Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-12-14
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~ FoUR CHAPrERs-CnAPrER SECOND

AIcr the affair Of the nose, things went
on a little more smothly for while
Jenny, constantly encouraged by Aunt
Milly, really tried, and to try earnestly
is general " TO succeed in the long run.
"You spe, dcar, we never Know what
we can do, till we put forth all our ef-
FORTS" said Annty, when at the close Of
an unusually successful day, the two were
seated again under the apple trees.
"But today mother didn't praise one
bit even when | showed her The baby's
dresses that took SO much pains in
ironing they were iroued nicely wern't
they z"
"Bcauliflly, Jenny, beautifully, but
isin't it enough to know that you did
well; and didn't your mothers face, so
rested aud bright at the supper table,
pay you?'
"No, Aunty, it didu't. WANTED moth
er 10 tell me that Id done WE'LL" and the
childs eyes filled again with the e,Nr
ready tears. .....
"Tben ironing isin't its own reward"
said Aunty laughing. "Well never
mind, little by little, must be our mo-
to in climbing steep hills. And Jenny,
there's one rule that always holds good.
Never look back at the rough places.
Save all your strength Tor the next days
journey"
CAT any rate, Aunty, feel tonight
as ifnothing wnuldrver 60 wrong again.
think really don't care it Dick does
any provoking things. And if mother
don't praise me, you do aud | get up
at the same hour EVERY mprningI1 aud
Jenny looked up in the face of her Aunt
as much as to say" Really, what more
is there TO conquer z"
Alas Tor Jenny! 1t was the very next
day after this conversation, that our lit.
tie soldier was iugloriouSly beaten, and
ready to give up the whole contest.
at isin't in me to be good, Aunt Mil
! ly," she said going into the sitting room
with her face stained with tears.
"Why what do You mean by that p
"Oh mother has been scolding me
about my room, and she says | shall
grow up to be Just such a woman as old
Mrs. Wea' hcrby. And then, Aunty,
forgot all my good resolutions, and
told mother didn't care how grew up
ii could only grown fast anil get away
from here. Then Dick came and said,
80 it's in n hurry to grow up, is itr'
aud threw the dnSter at him. Mother
said might hnvt killed him. Aud only
think, ,AuLlv, it was only last night
that"-but the memory WIS too much
and poor Jenny gave way to her grief
"Well, Jenny, didn't you deserve to be
reprovcd about your room, was your
mother unjust this. time p
"She said should grow mp to be just
such a woman as old Mrs. Weatherby.'
"What is there so bad about her say
ing that % :,
"You wouldn't ask me if you should
once see her. Why she wears rags, takes
snuff, smokes a pipe, and keeps pi g un
der her bed. You just ought to see her.
And Jenny frightened with the interest
of description. You can't imagine wha
a dirty creature she is" Aunt Mllll
laughed in spite of herself.
.'I's no laughing matter, | assure you
Aunty. heard the minister talking
about her, the last time he was here.
suppose mother told him | should grow
up Just like her. expect she tells hin
most everything about me-"
81 think she tells the best things, no
the worst. The last time the mlniste
was here saw your.mother show hin
that little drawing of yours that won tn
prize at school"
"Did you really, Aunty"
'..She Jlil really"
'"But Jenny TO leave Mrs. Weatherb.
to the minister, and the minister TO Mrs
Weatherbv, what was the matter wit
.yourroom 2" ..t,F
'. ."Oh everything" lad accidental
soilcd the clean counterpane, and IN
pitcher was dirty on the inside; and
hadn't put my clothes away, and my bI
reau drawers were Unused up, and tt
dust was an inch thick on everythin?
was looking around to see what coul
do. lust when mother came III and foun
it all out. | was Just going to sweep an
fix all up nice, and Aunt MillY, truly
was"
"Just going to, is very mischievov
fellow Jenny"
."Well You can'tdo thing withor
lust agoing to do it, can you 7"
'But to be just going to do it doze
times for once doing it, that makes tt
trouble"
"Oh there's enough to make trouble
"And enough to conquer trouble wit
A wide awake girl with a strong heart
"Its regular battle, isin't ii, Au
ty."
"a regular battle between the goo
and bad"
"But don't think my own moth
and brother onght to fight against me
"Do they?"
"Don't they? Didn't they make
the trouble this morning ?"
at seems to me that Just going I
one of your bosom friends, began Il
trouble and. that Impatience and Ang'
Il two more of yoar companions, hnish
the work"
"Oh, Aunty, then you think I'm t
only one to blameW
The less we think about the faults
Others the better. Our enemies, the c
ly ones that can really harm us, are
own faults"
81 see, Aunty, you think that it n
!" room had been in order, all the trout
would have been saved"
"That's exactly what | think. a.