The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-27


like duchess
Eut the very day after she came she
washed the br.ai< fast dishes and dart "a
papa's socks and made loot an apron.
% common. ] should have been morti-
Ned % death 70 have had Lille Lana
see her DO such things. after all my dne
talk about her.
She said 70 me- u suppose you ere Z
great help 70 Jour mammal" ] said:
Yes. Aunt Grace. always do every
thing can - help mamma" l didn't
know loot 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 wca't do anything you
don't have 70. VIII she. Uncle Jack?'
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 felt uncomfortable. loot always
spcils everything do wish she WASH I
my sister. told mamma that night
was sure she'd spoil the Thanksgiving
party. Grandma said: If you would
stop trying to appear what you are not,
Minnie, you wouldn't Be afraid OF any
thing loot could say"
was provoked Ct grandma for say
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. found out
something didn't know before. When
Aunt Grace aud 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 70 visit
rs told Lille Lane about II. and
she said: s-How very romantic.~ didn't
know exactly what romanti. meant
but didn't say 50. for IL don't under
stand everything she tells me. she calls
me country pumpkin
i don't like Lille very well. but she
is the richest girl in school. and her
folks live in the city winters, and keep
: carriage; 50 I have her for my most
intimate friend
Lille said: why don't you try and
make 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 ron lovely
presents That's the way they do in
novels
never read novel-we don't have
them-but Lille has lots Of them. Her
mamma buys them and Lille steals
ehAwwx .n1 &~I. -. n
reads them on the sly. She tells me
about the lovely things she reads in
them and I'm crazy 70 get one and
read il for myself
We talked long time about the
match. but couldn't think OF any way
70 manage il But Lille said IL l kept
my eyes open something might happen
just right told Lille 70 be careful
what she said when loot was around.
or there would be trouble
Aunt Grace int nded to 20 home right
after Thanksgiving. and Lille said
had better do everything could to
please her and Uncle Jack. 30 I 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 Twas 50
provoked II her. One night at the tea
table she asked. al Of . sudden:
Mamma. do you think Minnie is going
to die?-
What do you mean. Toot?" said
mamma, looking frightened.
why. mamma. didn't MrA Brown
say Mr.. Brown met with . change be-
fore be died? and Minnie-s stopped be-
ing % lazy and disagreeable since
Aunt Grace came, and been 20 extreme
" good that thought perhaps she was
going to die. too Anyway, she's met
with change but there's room for
her 70 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 didn't Papa said:
Don't you want some moro peaches.
Toot2" and the peaches stopped her
mouth but didn't want 70 slap her
again? And do think Aunt Grace has
the most unpleasant way Of looking II
me sometimes Some days I almost
wished she had stayed in New York.
because. besides her unpleasant looks.
that Thanksgiving dinner made %
much work
II was minnie. do this and Min
ME. do that till was nearly worn
out There's one thing certain. IL
Aunt trace hadn't been there
wouldn't have stood mamms's making
such : slave OF me. / had TO stem
r.isins and beat eggs and sift -four 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 70 dinner on
Thanksgiving day. and some Of them
came the day before and stayed all
night Mamma said Cousin Kitty
would have 20 sleep with loot and me.
After We went 70 bed loot was 20
still thought she wss asleep 20 told
Kitty al about the match was trying
70 make She thought IL was : splen-
did idea and said she would help me.
Our table looked lovely Thanksgiving
day. Mamma bought > new table
cloth and napkins and some new dishcs
Aunt Mary broughta lot Of flowers.
and we picked al we had on our house
plants and put them In our glass pitch
rrs on the table. and we had AL Of