| eS AT the gate ~ the y '.r h.'lst, II
was q small gabed cottage smothpred
| in honeysuckle vines and Tor several
seasons had been rented furnished t.
city people II looked dark and desert
I'd now as Hester opened the gate and
made her way around the sandy path
| to the back porch AS she stood there
| hesitating. the moon pushed a silver
rim above the shoulder OF High hill. &C
she waited until 1t rose In all Its splen
| dor and cast pale glow over the Paige
house and garden II fell full on ar
anguidly tapped
As Hester opened her basket and laif
clean napkin on the porch a harsl
voice from the open window startled
her
"What are yon doing out therey' |,
snarled. and Hester was quick te
reply
I'm leaving your bread and cake.
she said with offended dignity In bel
tones
We'll. hurry up and get out Of here
want to be alone!" rasped the voice.
1t was very indignant Hester who
dumped several loaves Of bread, .
sheet Of biscuit and some doughnutl
and a layer cake on the back porcf
and hurried out Of the yard with
turning cheeks.
What a Grabbed. cranky old maj
he must be!" thought Hester as sh,
went home and prepared for bed. II
1t wasn't for the money I'd not bak,
another crumb for him. The idear'
Unfortunately Hester could not giv'
way to her injured feelings. for sh'
needed every penny she could earn t.
pay Off the Indebtedness on the iittl,
house which was her inheritance from
hard working parents. So the follow
ing Friday evening found her ono,
more standing at Mr.. Chambers bacl
door with her basket of goodies.
was not yet dark. and she could see
large china dish on the floor. besid
which lay something white and OBJ
long She picked It up and In the wan
ing light read her own name In bold