American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-06-09

your noise; ana mlnu your WORK. DuI lle
new friend patted her OH the head, and said,
"What pleasant voice the little girl has. 1t
is like the birds in the fields. BY and by, you
shall hear my music box" This opened wide
the windows of the poor little shut up heart, so
that the sunshine could stream in, and the binds
fly in and out, caroling. The happy child
tuned up like lark, as she tripped lightly up
and down stairs, on various household errands,
But though she took heed to observe all the d.
rections given her, her head was all the time
! filled with coniectures what sort of a thing a
music box might be. She was little afiaid
the kind lady would forget to show it to her.
She kept at work, however, and asked no ques-
tons; she only looked very curiously at every
thing that Iesembled a box. At last, Mrs.
Farweather said, 81 think your little feet must
be tired, by this time. We Will rest awhile,
and eat some gingerbread" The child took
the offered cake, with humble little courtesy,
and carefully held out her apron to prevent any
crumbs from falling on the floor. But sud-
denly the apron dropped, and the crumbs were
all strewed about. as that little bird?" she
exclaimed eagerly. "Where is he; Is he in
this room2" The new friend smiled, and told
her that was the music box; and after awhile
she opened it and explained what made the
sounds. Then she took out pile ofbooks
from one of the baskets Of goods, and told Peg
gy she might look at the pictures, till she cal
led her. The little girl stepped forward eager
ly to take them, and then drew back as if afraid.
"What is the matters asked Mrs. Fairweather;
81 am very willing to trust you with the books.
| keep them on purpose to amuse children" -
Peggy looked down with her finger on her lip,
and answered, in constrained voice, "Aunt
Turnpenny wonphke.it if play" "Don't
trouble yourself about that | will make it all
right with Aunt Hetty," replied the friendly
one. Thus assured, she gave herself up to the
full enjoyment of the picture books and when
she was summoned to her work, she obeyed
with a cheerful alacrity that would have aston
ished her stern relative. When the labors of
the day were concluded, Mrs. Fairweather ac-
companied her home, paid for all the hours she
had been absent, and warmly praised her docil-
ity and diligence. at is lucky for her that she
behaved so we'll, - replied Aunt Hetty; "If
had heard any complaint, should have given
her whipping, and sent her to bed without
her supper"
Poor little Peggy went to sleep that night
with a lighter heart than she had ever felt since
she had been an orphan. Her first thought
in the morning was whether the new neigh
Dor would want her services again during the
day. Her desire that it should be so, soon be-
came obvious to Aunt Hetty, and excited an
underlined jealousy and dislike of person who
so easily made herself beloved. Without ex-
actly acknowledging to herself what were her
own motives, she ordered Peggy to gather all
the sweepings of the kitchen and court into a
small pile, and leave it on the frontier hne Of
her neighbours premises. Peggy ventured to
ask timidly whether the wind would not blow
it about, and she received box on the ear for
| her impertnence. 1t CHANGED that Mrs. Fair
weather, quite unintentionally, heard the words
and the blow. She gave Aunt Hetty's anger
time enough to cool, then stepped out into the
court, and after arranging divers little matters,
she called aloud to her domestic, "Sally, how
came you to leave this pile ofdirt here! Didn't
! tell you Miss Turnpenny was very neat!-
Pray make haste and sweep 1t up. wouldn't
| have her seeit on any account. told her
would try to keep everything nice about the
premises. She is so particular herself, and 1t
is comfort to have tidy neighbors." The girl,
who had been previously instructed, smiled as
she came out with brush and dust pan, and
swept quietly away the pile, that was intended
as declaration of frontier war; But another
source of annoyance presented ITSELF which
could not be quite so easily disposed Of. Aunt
Hetty had cat, lean scraggy animal, that
fed; and Mrs. Fairweather had fat risky lit
tie dog, always ready for caper. He took a
distaste to poor poverty stricken Tab the first
time he saw herr and no coaxing could induce
him to alter his opinion. His name was Pink,
but he was anything but pink of behaviour in
his neighborly relations. Poor Tab could ney-
err set foot out of doors without being saluted
with a growl, and short sharp bark, that
frightened her out of her senses, and made her
run into the house, with her fur all on end.
| lfshe even ventured to doZe a little on her
own door step, the enemy was on the watch,
and the moment her eyes closed he would wake
her with bark and a box on the ear, and off
he would run. Aunt Hetty vowed she would
scald him. 1t was a burning shame, she said,
for folks to keep dogs to worry their neighbours
CATS Mrs. Fairweather invited Tabby to dine,
and made much of her, and patiently endeav-
ored to teach her dog to eat from the same plate.
But Pink sturdily resolved he would be scalded
first that he would. He could not have been
more firm in his opposition, if he and Tab had
belonged to different sects in Christianity
While his mistress was patting Tab on the
head and reasoning the point with him, he
would at times manifest degree of indifference,
amounting to toleration; but the moment he
was left to his own free will, he would give the
invited guest hearty cuff with his paw, and
send her home splitting like a small engine
Aunt Hetty considered it her own peculiar
privilege to cuffthe poor animal, and it was too
much for her patience to see Pink undertake to
assist in making Tab unhappy. On one Of
these occasions, she rushed into her neighbor's
f apartments, and faced Mrs. Farweather, with
one hand resting on her hip, and the foreingeT
of the other making very wrathful gesticula-
tons. ~ tell you what, madam, wont put
up with such treatment much longer" said
she; "l'll poison that dog; you'll see if / don't
and shant wait long, either, can tell you
What you keep such an impudent little beast
for, don't know, without you do it on purpose
to plague your neighbors."
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