Cut the dough in four square pieces. Place four quarters of apple in the center of each piece of dough. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Moisten the edges of the dough with water. Bring the four corners of each piece up around the apple, pressing tightly together. Pierce with a fork to allow the escape of steam. Place each dumpling upside down on a floured tin, and bake thirty-five minutes in a moderate oven. Serve warm with cream.
CHAPTER LXXVI
HALLOWE'EN PREPARATIONS
"THERE it is again!" said Bob to Ruth, who was dining with them. "And now it's gone!"
"I feel the same old Hallowe'en thrill that I used to, years ago," said Bettina, "when I turn around suddenly and see a jack-o'-lantern grinning in at the window! Don't you love them?"
"Those are the Stewart children," said Bob. "They're just hoping that I'll come out and chase them away! There's no fun for them in having us like it too well! You girls ought to give at least an imitation of a shriek apiece. You don't have ladylike nerves at all!"
"Bob, that jack-o'-lantern reminds me that we have a piece of work laid out for you—making the jack-o'-lanterns for a Hallowe'en party we have planned. Will you do it?"
"Will I?" said Bob. "Indeed I will! I haven't made one for years and years! Not since I was a boy!"