"How queer not to have anyone know about Boston," began Warren with a teasing glance over at Doris. "We have been looking at it from Copp's Hill, and going through the odd places."
"And I wondered if people came to be fed in White Bread Alley," exclaimed Doris quickly.
"And I dare say Warren didn't know."
"Why, yes—a woman baked bread there."
"Women have baked bread in a great many places," returned Uncle Win, with a quizzical smile.
"Oh, I didn't mean just that."
"It was John Tudor's mother," appended Betty.
"Mrs. Tudor made the first penny rolls offered for sale in Boston, and little John, as he was then, took them around for sale."
"And Mr. Benjamin Franklin didn't make them famous either," laughed Warren.
"And Salutation Alley with its queer sign—its two old men with cocked hats and small clothes, bowing to each other," said Betty. "It always suggests a couplet I found in an old book: