The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-30
Susy's Temptation.


"Susy," called Mrs. Lee, "its time to go
Tor the milk. Here's your pail, and run
right along, little daughter"
The child lett her play house, built Of
moss and stones, under q wide spreading
ash, aud, CstChing up her sun bonnet and
pail, went singing down the road, swing
lug her pail as she went; It was q twenty
minutes walk 10 the house of Farmer
Jarvis, and Susy enjoyed It very much in
these soft summer afternoons when the
sun was low in the west, and made such
y uuegr shadow OF herself, reaching almost
ACROSS the road
Arriving at the farm house the little
girl walked into the kitchen where the tea
table was set in thencalest order, and the
kettle singing ON tho stove, while from be.
low came the voice Of Mrs. Jarvis, sing.
ing us she strained the milk, her fayorite
hymn, Must Jesus bear the cross alOne?'
Outside the door, Opposite to the one by
which Susy hal entered, were the farmer
and his two grown sons, cooling their
flushed iaces in great basins 0! water,
then vigorously rubbing them with long
roller towel, that hung behind the door,
ill they gloWed again.
Soon Mrs. JARVIS came up from the Gel.
lar, bringing . plate Of fresh cottage
cheese, in one nand and roll o! golden
butter in the other
"Oh, child" she exclaimed, why
lGdu't you call mel" and taking Susy's
pail, went down 10 tho cellar again.
When the farmer had polished his lace
and brushed his iron-gray hair, he came
into the room, and seeing Susy, said In d
hearty tone, "Wcll, little girl, how dye
do! All well at your house"
IAN pretty well, excepting my little
brother" said Susy; "mAmma's afraid he
Il going TO have the measles"
''Ah, indeed. Sorry to hear that, but
good time TO have EN- il" answered the
CHEEKY farmer; and then, as Susy received
hcr pail from Mrs. Jarvis, he caught up
the plate OF cookies from the table, and
said, "Herc, sis, take couple; ones for
the sick little man.
Thank you" said Susy; good alter.
noon," and of she started.
Now Mrs. Jarvis must have cut her
cookies with the cover Of quart pail,
for am sure never saw cake cutter
the siIs OF those cakes yet, in tin.man's
shop or anywhere else. But then she had
Grest appetltes TO satisfy, aud he tea cups
were pint bowls, and her loaves Of bread
would about Git into a hRlf-peck measure,
so her cookies were made on the same
scale with everything else.
Susy did not spend any time wondering
about the size Of her cookie, but soon dis.
posed it, and then changing the little
brothers cake from the hand in which
she carried the pail into the now unoccu'
pied one, she walked on, Alter while
She fell TO admirlng this cake, It's size aud
shape.
"'Ths Is very nice cake, and will
please little Harry very muCh," said Susy.
IL suppose II tastes Just like mine, though
think its got little more sugar on the
top. | wonder what she cuts her cake
with; mamma uses lumber with sharp
edge, when she doesn't use her cutter
with the sCallOps on It. should think
Mrs. Jarvis would scallop her sugar cakes.
think Harry would like this one better
II she had. What a pity she didn'tw
These opinions had been expressed in
An undcrtone and with great deIiberatiOn,
and her steps had kept pace with her
words, so that, as she spoke the last one,
she found herself standing still, looking at
the cake in her had. Finally she said; 81
believe I'll scallop 1t for him" So she
took nut row Of bites all around the
cakes, deep ones, too, and then walked on
still gazing at tho now scalloped cake w.
ing in her hand. II don't thing II tastes
like mine after ALL she said.
do not believe Miss Susy felt quite
easy 10 her mind alter her disinterestcd
efforts to please her brother, but she
bolstered up her sinking spirits with a
repetition OF her opinion that "hc would
like II better So
Still growing more and more unCOm-
Portable, she said, very slowly and quite
reluctantly: al don't know that HarrJ
will like it so, after all. Last night hi
chose one without any scalIoPS, know
and | wish l had lett It alone. Well
the the best can do now will be TO taxi
the scallops of, and make 1t look as met
rs / can ,
So with great caution and skill, Susy
uibbled the cake all around, and alter
while succeeded in making Il as round a;
at fist, but the cookie had suffered CON
siderably BY these changes and was nov
quite reduced In size. Susy drew a lont
breath, aud hurried on, at quite a rapiL
pace, and soon came In sight Of her home
Then she remembered that she mus
explain tho reason why the cake wa
trimmed or Here was a pretty b4d tx
and one that she had not TtckOnCd for; s,
she turned the situation over in her mind
and came TO the conclusion that, as thI
matter stood, she must scallop the cak1
once more, SO as to make y fair reason 10
It's appearance, This time she was c are
iul to make he- bites small aud far be
tween, and having finished her work U
decoration she tTudged on, But Sus'
felt very tired somehow, aud The pail wa
very heavy, and though she swallows,