The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08
For the Herald.
THE SEAMSTRESS.
BY MISS 0. A. STUART.
wis a lesson you should heed
Try, try again
Ii at last you would succeed,
Trv toe auo;u ~

rupting herself in her song, she Jumped
up from the low ottoman upon which she
was seated, and ran to her mother, sitting
near the window.
"Only see, my darling mamma, how
nicely have sewed this. Ahl you may
turn it over, all is safe this time. Not
one pucker-not one false stitch Now,
mother, have you not come hope of me ?
Praise me for once, for I'm dying for a
little praise from you"
"You will not give mo chance to slip
in a word edgeways, chatter.box," said
her mother, "but will say your piece Of
work looks very nicely for little sesm
stress IF twelve. It's essentially neces-
sary that every woman should learn to
sew, and, what is worth doing at all, is
worth doing we'll"
you must not forget your promise to
me, mamma. see," holding back the
curtain from the window, "how beauti.
fully the snow is falling. Old Mother
Goose Is picking her chickens finely
this afternoon, aud there will be no papa
to night, certainly. This is the very
time, mother, for little Eddie is sleeping
sweetly in his crlb-the dear, dear dar
ling" said she as she kissed his chubby
hand, extended on the coverlet.
Don't wake him, Laurie, but bring
me my knitting, and 1 will try to tell
you q story. But what shall is be, my
little daughter ?"
"Somethiug about yourself, mother
Do you know that l had rather hear
about your younger days and papa's than
even about the fairies; so please remem.
Der something about yourself, when q
little girl"
II have told you everything about my.
self that l can recall !; but, as it is a re-
ward for careful and neat sewing, I will
tell you about a seamstress who lived
with my mother when was child"
"Oh that will be delightful. Here,
mamma, put your feet up on my ottoman
l have plenty of room and now thai
you are SO comfortably fixed, you car
begin"
"Well! once upon a time" said
Mrs. Ainslie, smilingly.
"Oh mamma. You are doing tha
just to tease me, when you don't care
to tell good story. Don't begin with
| Once upon time"
"Ah l see that my little girl is ou
growing that pretty commencement to
my nursery stories. l shall soon have
you criticising my style, also, l fear
We'll, to commence anew. My mother
whose health was very delicate, wa.
obliged from that circumstance to keep
a seamstress to do all the making and
monding incidental to family, of whom
| was the only girl. BY the way l may
as we'll add, in speaking of myself, that
it seemed from my earliest childhood
that l was passionately fond of reading
and above all other books l loved novels
My mother allowed me to read whatever
l wished, trusting to her excellent pre-
cept and example to counteract whatever
of evil tendency they might iuculcate
This l mention as warning to you, my
dear, for my love for that kind of read
ing prevented me from employing wha
time had in learning to sew, and other
useful things which might be of practica
use to me in the future. A piece of wort
like that which you have finished thi
afternoon SO neatly, would have been
as impossible to me, at your age, a. q
trip to the moon, almost.
About this time came as seamstress Il
my mother, the prettiest, most gentle ant
most ladylike young person that I ove'
saw. I vas of your age when she frs
came, aud my heart was taken captive
instantly by the dove eyed Susie Ice, fo
so she vas named. She lived with US as
one Of the family goiag home sbou
once . month to see her widowed mother
who lived about Eve miles from ou
residence. Evsrybody's good opinion
seemed won by her gentle manners, a
we'll as mine, for a sweet gi.l was Susi'
Les-snd oss, too, Sho had seen trouble
SoHeti~es l would be sittiag in th
room rsaaisg, where she ~ss esploys'
With her pssdls, asd would b. sts,tie'
by the sobbirg Sigh whict escaped he
lips.
One dsy / he'd been reading q story il
which the heroine vas, to Use a CON eol