Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-11-21

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0raee. She IL short and fat and don't
think her face is pretty, though some
people do She looks very different
from what I thought she would. l sup
posed she would be tall and elegant
like a duchess.
But the very day after she came she
washed the breakfast dishes and darned
papa's socks and made loot an aprcn'
So common! should.hav 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" ! said:
Eyes, Aunt Grace, l always do every
thing can to help mamma" didn't
know Toot heard me. or l wouldn
have said that; but she did, and said:
..Why, Minnie, you wicked story tell
or: amt YOU 'shamed 10 talk like that!
You know you WON'T do anything you
don't have to. Will she. Uncle Jack'
But Uncle Jack said: See here'
Too4, I've found some peanuts in my
noclxet." And she went to get them
Aunt Grace looked at me real sharp
and felt tupcomforta ble. loot always
spoils everything. do wish she wasn't
nv sister. l told mamma that night
was sure she'd spoil the Thanksgiving
nartv Grandma said. "lf you would
stop trying to appear what you are not'
Minnie, you wouldn't be afraid OF any
thing foot could say"
Twas provoked at grandma for say
ing that. but didn't answer her. It's
too near Christmas, and then papa was
in the room. One day papa anu
mamma were talking together, ana
didn't know heard them. found out
something didn't know before. "hen
Aunt Grace and Uncle Jack were young
folks they were engaged TO be married.
but they had quarrel, and Auncorace
went to England, and they never saw
each other again until she came to WISH
us I told Lille Lane about it. and
she s,lid: How very romantic! ooh
know exactly what romantic meant
but didn't say so, for if don't under
stand everything she tells me- she calls
' me country pumpkin.
I don't like Lille very we'll but she
is the richest girl in school, and hel
b folks live in the city winters, and keel
a carriage: so l have her for my mos
\ intimate friend.
Lille said: why don't you try ant
make a match between your aunt an'
uncle? If you should they would prop
ably ask you to come to the Guy an
live with them. and give You love!.
: presents. That's the way they do II
novels
Iuever read a novel-we don't hav
} thc,o-but Lille has lots of them. He
mamma buys them and Lille steal
them and takes them to her room all
reads them on the sly. She tells m
about the lovely things she reads
them. and I'm crazy 10 get one an
read it for myself.
We talked long time about tn
match but couldn't think OF any wa
70 manage it. But Lille said II keI
nv eyes open something mlPht haPpe
j;1st right. I told Lille TO De carer
what she said when loot was aroun
acc OF. there would be trouble.
Aunt Grace intended to go home riel
after Thanksgiving, and Lille said
had better do everything coulc
please her and Uncle Jack. SO wipe
the dishes every day, and didn't maj
Il any fuss about taking care OF freoo
while they went visiting. ana stoPP'
" leaving my things around for MANN
er to pick up. but oh: that Ioot. was
provoked at her. One night at the &c
table she asked. all OF su"oe
Mamma, do you think Minnie Is eoi'
to die?' .,.
What do you mean. loot: 81
mamma looking frightened.
y .Why mamma, didn't Mrs. Bro'
No sav Mr.. brown met with a change
fore he died? and Minnies stopped
,e ing SO lazy and disagreeable s'r
uE. Aunt Grace came, ana been SO eN're"
" good that l thought perhaps she "
ACE Going to die, too. Anyway, she's II
= us with e change but there's room
lor n her to prove more yet, for she siaPl
RS in me Yesterday when you were all a"'
un. and then she gave me some cahoy
sgiv- to tell, that's why l didn't. iaPa Sd
she "Don't YOU want some more peach
way Toot?'' and the peaches .stoPPe"
died mouth, but didn't ] want TO slap
l his AGAIN? And l do think Aunt Trace
le to the most unpleasant way OF looking
papa me sometimes. Some days ain
ldn't wished she had stayed IN New i'
un- because, besides her unpleasant io'
sake. that Thanksgiving dinner 1haoe
sake. much work. >
nnlc. Itwas Minnie, do this, and ~
would ME. do that" till l was nearly
ity to ont. There's one thing certain
ntry. Aunt Grace hadn't been the!
They wouldn't have stood mamma MAJ
Lane , such a slave of me. l had 10
nd his raisins and beat eggs and slft Hour
live wash currants and cut citron, and
day Aunt Grace got lot Oh er'
dishes together and made me
them! Ugh!
= All of our relations came to dinne
Thanksgiving day, and some Oh
- came the day before and s'ayeu
night. Mamma said cousin
II would have to sleep wlth ioo' aho
Il After we went TO bed Toot W.
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