The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04
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AUNT PATTY'S BALANCE.

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AUNT PATTY'S BALANCE.
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aa"Did't Ego quick ~, ;. - ~, n ~ =
ls~.... !" Well, t0lerable.v said Aunt Patty,
~ passing the whisk che had just pulled
= 4, and finger to seeifthe loaf was thor
,tal rsAisd 1 can go to Josie Wells this
Yea AFTERNOON, can't /. You promised?"
:. mo Martha, 7 didn't quite prom
I ran every step of the way i'm
= deed ! lid ,aqntie; and made all the
~ .ll There was O tremor i'm Martha
80" Parkef's voice, and the tears came al
most into her eyes.
ia sIlltsll You at noon There, ELL u Us Is
late for school if you do not start this
49, ,instant.nia } e 7f.tt sA4s s,,fSe3
10 "But, Aunt PollS-,'
srT'o.ssI III YOU stop for another Word you
,,,.si cannot go at all. How often have
= told you about answering backl"
Martha picked up her two books and
whirled herself out of the door like a
tornado, without a word of good morn
,wspkihse cross OLD thing!u she half
a sohbed, as shelwent out of hearing.
..She never does let me do anything !
- I may try and try, and 1t doesn't
amount to-la row of pins. And IL
~ cant go to that croquet party I'll be
Just as bad as ever / can be-"
-r@n', L think Martha commenced right
- away. She climed over the fence and
:, !, ran down into the lot for an apple, and
.ss-what with that and the eating of 1t
she was late for school.
-1sgssMy aunt sent me to do an errand, ~
49, she said to Miss Lewis.
.s. ,'...i swell, you must bring note, then,
=. or lose a mark. i want you all to un-
derstand that school begins promptly
at niue.eF kl.- er4 81 sIstItt
.,i That made Martha still more cross.
~ b-She slammed the lid of her desk and
,ssthen hurried out to take her place in
Fl hen class. 1t was spelling, and the
.-~'very4irst word she missed and had to
care'' in reaiSgood earnest, and she
.s.awas very troublesome child until IL
49,, 49, When she went home to dinner she
found Grandma Fields sitting by the
.'ss o,en window in Aunt Patty's tidy
:. s-kitchen.r Nov Grandma Fields really
was not grandmother to anybody, but
~" She wasOld and sweet and pretty, with
wsiHklse . Gee S sDs 5nSy White E.a ha ad,
the q ASHTON sIis Of her young days, had
ss almost come around again. It was
gored, plain WASTED, and with coat
sleeves; nut it had no ruffies nor puff
s.nor ffinges nor bugles. Then she haC
80. n silvery-colOred kerchief crossed Ovel
her. bosom, and q white lawn'cap, anC
-. altogether she was as attractive look
asa ign sRs any. grandmother you woult
wish to see. She had not relation II
the world. and yet everybody's hous'
vas open to her, and she visited about
sewing, and knitting, and darning
and sometimes taking care ofsick PEG
Pile. She was seventy, but she did no
seem old. There was always q grea
.s. stack OF invitations ahead Of her, ant
two months ago Miss Patty Parke
nad sent for her. So
"She does not enjoy harvest apples,
said Miss Patty, ''sOl let us have he
here right in the first of them. And
VIII give me good start with all tn.
- clothes ana bedding, and stockings.'
.sw Aunt Patty kept house for her broth
err, Mr.. Nathan Parker. He was
very comfortable farmer, q widowe
with three boys and one girl. A yer,
clean, orderly, upright woman wa
Haunt Patty, but somehow,
s,a.i Nathan was so careless, 80 dilatory
1.-The children were Needless, impertin
-ii eht, idle, and, try her best, she neve
~ could make anything OF them sh
s5 worked very hard, and she used to &c
very much discouraged. -H 'i't
This was her side I OF the ~ story. !.
see the placid, cheerful face of hi
guest. Did tell you she was Quaker
Well, she was, though there was ,, n
II Friends' Meeting within twenty miles
Usso 1t wasn't her Sunday church goin
sasthat kspt her in such a tranquil state
rsw Behind the farmer came his eldes
son, George, about seventeen. He ha
been to the mill and the store the
morning, and put down the basket
Aunt Patty began to 'unpack ut once
will that calico do? The othe
WAS az sold, This y the same pattern
bat ~ mas Q PINK Hover instead OF
!. lilac: uke ~. petter:
, l6ssnI, look .. like .,, q good d was
fnptnkp'and Aunt ratty viewed " critic
bet1 !! VA !, ss1 my .,i bed, and and I
like az ss,a ae3sgss WI. .er. a oslr
Z, xndii Z not : i good quality.
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