Bridget (The Bridget Series) by Laura Deni

Author:Laura Deni [Deni, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-12-08T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

THE BOX SOCIAL

BRIDGET hadn’t intended to go to the box social. She had saved enough for the train. She looked forward to going home to visit her mother, and her Pa.

Now, she was writing her mother a letter saying that she had to work and wouldn’t be able to come home. It was a lie and Bridget felt guilty in just writing down the words. She promised her mother that she would come the following month. Bridget knew it would take her that long to again save the train fare.

She closed the envelope, addressed it, and still felt a sense of shame as she took the letter to the post office. Her mother should have the letter in four days. She hoped her mother wouldn’t have already started to bake for her homecoming.

A part of Bridget felt terrible, but another part of her knew that she couldn’t leave, not while Miss Chadwick, Sally and Elisa had their eyes set on Dr. Sullivan.

Mrs. Schmidt was surprised when Bridget told her that she had postponed her trip and would be attending the box social. “My mother will understand. It’s for such an important cause. The fire department.” Mrs. Schmidt’s look indicated that she only half way believed Bridget, possibly because Bridget knew her motive had nothing to do with new water buckets for the fire department.

“You’ll have to fix a box,” suggested Mrs. Schmidt. “Would you like me to help you? We can get up early Saturday morning and you can bake your mother’s biscuits.”

“Oh, could we! I’d be so grateful!” Then Bridget hesitantly added, “I also know how to roast vegetables with herbs.”

“We will have a busy morning!” smiled Mrs. Schmidt. “I have some boxes upstairs. You need to pick one to decorate. You need to at least put ribbon on it.”

For a second Bridget envisioned every girl wrapping their box in yellow ribbon. That would really irritate Miss Chadwick.

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