The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-16

Hope as,d tl,e Anchor.
fBy Dorothy Douglas.)


stood at the. end Of the car line They
were like the Siamese twins. 30 closely
were they connected. and Edna Weno-
over had sighed 1ongingly Tor the pos
session of both houses when sne nao
taken the one called Hope
mother, '.that we viii no doubt have
some terrible neiehbor in the Anchor
A duck of q cottage like that won't re-
main vacant long"
mo. suppose not" agreed Ars.
do to keep up this ono on our limited
income"
Edna laughed q trifle nervously, It
seemed that the opportunity sne nae
been trying to find for some time nao
mother, dear" she said quickly. II
wonder If you would mind very mucn
If tried to add to our income. nave
had plan in my head for some time
and do SO want you to ne.p me;
into her mothers eyes. and she 1inisn-
ed her plea: at want to start Q DAINTY
little tearoom right here IN our COT
tage. We are in q splendid positiom:
and the crowds getting off the car WIN
stop in and get iced tea or coffee be-
fore going down for a swim IN the
sound, and She laughed 1oyfuliy
now because she saw that her mother
was almost as enthusiastic az nerseI.
MAYBE tnGY lk-sStOR aAtOA SAeAAsD@>-o
the hill from the beach as well"
Edna slipped down beside ner motn-
er's chair and began outlining ner
lonog cherished scheme.
Two weeks later dozen dainty gar
den tables arrived at Hope cottage az
well as fOrty-eight equally attractive
chairs. The large living room In the
cottage was turned into a summery,
flowery bower where birds sang ana
sea breezes f!oated through SOFT cur
tains and where the daintiest of tea
services lured the passing stranger
from the Feat of the sun. There were
going to be no signs In the windows,
but at the railway station smaiI
Hope cottage for refreshments.
While Edna's tables were being
moved into the small back garden g.
load of furniture stopped at the An
Choir and burly men carried II INTO the
other cottage. A young man whose
appearance suggested the lazlness OF
the world seemed to be experimenting
the moving, although the task was far
too strenuous in his estimation Tor SO
hot a day.
is gone" sighed Edna "I had hoped
we would make our tea garoen SO
great a success that we couIo TAKE the
other cottage SOON.
II think we will find that we nave
all we can handle for the time being.
said Mrs. Wendover. She gazed at
her beautiful, red-1ipped. blue-eyed
daughter. and knew that people would
flock to the tea garden, II only to Dask
in her daughters magnetic smile
Her prediction was more than veri-
fed. At the end of two months Hope
tra gardens had become all but fam
Gus. Edna seemed to have filled q
badly felt want. Everything she did
suited even the summer trfppers. Her
snowy linen. tasty beverages, gay
flowers on each small table ana her
own personality all combined to pro-
duce an enormousiy successfui ous'-
70 Norman R6Ssfe. 81, the other side
of the fence. 1t -Wtf nothing else than
marvellous to witness the energy OF
Edna Wendover. He had not SO mucn
as planted a single flower In the gar
den OF the Anchor, and 1t was JUST 2
riot of weeds. II he biushed at MS
own laxiness, it was not outwardly, nor
did he attempt to improve MS prop
erty. He did, however. spend many
hours looking through the holes IN
the fence that divided his garden from
that of Hope cottage The girl, who
seemed to represent a sunbeam, he
called Hope The name suited her
we'll. and Norman Roscoe, lazy In all
other endeavor, found himself deSper-
ately in love with Hope
In the meantime Edna longed more
definitely than before for the garden
next her own, She could no longer
accommodate the number OF persons
who came regularly to her tea gardens.
and she also needed more space on
which to raise flowers: they were SO
essential a part OF her business Sne
not only required a large numper OF
blossoms for her tables, but Edna mad
established the pretty idea OF placing
q single flower on each tray that was
carried to her patrons Many OF her
male guests insisted on having the
flowers placed in their lapels by the
iproprietress herself, and Edna laugh
ingly complied.
1t was on one OF these occasions
that Norman Roscoe was lifted from
1.-THE slough of laziness- Looking
through the fence he had seen Hope
placing a rose in the lapel OF most
attractive college boy. Roscoes 1eai-
ousy was aroused sufficiently to make
him go that very afternoon and order
gardener up from the village. He
ment of flowers IN his back garden
and it was not long before Edna
Wendover, glancing from the window
of her upper rooms, saw q sight tnat
gladdened her eyes and brought stall
greater desire for the Anchor into her
calculations.
How lovelyr' she sighed. If only
1 could rent that garden could have
another eighteen tables set out. and
feel sure that good-looktng. lazy
neighbor of mine would not mino-
She cast a second glance out of the
window and smiled. Roscoe was gag
] ing straight into her garden and there
was something Of anxiety In his eyes
as he compared the two properties
1t WAS just at that second tnat Enna
caught sight Of q chalk mark on his
side Of the fence, and 1t was In the
form of q gate In the fence.
Evidently my neighbor II contem-
plating becoming acquainted with me-.
she laughed He has marked out the
place where q gate could be cut
| through. wonder she unused.
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