Chapter 26
One Saturday morning in late January, Johnny picked
Polly up as soon as she got off night duty. They were going to Wellington again so Pauline could talk with her mother about wedding plans and the men could go fishing since the weather had been unseasonably warm. She teased her fiancé. “I don’t think my sisters would even ask where I was if you showed up without me.”
When Pauline handedJohnny her suitcase and she put a large package in the car, the aroma of fresh bread was so overpowering, she felt like she had stepped into a bakery. “What is that wonderful aroma?” Polly asked, glancing into the back seat. “What is all of this?” Knowing good food was especially difficult to find for townsfolk, Grandma Anna and Leo had insisted that Johnny take along a couple of baskets of c
