The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-03-28
AUNT POLLY.
NunIY Vars.

otherwise, Tor did not most people love
Aunt Polly?
True there were some, and a good
many Of them, who used to say, GLOW
peculiar, What an oddity,"
Such curosity' And so she was.
all of it, but her worst enemy never
said she was not kind and generous to
Il fault, with heart as big as her great
big body; not like most hearts that ac-
commodatc but limited number Of
select, or selected, people. 'lcr~ wa>
IL vcrtablc indiarubbcr sack that could
hold all the world if need he, high and
low rich and poor, great and Snall
She could take them all In. l.p matter
how many came. there va alway>
room for more.
Dear. how IT, lair Of her aristo-
cratic family u,nl to stand OH end
when they >lw her hob nobbing with
the butcher, the baker, the candlcstick-
maker but Polly simply could not
help it, Their blue blood would al.
most freeze in their veins when as
was often the casc-thcy would en-
counter in some public place or upon
some festive occasion Polly surround
cd by the riff raft and hoi i-polloi but
they knew they couldn't stop it, so
they never tried.
She had pony carriage Of her own
and it was sight to behold it jogging
down the street, with Polly rubicund
countenancc in the midst, surrounded :,
overrun and cnvclopcd by sea Of
smaller faces. "Bob Short almost
as we'll known and beloved as his mis-
trcss, was prone to stop at. the sight Of
child so accustomed was he to have
take;.. aboard all the little craft they
passed.
Vas she married? ON, dear, no.!
She never had an offer that licard Of
at all events, marriage was not in her
line; she could not have endured the
trammcls Of domestic life and the con-
jugal harness would have been unbcar
able. She liked to go at good swing
ing pace Of her own when and where
she would; she was whole team in
herself and needed no mate.
Energetic TO degree, she had a fac
ulty for making other people work and
do her bidding-it was trait that
rather run in her family y-but they
never resented it, in fact the; rather
liked it.
She was too unwcildy for violent cx-
ertion and can picture her now,
seated beside little table and sur
rounded by all her paraphcrnalia
oranges in process of exquisite cary
ing heapcd around hcr-for she was an
adept at this delicate art and made n
comfortable living by it for many
years; or dainty candies in course Of
construction or preparation for market,
for in this she also cxccllcd. Nowon-
der the children loved to hover round
to wait upon her and run on crrands,
obtaining by way Of reward smile Of
commendation and-a gcrape from the
candy bowl.
And so generous was dear old Polly
with her earnings and so alert to afford
pleasure.
On one occasion party of young
men and girls-with, Of course, a suit
able chaperon-wero planning trip
Of two weeks to the seaside. The
finances of my immediate family were
Just at their lowest ebb and We could
not even for moment consider an
expensive outing-but l was young
and loved pleasure and Polly knew it.
That was sufficient. a few modest
lines was all.
THE party leaves on such a day
get ready. All is arranged.
AUNT POLLY -
"All arranged, indeed. That meant
that l'olly's hard earned dollars were
to pay my share of the expenses and
procure for me the jollicst, hapricst,
brightest two weeks | ever spent in
my life. Did ! forget it? Shall
ever, this side Of the grave? begin
to think now that Polly's dollars were
we'll invested, though she never knew
it,
To return to the little table and its
owner seated beside it. Sometimes 8
the scene shifted and in place of the
oranges and candy there appeared a
book or two and one or more musical
instruments scattered carclcssly
around, 70: she was musical genius
in small way-not scientific, it is
truc-thc "scicntifics' would have