The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-05-12
AMY AMI AGGIE.

AMY and Aggie We're two lit'e girls
who lived with their grandpa and grand
ma. -
Their father and roo'l'er were dead.
Amy was five yeas and Aggie was
three.
One morning Amy went into the kitch-
en- TO ask Nora for n siring She want
ed it for clothes line, for she and Aggie
were playing il was washing-day, and
thev wanted to hang Up their dollies'
clothes
It was Nora's washing-dsv, too, and
Amy found the kitchen full Of steam, and
Nora scrubbing away at the tub as hard as
she could.
"Please, Nora, give me string ?"
asked Amy "Aggie snd [ have got a
great washing, and we want TO put out
our line"
"ru get it in moment" said Nora,
goodnaturedly. "Just wait till get these
clothes ont of the tub"
So Amy climbed up into chair and
waited
NOra's minute was q good long one. but
she got the string at last. and gave il to
Amy. But, O dear, Just as AMY was
getting down from the chair, she put one
foot into a pail Of hot water, that Nora
had careleesly left near her.
The hot water burned her foot very
much, ard she screamed 50 loudly that Nora
dropped her basket of clean clothes, and
GRANDMA and little Aggie came running
to see what was the matter.
Poor little ANY, Nora carried her
into the sitting-ro and put oil and -four
on her foot. Then she wrapped some soft
bandages around it
Little Aggie stood by. and cried because
Amy did But when the pain had gone
down q little, they both laughed 10 see
how large the foot looked in its bandaees.
"Why," said Aggie. you've dot one
drest foot and one little tintv tontv oneH
az can't wear my stocking" said Amv;
"mv foot is almost as big as grandme's"
"Then Won can wear one Of Crendpa's
stockings" said grandma. So she brought
pair Of grsndpa's blne stockings, and
put one of them carefully on Amy's foot.
They all laughed TO see how funnv Il
looked. Aggie danced about in great glee,
and Amy laughed, too, with The tears
still standing on her face.
"I wish could wear the other stock
ing" said Aggie. Mavn't |, grandma, so
I can have hi y foot like Amv's"
Nonsense, child - said grandma. ''You
don't want that great stockiBgon. Amys
foot was scalded. YOU know. but yours is
well enough" And she picked up the
stockings and put it away.
Aggie looked very much disappointed.
II my foot was burned like Amy's coul1
wear it ?" she asked, presently.
Yes," sail grandma, when your foot
gets burned. ike Amy's, you may wear
ii all you please"
81 guess you wouldn't Ike the Gche,"
said Amy. nournf7ly.
Hoh," said Aggie.
Pretty soon. Aggie slipped out into the
kitchen. Nora was hanging out the
clothes. but The pail Of hot water stood
there near the chair.
Aggie ran ND to II, and put her foot In.
The water wasn't qnite So hot as It was
when ANY pat hers in, but It was hot
enough to hurt Aggie a great deal more
than she expected II would.
So she screamed, and grandma and Nora
came running IN again to see what was
the matter.
Aggie didn't care much, just then, about
wearing grandpa's stocking. She cried
with a good will.
Grandma and Nora tried not to laugh,
for they fclt sorry for the little girl
So they wrapped mp her foot like Amys,
and nut grandpa's other stocking on It.
The two Little girls sat there. looking 50
mournful, that grandma and Nora had 10
20 into the kitchen and laugh.
90, the poor little victims : said Nora,
wiping her eyes on her apron. Then
she thought OF Aggie, ard laughed again,
till she had almost lost her breath.
And the little victimS" had to sit
still all day Youths Comp1nioR.