The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-10-26
RECONiPENSf..
A DOMESTIC LESSON FOR THE DAuGIf-
TE.as.

"a letter from George" exclaimed
sister Kate, coming in from the post
office and holding up for our In
Ispection large yellow envelope.
And addressed to mother /; isn't it
| funny 2"
$40 me y exclaimed mother, in
turn, laying down the blue sock she
was mending, and smoothing her
apron as though she were going to
take the baby. Dear mel"
why, how queer :" said Hattie,
dropping her book and looking at
Kate wonderingly. George hasn't
written to any ofus in an age, and
never to me. What secrets brew
/ ing now, wonder ?"
Maybe he and lilly are coming
home on visit | said.
'Nots SO earlvin theSpring as this, T"
returned HIATT e, sagely. Milly and
house cleanii can't be separated
At this moment, mother, who had
succeeded ia tearing off the enve-
lope with eager. trembling fingers,
and had commenced reading the
letter, suddenly twisted her chair
around so as 10 turn her face from
US, cleared her throat and wiped her
eyes on 4 corner Of her gingiam
apron.
Anything The matter, mother -
Questioned Kate. anxiousiy. while
fiat and / sat IN wondering silence.
There was no answer foF q mo-
ment, then. turning slowly toward
US, she held up the letter saying
Read it aloud, Kate F; Milly is taken
very III with typhoid fever, and
George has written for me 10 come
TO them. Dear child, ! wish Il
was SO | could CO.
go - echoed Kate, decisively,
~ofcourse you'll go, and take one
Of US girls along for a nurse. too,
But the work, my dear How
will you manage ?"
some way" said Kate. lets
see the express goes out at half
past six, and its half-past FIVE now
Just an hour. Go and get ready,
mother, and Cad and III pack your
yalise,"
"But your father"
We'll take care Of him, never
fear, and ne win be home before
YOU go. Hat, you are not fit for
much except to run errands and
keep awake nights, and you can do
that there. Get ready as quick as
possible and help mother she's so
excited she'll be sure TO get her
dress on hind side before, and for
get to lace her shoes"
My energetic sister had by this
time gathered together their clothes,
and, bringing the valise from the
wardrobe, was packing them into it
in manner which foretold their
coming out mass OF wrinkles, |,
meantime, looking helplessly on.
BY dint OF her earnest efforts they
were ready in season, and when
father came home from his work he
found us hailing a street car to take
them to the depot.
"Now, what's to be Gene first ?"
inquired Kate. aftefu Re had seen
them off, and entered the
house with sons lw ofa realizing
sense of the resf 5bility weahad
undertaken weighing our iflHds.
"There'ssupper to get, Of course and
Nellie can wash the dishes. That's
|all, isn't it 2"
aMother said something about
baking tomorrow" / suggested, with
vague idea that certain prepala-
ton was generally made concerning
the bread the evening before its man
ufacture.
@To-morrow /? Well, let to-mor-
row take care Of itself" said Kate,
SO promptly that / was at once 81
fenced. Lets see what's for sup
per light bread, cookies, float and
cold beef Very good. The clouds
disperse and the-sky is more serene
and fair. Set the table, Cad. while
I make the tea"
And now, while am doing that.
if the reader take 4 little RETROSPECT
tive glance over our lives up to this
point, she will, no doubt, the better
understand why we were all so ig-
norant of household affairs. There
was large family Of ns-ten chill.
dren in all. John master workman
in one of the lnarhipe shops in the
flourishing 81 town ,s!,,. cf
vorits 3te ana j. twins, but
totally Milne, b6tlf in looks and
dIsposi{f HATTIE a'studious girl
of f1s Is aes sss 81 !..s,,eS ssI,oSl .t;3y boy
Of n, A. Ii;tlle boysain row,
a9sd re z and 4 whom
And mot j d1ds slhs work ~ As. all
/ don't know liowslie 1nunaged it,