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Hester Randall surveyed the result
of her morning’s work with keen satis
faction. A snowy cloth was laid on her
kitchen table, and piled thereon were
loaves of crusty bread, sheets of feath
erweight biscuits and glistening rusks.
There were tempting loaves of pound
cake and several layer cakes as well as
a platter heaped with sugared dough
nuts and another of cookies.
Friday was always Hester’s busiest
day. She arose at 4 o’clock and baked
all day to fill her Orders for the dain
ties which were in great demand
among her neighbors. On Friday even
ing, although she was tired and foot
sore. she would deliver the bread and
cake. She would have to make several
trips with the heavily laden basket be
fore her weary body could seek repose.
Now she sat down and drank a cup
of hot tea and ate a trifle of supper be
fore she started out on her rounds.
She was a plump, rosy little mite of a
woman with bright brown eyes and
brown hair that obstinately refused to
turn gray, although Hester had passed
her thirty-first year. Now she slipper!
into a thin white dress, for it was a
hot evening, and, arranging her first
basket load, went out into the gather
ing twilight
At Mrs. Amos Blake’s she left part of
her fragrant bur-den and paused for a
littie chat
“You know the Paige place has been
rented for the summer, don't you, Hes
ter?’’ asked Mrs. Blake after awhile.
“No. I’m glad to hear it, though, it
means another customer,” laughed
Hester.
& opunc a gwu wuiu xi/i juu. xt a n
lone man who has something to do with
making a map of the county hereabouts
and he was planning to get all of his
meals at the hotel, but when I told him
about bow you baked for some of us
lazy housekeepers he said he'd much
rather have home cooking and he
guessed he’d fuss over his own break
fast and supper. You know men like to
fuss over cooking things. Now. Amos
here Is tickled to death whenever I let
him get breakfast on Sunday morning.
This Isn't telling you about Mr. Chan
dler, though. I told him I’d speak to
you and tell you to leave him some
bread and cake, and he said he might
uot be home when you came, so be ask
ed me to give you this dollar end tel)
you to leave a dollar's worth on his
back porch every week. Have you got
anything to spare?"
“Maybe I can make out some for him
by giving up my own baldng,’’ replied
Hester as she placed the money In the
little bag dangling from her waist. “If
1 don’t hurry it will be pitch , dark be
fore I get through. Good night’*
“Good night. Hester. That cream cake
looks so good I’m going to have a slice
right away."
It was dark Indeed when Hester Ran
dall stopped with her third load of good
ies at the gate of the Paige house. It
was a small gabled cottage smothered
In honeysuckle vines and for several
seasons had been rented furnished to
city people. It looked dark and desert
ed now as Hester opened-the gate and
made her way around the sandy path
to the back porch. As she stood there,
hesitating, the moon pushed a silver
rim above the shoulder of High hill, so
she waited until It rose in all Its splen
dor and cast a pale glow over the Paige
house and garden. It fell full on an
open window where a whitp curtain
languidly flapped.
As Hester opened her basket and laid
a clean napkin on the porch a harsh
voice from the open window startled
her.
“What are yon doing out there?” It
snarled, and Hester was quick to
reply.
“I’m leaving your bread and cake,”
she said with offended dignity In her
tones.
“Well, hurry up and get out of here.
I want to be alone!” rasped the voice.
It was a very Indignant Hester who
dumped several loaves of bread, a
sheet of biscuit and some doughnuts
and a layer rake on the back porch
and hurried ott of the yard with
burning cheeks.
“What a crabbed, cranky old man
he must be!” thought Hester as she
went home and prepared for bed. “If
It wasn’t for the money I’d not bake
another crumb for him. The Idea!”
Unfortunately Hester could not give
way to her Injured feelings, for she
needed every penny she could earn to
pay off the Indebtedness on the little
house which was her Inheritance from
hardworking parents. So the follow
ing Friday evening found her once
more standing at Mr. Chandler’s back
i door with her basket of goodies. It
was not yet dark, and she could see a
large china dish on the floor, beelde
which lay something white and ob
long. She picked It up and In the wan
ing light read her own name In bold,
black characters. She tore It open
and there dropped out another crisp
dollar bill and a scrap of paper, on
which was written:
“Everything was bolly.. Don’t forget
me this week. 1 like pie*.”
Involuntarily Hester milled and
tucked the note away In her bag with
the money. Then she Knelt down and
I lifted from her basket a flaky cherry
pie, some bread mod roll*t and»cake
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which she piled In the dish Mr. Chan
dler had thoughtfully provided, and
over the whole she threw a napkin.
She was going down the steps when
once more from the same open win
dow sounded the harsh voice she bad
heard before.
“For heaven's sake, clear out of
here! What are yon hanging around
for? You’ve got all my money and”—
Hester Randall did not wait to hear
any more. With burning checks she
hurried through the gate ana away
from the detestable stranger. Not If
the little home she was working so
hard to retain should be sold over her
head would she ever sell another par
ticle of her products to the boorish
mapmaker who lived in the i’alge
house.
"Let him eat baker’s trash.” was
Hester’s ultimatum.
A few days later she was talking t<
Mrs. Blake.
“That Mr. Chandler is an old man.
isn’t he?" asked Hester.
“Oh, no; not so very old—leastways
he don’t appear so to me, Hester His
hair is gray as can be. but he is r
pleasant and boyish acting seems as
he was as young as my Jimmy. H
sets a lot of store by your cooking
You’ve never met him yet. have you?”
“Not exactly,’’admitted Hester. "I’ve
heard his voice, though, and I don’t see
how anybody can think that’s pleas
ant"
“Now. isn’t that the funniest thing?
Everybody thinks his voice is the nicest
thing there is about him.”
“I don’t.” said Hester, with decision
When the following Friday came
Hester passed the cottage of Mr
Chandler with a scornful lift of her
head. Not for the testy mapmaker
were the toothsome dainties she had
toiled over all day long. What if he
did like pie? She wouldn’t make pies
for any man who spoke to her in such
a manner.
As she prepared for bed that night
Hester’s anger abated a little as she
thought of the breadless, cakeless, pie
less state of Mr. Chandler. Somehow
she could not reconcile Mrs. Blake’s
description of him or the boyishly en
thusiastic note he had written with the
surly voice which had twice accosted
her from his window.
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rested from her hard work of the day
before and usually occupied herself
with some light needlework or she read
a little. On this particular Saturday
she was sitting on the front porch, her
never idle fingers engaged with a bit
of fancy work, when the gate opened
and a brisk step sounded on the path.
An iustant later a tall form loomed at
the foot of the steps.
The stranger was a handsome man—
the handsomest she had ever seen, Hes
ter admitted to herself as she took in
with a swift glance the broad shoul
ders, the sun tanned countenance light
ed by deep blue eyes and the crop of
gray hair which made him appear
young or old, as opinions might differ.
He smiled and lifted a gray cap from
his head.
“Miss Randall?” be inquired in the
very nicest voice Hester had ever
heard.
"Yes," replied Hester wonderlngly.
“My name’s Chandler. I’m wonder
lng if you reullze. Miss Randall, that
I’m simply starving for lack of your
sustaining goodies?”
“I'm sorry," faltered Hester, blush
ing.
“Why did you forget me? But, there;
I needn’t ask that. Of course I'm
your latest customer, and I suppose
you didn’t have anything to spare for
me, eh?”
"That wasn’t the reason.” returned
Hester, with sudden spirit “l had
plenty of time to bake for yon. Mr
Chandler, but 1 don’t care to keep a
customer who—who talks to me In
such a manner.”
“How—how—1 don’t believe 1 under
stand." stammered Mr. Chandler in
undoubted bewilderment
Hester explained, painfully embar
rassed at the amusement mingled with
the concern ou his face.
“It’s that rascal. Peter,” groaned
Mr. Chandler. “You see. Miss Randall.
Peter Is a parrot that belonged to an
aged cousin of mine, for whom I was
named. When Cousin Philip died he
left me the daudlest collection of in
dian relics, with the strict condition
that l must personally care for Peter
until he sees fit to shutfie off. Now.
my cousin Philip was something of a
hermit, and 1 see by Peter's vocabulary
that his master detested visitors. Now.
permit me to bring you the ill man
nered Peter in order to verify my state
ments."
Hester assureu mm luai sue »u» »*•
ready satisfied, and after she had en
joyed a good laugh at her own ex
pense she filled the basket of the
hungry Chandler and sent him away
rejoicing, but that was not until an
hour had passed, during which time
they became acquainted.
Hester continued to leave her cook
ery on Chandler’s porch, and once
when she failed to bring It he went to
her to find out what was the mntter.
He found that something had gone
wrong with her oven and Insisted on
fixing It for her. They both knelt dowi
to see Into the grate, and their beads
touched. Before either of them knew
what had happened Chandler had kiss
ed her. Hester arose, apparently very
much disgruntled, but when Chandler
put his arm about her and kissed her
again she didn’t look as chagrined as
might have been expected.
it was a year afterward that Mrs
Amos Blake picked the grains of rice
out of her best bat and tucked It away
In Its bandbox. “I feel that I ought
to have nil the credit for Hester’s
marrying Mr. Chandler because 1 got
him as a customer for her, but they
say the road to a man's heart is by
way of his stomach, and I suppose
Hester’s cooking counts a good deal
tool”
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(Seal) S. E MCNICHOLS,
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To whom It may concern:
The commissioner appointed tc
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28, north of range 15, in Holt connty
running thenoe west on the sectior
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mile and there terminate, has report
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Commencing at the sputhwest cor
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chains, thence north 47 degree)
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15 and there terminate, has reported
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