Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-11-02

~ if twas me, Id tell her it was
all mistake in the first place.
an that was the hull on 1t.
But la. You might as we'll talk to the
wind as to talk to brother john, when
his minds sot on anything
Mrs. Thistlegrow. or Aunt. ROdilia
as the neighbOrs called her, shook her
head gravely, as she sat down to peel
the potatoes for dinner.
AN here l am. with my lame back
a-gittin' lamer every day. an no help
TO he had, fur love nor money. Brother
John a-comin home. too, an what |
an a-gOin' to do with such a sister-in-
law as Serena Saxon. | can't see. So
TO think of him a-marryin' Il girl that
can't hardly cook a pertato decent
Them SaxonS is all q shif-less set, but
Serena is the if-lessest one of the
hull lof: an it does rifle me a heap to
think of her a-marryin' John, an
a-comin' here to he mistress of the ole
place. A fine housekeeper she'll be,
an pretty mess she'll make in this
kitchen. that I've allus tuck secb pains
with.
And the tears almost stood in Mrs.
ThistlcgrOw's eyes. as she glanced
around the roomy kitchen, which. i'll
decd. gave evidence of her thrift and
management
The spCcklCSs window pancs through
which the faintest ray of sunshine
found easy ingress; the long kitchen
table, White with its weekly securing;
the bright array of pots and pans, and
the polished china and glassware, ar
ranged on the spotless shelves of the
tall, old ktchcn-dresscr-all told of
careful industry and housewifely
Thrift.
Mrs. ThiStlegrow sighed as she
looked around, and thought of the
changes that would soon be made in
the tidy apartment.
Il wouldn't mind John agittin' mar
ri6d," she continued, "ef twas only to
somebody smart an capable; fur what
with the rheumatic in my back an
that spell OF agcr | he'd in the fall. |
amt hone too able to git about no.
how.
But 20 think of Serena Saxon
a-trappin' him like she did, purtendin
TO take him in arrest when he was
only Albumin Ill the time. 1t can't
be helped, though. now. I spose. an
l must try TO git some help afore John
comes. JhcTc'll be Il heap O cOOkin
10 do. an Of course Serena won't offer
% help. She'd only be in the way
J n clutter u2 the kitchen. eff she did.
must gil Squire Brown 10 put an
lrcrtiscment in the paper fer me"
Yen don't look none TO chirk," said
mt l;odilla, critically scanning the
lie face OF till girl before her
i'll with silky coils of bronze gold
"nd eyes The color of wild forget
o;S. But you fain't been sick.
ay, and mebbe you'd do. Hain't
but have done homework at
an think ! could suit you"
ink so, too" declared Aunt Ro-
eartily. But you hain't told
name yet"
Bella-Bella Bittersweet,"
lje girl. looking wonderfully
Aunt Rodilla thought, with
piles indentinG the fair checks,
ch u faint. blooming flush
ed, frightening their delicate
lell bella. i snail be glad
IL, know. There's heaps
eanin' to do. fur I'm eX
brother John home every
D be married. An there's
nd lemOn-tarts to be made
T. An we might as well
pc Jelly rolls while we're
pther John used to be on
of ielly-rOll"
ISIS Serena Saxon walked
I'm one day, as she fire.
In the air Of proprietor.
Chilly at the fair-faced
hisking eggs. with up
owing a pair of white,
|uch as the Medician
light have envied.
ou've got Il hired
Serena. turning to
superciliOus smile
eyes. and at the
sharp, thin-lipped
ink" retorted Mrs.
PITY. with the
X, an all the trou-
FOR John----'
lie trouble long,
Saxon. cOmpla-
soon be the mis-
you pay your
'ried Aunt R0-
the hail. Miss