The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-24
A BREAD ROMANCE
Girls Determination to DO or
DIE Brings Success and a
Husband.
BY NJ. OIeeELL.

Her vigorous sister gave Mary
good shake at this question. "Of
course 1t was. but you know it never
even made pretence OF rising the
other times"
Quite wide awake now Mary smiled
as she said. You are the most intense
youngster ever knew. Hope, you
Just 60 heart and soul into anything
you attempt Have you been watching
that bread all night! It is not six
o'clock yet"
Hope Fardent laughed. No. this
was my first peep at it, but could MOI
help telling you the good news. Now
you can sleep for another hour. but |
must go and knead my bread" and
she hustled out of the room with a
highly important air which amused
her sister.
Bless the child" she said to her
self: she always wants to make a
success OF anything she attempts"
Mary made no further effort 10
sleep, but joined her sister in the
kitchen She found Hope kneading
| away at her bread her pretty arms
bare. and a generous bib apron pro
| tecting her Her bright face turned
for an instan' TO her sister. but thu
kneading wen diligently on.
II knew | could get II right II I only
| saw some on So doing it," she d.
chred and This is coming out exac'
ly as Mrs. WAYS did 1t was ever SO
! good of her to snow me. ] am going
to have some hand bills printed righ'
away. and distributed among the sum
| n,er people-you know several fami
lies are already here, and others will
come by June"
Mary gazed at her sister with ad-
miring eyes ~ am sure you will get
| more orders than you can fill. II only
the summer folks find out that you
| make good bread" she answered en-
couragingly
The two sisters had been living
alone for three years the passing OF
their father having left them without
near relatives The comfortable cot
tage which they occupied was their
own; but there was only a small in
come not enough for all their needs
Mary. the older sister. had for the past
year been acting as clerk and stenog
rapher Ia the real estate ONCE OF their
home village Hope. who was a born
housewife. had attended to the cook.
ing, and general care Of the cottage
and had decided that she would show
her own ability to earn. by making
bread for The summer residents Of
Seacove which though a small place
had many cottages occupied during
| the season.
With her usual determination to do
/ or die" Hope refused to acknowledge
herself defeated by two or three ut
terly unsuccessful attempts at bread
making. After putting her third ef
fort carefully in the garbage can. for
fear that If placed within their reach
its lead like qualities might kill their
flock OF healthy chickens Hone SAT
down to ponder the cause OF her fail
ures And then came 70 her the wise
idea OF watching an old and expert
enced bread maker 20 through the
whole process To think was to act
with Hope She hurried over to their
neighhor. Mrs WAY 10 find out when
she would make bread Sho was de-
lighted to be Informed that that very
evening was the time.
And now she watched her own
loaves coming up in the pans, light as
feather Before Mary left for the
Office those splendid leaves were ex
hibiting their full beauty on the kitch
Ell table.
As Mary kissed her sister good bye
she said. Nov don't break all the
dishes before get back. Just because
you have eyes for nothing but the
bread"
After finishing the mornings house
work Hope started on her GRAND e
the village printer, and obtained hi.
promise Of hundred hand bills set
ting forth the size and price Of he,
loaves
Two mornings later one of the trust
worthy Seacove urchins was despatch
ed upon his mission of leaving hand
bill wherever he found an occupief
cottage.
At the end Of a couple OF week,
nearly all the cottagers had arrived.
From the first sending out OF IN,
notices Hope received calls from
these cottagers. all anxious to secur,
a supply Of genuine home made bread
BY the end Of the two weeks her orde,
book was crowded
Among her first patrons were tv.
brothers who were trying a sort a
campingout life In their cottage tha
season. Ralph ard Donald St.l,vort,
: had charge OF large business durin,
their fathers absence. but they hat
been brought up 10 act as his assist
. ants and everything was reduced =.
such perfect system that a trim Z.
: town once week was all that was re
Quired Of them during the summer
months
Il One of the village yemen came :,
each day to wash distes and id,