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

twisted herrclf behind thu chair. what
Lad she donc2 For the FIRST Time sne
realized wildly that she had nctualiy
given away what did not belong to her.
II will show you my cups" said Mrs.
Randall, rising. II have never seen any
like them. My father brought them
from Holland" She went - the cab
| met.
Patty quaked helplessly. What q
naughty girl she had been! What
would grandma sayp and, oh. the
ladiesi" She began to cry softly in
utter misery, behind the big chair.
Grandma put her hand confidently TO
the back of the cabinet. tnen drew "
back, perplexed.
"Why, this is strange" she began,
turning; and then she noticed Patty's
frightened, tear-stained fnce. Instantly
che remembered the child's quick start
and flush n moment before. What wns
wrong?
| But grandma's tact was unfailing.
They must be somewhere else she
said, quietly. ibid ever show yon this
Venetian glnssl" and the custard cups
were forgotten. Patty crept AWAY to
bed all by herself. 5''@.% 81
As soon as the last guest was gone,
| grandma came to Patty's room. The
nittle girl. wide awake and wretched,
popped up her head ms grandma en-
! tered. IT. p. II -
'.Now. my little one" she began, in
hergentle way, II want to henr all about
tile custard cups ....s i. fri
aOh, grandma! i have been such n
bad girl, !" sobbed Patty. kneeling up in
bed. and putting herarms around grand.
mas neck. Il truly thought you had
forgotten all about them" w..
but, my child, what II had forgot
ten, did that make IL right for you to
take away my thingsW '.<
no" walled Patty. "But thought
they we're so cunning. n i wanted TO
take one of them TO school to drink out
Of, stead Of that rusty old dipper. truly.
grandma" -"
"Why didn't you ask grandma for
something then, instead of going off
slyly with one of my eups?"
"Cause--r'cause"- Patty.
"Because you knew you ought not
carry one away without permission, and
you thought 1 would not give it," fin
ished Mrs. Randall, so gravely that Pat
ny disappeared under the bedclothes.
"Now tell me where they all are. be-
sides the one you gave Sarah Carter.
Are they broSen?"s;a.
t'No-o-tennyrate, don't b'lieve So"
came muffied and teary voice.
Patty! you don't mean to say you
have given them all away?"
NO." said Patty, her tumbled curls
emerging quickly. Il didn't give one
away" q r. e.. ...- p ....,e
How did Sarah get hers. thenP"
asked grandma, patiently.
II didn't give it to her-truly, didn't.
She buyed II of me--truly she did,
grandma, She gave me big piece of
slippery ei-lum bark" >.sY y "..,. I.
"Then you mean you sold them ali?
.'Yes'm. That isn't as bad as giving
them away, is it, grandma?" asked
Patty, anxiously.
II think it's n trifle worse, my DEAR"
said grandma, dryly. "Now how are
you going to buy them back?"
"Buy them back ?''gasped Patty.
"Certuinly. The cups are old and val
liable; but prize them more because
my father brought them TO me when !
was only i2 years old, Patty, because
hud learned to make custard, of which
he was very fond. have never broken
che Of them in all these GO years. 45@
''Oh, dear! oh, dear!'' sobbed Patty.
i've eaten up the slippery el-lum, and
the maple sugar, and I've lost the blue
glass beads, an left the folding-slate
outdoors and it'sall showed up, an /
can't find II, and Mac chewed up the
dolls hat that Julia gave me for hers,
and I've forgotten what the other things
are. oh, grandma. I've been the Daddest
girl ever have been!"
Then grandma gathered the forlorn
little bundle in her arms. and cannot
begin to tell you all the wise. kind
words she said 70 her penitent little
granddaughter.
Patty was Mortified beyond words
when grandma told her that what she
had done grown-up people called s,eal-
ing, and from that day she never
SO much as touched lump Of sugar
that did not belong 10 her.
Grandma went 10 the mothers of all
the little girls, and explained enough
of the situation TO them to get baclS her
cups. In each case she carried little
present, that the children might not
feel defrauded in what had been, to
them, at least. an honest bargain.
One cup had been broken, and an
other could not be accounted for but