Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-08

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&ANzE4 II A@k 0%&x q week &a9 MnU
been trying 20 e0taan help so Ser
1kaegss 6ngxn but without saceesa If
I tn-aere truck farzn did not requaEs
ml5ze Than 0ne mans attentaoEs bus -
naixhf JUST as well have required tsias
Baanche 6lld not want e have to wia'e
has SaRAer ID return from tho resk kaas
doet0r had ordered him b tMlse. He
EhOughk the farm vas being wen
sakan care OF. low was he 70 know
tAat the nan De had LETT Ia charge
had gone away without even gsvlnga
Blanche noeicea She had managed -
KEEP things from going 20 pisces for q
wreck. but her strength would not hold
0nf, she knew. ii girl fresh from cOA
lege eOuldm'r rough It lIhe IN ordinary
country gsEa. The farm was hobby
0g her fathers more than anything
else. Just ths same. the country
needed ala xha food the land could
pEOlnce mat rear. and Blanche wasn't
going O. let IL go TO waste Just be
eAuse her LIVING did not depend
unOn &C.
ne drive from the city had given
her an appetite. a Sudden craving
Tor Net biscuits took possession a.
her.
lgOw, ff there waN only SOMEONE
10 help me eat them. she muFmRresa.
regretzully, ae she viewed the In
iaalled prOdncfs, Get out In row.
hew, those smell good e
Blanche turned quickly. There8
stood young man frnaltaag the arurna
81 tie cooking. An applicant 70 her
advert seEnenf she knew II the rim
ate her eyes lighted upon him, and
FASTENED to corral him. a plan Led
suggested itSeag % her.
Come right ii, she invited. as saae
threw open the screen door that sep
ara1ed them You are just IN time
FOR supper"
Tli0 yD1ng man was arE&yea 10
Rg1en &@ster from head to foot and
waa dnst Desmeared. but blanche
MdnFt mind that. &c looked strong
and able ID work that IL what count
cd with her.
It won't take me Q minute %
peach fresh egg for yous and the
tea Id brewing now" The man vas
too surprised 60 speak. Blanche walt
ed until he finished tbs meal before
she mentioned the farm
Aren't you glad ron came 70 en-.
gwer nv advertisement she said.
.You,n really like Il here. and the
work Ii light. It Ii merely gardening.
ron know. Even d city man could DO
that. The meals you Will like, ana
sure. They will ali be IS nice as this
one many Of them nieer. Thts Wa2
d nice meal, wasn't it3
ssfe certainly waA.r BE Answered en-
Enthusiastically. That was al the &C.
ceptance Blanche required.
Il took two weeks to get the little
farm back into tEs original shape. FOX
b day Oh two the new man, who save
his name as CllfEord Towers. waa
rather awkward ct the work. bnt Il
did not take him long 70 grow into the
way Of II.
sI1 you can ind d weed in that gar
den or spot that hasn't either been
hoed over, or hilled up. I'll work with
ont wages, C0Iff0rd saId as he came
iii Cor supper two weeks from tho
day he had arrived.
..Tt's Just fine" Blanche told him.
gratefulIy. 4 believe could let you
havo holiday. "
Il don't want one. ne laughed. "A
wOuldn't Miss one 81 your meals for
the world. Let's 60 for walk to-
nieh4. You don't mind walking with
the hired man, do you rs
sAs e that wosald make any difaer-,
enceg'' Blanche exclaimed reprOach-
fully. eve win 90 Just as soOn -
we fnisla supper
Ii vas pretty country, end they
found many fhlngs es Interest on their
walk.
why, there Is an autonaObile -
anlong those treesa rCadgtere4
Blanche cried. 81 she pointed IN tire
dEnectiOn of clump Dc bushes.
ro enOugh II I'll" ClERord cried
fn turn.
sJmmp lii, he said. as he started
taa engine. we viii 81 Tor \ ride.
sE3uk the owner" Blanche pro
tested.
After long spin he drove into the
cate AT Blanchess farm.
sril get out, and you take II bach
blanche said uneaaily. What Il the
owner Ands out
re has fOund ont nov" Clifford
spllIed. Az aa the owner.
on Blanche almost Alsrfeke6
- anrpf
xes / was stalled ont there tsgO
weeks 40 and came here for Wafer.
You employed MAe before Ead Y
chance 10 explain. =
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