Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-02-08

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took heed to observe all the directions givel
her, her head was all the time filled witt
coniectures what sort of a thing a musi
box might be. She was little afraid tina
the kind lady would forget to show it to her
She kept to work however, and asked Nc
questions; she only looked very curiously a
every thing that resembled box. AT las
Mrs Fairweather said: 'I think your littlC
feet must be tired by this time. We vii
rest awhile and eat some gingerbread. y
The child took the offered cake with an hum
bic little courtesy, and carefully held out hel
apron to prevent any crumbs from falling OF
the floor. But suddenly the apron dropped
and the crumbs were all strewn about the
floor.
ais that little bird?' she exclaimed
eagerly. "Where is he9 Is he in the room p
The new friend smiled and told her that il
was music-box, and after while she open
ed it and explained what made the sounds
Then she took out pile of books from one
of the baskets of goods, and told Peggy
that she might look at the pictures till she
called for her. The little girl stepped for
ward eagerly to take them, and then drew
back as if afraid.
"What is the matter?" asked Mrs. Fair
weather; 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 lips, and answered in constrained
voice, HAunt Turnpenny won't like it if |
play.
@Don't trouble yourself about that /
will make it all right with Aunt Hetty," re-
piedl the friendly one.
Thus assured, she gave herself up to the
full enjoyment of the pie:ure books; and
when she was summoned to her work, she
obeyed with cheerful alacrity that would
have astonished her stern relative. When
the labors of the day were concluded, Mrs,
Fairweather accompanied her home, paid
for all the hours she had been absent, and
warmly praised both her docility and her
intelligence. f.-.
at is lucky for her that she behaved so
WELL" replied Aunt Hetty, "If had heard
any complaint, I should have given her
a whipping, and sent her to bed without
her supper" ~
Poor little Peggy went to sleep that
night with lighter heart than she had ever
felt since she had been an orphan. Her
first thought in the morning was whether
the new neighbor would want her services
again during the day. Her desire that it
should be so, soon became obvious to Aunt
Hetty, and excited an underlined jealousy
and dislike of person who so easily made
herself beloved Without exactly acknowl-
edging TO herselfwhat were her motives, she
ordered Peggy to gather all the sweepings
of the kitchen and court into small pile,
and to leave it on the frontier line of her
neighbor's premises. Peggy ventured to
ask timidly whether the wind would not
blow the dirt about, and she received a box
on the ear for her impertinence.
1t Glanced that Mrs Fairweather, 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 mat
tiers, she called aloud to her domestic.
"Sally, how came you to leave this pile
of dirt here9 Did not tell you Miss Turn
penny was very neat9 pray make haste and
sweep it up. / wouldn't have her see it on
any account l told her would try to keep
everything nice about the premises. She is
so particular herself, and it is a great COM
for to have tidy neighbors."
The girl, who had been previously IN
structed, 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 annoy
ance presented itself, which could not be
quite so easily disposed of Aunt Hetty
had cat, lean, scraggy animal, that look
ed as if she were often kicked and seldom
fed and Mrs. Fairweather also had fat,
frisky little dog, always ready for a caper
He took a distaste to poor poverty-strieken
Tab the first time he saw her, and no coax
ing could induce him to alter his opinion
His name was Pink, but he was anything
of pink of behavior in his neighborly re
lations. Poor Tab could never set foot out
of the door, without being saluted with a
growl, and short, sharp bark, that fright
ened her out of her senses, and made her
run in the house, with fur all on end. If
she even ventured to dose little on her Own
step, the enemy was on the watch, and the
moment her eyes closed, he would wake
her with bark and box on the ear, and
off he would run. Aunt Hetty vowed she
would scald him. 1t was burning shame,
she said, for folks to keep dogs to worry
their neighbor's cats.
Mrs. Fairweather invited Tabby to dine,
and made much Of her, and patiently en-
deavored to teach her dog to eat from the
same plate. But Pink sturdily resolved
that he would be scalded first; that he would.
He could not have been more firm in this
opposition, ifhe and Tab he'd belonged to diff
ferent sectsof Christianity. While his mis-
tress was patting tab on the head, and reason
ing with him, he would at times manifest a
degree of indifference amounting to tolera-
ton but the moment he was left to his own
free will, he would give the invited guest a
hearty cuff with his paw, and send her home
splitting like small steam engine. Aunt
Hetty considered it her own privilege to cuff
the poor creature, and it was too much for
her patience to see Pink undertake to assist
in making poor Tab unhappy.
On one of these occasions she rushed
into her neighbor's apartments, and faced