Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-23

Jane. done sot OAR ar hen dis
mornin'."
Not in the least abashed, Chloe Ann
bounced out of her chair and clapped
her hands, declaring that she knew
"zaclkly wat ter put in de inside o.
dat aig. an she shouldn't as nobody,
kase dey was all b'longin' ter her."
''You'se boun' ter speckerlate fud-
der'n dat. chile" said Aunt Deb. dat
aig's 'bleeged ter have mon insides.
Go long an do some o. yo' flourishin'
roun' de wood pile. After tea well
set roun' de stove an projec' bout
dat 'riginal aig."
1t was after 10 o'clock when Aunt
before the fire.
"An' after all dis 'spectin' an con-
tendin'," said Aunt Deb despondently,
1--WE amt make out ter kiver dat aig!
kin AK Miss Cole fer de ole boxes
you'll git yo' pas'boa'd outen dem
an like 'nough she'll gimme de strong
wife muslin. But dunno wat you
gwine ter do for de outside"
"Don' you be troubled in yo' min
bout dat, Aunt Deb. Law! Use boun'
ter fin kivering' fer dat aig. 'Taint
gwine out in dc world naked, cert'n
sho'. I amt nebber got lef' behime
yit, Aunt Deb!"
With this cheering assurance Chloe
Ann jumped into bed, and was soon
fast asleep.
Aunt Deb spoke truly when she said
that the girl was "clar grit" Until
the last eighteen months of her life
she had always been lifted and over
worked. When she was IL years old
her sickly mother became u helpless
invalid, and upon Chloe Ann were laid
burdens far too heavy for one SO
young.
Many n time she lay awake all night
with hunger that the mother might
not suffer. Many time she stood be-
tween her drunken father and her
mothers bedside. warding off the
blows Intended for the sick woman,
and receiving them at last upon her
own shoulders.
When the mother died, two years
later, and her father declined to sup
port her, Chloe Ann begged and
worked her way from Georgia to a
small town in Pennsylvania where
Aunt Deb lived. Her aunt had sent
money TO pay the cost of the journey,
but the father had discovered it and
gained possession of it.
The poor child could neither read
nor write when she entered the village
school; but being 'clar grit" she
ignored the ridicule of the little chill
dren with whom she war obliged to re-
cite, and worked with oil her might to
make up for lost time.
MIS- Dodd, wealthy and benevo-
lent woman, was at this time greatly
interested in raising funds for the or
plan asylum which she had been the
means of starting in the village. She
conceived tho idea of interesting the
schoolgirls in the enterprise, and pro-
posed that they should have an exhi-
bition of Easter eggs of their own in
vention.
She would give prize of $40 for the
most singular and unusual production.
Ten cents admission fee should be
asked at the door The ladies should
provide refreshments, and after the
committee had decided on the most
original egg" there should be a grand
sale of the eggs for the benefit of the
asylum.
The teacher permitted the girls 10
interest themselves in 50 deserving a
cause, and presently the whole village
became very much interested in the
Exhibition"
No one was more thoroughly ex.
cited than Chloe Ann. She talked
about eggs-sho dreamed eggs. Her
hope md courage never failed, not
even when it lacked only four days OF
the appointed time, and her egg was
still without an outside.
Aunt Deb was not so san guine, and
expressed her surprise at Chloe AIMS
chcerfulness
Law, Aunt Debt Amt brung MP
long o. triberlations? Amt / alters
made out to fetch up at de head? Use
gwine out dis minute ter 'vestergate
de store winders. ;'Spec' I'll 'slxivvcr
sump'n TO comes home"
So saying, Chloe Ann put on her hat
and shawl and started off, singing in a
high key:
Hump yo'sef ter de load an forget de
distress,
An dem wat STAINS by ter scott;
Fer de harder de pullin' de longer de res,
An de bigger de feed I'm de trouQhf