T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , O REG O N , T H U R SD A Y , NOV EM BER 3, IMis.
now!’’ and with a flourish fie u n ­ “ Hope you won’t cut your old
rolled a long strip of paper covered friends when you get to be a m il­
with writing.
lionaire.”
‘‘But what does it m ean, P eter?”
“ Peter, we are friends forever!”
cried the bewildered little woman, cried the widow, while Ted pressed
staring down the long list of item s, a clove upon him , and when he
while Peter chuckled.
stooped to take it gave him a shy
Down on one side was w ritten in little kiss on his brown cheek.
a straggling h and: 1 {»unken pie, 4
“ H ere’s a letter I brung up fur
punken pies, a punken pie, 2 punk- yo u ,” said Peter; and the widow,
eu p ie s . Opposite to these was a after reading it, handed it back to
list of names, with the figures 42 at him with a shaking hand.
the bottom.
“ Read it!” she gasped, and Peter
“ I ’ve been drum m en up trad e fur read slowly, aloud:
you, and th a t’s the resu lt,” placid­
“ S carbham H ouse, O ct. 18th, 18
“ Mrs. M unn, D ear M a d am :—T his e s­
ly folding one long leg over the
tab lish m en t has for years been fam ous
other.
“ ’T a in ’t nothen to w hat I for its p u m p k in pies. The sudden d eath
can do if you’re ekil to it,” and the of our old pie baker com pels us to look
to som e o th e r source.
If you will u n ­
widow gazed into his calm face, d e rta k e to deliver us fifty pies for
am azem ent in her eyes. “ ’T ain ’t th a n k sg iv in g n ex t we feel sure o u r re p ­
u tatio n will be safe in your h a n d s. An
m uch, but it’s a starter, and there early an sw er will oblige,
“ K ellogg & D ra k e .’’
a in ’t no reason why more shouldn’t
follow. T here’s a good thing in
“ M is’ M unn,” cried Peter, ‘ write
them pies, especially with Widow and take the job! T his town has
M unn at one end to hake ’em and got ter rise up and pitch in. I’ll go
Peter Tarbox a t the o ther to boom git some gals to help peel, and we’ll
’em!”
keep th a t goldurned little stove a-
Then the whole story cam e out. pipen night and day. W e’ve got a j
Peter had th o u g h t out his p lan ; rep u tatio n to keep up ekil to tn y -
with him to decide was to act, so at body’s, and we’s goen to do it if it
each house where he called he told takes a leg!”
of the wonderful pies, tak in g his
At first ev erything was confus­
orders in his own q u a in t fashion:
ion, but order soon reigned in the
“ You jist put your nam e down little kitchen. Everyone wanted to
there— th a t shows you m ean w hat help. F arm er Brown sent a can of
you say — an d I ’ll g u aran tee to sweet milk; the big bundle of spic­
bring you a pie th a t’ll m ake your es ordered from the store was sent
h air curl, big as th a t, y aller as up w ithout a bill, with the best
gold, and all fur fifty cents!”
wishes of the proprietor; and crus­
W ell the result of a long talk was ty old law yer Bliss added the last
th a t the widow would un d ertake to touch by buying three dozen pie
m ake all th a t he could get orders plates from Peter and delivered
for, and Peter would deliver them them in person.
on his rounds, taking as his pay
“ all the blessed pie he could e a t”.
At last the great work was at an
“ ’F raid you don’t know w hat end.
you’re binden yourself to, M is’
Tiie widow’s tired face was bent
M unn,” said he, as he unhitched over the account book, T ed’s tired
Bess.
“ Like as not it’ll end up in fingers were piling up the goodly
bein’ called ‘Peter P unken E a te r,’ ” a rray of coins and bills, while Peter
he chuckled. “ Good n ig h t.”
beamed upon them like the kindly,
In a sm all town news travels long-legged angel th a t he was.
fast. Everyone soon heard of tne
“ Next to m other I love you bet­
widow’s new business, and for a ter th an anybody!” cried Ted, u p ­
tim e Ted had quite a rush of cus­ setting all his careful piles to hug
tom ers.
his friend.
It had been explained to him at
“ N inety-three dollars!” announc­
last about the doctor’s words and ed the widow. “ Peter, how can I
the hundred dollars, and the dear ever th an k you?” coming over to
boy’s white, excited face and eager him im pulsively, tears of joy in her
words of explanation moved every eyes.
h eart to sy m p ath y .
“J is t tro t out any am o u n t of pie
“ I can help like fun,” he told you niought have on h a n d ,” he
them . “ Oh, th in k of it! If we do laughed, hidsng his confused face
get the hundred dollars, I m ay be behind Ted, “ and we’ll call it
ju s t as strong as other boys!”
square.”
Orders cam e flying in.
Mrs.
Jones ordered three pies and bought
A year has come and gone. The
a great package of sugar.
little round
house is sending
“ You must let us help a little,
up a hospitable puff of smoke, the
mv dear; we feel so badlv to think
white C hrysanthem um s fill the
we never knew the dear child could
air with fragrance, and th e store
be cured!” said the good lady.
door stan d s wide open.
Neighbors and friends came with
B ut down in the village swings
orders or offers of help; and as for a n o th er sign, “ M unn & T arbox,” *
the pum pkins, they began to pile while “ B akery” comes in sm all let­
up in the y ard u n til they fairly ters under the new firm ’s nam e, for
threatened to bury the round house. the little round house is no longer
“ I t ’ll be a clear profit if it keeps a store.
on a t this rate,” declared P e te r.'
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