Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1910 — THE KING’S GOODIES. [ARTICLE]

THE KING’S GOODIES.

Lura did not study her Baedeker for nothing. When in the course of her all too hastly European tour she went out sightseeing, she usually knew what she wanted to see, and insisted upon seeing it. “There’s just one more thing we must do here in Richmond,” she said to her cousin, after tljey had lunched at the renowned Star and Garter, and feasted their eyes on the lovely view of the Thames from the terrace. “We must go into that little pastry shop where Is still made the same kind of pastry that Anne Boleyn used to feed to King Henry VIII.” “Do you call that one of the sights of Richmond?’’ asked the somewhat tired cousin. “No. One of the experiences. Here we are. We’ll just have time before that green bus in the distance comes along to take us to Twickenham Ferry. But we must hurry.” Searching in her purse for a sixpence, Lura dashed into the shop, and throwing the coin on the counter, said, “Please give me sixpenny worth of chambermaid cakes." “What?” asked the young woman clerk, looking bewildered. “Sixpenny worth el chambermaid cakes. Please make haste, for we wish to catch the bus.” “We have no such thing,” was the surprising answer. “Why, the sjgn over the door declares this to be the original shop where Anne Boleyn bought them for King Henry!” expostulated Lura, impatiently. y “Oh,” said the young woman, in a tone of superiority that set Lura’s cousin off into an almost hysterical laugh, “you mean maid-of-honor tarts."