Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-09-04
WHAT WAGGLE DID.
A Naughty Little Dog Spells a Promised
Feast.

Mamma, may I go over to gran
mas?"
Yes, dear
1t would be hard to tell how many
times day Patty asked this and hel
mamma answered it. If any little girl
who reads about her lives right across
the street from her grandma's, perhaps
she can give guess about 1t.
Patty had only lately come to live sc
near, and you may be sure she thought
it very delightful.
What kind of day is this?" asked
Patty one morning when she awakened.
"A very nice day, 1 think" said her
mamma.
II mean, do you think it's bake-day?
mean gran mas bake-day?"
Yes" said mamma. This is Sat
urday, and grandma always bakes on
Saturday"
May I so oyer??"
''Yes.'
The other little girl who lives near
wanted to 60 She knows all about the
doughnuts and gnger-snaps and Gus
tards and pies. Grandma and Hilda-
the Swede girl who could not speak a
word of English, were making pies when
Patty toddled into the kitchen
80 gran'ma" she said. What a
beautiful pie. l never saw plaid pie
before
Didn't you ~ said gran'ma. Bring
a patty-pan here, Hill la"
Iilda knew what the patty-pans were,
for at least one of them was always
used on gran mas bake-day. Patty
thought they were named SO because
the little pie or gingerbread or custard
was always for her. But other little
girls know we'll enough that patty-pans
are for little Kittys or Pollys or Prues
or hundred others, especially the ones
who live near gran'ma.
Hilda smiled as gran'ma made the
patty pan plaid pie. The big one was
filled with apple-butter and had strips
of crust criss- crossed all over it. The
pa tty-pan pie was such very little one
that there could be only two pieces
crossed on it.
That's little bit of plaid" said
Patty, laughing till the dimples were
all over her face
Eyes, only a sample said grandma,
''but it will taste good"
YES" said Patty. ''One streak for
mamma, one streak for auntie, one
streak for Elsie and one for me-"
Dear me-" said grandma, chow came
to forget that you always divide every
thing you have2 Eat the patty-pie
Yourself little one, and we'll make a
saucer-pie for you to take home"
The patty-pan pie was almost cooked
by the time the plaid was put on the
saucer-pie. Patty waited for it to cool
a little and then ate it, thinking it was
as good as it looked, and that there was
nothing in the world which quite came
up to a plaid pie.
When the saucer-pie was done, she
could hardly wait for it to cool she was in
such hurry to take it home. Hilda
set it in the kitchen window, but Pat
ty, after watching it for little while,
and finding that it cooled very slowly,
took hold of it with a towel and CARR ed
it out on the back porch.
Then she went out to see the little
ducks and chickens. When she came
back she saw gran'ma's little dog.
Maggie, standing close to the plaid
saucer-pie-
Was he smelling it? Patty gave
little cry and ran towards him.
80 Wag, you naughty doggie"
Maggie was very pretty white dog
with q little pink nose, and Patty was,
usually quito willing that he should
help himself to share of what she had
But as is often the way with dogs he
had chosen the part he liked best. He
had left the apple-butter and very care
fully picked out the strips of crust.
With woe-begone face Patty took
the pie back to the kitchen. Gran'ma
had gone up stairs, and only Hilda was
there.
He's eaten up all the plaid,' said
Patty.
Hilda did not understand She
thought Patty had eaten the crust and
was sorry.
Yah, YAH said Hilda, smiling
great deal and nodding her head very
hard.
she smoothed the apple-butter with
spoon, took little pie-crust which had
been left, cut it into streaks and in
few moments the plaid was all ON
again. Into the oven it went, and came
out as beautiful as before.
Patty let it stay on the window-sil
this time, and before long 1t was ready
to take home to mamma and the others.
How good il looked! Patty felt as if
she could eat it all; but she never
thought of such thing as not divid-
ng it.
i've brought you plaid pie Gram
ma made it, she said to mamma and
auntie and her sister Elsie. And it's
good"
Eyes, / know it's good if gran'ma
made it," said Elsie. She went for some
little plates and knife, and mamma
began cutting it in four pieces
IF / hadn't hurried you wouldn't
have had it." said Patty. Il caught Wag
Just in time. He ate all the plaid off,
s'Off whate" asked mamma.
'Off the pie."
'srhis pie?' asked auntie.
Eyes, and Hilda put some more
streaks on. Hilda's a good girl"
Patty" said mamma, run back to