Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-11-21

Grace. She is short and fat and don't
think her face Is pretty, though some
people do. She looks very different
from what thought she would. I sup
posed she would be tall and elegant
like duchess
But the very day after she came she
washed the breakfast dishes and darned
papa's socks and made loot an apron.
SO common! l should have been morti-
fed to death to have had Lille Lane
see her do such things, after all my fine
talk about her.
She said to me: II suppose you are
great help to your mammal" l said:
Eyes, Aunt Grace, 1 always do every
thing can to help mamma" didn't
know Toot heard me, or wouldn't
have said that; but she did, and said:
"Why, Minnie, you wicked story tell
er; amt you 'shamed to talk like that?
You know YOU won't do anything you
don't have to. Will she, Uncle Jnck?"
But Uncle Jack said: ''See here,
loot, I've found some peanuts in my
pocket" And she went to get them.
Aunt Grace looked at me real sharp
and l felt uncomfortable. Toot always
spoils everything. do wish she wasn't
my sister. l told mamma that night l
was sure she'd spoil the Thanksgiving
party. Grandma said: "lf you would
stop trying to appear what you are not,
Minnie, you wouldn't be afraid of any
thing loot could say"
| was provoked at grandma for say
i ing that. but didn't answer her. It's
too near Christmas, and then papa was
in the room. One day when papa and
mamma were talking together, and
didn't know heard them, l found out
something didn't know before When
Aunt Grace and Uncle Jack were young
folks they were engaged to be married,
but they had quarrel, and Aunt Grace
went to England, and they never saw
each other again until she came to visit
us. told Lille Lane about it, and
she said: "How very romantic!' didn't
| know exactly what romantic meant
but l didn't say so, for if / don't UNDER
stand everything she tells me, she calls
me country pumpkin"
don't like Lille very well, but she
is the richest girl in school, and her
folks live in the city winters, and keep
n carriage; SO 1 have her for my most
intimate friend.
Lille said "Why don't you try and
make a match between your aunt and
uncle? If you should they would prob
ably ask you to come to the city and
live with them, and give you lovely
presents. That's the way they do in
novels"
| I never read a novel-we don't have
them-but Lille has lots of them. Her
mamma buys them and Lille steals
them and takes them to her room and
reads them on the sly. She tells me
about the lovely things she reads in
them, and I'm crazy TO get one and
read it for myself.
We talked long time about the
match, but couldn't think of any way
to manage it. But Lille said if 1 kept
roy eyes open something might happen
just right told Lille to be careful
what she said when loot was around,
or there would be trouble.
| Aunt Grace intended to go home right
after Thanksgiving, and Lille said
had better do everything L could to
please her and Uncle Jack, so l wiped
the dishes every day, and didn't make
any fuss about taking care of Freddie
while they went visiting. and stopped
| leaving my things around for mamma
to pick up, but oh! that loot was so
provoked at her. One night at the tea
table she asked, all of . sudden:
Mamma, do you think Minnie is going
to die?"
What do you mean, Ioot?" said
mamma, looking frightened
| SWhv mamma didn't LIrc Rrotyn
say Mr.. Brown met with change be-
fore he died? and Minnie's stopped be-
ing so lazy and disagreeable since
Aunt Grace came, and been so extreme
ly good that thought perhaps she was
going to die, too. Anyway, she's met
with d change but there's room for
her to prove more yet, for she slapped
me yesterday when you were all away,
and then she gave me some candy not
to tell, that's why l didn't" Papa said:
Don't you want some more peaches,
Toot?" and the peaches stopped her
mouth, but didn't l want to slap her
again? And do think Aunt Grace has
the most unpleasant way of looking at
me sometimes. Some days l almost
wished she had stayed in New York,
because, besides her unpleasant looks,
that Thanksgiving dinner made SO
much work.
1t was Minnie, do this" and ''Min-
ME, do that" till l was nearly worn
out. There's one thing certain, if
Aunt Grace hadn't been there 1
wouldn't have stood mammals making
such slave of me. / had to stem
raisins and beat eggs and sift flour and
wash currants and cut citron, and one
day Aunt Grace got lot of greasy
dishes together and made me wash
them! Ugh
All of our relations came to dinner on
Thanksgiving day, and some of them
came the day before and stayed sill
night Mamma said Cousin Kitty
would have to sleep with Toot and me.
After we went to bed Toot was SO
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