Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-10-02


A dead silence.
Come here, little girl, and give IN,
better token Of forgiveness"
"Help YOURSELF" was the demurc
response.
With an agile spring Frank perched
upon the window-sill, when from the
upper regions a voice, clear and sharp
made itself heard in the succinct IN
quiry,
"Cakes done, He,ty:'
"les, Amt. Do you want me 2
asked the girl, darting to the door.
Come up" was the rejoinder and
Miss Hetty. looking triumphantly back
as she attained secure position in the
DOORWAY. had the satisfaction. dear to
! her mischievous heart, of beholding 8
I dIscomfitted countenance disappear
/ from the window, as Mr.. Frank Ken
ncdy dropped down on the outside
I The vines rustled for an instant. and
then we're still. lIetty closed the door
ami the sunbeams and the huge pan OF
doughnuts had the big kitchen all to
themselves.
Mrs. Baxter sat examining chest
fnl of wooden clothes. in the cool
solitude of the north chamber.
"Those pesky moths have got in
here, after ALL" she remarked. as her
niece entered the room. Look at
that, now and she exposed to view
an ancient garment completely riddled
with small holes. "You just sit down
here, Henrietta, and sort out all the
stockings into that basket by them
selves. You'll have just about time be-
fore you set the supper-tabIe.
Hetty sat down as directed. and was
soon deep in musty heap of stockings
and fiannels.
"rhere's Will Lowry going by"
said her aunt. pauslng IA moment in her
occupation and glancing out OF the
open easement. Il mus, ask him
about Aunt EliZy. Good-eyening,
William" she called, leaning over the
sill, and addressing good-looking,
broad-shouldered Young fellow who
was passing the gate. Flows all the
folks. particularly your aunt Elizy:"
"All the folks are we'll, except Aunt
Eliza and she's better" replied the
young man, pausing in his walk and
leaning on the gate, as if quite willing
~ irviong the interview. Aunt
Martha is going TO have the sewing
society up there tomorrow.
They'll eat her out of house and
home rejoined the old lady, rather
grimlv. That reminds me, William,
! promised TO send your aunt some of
my yeast cakes, and if you don't mind
a bundle, you might take 'em along
with you. They're on the ketchen
table. If you'll just step round to the
back-door you'll find 'em quite handy"
"Tll just run down and get them for
him." proposed Hetty. anxious to es-
cape from the wool chest. and not at
all ADVERSE to n little Irritation with
Will Lowry.
You'll just stick to the stockings,
Miss Norris" answered her aunt,
promptly. "Let him wait on himself"
Presently the last pair of stockings
was laid away, and then her aunt SAID,
"Now get the tea and be quick about
it too, Henrietta, for l see fathers
wagon driving round to the barn
now."
Hetty flew down TO the ketchen,
hurriedly put the tea to draw, and
neatly set out on the white cloth,
snowy bread, golden butter, and Grim
son jelly, all made by her own def
fingers. Then she ranged before her
uncle's place a huge platter of cold
boiled beef, a dish of cold potatoes,
and another of pork and greens. Then,
standing at one side, she glanced
critically over the generous board 10
see if all was complete. Something
about the arrangement struck her as
faulty; but at first she could not salts
fy herself as to what it was. AT last
4 light broke In upon her mind.
How near l came 10 forgetting the
doughnuts How uncle would have
fretted, to be sure am glad | thought
before he came in"
SO saying. she took a plate and went
into the pantry. Not doughnut was
TO be seen. She examined the cup
board under the milk shelf. There
was the bread box, jar of cookies,
and two lusty ioaves of gingerbread
but no doughnuts. She brought a
wooden chair from the kitchen, and
stood thereon to search the tOpmost
shelf. There she beheld only pots OF
jam and preserves. together with some
disused tins. all very much covered
with dust-but no doughnuts. Then
she pulled out the big pie board from
behind the hour-barrel, (the pie board
made by Frank at the age Of ten years
his earliest essay in the carpenter
ing line-and which warped past all
using within the first month of its
existence.) No notwithstanding
but two or three cobwebs, against
which she promptly registered vow.
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