The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-12

nail WAS very QarK Aun "do Putan6
down the door.mat, and in the darkness
he r,istook the horrid Irish girl for me-
and kissed her. : Ann screamed ana ran /,
and fell over chair. Frank trod round
and swore; said he would rather be IN
bedlafn than where a woman was clean.
ing house; wondered why L couldn I
hayetb hall lighted. Toall this made
no reply, but smiled grimly. Beng 30
overwhelmed with my griefs, l did no,
care il Frank kissed every servant-g'ri
in the United States. .-r -. -,
The next morning the GermS1 girl
left. Probably, she was fearful she
would encounter my frowns again.
Ann remained, and we proceeded TO
finish our havoc. The day was glon,
ously begun.by Ann, who succeeded
charmingly in breaking the globes OF
the chandelier, and then upsettlng my
goldfish. was exasperated at this'
There lay my fish on the carpet, TO say
nothing of the water. believe shook
or slapped the girl, I don't remember
which. Ann was 30 astonished at see
ing me fly into such passion that she
backed up against the window ana
thrust her clumsy foot through my lace
curtain. This was the grand finale; l
burst into tears, and 50 did Ann: led,
hearing the sobs, came running H. ana
not knowing what to make OF 1t, joined
in and swelled the chorus. Amidst one
of our longest and loudest walls the
street-door suddenly flew open, and IN
walked my Aunt Thankful, with several
dozen carpet bags and bundles, prepared
evidently for long visit. :,
ain the name of all that's wonderful
she sLrieked, letting all her traps tall.
What has happened2 Is Frank Dead
Ted scalded, or the house on fire
made no reply, but sobbed needless
ly on. 49,.
Hattie cried Aunt Thankful in an
awful voice. "Answer me Immediately,
What is the matter9'
my lace curtain" gurgled out.
Aunt Thankful put on her spectacles,
sat down on the floor and examined It,
"Silly puss," she mumbled. 81 can darn
that in ten minutes" :,
Eyes, with blue stocking yarn, |
said, and began to laugh sarcastlcally,
and then laughed. Ann laughed, and
Ted laughed. Poor Aunt Thankful
stared at us in horror and said:
Good Heavens! they are all stark
mad" and jumping up off the floor,
she seized my arm and dragged me into
the bedroom, and put me TO bed, then
went out and locked the door, and LETT
me alone. | went to sleep. When l
awoke Aunt Thankful. was sittingiby
my bed sewing.
Aunt Thankful" | said, when did
You Gomez
yesterday morning" she replied.
What time is it now| ! inquired
Three o'clock, . answered Aunt
Thankful
Il have slept several hours, then, !
said WAS asleep when you came
II should rather think not; when |
came YOU were crazy, and ! put you to
bed. You slept all the rest of the day
and night until this blessed minute, and
if YOU hadn't been put to bed you
would have been in the insane asylum
now
| began to laugh. Aunt Thankful
glared at me and said
"If you laugh any more ! will put you
in the cellar, and feed you on bread and
water for a week.
This not being pleasant prospect |
subsidized.
you are precious woman 10 clean
house." continued she. 81 should have
thought child would know better than
to commence to clean right in the mid
die of the house. You should COM
mence in the attic and 60 down. Don't
you know that after you get through
with the downstairs the dirt from the
attic will made it all dirtier than ever 2
"Inever thought of that" answered,
meekly.
"And then to begin when its cold
enough to freeze. It's wonder you
didn't have the lung fever, or something
worse" went on Aunt Thankful
Il must get up and clean the attic,
| said.
NO you won" said Aunt Thankful,
"for | cleaned it myself
well, there are the rest OF the car
pets to put down"
They're all down.
"And the pictures.
- "All hung"
| gave a great sigh OF relief What
would ! have done if it had not been
for Aunt Thankful! She had accom-
plished in one day what it would have
taken me a week to perform but then
| never could bob around like Aunt
Thankful; she seems to be made OF wire.
| have learned since then to take Aunt
Thankful's advice, never to commence
cleaning until the weather is warm, and
never to commence al the wrong end of
the house
But it was such a modification to
think that my new plan was total
failure.