The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-19

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The loaf was thoroughly done.
And can go to Jessie Wells this
afternoon, can't L? You promised"
mo, Martha, didn't quite promise"
''Bat L ran every step of the way,
1ndeed L did, auntie: and l made all
the beds and busted"
There was tremor in Martha Park
Gr's voice, and the tears came almost
unto her eyes.
IN tell you at noon. There, it is
len minutes to nine, and YOU will be
late TO school If you do not start this
instant"
"But, Aunt Patty"
"If you stop for another word, you
cannot so at all. How often have
told you about answering back?"
Martha picked up her two books
and whirled herself out of the door
like tornado, without a word of
good ,"nrning.
''The cross old thingr' she half
sobbed, as she went cut of hearing
''She never does let me do anything!
may try and try, and it doesn't amount
tO-a row of pins. And if l can't go
10 that croquet party I'll be just as
bad as ever can be-"
1 think Martha commenced right
away. she climbed over the fence
and ran down into the lot for an apple
and what with that and the eating of
1t she was late for school.
My aunt sent me to do an errand"
she said to Miss Lewis.
We'll, You must bring a note, then,
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stand that school begins promptly ut
/nfne'
That made Martha still more cross.
She slammed the lid Of her desk and
then hurried out to take her place in
her class. 1t was spelling, and the
very first word she missed, and had
TO so down one. And then she didn't
care i'll real good earnest, and she
was Il very troublesome child until
twelve o'clock
When she went home to dinner she
found Grandma Fields sitting by the
open window in Aunt Patty'S tidy
Kitchen. Now Grandma Fields really
was not grandmother to anybody, but
she was old and sweet and pretty,
with wrinklcd face and snow white
1T was made in the fashion Of her
young days, had almost come round
again. 1t was gored, plain waistcd,
and with coat sleeves: but it had no
rufiies nor bugles. Then she had a
silverJ .colored kerchicf crossed over
her bosom, and a white lawn cap. and
altogether she was as attractive look
ing as any grandmother you would
wish to see. She had not relation
in the world, and yet evcrybody's
house was open to her, and she visited
about. sewing and knitting and darn.
ing, and sometimes taking care of sick
people. She was seventy, but she did
not seem old. There was always a
great stack of invitations ahead of
her, and two months ago Miss Patty
Parker had sent for her.
~ 'Shc does so enjoy harvest apples, 4"
said Miss Patty $50 let us have her
here right iii the first of them. And ii
VIII give me n good start with all the
clothes and bedding and stockings"
n Aunt Patty kept house for her
brother, Mr.. Nathan Parker. He was
very comfortable farmer, n widowcr
with three boys and one girl. A very
/. clean, orderly, upright woman was
Aunt Patty, but somehow
Nathan was so careless, so dlatory.
I've children were needles, impcrtnent
:. and, try her best, she never could
- Ike anything of them. She worked
very hard, and she used to get very
much discouraged. This was her side
OF the story
Farmer Parker came in delighted 10
see the placid, cheerful face of his
guest Did I tell you she was a
Quaker? Well, she was, through there
was no Friends meeting within twenty
miles, so it wasn't her Sunday church.
going that kept her in such a TRANQUIL
state.
Behind the farmer came his eldest
son, George, about seventeen. He had
been to the mill and the store that
morning, and put down the basket
Aunt Patty began to unpack at once
"Will that calico do? The other was
all sold. This is the same pattern
but it has pink flower instead OF O
lilac. I like 1t better"
at doesn't look like good wash
pink" and Aunt Patty viewed it crit
3cally.
"But 1t was for my bed, and /
liked IT," said George, with dcpre
eating effort to smooth matters over.
"And it is not as good quality. II
you can't do just what you are told
you had better do nothing. And yor
didn't get lemon extract~ taking up {
bottle.
"You said I might get lemon OF
Tanilla-TOm begged for vanilla"
"As IL Toms wants were to rule thu
household"
"And here is q whisk broom. 70,
were saying that you needed one, yol
2 know"
But what made you get red one
I h9v told you several times, George
thg y een whlsks were always tht
Z" PIN Ind there was not the slightes
q spiN5out 1T. would rather hav,
HosetI 1t myself"
And SD Aunt Patty went through
ae purchases. Nothing quite suited