The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-02
GRANDNA'S CUsTARD CUPS


Patsy regarded Wait TO grandmam-
ma an little glimpse into Paradise. Al
hcsssc there was such y fcck of children.
OF whom shc waa middle man." that II
WIS delightful to be the only little one
in the large house, and have all her
grandparents attention conferred upon
her.
9randmamma had fascinating
home, with it's wide, central hall and
great rooms. Her father had been a
sea captain, and the whole place was
4 full Of curious furniture, piles of won
derfn seashells and great branches Of
coral Queer, stuffed birds peered
down from tall cabinets; feathcry dried
grasses. from South America, nodded
in stately blue jars; quaint japanese
curiosities and odd Chinese toys, won
derfni music boxes, and tables that took
NIL apart, carvings and screws and dark,
rich hangings--au these made the
great, dim parlor, especially, dream
Of strange deiights to six-year-oid
Patty.
She was dainty, careful little body,
so no one ever felt obliged to say TO her:
known to break or injure anything,
therefore she was allowed to handle
anything she liked. and she always re-
placed things exactly as she found
them.
This winter Patty had not been very
well, and the doctor advised sending
her TO the country for six months.
Grandma was quite as delighted to have
her little pet granddaughter as Patty
was TO go.
One of her chief amusements was to
go, with an older cousin, who lived
near, to the little district school, which
was very new experience after her city
kindergarten. 1t was quite walk
from grandma's to the little brown
schoolhouse, so the children carried
their luncheons and ate them, picnic
fashion, clustering around the rusty
box stove. This was the widest ex-
element for Patty, for grandma put
her up such dainty little luncheons, and
1t seemed so grown up to start off with
her primer tucked under her arm, and
her little wicker basket firmly grasped
In her hand.
One day when grandma was out,
Patty, being alone, went roaming
around the parlors for amusement.
She listened at the seashells, and dec
GRATED herself with the strings of queer
bonds which lay heaped up in cabinet.
she set all the music boxes going at
once. She played with the carved
chessnen and slowed them all away
again in their quaint little box of sweet
amelling wood. Then she wandered
over TO wide, low cabinet, decorated
with carved dragons and griffins.
She opened the lower doors and sat
down before them. The shelves were
Allied with china; cups and saucers like
eggshclls; cut-glass dishes, flashing
back the light; all rare, curious of wall
uable. Patty was more or less familiar
with these, for they always decorated
the table on state occasions, so she
pushed them aside with gentle fingers
10 see what might be behind them. She
knew grandma would allow her to in
vestigate In this way. for she was al
ways careful.
"Oh, OIL" cried Patty, presently. In
the course of her explorations. II don't
b,iieve grandma knows she has these
I've never. never seen them before"
She had discovered, in distant cor
Eer, set of queer little cups without
saucers. They were of brown, glazed
ware, with wreath of pink rosebu,ls
around them. The shape WINS very
graceful, with twisted handles on each.
side
''now beau-tifrll" sighed Patty, In
admiration, drawing one out "What
cunning little handlesl I'd like to drink
out OF it."
They were really little cups for bsk-
Ing custards in; but as grandma hnu
another SET. which she preferred 10
use, she had no occasion to get these
out.
Patty surveyed the cup on all sides.
"How nice it would be to take 70
school 10 drink out of, instead of that
old tin dipper." she thought. suddenly.
~ don't b'licve grandma would mind.
1'll Just ask her when she comes home.
Patty put the other things back In
9hcir places, and carried the little cup
60 her room, instead OF putting it back
IN she should have done. Then she ran
down TO the sunny kitchen. where
good-natured Roxy was always ready
10 talk TO her and tell her stories. When
grandIna came home. the little girl had
quite forgotten all about the cup.
The next morning, however, when
she ran to get her things ON for school.
she suddenly remembered IL. and took