The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-08-08
SMALL P0N AND LOVE.

huHI -ANCIl Vas Always tuotIuS pNiit-
ture to us girls If she called us more
than once in the morning we were sure to
hear about that ant Of King Solomon's
time, to whom the sluggard ie advised to
60. If the cake got singed on the bottom,
before we could scrapc the crust she would
have word to say about being not sloth-
full in business.
haven't ari hmetic enough to compute
the number of times Il day we were re
minded of the account we were to give for
every idle word. There was always
enough to do in our great family, and Sue
and ! always attended to the chamber
work, but | don't think it improved the
chcerfulncss of our spirits to be told that
we should one day make our beds in the
grave.
But washn5-lay was the worst Of all.
Even Sunday ftilcl to furnish the inspira-
;ion which came from the boiling suds.
Pr badly the thought that We could not
very well avoid good teachings OH the Sab
bath and were likely to be raHsl aud our
tcmpcrs sourcd by stains on the table
cloths that wouLlnt be scrr bbcl away,and
tie leak in the boiler that would put the
fire out.
But she meant vcll, ,is.,r soul! She
felt the responsibility OF her position 20 an
uncomfortable extent. Never for an hour
did she forget Che promise made to her dy-
ing mother that She would take her place
to .'thc children" and it was not an easy
one 70 filI You know there were five Of
Us then AMI the widest girls in IIerkim,r
county. cousin Fred used to say; but his
saying did not make it true.
We were liv-Iy enough, to be sure, and
had merry times, though wc hadn't much
else. Fun had to make up for lipcry, rs
we could have IN unlimited quantity of the
former, and were craml cd in the latter
both as regarded ourselves and our sur
roundings.
Aunt Avery was called in the village
'thc salt Of the earth, with 81 good deal of
truth, though the words were suggestive Of
a poct!cai license. You know that was
the rock upon which my barque of know
ledge always make shipwrcck in Gus rho
toric lessons, for l used the phrase at
every Convenient opportunity; it was
such an easy way Of getting out Of diff
entities
Aurtic ima3incl that we needed more
mental training than most girls, and don't
suppose it hurt us any, though we used
sometimes to think that the supply exceed
e tlic demand.
/ She never ceased telling US to east our
/ bread upon the waters, till one afternoon
I when an immense basket Of work was sent
US from the sewing society. Fan went
down upon her knees, to unpack it, growl-
ing gooInaturedly.
/ IF this had come at a more convenient
" season il would have bccn more welcome.
( Why We, Of all persons, should be selected
to finish this work, just as the spring
cleaning and painting is coming on, can't
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7 T'0"' -A"'. very en''r'
W, = ,''9'' : S''o" '' '''''''iI' Si'''i' 10
''l" ''i'' because o' are called upon 10 10
d "''I' extra "orH i'r tiie Lord 'C'St tiny
pfe''" upon inc waters and thou shalt hnd
1t "Il'r many days.
" ell ''''crea: aided Sue
y Is Impossible to give YOU an idea OF
the way IN winch these two words were
SPOKEN. Allee shneked with laughter,
"h'c I nearly ehokei IN the effort to
Si.''nef '',''',' nor Aunt A'iee was 50 sur
go .,'''1"'1 ~ - "''! t"'''9 I"'''}
III ''"5 HJ'Iu''' nut 'ie took IL IN, III
i moment &nd Itt'c ripple came gradu-
any around hcf mouth thoa9i She walked