Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-18

rich uncle-what more in life was left
to be desiredp
Its like fairy story" said Lizzy.
Don't you know how the fairy god
mother came to Cinderella and changed
her old dirty clothes to silk dress,
and gave her the glass slippers, and
took her off to the ball? always
thought something of that kind was
going to happen to u.s."
Lizzy was great reader of stories,
and very fond of day-dreaming.
''Will Uncle Patterson give us silk
dresses?" asked Carry.
Il shouldn't wonder" answered
Lizzy, confidently. II think he will
take a great fancy to us-we'l behave
so lady-like, you know-and just give
us lots of things, most any thing we
WANT
''Im doin' to make him dive me a
set O. dishes," struck in Bess, End a
white silk dwess, and gween pawasol,
nd"
He won't give you any thing, Bess
Milham,'' said Garry, ''if you don't
have cleaner face when he comes
than you've got now"
He will, too," replied Bess, in a
high key.
If you two don't stop quarreling,
he surely won't like either of you, said
their mother, looking in the door at
this moment. Don't get your ideas
to high up, children, she went on;
''but, to be sure, Uncle Patterson has
got nice house, and big barn, and
COWS and chickens and horses, and we
shall live in clover, if he makes up his
mind to have us. So, if you want to
go, remember you must all behave so
like little ladies when he first comes
that he'll say to himself: Those
children won't be any trouble to me;
I'd rater have them than not"
1--WE surely will, mamma" said all
three little girls; and, indeed, they
meant it.
That was very long week, but the
eventful day came at last. Saturday
dawned clear and dry and warm. There
was no danger lest Uncle Patterson
should change his mind on account of
the weather. They might expect him
by the stage, he had written. The
stage came by at five o'clock in the
afternoon. He would stay all night, of
course. So Mrs. Milham had been
giving their one little spare room an
extra cleaning and arranging. A nat
ural good taste and skill at needle
work had made the room, even with
it's old-fashioned furniture and white
walls, very attractive. The bed
spread and pillow-cases and towels
were spotless.
10 a man who had any eyes to OBJ
serve, every thing in the room was the
strongest recommendation of the house.
keeping abilities of the one who had
made it ready. There was, of course,
to be something little extra for sup
per- Bess had gone so far as to sug-
gest frosted cake, but the others were
not so daring.
The children were thoroughly drilled
and posted as to all their duties, and
had made most solemn resolutions to
observe all the good old rules about
being seen and not heard, not speaking
unless spoken to, and so forth. Moth
ing should be found in their words or
actions that the most precise and crit
ical of uncles could find fault with.
Lizzy had been out to the village for
something that morning, and when
she came back she had news to tell
that almost drove their own great
event out of their minds. "Oh, man.
ma, what do you think?'' she cried,
running in breathless. 'Now, last
night there was horrid old tramp
came to Deacon Johnson's, and nobody
but Mrs. johnson was home, and he
was awful ugly. He made her give
him some supper, and then he wanted
some money, and said he'd knock her
down if she didn't give it to him-and
only that Deacon johnson came home
and chased him off with horse-whip,
she thinks he'd have killed her. And
he hasn't been caught yet, though
some men from the city have been
after him.
"Mercy on us!' said Mrs. Milham.
IF there is one thing I'm afraid of, it's
tramp. hope to goodness he won't
wander out here. / don't know what
we should do.''
"He'n take Bess first, " suggested the
ever-ready Carry. "She's so fat he can
eat her if he's hungry"
mo, he won't, NEITHER roared Bess,.
and burst into an agonized wall at the
prospect. -,,-,..t5& -
People said that Carry's nose was
badly put out of joint when Bess came,
and that she never got over being q
little jealous Of her. Certainly there
never was very long peace between
them.
why! why" said Mrs. Miham.