Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-05-13
AMY AND AGGIE.

AMY and Aggie were two little girls
who lived with their grandpa and grand
| ma.
Their father and mother were dead.
Amy was FIVE years old and Aggie was
three.
One morning Amy went into the kitch-
en- to ask Nora for string. She want
ed 1t for a clothes line, for she and Aggie
were playing it was washing-day, and
they wanted to hang up their dollies'
1t was Nora's washing day, 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 a string ."
asked Amy. "Aggie and have got
great washing, and we want to put out
our line"
I'm get 1t in moment" said Nora,
goodnaturedly. "Just wait tillI g Ihese
clothes out of the tub"
So Amy climbed up into b and
waited. ~,
Nora's minute was q good Il Sons bat
she got the string at last, and to
Amy. But, o dear I just as AZ g was
getting down from the chair, sbA e0ne
foot into pail of hot water, \ 4 'Tora
had carelessly left near her. A.
The hot water burned her foot very
much, and she screamed 80 loudly that Nora
dropped her basket of clean clothes, and
grandma and little Aggie came running
to see what was the matter.
Poor little Amyi Nora carried her
into the sitting-room, 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 little, they both laughed to see
how large the foot looked in its bandages.
"Why," said Aggie, "you've dot one
dreat foot, and one little tinty I tonty onep
az can't wear my stocking" said Amy;
"my foot is almost as big as grandma's"
"Then you can wear one Of Grandpa's
stockings" said grandma So she brought
pair of grandpa's blue stockings, and
put one of them carefully on Amy's foot
They all laughed to see how funny it
looked. Aggie danced about in great glee,
and Amy laughed, too, with the tears
still standing on her face. -
81 wish i could wear the other stock
ing" said Aggie Mayn't I, grandma, so
can have a big foot like Amy'a"
Nonsense, child y said grandma. "You
don't want that great stocking on. Amy's
foot was scalded, you know, but yours Ia
well enough" And she picked up the
stocking and put it away. 20
Aggie looked very much disappointed.
If my foot was burned like Amy's could
wear it :" she asked, presently.
Yes" said grandma, when your foot
gets burned, like Amy's, you may wear
it all you please"
AZ guess you wouldn't like the ache"
said Amy, mournfully.
Hoh" said Aggie. 80
Pretty soon, Aggle slipped out into the
kitchen. Nora was hanging out the
clothes, but the pail of hot water stood
there, near the chair.
Aggie ran up to it, and put her foot in.
The water wasn't quite so hot as it was
when Amy put hers in, but it was hot
enough to hurt Aggie a great deal more
than she expected it would.
So she screamed, and grandma and Nora
came running in again to sec what was
the matter
Aggie didn't care much, Just then, about.
wearing grandpa's stocking. She cried
with good will
Grandma and Nora tried not to laugh,
for they felt sorry for the little girl.
So they wrapped up her foot like Amy's,
and put Srandpa's other stocking on it.
The two little girls sat there, looking so
that grandma and Nora had to
go into the kitchen and laugh.
90, the poor little victims u said Nora,
wiping her eyes on her apron. Then
she thought Of Aggie, and laughed again,
till she had almost lost her breath.
And the little victimsf' had TO sit
still all day Youths Companion.