Show it that angelic miss nelson 11 f 0 g by IDORA DORA 4 00 4 Ai 1 A aia m by mcclura Newa Byn diute ividell mrs lawrence Lp wrence went abroad J a year sear and left her little hillside jor cottage to her ter ne fred gray to occupy occupy as lio ho chose on oil vocations ions hull holl says and week ends slie silo had given him bin no end of directions and explanations there was vas enough coal find wood to L leep keep arcs for cold weather and week ends and holidays that lie he would probably spen spend d there then there were ivere several dozen jars of preserves preserve and hins in tile tho store closet and the ley key to the ilie store closet was waa under the old blue teft teapot POt lu la tho the china closet the china coset closet key hanging on oil tile the inside of tile the old door of tile the old grandfathers clock ault run in the dining room there ceru good enough stores in the village fifteen miles oly off and un tin itinerant p provision roV Islon dealer mrs brown the farine farmers s wife made excel lent pies and bread find silo aho would it if you approached her tactfully do washing for you and be glad gina of the chance sl slid your next door neighbor do get acquainted with her that hat angelic miss nelson I 1 told you about teaches Tea clies kindergarten in tho the city but spends holidays anil and vacations in the little cottage on tile the next place she was as so good when I 1 sprained my ankle last summer a young girl but perfectly angelic In gelle fred had a prejudice retained rata ined no doubt from his childhood days against all school teachers especially kindergarten teachers moreover if ills his aunt mrs lawrence had really wanted to predispose him in favor of ills his country neighbor she should not have used that adjective angelic slie she would probably begin trying to td dissuade him from aoi n pipe stu smoking oking the second tl In meslie lIto ever 4 met him if lie he gave her a chance to meet him at all shed be pule pale and blond and her voice would bo be very wild mild feed had a perfectly perfect ik clean picture of her in ills his minds eye elba give alib lib subject Il much thought how hoar ever sove save to carry wit with 11 ailin whon when lie he went to the little hillside retreat a distinct determination not io visit ills his neighbors cottage under any cIr circuns cuni stance if you want to fo borrow anything tn in tin nn emergency his aunt abad had said quite determined to talk about this angelic creature dont hesitate to ask miss nelson chos the most obliging creature in the world iye ive told her youre coming occasionally so po shell be prepared 1 11 1 1 it hadet seemed to eted gray that he could possibly want to borrow any i thing it seemed in fact that the rine one drawback to the perfection of the cot 4 tage arrangement was that there cherti were 1 too many things about too much equipment but one day fred made aphis mind to try tr IV ills his hand at making flap jacks ile ho was not a natural born cook but there lingered the r recollection in ili ills his mind of flap jacks as they had been made by one of the older boys at a camp cam lie he had bad once attended ile he was expecting as a keeli weekend end guest one of ills his old friends who had been of tile ho party on tills this camping ax expedition edl and it occurred to him that lie had best practice fine arlo art og ol 01 flap jacketing before ho hf served arved r them tile ti to ills kilesta on the following sunday morning so fred made tho the batter according to directions in the recipe book ills his aunt had left ho round theold the old well seasoned soapstone griddle ile he greased it and heated it slowly as he had see seen n the flapjack flap jack expert of ills his boyhood do then dipped the golden batter find and dropped out luscious rounds on oil the hot surface bubbles appeared it was time tho book sale sold to turn them F fred red looked helplessly around pow did one turn flap jacks lie ile asked him h lm self ile he put tits his hand out olit heip helplessly lessly lie ile seized a large spoof spoon no that the right implement he tried to toss one of tile the cakes over with it find and it resulted in disaster the cakes were already begent n to WJ sni r oke okd ominously ne ile pushed the griddle back to the cool section of the fhe stove and scraped the burned reni remains of as best ile he could then he st smiled A turner of course he reflected A little shovel affair tt ile he re remembered ned looked in vain for such an implement in the cup clip boards of ills his aunts kitchen so he fate his brea breakfast kfaft without the flap J jacks and set the batter aside determined tied to to hive some milo for luncheon of course lie COUld ni get to the store fifteen off forn for a flapjack flap jack turner this morning the road was va 11 rough find and hilly and ile be didiot tax fax the feeble powe powers r s of hla secondhand second hand liand roadster for tills this journey more than once a week ile he must have a flapjack flap jack turner ho he reflected and tile then ho he i recalled want his aunt alit had hausold sold ponc concerning the anole miss nels nelson on the injunction to borrow what was needed from lier ter lintl had mounted almost to a conini command and it real lyrd 4 would uld ile he hb ab jura jurd to io let that ilia t b batter co to waste nil alf beci luse ut of ills poeju paju dices and perlin perhaps VS when ills his flu aunt heard of ills his unfriendliness site she would I 1 d bo be annoyed so by nine that morning fred made ills his way down the road to tile the abode of miss nelson lie he noted tile the trimness of tile the garden and tile the h immaculate condition or of tile the little front porch ile ho forgot ills his speech and looked aniaz amazement ement when a peppery little person dark of halland with sparkling black eyes opened the cottage door this othis miss nelson kelson lie began 1 I dont know as it Is tiny any of your concern whether it Is or not was tile answer what can I 1 do for you T 1 I was just going to ask if you or miss nelson llad had a nap jack turner wag freds meek answer that any of your bus business elther either said the quick tempered young woman vonian As it happens liap pens I 1 have any number of them no it will do no good to linger it Is just a waste of your tittle time and alid mine no and I 1 dont want any patent eg egg beaters or bread mixers or mop aniol handles either tills Is the third tittle time today ive been called froin really important work upstairs to come down for people like you 1 im 11 tired of it why you get to work for one of the fart farmers ners good ness nesa knows they nee need a help badly enough and yet rather go around knocking at peoples front doors trying to sell them thein things they dont want hut but im not trying to sell you anything you dont want sald said fred realizing now that tho young woman reali real ly imagined will him to bo be a peddler or agent what they all say 1 she said find and then apparently repenting under the kindliness ol of the smile that cattle came into freds face she added im sor ry if I 1 was cross but I 1 get so tired of ails answering the door I 1 any money ino ticy anyway I 1 have pancake turners enough to stock a store then maybe you would no theres nothing else I 1 want 1 I am s sorry orry as I 1 said slie silo repeated melting a little to have been so so cross it Is nothing against you per soli donally ally f but you see fred persisted now quite determined to make himself understood der stood then lie he interrupted himself you arent miss nelson lie he challenged 1 I am alil so sho she answered not tile the angelic miss nelson fred was laughing 1 I dont know what you mean said the girl blushing in confusion under the broad anillo on oil freds face 1 I dont 10 nt see isee how you agents find out the names of people I 1 think that mr gray up the road must tell just to got get rid of you tin im fred gray was the answer and the angelic aliss nelson bit tier her pretty lips and wrung her hands in conf confusion aslon but bui what did you incan by asking me if I 1 wanted to buy auy a flapjack flap nap jack turner site asked opening the door wide and backing into the house please come in ili 1 I ask you to buy one I 1 asked you if you iou had one I 1 wanted to borrow it my aunt said you ou were the most obliging person in the world or I 1 have imposed you see I 1 wanted some flap jacks by tills this time aliss nelson all contrition tri tion had persuaded her ter caller to enter her little living room and lie he had accepted the comfortable comfor table wide armed wicker wl C her chair and slie she was hurrying to the kitchen to get him a cooling drink would you come back about lunch bilue slie silo asked 1 I would so like to 8 show bowlyou you how to make flap jacks its no fun cooking them for yourself alone and so tile the custom started for fred wednesday to have luncheon to go every with his neighbor miss nelson and sometimes there were picnic lunches carried oft off some country road in freds roadster one day orlone of these picnics they were laughing over the occasion of their first interview one thing I 1 understand miss nelson said Is what you meant by asking me before you even knew me tit at till all whether I 1 was angelic that thai was awfully impertinent r fred laughed it was awfully pertinent lie he corrected that Is it was wag bec because n u SO I 1 thought of you as being angelle angelic that I 1 never came caine before you see my aunt said you yet were berv and ive always been prejudiced against an angelic e ile young women But Fin nice sometimes pouted th the e girl it was just because becaas e I 1 thought were nn an agent and id been disturbed so often youre not angelic at all fred assured but youre the most lovable pot in the worlds world it Is little pepper when those eyes snap and tho the fires arcs k kindle that I 1 love you most M ost how dare youl inathe ans the answer and the eyes were snap snapping pink I 1 and tha quick color was comi coming fl 9 to the cheeks checks fred gray planted tin an audacious kiss ol 01 an one cheek check a and nd then on the other 4 cousee yosue You ue im ilu not afraid of yott yon I 1 world would woisil d dare dara in the arid I 1 nev never or to marry a girl who was really ant 1 aa angel angeh then im ariy gad vin im not sho she 1 confessed |