South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-06-20
Susy's Temptation.

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! The child left her play house. built Of
moss and stones, under a wide spreading
ash. and, catching up her sun bonnet aud
pail, went singing down the road, swinging
her pail as sho went; il was a twenty min
utes' walk to the house of Flrmer Jarvis
and Susy enjoyed il very much in these
soft summer afternoons when the sun was
low In the west, aud made such n queer
shadow OF herself, reaching almost across
! the road
Arriving at tho farm house the little
girl walked into the kitchen where the tea
table was set in the ncatest order, aud the
Kettle singing on the stove, while from be.
low caTe the voi,a Of Mrs. Jarvis, sineing
as she strained the milk, her avorie hymn,
Must Jesus b,ar the cross al,ne?' Out
side the door, opposite to the one by which
Susy had entered, where the farmer aud
his two grown sons, cooling their flushed
faces IN great basins of water, then vigor.
ously rubbing them with a long roller
towel, that hung behind the door, till thoy
glowed again
Som Mrs. Jarvis came up from the cell
lar, bringing a plate Of fresh cottage cheese
10 one hand and roll of golden butter 10
the other.
'Ob, child = she exclaimed, swhy didu't
you call me? and taking Susy's pail, went
down to the cellar again.
When the farmer had polished his face
and brushed his iron-gray hair, be came
into the room, and seeing Susy, said in a
hearty tone We'll, little girl, how dye do?
All we'll at your house 2
'A'l pretty well, excepting my little
brother, said Susy; 'mamml's afraid he
Is going to have the measles 2
'Ah, indeed Sorry to hear that, but
good time to have 'Im in answered the
CHEEKY farmer; aud then, as Su.y received
her pail from Mr.. Jarvis, he caught up
the plate OF cookies from the table, ami
said Here, sis, take couple ones for
the sick little man
Thank you, said Susy good afternoon
and off she started
Flow Mrs. Jarvis must have cut her
cookies with the cover of quart pail, for
an sure | never saw n cake cutter the
sIz" Of those cakes yet, in tin mans shop
OF anywhere else. But then she had great
appetites to satisfy, and her tea cups were
pint bowls, and her loavos of bread would
: about tit into half-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 cookies, but soon dis
posed Of il, and then changing the little
brothers cake from the hand in which
she carried the pail into the now uooccu-
pied one, she walked on. After a while
she fell to admiring this cake, its size and
shape
This is very nice cake, and will please
little Harry very much said Susy q
suppose 1t tastes just like mine, though ]
thiuk rs got little more sugar on the top.
| wonder what she cuts her cakes with
mamma uses q tumbler with n sharp edge,
when she doesn't use her cutter with the
scllIops on it. should think Mrs jarvis
would scailop her sugar cakes think
Harry would like this one better if she had.
What a pity she didn't !
! These opinions had been expressed in an
undertone aud with great deliberation, and
| her steps had kept pace with her words, so
that, as she spoke the last oGc, she found
| herself standing still, looking at the cake
IN her hand. Finally she said i believe
! I'll scallop it for him So she took out
a row of bites all around the cakes, deep
ones, too, and then walked on still gazing
at the now scalloped cake lying 10 her
hand Il don't think it tastes like mine
after all she said
do not believe Miss Suay felt quite
easy in her mind after her disintsrss'ed
efforts to please her brother, but she boil
stored up her sinking spirits with repoii-
ton Of her opinion that he would like it
better So
Sill growing more and more uncom-
Portable, che snid, very slowly aud quite
reluctantly; q don't know that Harry
will Ike it 50, after all Last night he
chose one without any scallops, | know,
and | wish bad left IL alone. Well, the
best ] can do now will bo to take tho seal d.
Tops of, and make it look 81 nice az can.
So with great caution and skill, Susy
Oibbied the cake al! around, and af,cr a
while succeeded in making it. "a round a.
at first, but the cookie had suffered cousid.
erably by these changes aud was now quite
reduced IN size. Susy drew a long breath
aud buried on, at quite a rapid pace, and
soon came 10 sight Of her home.
Then she remembered that she must OK q.
plain the reason Why the cake was trimmed
of. Here was q pretty bad tx, and one
that she had not rcckoncd for; en- she turned
the situation over in her mind, aud came
TO the conclusion that, as the matter stood
she must scallop the cake once more, 80 az
to make fair reason for It's appearance.
This time she vas careful 70 make her
bites small and FAR between, aod having
finished Der work Of decoration she uudged
on. Blu, Susy felt very tired somehow,
and the pail was very heavy, and though
she swallowed again and again. there still