Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-15
A BOX OF COOKIES

A BOX OF COOKIES
 "I have always contenaed that mind ing ones own affairs was the best pos ! sibIe course" Loretta told her brother "But I realize that no rule is worth l anything at all unless it has few ex- captions, 50 the other day I up and dis obeyed it"
 T wager that it worked all right" her brother said lazily. why worry?"
 Tt was the day I took those cookies out to Aunt Fanny Loretta went on.
 And you know what a rush she was in to have them. I tore around all day trying to get everything done so thatI could take them out to her, and it was quite late in the afternoon before I got away. She telephoned to know wheth- CT 1 was starting yet, and her inquiry did net tend to make me feel any easier in my mind. By the time I was settled in the train that I ran to catch I was all out of breath"
 'Why, may I ask?" queried her broth er Why was out our Aunt Fanny ill such haste to secure cookies that we have On hand year in and year out?" Because Aunt Fanny knows wlla.'s good" said Loretta And also because their church has a dinner once a Meak and she had promised the cookies"
  else makes"
 "oh, that was an old bargain" ladgh- ed Loretta. Aunt Fanny did some eH- broidery for me last month, and out of the gratitude Of my heart I told her l should be glad to make some cookies any time she might want them. So I got them cooked and packed them in tissue paper in a nice, neat box while they ! were still warm. Then I hustled into my things and tore for the train" People who live in far-on suburbs ! ought not to want cookies"
 Well, they de- Loretta said. "The l box was heavy, and I stuck it up in ! the rack over the seat to get rid of it | temporarily. The car was fali and a man came and sat in the seat with me, putting his package Up in the rack just behind me. It seems he had been sitting pened to be in back seat, and he had just in front of Moilie Davis who hap moved forward to avoid draft 1 T see your finish laughed Loretta's S I brother. "He up and walked off with l the cookies"
 You deserve not to hear the rest, for l interrupting," Loretta said with sever | fly. At some town aclled Thorn Brook the man who was then sitting in front of Mollie got up to get of. When he was out on the platform Mollie jumped | up impulsively and grabbed the package 1 out of the rack. She rushed out to the platform and called to the man that he had forgotten his package. The man called back that it wasn't his and Mollie 1 tossed it to him telling him to leave it | in the station because it surely must belong to the man who was just dis appearing around the corner. Then she came back somewhat out of breath, but n-f2 vala nAd rKvif6 har self for her presence of mind in rescuing | somebody's possessions"
 There's nothing like that Good Sa- maritan feeling
 At the next station the man sitting | with me was going to get off but the conductor told him he'd have to change trains at a station a good deal farther along so he sat down again. Then he discovered something and began to make a stir. He had all the available train
 men in and asked them where his pack age was that he had laid in the rack just behind his seat. It couldn't be
 found so I suggested that it might be
 the one that MolIie Davis had put of the train at the last station. He inter-
 viewed Mollie and came to the conclu-
 sion that she had very kindly delivered his package to a perfect stranger"
 '"The air was blue then, I'll bet"
 'fNo I must say that he was very DO.
 lite, though plainly exasperated." Loret- lta told him. we were sympathetic and
 Moilie was all broken up. Finally I had
 the brilliant idea of taking hand my.
 self, and I told him that as I was get.
 ting off at the next station I'd have the
 agent telephone back to the agent at tht , other place and have him save the pack l age until it was sent for. As the strang CT was going to some western city h,
 wasn't happy, but he gave me cart !; and scribbled note for the agent. an( i; got or with that and Mollie Davis. 1: we went right to the agent to mak
 explanations which we did in spite 0
 the fact that he quite plainly though
 us both idiots. had gone a full hal : mile toward Aunt Fanny's when I ha, : a sudden awful thought. I had left m, , own box of cookies in the rack over m, ! head, so interested was I in the man. ''See what comes of, ffitfing wit 2 strangers" said Loretta's brother
 n T didn't hirt. with anybody sh protested. 'I telephoned Aunt Fan {, from the city that the Cookies had nc ' tuned out well and I came back hom
 to make more" Loretta said. T didn a mind having to go out next mornin l. again but I did hate to tell that agen .- that I had been some more of an idic
 and left my own box" .- "It ought to have been easy to 2, 5. them back,'' her brother laughed, 'sinc , you knew what car you left them in
 Tt was easy" chuckled Loretta. 'sThs l. was three weeks ago. They arrived b
 special messenge this afternoon. I til . ped the boy. Will you have a cooky 1 Maybe you can tell me where you thin
 they have been, judging from their fic | hardness