Show n luck L ft ANNA L MEWS CM BEG a thousand pardons said wade woodburn as he stooped and reached under the feet of hurrying pedestrians to retrieve some of the christmas candles that he had knocked from the bands of dorla marshall it it was unavoidable im sure answered the girl who too was trying to salvage some of the fragrant waxen sticks tm afraid that most of them are ruined W ade went on it was awkward of me but come into brownella and we can replace them with others so youre party wont be spoiled but we can t replace them and they for my party said the girl sorry that they be replaced you see they are bayberry candles and I 1 make them make them then the fat Is in the fire or to be more exact the can dies are trampled under toot what you where were you taking them to some one for christmas yes and no lowes sell them for ine to order you see they were ordered then and nearly all ruined but surely we can buy bome to replace them candles are candles arent they please dont mind pleaded doris m sorry but it be helped ai d I 1 can mal 0 r ore then get into my car here and I 1 can run you home in no time and wade taking her arm directed her to his roadster at the curb what direction he asked 1 I live at 2240 east vine almost country and its putting you to a lot of trouble doris answered and you can that after all the trouble ive caused you by my carelessness please forget it it was purely an accident and have happened to anyone but it t happened to you and me but tell wo more about the candles there muan to tell I 1 thought every one in new england knew about bayberry candles they are made from the leaves and lorries of the bay tree are fragrant and acly to burn but how do you you cant get berries find leaves this time of year we bull them at various times dur ing the summer ats the berries ripen and make tt tallow dont they date boate tr and r y some good luck sign about them he ailed I 1 thought you ought to remember and doris quoted A bayberry candle burned to the coclet brings luck to the house food or the larder and goel or the pocket wade finished the quotation with a smale you have a fine memory laughed doris and this Is my acre the gray house in the bay trees thank you so much for the trouble it was very kind of you to bring me but if you think my task Is done you dont know wade woodburn and by the way you haven t told me your name doris marshall she told him as he assisted her from the car youve got my interest all aroused and now im going to help you dip those candles so you won t have to work all night to make good your loss indeed do no such thing waste the rest of the afternoon on my candles with christmas only three days away then you dont want me to help you won t even let me have the pleasure of helping to replace something that I 1 destroyed of course it you put tt that way 1 I do so lets go in and get busy doris introduced wade to her semi invalid mother and told why he had come then she led the young man into the spotless litchen and provided him with one of her own blue gang and now im gotoff to help you dip those candles ham aprons she set the latties of bayberry tallow OB the stove to heat and then showed wade the intricacies of candle dipping soon he was able to do a pretty fair job of making the several dips between the first few and the finishing plunges which doris did for two or three hours they worked together over the fragrant wax wade told lier of his days in brown university ver sity and doris confided to him that she biad left miss baxters school for girls for a practical business course after her father had died and that she had to give up her position as a stenographer when hor mother became partly disabled from a paralytic this way I 1 can be at home and I 1 can inalie as ganv as a day it I 1 she told him janae gnp making BOO a day and how many times Is each one dipped he ailed thirty five the delicious new england supper of baled beans brown bread and christmas delicacies mrs marshall prepared almost alone she pushed her wheel chair from table to shelf and stove with ease and dexterity bayberry candles shed a soft light and a pleasing fragrance no wonder there is ready sale for them said wade they are so fragrant and they bring good luck to all who burn them smiled the mother send on to your sweetheart to durn tomorrow night even to uniting lovers who are if they both bum them on christmas eve two hours later when wade wag leaving he asked tor a pair of can dies doris had already wrapped a pair for him so as she gave them to him she said send one to your sweetheart to burn tomorrow night lie unwrapped the candles handing her one will you do me the honor 1 mean to tell sou now that I 1 lovo you that I 1 seem to always to have been for you that 1 want you to marry me will you can you caro a little dear doris thought it would not be hard to love him a great deal and after much planning he said and at christmas wa shall always dip barberry candles tor our friends hoping the candles will bring to them the good luck they brought us our meeting 1928 western newspaper onion |