The Red Cloud chief., 1920-08-26
A LOVING
RECCMPENSE
Cy RALPH HAMILTON


on tia hill. hurrylng to shelter from
the citing snow, shifted the air redo
lent l appcti'c-inviting with a savory
nayu" and grew hungrier than ever.
The noral store delivery boy tossing
his ..0gc on the rear. porch. peered
cove s,r in gt a window, Slightly
low..j TO let out the steam OF cook
cry and saw on table great bowls
Of {. ly cooked doughnuts. noted Al
ice Ford, apr0ned, hour-coycrcd and
lovely, dipping and lifting out the tam
tGli2u-ly crisp and Drowned product
Of her task. Then, fitting about bust.
ly, this queen of the Kitchen nodded and
smiled as her nelghbor friend, Maud
Trevor, came busting into the house.
Thought I'd run over before the
drifts got too deep" she announced.
For mercy's sake! What are you
up TO? Starting q bakery"
"prctty nearly" smiled back Alice.
"Thcre! that makes twenty dozen, two
hundred and forty. and the -four is all
used up" and Alice sat down in
chair, her dimpled elbows barred, with
sigh that was restful and satisfied.
Nlaud's big eyes took in the bowls
and the pans piled high with dough-
nuts seeming mystery. She knew
of no local function where food do
nations had been asked for. "What
have YOU cooked all those for?' she
asked bluntly.
81 promised to have them ready for
Roscoe ut noon"
Maud Trevor flushed at the mention
of Alice's brother, but exclaimed: as
he tO eat all of those?"
ooh. no; he is coming here in his
flying machine from the forest pre1
serve signal station. OF course you
have heard about The ship caught in
the ice eight miles out in the lake?"
And then, rs Maud nodded affirmative
ly: IT'S held fast among the foes
and can't bulge, and between it and
the shore it's foaming field of loose
cakes. They couldn't reach 1t by tug
or patrol boat, and the crew wigwag-
ged the water tower yesterday for
help. There's n friend of ROscoe's
named Ralph Wharton aboard, and for
| that reason and because the crew may
| be suffering from want Of food. Roscoe
telcphoncd that he was coming to the
| rescue. The town has got ready Il
| lot Of fresh and salt meat flour, sugar,
| milk and butter and Roscoe suggested
| that contribute bag of my famous
| doughnutS, as he calls them
| h,I
| them" suggested Maud, her mind on
| Roscoe. isn't it risk trying to get
the airplane aboard of that ship?"
| "Oh, Roscoe won't do that" replied
Alice. ''IIe couldn't make a landing.
His idea is to circle above the ship
and drop the packages on It's deck"
| Maud had been titivating herself at
Alice's mirror and was nutterlng
with eagerncss as the young aeronaut
appeared shortly after noon. He
had kiss for his Sister and Sugges-
tive hand clasp for Maud. T've load
cd the supplies down where I landed"
he explained. you've got lot of
them. haven't youf" as he noted the
two pillow cases filed ami tied. and
holped himself to some samples from
q plate.
1t was nearly evening when Roscoe
roturncd from his aerial trip, watched
. ltl the vague distance and the way
, lack by half the population Of the
5 town. The details Of his venture We're
Don popularity known. lie had mr.,
rlnged TO remain at home for q spell
Ills mechanic taking the nirplauc back
| 20 its starting point, much to the de
'cht OF Maud
THE meats donated landed all right
on the dccl; OF the ship" reported Ros
roe, "but n crate of eggs fell into the
, water and was crushed by the ice"
+ "Aud my doughnuts?' inquired Alice
D nnxlously.
: "Thcy fell right among the passen
I cers and crew, and there was n grea
l. >cramhle The crowd stood munchIn:
. rt the delicious Hlaintles until I left
; The ship is cuught between two I'm
,. pcnse foes and can't bulge until tn
E. wind changes"
n II was the next afternoon when RoS
e coe came home from down town. 9Th
"a shin got to port here" he announced
= and the passengers and crew are Gel
" chrating their rescue. They've 20
n horns and n drum, and they ar
oil serenading the butcher, the baker an
the candlestick maker, who treate
5, them so generously, and those dough
nuts. Alice! They'll be here soon"
Here they Gomez cried the excite
Maud, rs blares and booms rent I'll
mir, and few minutes later, in PR
S cession, there came marchlng down ii
- street n merry, mixed group.
= Ralph Wharton was profuse In h
nraIse anent the delicious doughnut
and persisted in wearing his souveni
The double pair passed delight,
evening, and young Wharton was 4
vited to remain as guest until Il
ship was repaired.
II took two weeks to do that, ar