The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-06

raw f,ertha's beat for carelessness. AS
Mis- Stevens said yesterday, she's the
blask sheep Of the family, and always
will be-
Lad heard this last remark often
enough to grow hardened to it, and
never dreamed OF taking offense. But
l'nelc Moses, who had prophesied, years
before. that I'd ssmake somethin' some
ti1c.." and still held to that opinion,
pat down the dipper to say, with more
thfn ordinary emphasis: YOU let her
r-rzr ri4f II n, ut mile
cross. lots, and the money'H get there
test as safe as if stopped in the middle
ofhayin' to CO.
e +5rttah ts--4ea4e-tb -haying oyer
day than to lose thirty dollars"
sfgtrd Aunt Ann, scpulebrally. "But
y6l7l have your own way about 1t,
whatever do or say. Only l want you
to remember if any thing happens,
Moses, vino ftwa that sent her. !"
'Wa-al,n Hastily assented Uncle
Moses, as he started for the bayfield,.
That one word was great favorite Of
his He used it it the affirmative and
negatives; 10 express pleasure or vexa-
ton; when Ann scolded or the COW
3zfTKrd OVERTIME milk pail. once,when
al Tie age of four, / distinguished my
self by falling head first into the spring
anu crawling out unaided, he was
startled into the incredulous ejacula-
lion: "Wa-all Wa-aU" but that devia-
lion neYnr occurred again.
-Aant Aan,~depriVedaof. one listener,
turned to mo. 81 don't know but what
1t t. just as well for you to 60" she ad=
-lnittod. I'VE promised to pay for the
COW the fifteenth, and she's particular
to the hour. But ] wish it-was Miliy
visiting here instead Of you. Aunt
Augusta is the same relation to your
family as she is to nae, and it wouldn't
surprise me any If she should take 1t
into her head to do something for some
ct you children. do hope, Bertha,
If she inquiries who you are, you'll try
and act SO as not to spoil the chances OF
the rest Of the FAMILY"
i brushed my hair in wayintended
to.express the utmost indifference to
Aunt Augusta" her likes and dislikes.
Secretly, ! was good deal excited.
Ever since ! could remember / had
heard fabulous stories of the benevo-
lence, keenness and business capacity
Of this great-aunt of ours. who man
aged every detail of the large estate
herself And now, instead of gazing at
this paragon from the remote distance
of across the church, l was to see her
70 of
-rnongf -eerseeHeHees- nay eye sr-te jjiisz
tify little extra pains with my toilet.
Perhaps, :" ! hazarded, as | donned my
best gloves, she'll take fancy to me
and give me musical education.
'ishe WON'T declared Aunt Ann, with
decision that left no room for hope.
She's one of - tho most particular
women l ever saw, and any one she
takes fancy to would have to look as
iftbeyd just come. out of handbook
You could AK up all yonGwas a7mjpd to,
You wouldn't have the style to please
=hpr.@ft fsH,t-iin you Milly, now,
would be girl after her own heart /
was thinking the other day believed
ia try to get her acquainted with
Milly.n
! gave disguised look at the refec-
ton of my thin brown face and lank
hodyin the glass, and mournfully de-
cided Aunt Ann was right. Oh, dear,
, dear! why was not | Mf1ly? Or, if l
must be myself, why couldn't | have
been horn with taste for sewing and
/. Fl xingup,s instead. of for climbing
trees, and racing the old horse round
Tic lots bareback. puzzled over this
conundrum till was we'll on my way
only to give it up as unanswerable.
hut at any rate" decided, philosophi-
cally, as | pulled my big shade haS
farther over my eyes, II can show her |
know how@sS9 act, if | don't look as if I'd
come out of handbook" | had always
been sure could talk better than Milf
cent. and over this reflection became
quite myself again, and went on pick
ing my way through the pasture, whist
ing Yankee Doodle. What if | was
a,blaelS sheep? If my dresses chose to
cart and H4ysshees to wear out, sooner
than other peoples, was sure it wasn't
any fault Of mine. And there couldn't
! be any thing wrong in climbing trees,
or riding the old horse bareback. OF