Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-03-18

seem to make, rs it shouted out, in 1
hoarse. laughy, guIleral voice: "Ah'h b
my little lady, little lady, ah.h.h!" Ther
the freshly. scaldcd dasher was put in, In,
drops wiped oil, "a few dashes taken by
the maternal hand 10 sec that it had the
right toue, and it was wheeled isto ar
out. of the-wsy dark corner. away from
doors and windows, and gliupses OF blue
SKY. and dreamy hilsides, and iNc
temptations. Then the little chair ~;
placed beside the churn. and vita clean
hands and clean aproa, stepped up into
INTO il ~ one would march To The piiiory
or guilloline. aud lett alone III my glory
Aud while stood up there. stretched
my very longest, used 10 wonder how
it happened that | was born the eldest
used to wonder how Eve came to inv.ut
the use OF butter on such luscious fruits
Is Eden undoubtedly ailordcd-why
cream wasn't better and healthier than
butter, why didn't get sick and dlc oi
gUui aud scarlet fever Or diptholn and
lay abed sick i long while. and not have
To wash dishes or churu, but eat toast an,I
tea and preserved plumS, and be proppcd
up in bed aud feel my mothers tears drip.
drip on my head. al had often read IN
dcl. .hIlul story books WHY WAS it that
was not favored, like many other hltlc
girls who had wee, slender claws ul " hi.c
hands. aud whose Thin mouth, puckcrcd
romautjcaily. and whs had interesting
hOiloW> in their checks. and suuken blue
places under their sac eyes, and fine pen.
ciiIius, ol vcinery in their picity temples?
va, sound and hard and brown and
ugN, and was always called Tom, be.
cause liked TO climb trees. aud turn
sunmersauts. and ride the larm- horses.
AID walk on Suits, and ny from high
places so splendidy ON my jumping
pole.
One Junc day the churning was uu
usually largc-tWo jars OF cream--and |
had my orders not to leave it until it Was
rcNdy to gather. Ny little chair was
placed beside the churn. and stood in
it and tugged a, the dasher until my arms
achcd 30 could hardly use them. {
knew Id ought 10 rest, so sal doHn
mcrcilully and improved the time by
reading how elephants were caught in
lhc juugles oi Africa. Iha; led me on
10 read about lions. aud tigers. aud
lcopard>, and after I'll finished them |
went back to the chum with renewed
viaor
Just then q robin alighled in the tof of
the poplar, and sang so sweetly that il
would have been irreverent 10 have plod
dcl nj tho old dasher whose swashy sound
OF "choo-o. choo," had no music in it.
So | shaded my eyes aud leaned on The
/ post by the porch and listened, aud ad-
mircd, aud answered back softly % my
mother wouldn't hear.
/ The lear little robb, stretched his
mouth from ear to ear, and nun. log hl-
toes. and tipped las head down aud
seemed 10 sing: Why. Rosie, why,
Rosie wheo-o, whee.o, Rosie. hcisho.
hcisho. Rosie. wheo o -
/ clapped my hnnds, and replied, hc
darted down head foremost aud alighlell
on the old mossy we'll curb. and wc chat
ted. and chirped, aud cheed. and laugh.
ed with each other royalty. Then my
mother heard uS and reminded me OF The
churning. Oh, dear, wished folks ate
| pumpkin-saucc un their brca.l instead of
/ butter, but seized hold of The heavy
dasher aud worked away until n shrii
cacklc informed me that there !ay
| fresh egg ready lor the CLEANER, 50 | ran
out to get it, Tor didn, ny mother say,
5rps in all the fresh eggs you can TO
make custards. and hadn't ought TO
obey the mother who gave me birth, and
who had cared Tor me during my help.
less infancy when didn't know but that
even pins were good 10 cal and good to
! swallow.
/ While | was getting the egg | saw an
other hen walk oil slylY, just is though
she had hidden nest, she acted kind oi
sneaking. looking uack at me over her
shoulder when she thought | didn't see
her.
ui course would not he outwitted by
hen, nobody would, so | followed her
at "a safe distance and looked Just as in-
uocenl aud un. uspiciuus as little girl
could.
But found, after awhile, that she was
only seeking her ~allowing place in the
cool, loose loan, So | sat down and pre-
tended to be braidng grass and timothy,
and watched her scratch the cool earth
all up among her feathers. and tussle
about and lave her sides, and breast, and
thighs, aud stretch out her unshapely
legs and lie like great ungainly roasted
fowl, with never n joint or hinge in her
long, yellow limbs and horny feet.
was just thinking that this must be to
hens what swimming and diving and
plouling about in the creek is to little
girls. when l heard my poor mother's
hoo hoo" 4answered HhOo!" and
started to run back 10 the house TO finish
the churning. thinking would appease
my mothers just wrath with the nice
fresh egg l had found, but, what had L
done with that egg? Alas, had put it