Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-12-11
TooT'S MISTAKES.
A Little Girl That Had Lots of Mishaps
when She Went Visiting.


Mamma and l have been to see Aunt
Susan, and we had a bu'ful time. Aunt
Susan is my namesake-I don't mean
my loot namesake, but my real name-
sake. She is Quake'ss. / asked I'm
Gle Jack what quake meant, and he said
to shake. said: "Do people quake
when they shake hands?" He said:
you're goose, loot, go ask mamma"
So went, and mamma said a Quake'ss
says thee and thou" when she's
talking to you, instead of you" Aurt
Susan wrote letter and asked mamma
to come and see her, and bring me.
Minnie said: II shouldn't think you
would want to take such bad acting
girl as loot with you. mamma. wish
l could go"
/ said: "Ain't you 'sbamed of your
self, Minnie, to want to 90 where you
wasn't 'vited ? / wouldn't say any
thing bout bad if got hair in the
cake" And she did-mamma lot her
make cake, and there was long yell
low hair in it, Papa said if she was GO
ing to cook she must pin up her curls.
When l talked bout the hair Minnie
went right off to school Uncle Jack
said: foot, you must get in Aunt
Susan's good books and then maybe
she will give you a nice present"
said: Then I'll get in 'em as quick as
/ can.
One day when mamma was telling me
things / must and mustn't do when we
got to Aunt Susan's, | said: Mamma,
you've told me so many things | can't
member half of 'em, and I'm 'plete-
ly scourged tryin' to be good"
And then mamma kissed me and said:
go and play. d ar, and | went It's
an awful ways to Aunt Susan s-more'n
a thousand miles. We started right
after breakfast and role on the cars as
much as twenty hours and didn't get
there till near dinner time Aunt SUI
san was lighted to see u.s. She kissed
me and said: $50 this is my little
namesake." And put my arms around
he neck and kissed her and said:
Yes"
didn't say any thing while we were
eating dinner for mamma 'spressly for
bids my talking at the table. And aft
er dinner / went to sleep awhile, then
! played with Aunt Susan's kittens
Uncle Isaac took mamma out to ride
in the evening, and Aunt Susan said
she would put me to bed. When l had
my night-dress on ask her to sing to
me like mamma does, and she said: ''Pll
sing hymn to thee, dear" / said: "Oh,
Aunt Susan, do sing that b'u'ful hymn
the hired man sings. You know it, don't
you, bout the slippers? ! goes like this:
Oh, dem golden slippers, o-o-oh, I'm go
ing to climb dem golden stairs"
But Aunt Susan didn't know that
hymn, so she couldn't sing it.
The next day mamma and Aunt Susan
went visiting ] stayed home with
Uncle Isaac. 1t was awful warm, and
Uncle Isaac said: Now, Susie, don't
you go out of the room" (They called
me Susie here.) I'm going to sleep
little while" ! said l wouldn't, and he
laid down on lounge and put big, red
handkerchief over his face, and breathed
like tea-kettle. / felt lonesome and
so l looked at every thing in the room.
Aunt Susan had good many books in
a bookcase, and l 'membered what Uncle
Jack said, so pulled the handle off
Uncle Isaac's face and said: Am those
good books, uncle?" And he said Yes,
yes, put that hand'chief back again.
real cross, and put it back.
Then / climbed upon a chair and
opened the book case door. 1t opened
awful hard, and l kicked it little to
make it open easier and cracked the
the glass and broke it some, but the
door came open. l took all the books
of of one shelf and put them in ring
on the floor, real quiet so as not to wake
Uncle Isaac. Then laid down in the
ring and went to sleep.
All at once heard talking and walked
up, and there was mamma and Aunt
Susan looking at me. Uncle Isaac sat |
up on the lounge with the red hand |
chief hanging over one side of his face
like table scarf. Mamma took me by |
the arms and pulled me up. Her face
was red, and she shook me as hard as
she could. What did you put those
books on the floor for. Toot?" she said |
l began to cry, and said: Uncle Jack |
told me if / got in Aunt Susan's good |
books she would give me nice present |
and Uncle Isaac said they were all good |
books, and so / got in them the best |
way / could. And the glass was rotten, |
mamma. like your blue calico dress that !
feared so easy, and it feared a little,
too" Then mamma said: "Idon' tknow |
what to do with you, loot; I'm 'shamed |
Of you
pulled my hand away from her and !