River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-11-19

such n slave of me. had to stem
raisius and beat eggs and sift flour and
wash currantS and cut citrOn, and one
day Aunt Grace got a lot of greasy
dishes together and made me wash
them. [ gh.
All of our relations came to dinner on
Thanksgiving day, and some of them
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 SO
still I thought she was asleep, so | told
Kitty all about the match ! was trying
to make She Thought it was SPLEEN
did idea. and said size would help me.
Our table looked lovely Thanksgiving
day. Mamma bought a new table
cloth and napkins and some new dishes.
Aunt Mary brought lot of flowers,
aud we picked all we had on our house
plants and put them in our glass pitch
ers on the table, and we had all of
grandma's silver.
Mamma told Too she mu 5tn't talk,
and She said she wouldn't and she did
Mt until we were half through dinner,
then she looked at Aunt Grace and
said: Aunt Grace. | wish You would
stay hundred years
DO you. dear?" Aunt Grace said
Yes. cause we can ford 80 many
things when you're here. / don't s'pose
we could have 'forded this tablecloth
and napkins and these dishes il you
hadn't been here. Nor this turkey.
And prob'Iy grandma wouldn't have
D. 6 L.. L.
comp'ny.
Papa said: ''Toot, here's another
slice Of turkey for YOU and every
body began talking about something.
She didn't say any more til they
were passing the pudding around.
Then She said. Mamma. viii we have
plum-pudding At the wedding?' The
minute she said that. knew what was
coming. and thought | should die.
What weddinga' asked mamma.
why. when Aunt Grace and Uncle
Jack get married. >'pose that will he
the next thing we will have To see to.
didn't know they tended II be mar
ried I'll heard Minnie tell kittie last
night Aunt Grace. what makes you
and Uncle Jack look SO funny? Oh
dear, hope YOU amt got mad at each
other again and changed your mind
bout having the wedding. l shall b.
50 'spointed If we don't have il
Kitty saws people jump over the broom
stick when they get married. and |
want 70 see Aunt Grace jump | never
saw Tat woman jump bu, know
should Just JOY it. Won't she look aw-
full queer. ncle Jack"
Mamma told loot to stop two ~
three times hut She didn't pay any at
tentiou TO her but went right on. Papa
laughed 50 he couldr't say anything
Everyone laughed but Aunt trace and
Uncle Jack. and mamma and me.
never saw mamma so angry before.
She got mp from the table and took
loot in her arm, To carry her out of
the room. loot screamed and kicked
and one Of her feet hit Uncle Thomas
ON the head and knocked his glasses
of. They struck goblet a. they fell
and broke. lie tried TO catch them
ana tipped over dish of gravy on the
tablecloth. and lot of il ran down in
Aunt Martha's lap ON her new silk
dress.
Mamma took loot upstairs and shut
her in a closet. and guess she whipped
her.
All the folks but Aunt Grace and
Uncle Jack tried 10 help Aunt Martha
get the gravy off her dress. They
both started 10 20 out of the room.
-ncle Jack went into the hall Amt
Grace intended To go To the sitting
room. but she male a mistake and
went into the china closet TIE doors
are close together. She shut the door
and couldn't open il and had To 20 out
the other door that opens under the
stairs in the hall Uncle Jack was in
the hall and they went into the parlor
together, and shut the door right in
my face a. l was going in too.
I went back ~ the dining-room and
told how rude they were, and they all
looked AZ each other and seemed
pleased. all but Uncle Thomas and
Aunt Martha
No one ate any more dinner and
everybody wanted loot 10 come down
stairs. 30 papa wc1e up and got her
l never saw ~1ch a looking child Her
face was red and tear-stained. And
when mamma picked her up 50 quickly
she dropped a spoonful of cranberry
lei that she was eating on her pink
cashmere dress and made big spot on
e front Of i, and she had kicked the