The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-06-12

paper syndicate.)
There you soggy thing, just knew
you would come out horrid," sale
| Marie as she closed the oven door
! and placed the cake on the kitchen
| table.
i have always had bad luck when
I want things to be especially good
but It's all the fault of that -four
substitute, and mother did want me
to use it. Such day for her to choose
to 60 to town just when Mark and
Phil Gordon are coming from camp!"
Marie had never met the Phil Cor
don of whom shs spoke. but she had
seen him several times, and as he was
her brothers chum at camp, she was
anxious that everything, herself in
cluded, should look attractive when he
made his first visit; therefore her fret
full remarks about 4 perfectly good
war cake.
With a resolution to make the best
of what she had, Marie whipped up a
frosting for the cake, observed that 1t
didn't look so bad after all, and set 1t
on a chair outside the kitchen door SO,
that the icing would be hard and cool
in time for luncheon.
Then she busted about and set the
table for three, as her mother would
not be home until late. A hurried
glance at the clock showed her that
she had just 20 minutes In which to
dress before her brother and his chum
were due, so with last look around at
the snowy linen, cleaning silver and
the glowing chrysanthemums in the
center of the table, she gave salts
fed sigh, and went to her room to
make good enough better, as Mark
used to tell her.
Twenty minutes passed and Marie
returned and stepped outside the door
to get her cake. What sight met
her eyes! The cake was there, GER
talnly, but perched on top Of it, con-
tentedly tapping the frosting, was
Spug, a neighbours catl
Marie cried out and made dash for
1t but the culprit eluded her grasp and
sprang off the steps. running for Its
life. And Marie, thoroughly angry,
snatched up the cake and hurled 1t aft
er the animal, which was nearing the
corner Of the house.
"Y0u horrld BEAST" she cried and |
stopped short in amazement for around |
the corner came a young man In khaki
Just In time to get the cake squarely |
n the face.
II win," cried voice from the other
tide, and turning quickly Marie saw
Mark, who had come from the opposite
direction, stop in establishment.
"Good heavens SIS" he said. "What-
.ver have you been doing to PHILIP
Then he burst out laughing and Phil,
Who had by now disengaged the sticky
ness from his face, soon Joined him,
nut Marie, now that her first burst Of
niger was over, stood dumb with en-
arrassment Seeing this, Mark took 4
and In the situation and introduced
Is chum, explaining that they had
aced to the door to see which was
he nearest way.
BY the time the tale was finished
faris had recovered her poise and
mid much laughter told them the
tory OF her war cake. Is
But" she ended, blushlngly, throw
e glance at Gordon, II don't al
avs greet our callers that way, and
you will come In I think we will
ave our luncheon without the Inflated
Ike"
Private Phil Gordon, catching
impse Of curly, brown hair, bright &
res and elusive dimples, vowed that Z
} matter how she greeted others he 9
ould do his best to make her greet +
& for him always cordial, and some
ne later. as he found many occa-
ons to call, 1t proved even more than