Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-11-19

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| But Uncle Jack said: See here,
loot. I've foun d some peanuts in my
pocket And she went to get them.
| Aunt Grace looked at me real sharp
and felt uncomfortable loot always
spoils everything. l do wish she wasn't
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 at grandma for say
| ing that. but l 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 1 heard them, l found out
something didn't know before. When
Aunt Grace and Uncle Jack We're 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!' dldn
| 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
a carriage: so | 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"
never read 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 a long time about the
match, but couldn't think of any way
to manage it. But Lille said if l kept
my 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. bat 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, Toot?" said
mamma, looking frightened
why, mamma, didn't Mrs. Brown
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 q 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 | 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 hel
again? And do think Aunt Grace has
the most unpleasant way of looking al
me sometimes. Some days l almost
wished she had stayed in New York
because, besides her unpleasant looks
that Thanksgiving dinner made sc
much work
= 1t was Minnie, do this and Min
ME, do that" till l was nearly worr
" out There's one thing certain, i
Il Aunt Grace hadn't been there
/ wouldn't have stood mammals making
Io1 70 POW
raisins and beat eggs and sift flour ant
= wash currants and cut citron, and one
i day Aunt Grace got lot of greasy
> dishes together and made me wasl
them, Ugh.
a All of our relations came to dinner OF
Thanksgiving day. and some of then
came the day before and stayed al
: night. Mamma said Cousin Kitty
would have to sleep with loot and me
;, After we went to bed loot was 81
still / thought she was asleep, so tol'
% Kitty all about the match l was tryins
= to make She thought it was splen
' did idea. and said she would help me
{ Our table looked lovely Thanksgiving
Is day. Mamma bought a new table
{ cloth and napkins and some new dishes
y Aunt Mary brought lot of flowers
and we picked all we had on our house
e plants and put them in our glass pitch
x ers on the table, and we had all o
grandma'S silver.
u Mamma told loot she mustn't talk
and she said she wouldn't and she did
l, MT until we were half through dinner
n then she looked at Aunt Grace AM
- said: Aunt Grace, l wish you woul'
III stay hundred years.!
l. do you. dear?" Aunt Grace said.
.sYes, cause we can ford so man.
things when you're here. | don't spos
we could have 'forded this tableclot
and napkins and these dishes if yo
hadn't been here. Nor this turkey
: And prob'ly grandma wouldn't hav
let us take her silver if we hadn't hat
comply"
Papa said foot. here's anothe
slice of turkey for you and every
I body began talking about something.
- She didn't say any more till the,
were passing the pudding around
Then she said: Mamma. will we hav
plum-pudding at the wedding?" TIL
minute she said that, knew what wa
coming. and thought | should die.
What wedding:" asked mamma
"Why, when Aunt Grace and incl
Jack get married. / s'pose that will b
the next thing we will have to see tc
/ didn't know they tended to be maj