Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-20
Aunt Ann.

peas. Her greeting was, LA, Ann, you
don't say that's you but then might "a
knowed. As ! was tein' Hester yesterday
: If Ann is visitin', she'll smell measles tc
hum, and come tearin back Ann alus
was reg'lar little angel of charity, bus'lin
round'"
To relish compliments is human proba.
bly, Miss Antiss appreciated hers, but her
manner of receiving it was characteristic
She said, Well, | had TO come hum some
time, so it was as well one time as anuther
Hannah needed somebody bad enough
lIow's the folks 2"
"Our folks is all smart and was up to
Ruths day afore Yesterday Ruth's layin
down lots of butter, and the farm looks
beautiful. They're all well too, only it
seems to me Annie looks ruther peakid
She allus had so much color, and used to be
SO full of her talk, but she Jest set and
sewed and hardly said word. Lizzy's
CROWN dreadful fast she's a reg'lar tom
boy. Ruth allus was slack with her chill
dren. We, Hester and me, had real good
time and when we come along down, we
stopped at Miss Iladden's, and there was
her Lie and Harry jackson a-settin' on the
stoop. Miss l1adden she hinted round about
his comm there so often but you needn't
tell me, Harry jackson don't want Lie an
her giggles an eye-rollins. But, la me,
how be runnin' ON suppose you couldn't
let me have just a tiny cup of yeast ourns
worked, and Hester's dreadful partic'lar
about yeast"
Somethin's to pay" Miss Antiss said to
the peas, as she resumed work after watch
ing Miss Greene's yellow sun-bonnet bob
through the hole in the fence. "ADne ain t
CROWN thin and quiet and Harry jackson
amt sparkin' Lie Iadden, for nothn'
Ruth she'd never see nothin' was the matter
till Annie had fretted herself to death, and
then she'd call it a orderin' of Providence.
Jacobs too busy, and Annie is Antiss clean
through. She'd never say nothin' to nobody.
But IU find out. When the children gifts
over the heit Of the measles III 60 over"
a week later and Annie was seated in the
east door, trying to read, and not succeed
ing at all in banishing her sad thoughts,
when Jabez clumped through the hall, and
tiptoed carefully over the scraps of carpet
scattered on the freshly painted floor
BE your mother to hum 2"
" Yes, she's down in the garden; does any
one want to see her 2"
" There's woman a-settin in shay at
the gate, but she won't git out till she knows
if Miss Fords to hum"
"Who is it, Jabez?"
II dunno. A little chtter-faced woman,
gittn' on in years. III step out an call
Miss Ford Escaping through the open
door, for womankind OF any age was Jabez's
terror.
Annie found a small figure surmounted by
green calash seated bolt-upright in an old
whose every tail whist Scanned to dieturh
the driver Ne She alyavs foIloyad Il With a
:. So Jennie ="
:. on. Amt Ann is that vou9 Uo,y o,ad
am to see Won Mothers ot boma. sbe
was down in tbe oardsn Won.t von C,at ort9,
=. Yes If von'j7 90 10 tbe borse,s bead pa
keerfu1 child az Annie tool bold Of tho
bridle, . she's dreadful skittish. Rnt who's
a.qoin' to take NV Things ~ beginning now
tbat She was able to taie her e1es from the
morse. to reach under the seat and draw ont
various hael,ets and huudlos
",Jabezl" called Annie. but .Jabez was
safely ON his way 10 the meadow LOT with
his rake over his shonlder.
oLizziel Lizziel where are Won ,"
Uere-swinpinq."
Come down to the front gate. Amt
Ann is here"
son. what finn and n merrv.looking
sun-bumed girl of fifteen Jumped from the
swing, and ram around the house. throngh
the large. shady ward. TO the gate.
Uow do Won do Amt Ann? It's so long
since YOU have been here have almost for
rotten how Won look. But WHY don't Won
ret ont ?"
"'Liz'betb. vour tongue runs faster'u eyer.
Take them things" handing ont a bandbox
a work. k.bag. a basket. a large cotton umbrella
and a acanphor bottle. Then the descent was
ACCOMPLISHED. Graspinp firmly the side and
dashboard Miss Aniiss cautiously mt one
foot ON the stem, drew il back 10 see if
Annie was holding the horses head firmly.
ried the other foot and finally reached tbe
horse-hlook in safety d;snlaving in the on.
Grafton a rood deal Of thin leo encased in a
hlack stociing footed With yIite SAT- on
,orro 6r,oo MIS- Autiss hreatbad a sigh Of
rsIiaf grAeted bar e,ra,t.niecas hrie6v and
tnrned fo the horse
Jannin n,ust ha rrt mn yVbara,s tba
slah.sided how tbat was ralin, the doorvard Y''
.ob IN ,,nt bar in ,be harm anntie Usre
A,.nie take these tbings " Tumhling them
mnceremonionsIy into Arp;e's arms I;zzie
s,Ir,r,, into ths ohaisa and ohirrnri,cr 10
tha a. hors. to,,obaJ bar s,,artly u,;tbe the
,yhin astonis sbinr tha snimaI into a cow-lile
',ailpan
H., ,,,.;o,,,, hid ,,, u ;,,hath ,,,;u ha
.;uaIi IT,. n.at -, of p.o,,;danoa 20
-, ,a.t ,SsaiJ An, An H., thaohaisa
rnmhled AMI rnlIad i"to tbe iane in safety
Observation-Disclosures ber fears and disonneared
in the ham Nrs Ford was hnrrving to the
',ataas the,, turned :, hroaJ r,o,berIS fgnre
whose snn.bonnet strings tinttered in the IN
tia hrae1e snch a laro.. 5ody creatad in wall,
;ma AN fast
Wbv Amt Ann ~, nronar Glad 10 see
Won Gnma 1ight IN vas down in thf
Garden. and had to wash nv hands. How
| did Won come tn oct away. and all Hannah,
five Jown with tbs neasiss ~ ,"
4" IIann,b's fye ain't mine thanh tb,
Lord. and I'm free 70 come and go as
nIaase wanted IN see .Iacoh and tbav,r1
| aIl through the beft an ,em /"
W. draadfnI nlaased IN see Won any
wav. Walk right IN TO the keepin' room
Annie. take vonP annt's bunner" said NIrs
Ford who xas most bosnitahle woman
hnstl;ng into the house hefora them to one,
the door Of a nIeasant room with two snnn,
,yi,dows looking ont over tha rolling ma,j
o,ys of tbs farm
,Tha Crrean caIasb remo,,ad Misc A,tis
nravad 20 ha an exceedina1v sn,alI snar
pa.son ,';tL a. faca velIo,yeJ hs tn ON,
hi n;,h ;nnnmsrsbIa ,yrinLIas sbar,
mnsa and fadad bIne eves Uar yerv thii
hrou, hai. Vas screued into n rob ON tb
,,aoi' - i'a. haad and th, front arra,,,,ad !,
t'so aat nn,Is heId in nIace hv side eomh
d;rantlr oyer her ears Tati,g her natcI
-. -, ha, ha0 sha az onoa -, t,L