Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-13
BY PARCEL POST.
BY catherin. Cooper.

ment his eyes had discovered.
When -four of his fraternity fellows
had deposited themselves unlimited into
Sneudon's apartment the young author
could do nothing but bow to the newt
able and invite them all to dinner.
The dinner for these four men had
Deem the source OF %Sneldon's worry.
He could cook an egg or make a cup
OF tea for himself. hut certainly fried
eggs would not satisfy Il hungry quar-
tet OF mon.
Still. sheldon WAS sufficiently pround
of his coy den To want his guests to
enjoy il and not have to trail out to
the nearest chop house.
consequently the advertisement
seemed To be the one thing in the
World destined to cover the Young
mans predicainent. He read again
from the Slip he had cut from the
paper:
DINNER. cooked. consisting of chick
en-. Vegetables. pudding and cheese.
etc, sent on short notice by parcel
post Sufficient for sin, IS, including
postage"
sheldon beamed. Already his mouth
watered i'm anticipation of the home
cooked dinner. Also. he could be free
to finish 5000 words on his story be
tore the boys came i'm from their trip
to Broadway.
he canine the advertisement for an
address. sheldon srinned a second
t1me. There was q; telephone. An he
mad 10 do was to cali up and give his
order.
When central rang the number for
l,in Il Feminine Voice answered, Sned-
don told her of his predicament. When
ne had told her his address she made
Il note of it,.
II can send your order around bv
$50" the voice ovcr the telephone in
formed him. Just heat everything up
ana IL You enjoy my cooking please tell
Your friends about me. Thank you."
she added and Sheldon put UP the
receiver.
DINNER being SO wonderfully damned.
he went joNfully to work on his story.
At g O'Clock "A large package arrived
by parcel post. The -four guests had
not come i'm and Sheldon unpacked the
appetizinz basket.
Tie put he chicken Immediately in
the oven. also the potatoes. There was
another vegetable, cranberry sauce.
celery and a pumpkin pie that tempted
onedden to sample it before his guests
| arrived.
He fell to wondering Just what a girl
looked Ill who had conceived so hap
pN Il way of earning her iVinc He
remembered that her voice had rather
appealed to him. He felt certain her
cooking would do likewise.
flVe hungry men sat down later and
'S'>No tiiCt ANIIt'tlNIoI kO1S-
sessed a marvel of a cook. They fan
cled the frilly pink ruffs thai adorned
the drumsticks ard neck of the bird.
Rather gay for a budding author"
suggested MacINean.
"This pie is what mother used to
make" commended Drake.
This fancy cheese makes me think
am i'm the Knickerbocker," laughed
| Vale.
Sheldon only smiled.
Where do you keep her?' qnes-
Is She black or white?"
II rather think she is white" Sned-
don said. "Thi entire dinner came by
parcel post not half an hour before you
chaps arrived" He passed the slip of
paper around the table.
laugher MacI.ean.
Shes some girl" nodded Drake.
she can cook for me any time
said Vale. What is the .ady's tele-
phone number?'.
For some ~unaccountable reason
Sneddon felt irritated because he had
given away the secret of his we'll
cooked dinner. yet he realized that ii
would mean new business to the girl,
He pondered many times during the
following days as to what she was like,
HIS work was progressing we'll and In
order to WOO the mood of inspiration
i IVLIldlIlCu CLOSELY COn1nGu To
his apartment.
Rather than go out for meals he
cooked whatever seemed handy. AT
the enc OF a week of strenuous writing
he felt the need of more sustaining food
thai that in which he had been in
dulging.
Consequently, rather than break into
ms hours of work he called up H.
Dean. the girl who had saved the sit
uation for him when the fraternity
boys appeared Unexpectedly.
II am a starving man," he said to
her over the telephone. What chance
Is there OF getting a good square meal
soon"
"A augh trailed over the wire.
IF you can exist for another hour ]
can prepare something" she told him
III was under the 60 minutes allowed
when sheldon answered a light ring
at his doorbell.
When he opened it he drew a swift
breath OF surprise. A most lovely
vision in the way Of a feminine beauty
stood there. Her basket was swung
carefully over one arm.
II brought your dinner myself" she
odd sheldon, because the parcel post
would have taken longer She handed
her daintily packed basket to Sheldon
The color of wild roses seemed to live
in her cheeks. In her eyes were the
sparkle of health and friendship for the
world in general.
You have saved my life was all
sheldon could think of by way of con
yerSation.
The things will be scarcely cold, =
The girl said and turned to go
Sneddon rang the elevator bell for
her and could not remember having
felt more OF an idiot as he watched the
fair vision descend from his sight.
Never had a simple meal tasted sc
wonderful. Throughout his time for
~devouring it Sneddon's mind was in a
haze. The flower that lay d~ecoratiyely
across the basket was now in the LAPEL
of his house coat. Somehnw he found