The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-11
AUNT BECKY'S REMEDY.
A Case In Which 1t Proved an
Effectual Cure.

Henry, hue does not seem at all
weu. She has been growing pale and
ho.low-eyed for some time; and now
she does nothing but NOPE about and
read and sigh. don't understand it"
Il had not noticed it. Ellen Per-
haps she reads too much. i see she is
a perfect bOOk-worm- 1t rather runs
in my side of the family TO be literary
and have thought Rue was inclined
that way, too"
Il can't imagine what ails her.
She seems low-spirited and unhappy.
and she surely has no reason to be so"
'"Of course she hasn't. Ellen. What
an idea-a girl not yet sixteen I'M
happyl II must be her blood is out of
order. Spring is here and she needs
some sort OF toning up. Let DIR.
Miles fx up some sort of tonic for
her"
I've been thinking that perhaps a
change OF air would do her good
What do you say to sending her out
in the country to Becky's? The fresh
country air must surely help her; and
| am really too busy with all my
household cares to care for her prop
erly."
That is Just the thing. Ellen.
Why didn't you think of it before?
Becky will be in her element to have
one 20 coddle- She used to dose me
the whole time when l was small. and
she cured me quicker than a doctor
could, too. Send her to her at once"
This was the conversation l over
heard between my father and mother
as lay upon the sofa in the parlor.
was delighted But it was not so
much at the prospect OF going TO Aunt
BecIIy's as ] was at the fact that the
family seemed at last to be convinced
OF my declining health For nearly
n year L had been suffering from W hat
/ felt to be a neglect to comprehend
the workings of my finer nature, men
tai and physical, and had been grow
ing most delightfully."- miserable. L
was a great reader, as my father said;
and the class OF books L enjoyed most
was that Of romance-wherein the he
roines were pale, and sad-eyed, sichly
and interesting, full of trouble and woe.
and who pined away from various
causes, such as unrequited affection,
an unsympathetic world, and a gen.
eral misunderstanding of their inner
longings by those who surrounded
them.
/ dotted upon poetry, and the moro
dismal and soul-harrowing and OBJ
scure the more dotted upon ii. /
was particularly fond of those pas
sages which referred in vague terms
to early death, though / could not
have explained what there was about
them that gave me so much pleasure
BILE pain / only knew, as / have said,
that i was delightfully."- miserable. l
had tried to be as much like my hero
ines as possible A copious supply OF
chalk. cloves and slate pencils, in
which INDUCED my appetite secretly,
had aided me in IL so far as TO cause
me to grow quite pallid- My features
were near enough TO the regulation
type not to be a source of anxiety to
me; and hair and eyes being black as
the ravens wing" and ''sloe," in
dividually, considered il unnecessary
10 attempt any improvement on nat
ure in the former. while the latter /
simply penciled about the eyebrows in
order 10 make them more lustrous-
AS consequence my countenance at
this time was quite striking. So il
pleased me much TO see that had at
tracted attention to my decline.
The next few days were occupied in
for my departure to Aunt
Becky's- Tho suddenly awakened
family solicitude at my condition was
evinced by indulgence in all the
and other delicacies-
which could be procured. while young
err children were repeatedly told to
wait on sister Rue while she is here"
and the ambiguity of this command
was as gratifying as the constant