The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-22
Mrs. Sawyer's Quests.

(By May A. Barnes, 20, Saxtons River.)
The last tin of thinly rolled. creamy
cookies had Just been placed IN the
oven and they were powdered with
sugar, too, when Mrs. Sawyer, tired,
nervous and excited, seated herself by
the table, wiping her perspiring face
with the corner of her big gingham
apron. There, now, i did sprinkle
sugar over the tops o those last uns
and land knows why did such a thing.
1 s'pose twas cause all children like
things fancy, but I'd said afore !
wouidn Z do extra fur them twins. |
might Just es well es not own up thar
| don I like twins, and | do hate to
have Lucy Ann bring them youngsters
here to stay two whole weeks, l shall
be so worn out like. Now, when my
son David went a'courtin Lucy Ann
Morrison | said nary a word agin ~;
and if ] do say il es shouldn Z they did
look mighty smart like that frst las,
ter mornin' when they walked into
church together and / W an no wise
sorry to have him lead her straight up
to our own pew and there she sot so
demure and sweet, most like one OF
the lilies up on the pulpit Well, that
set folks a talkin' and they kept 1t
right up till the very day he led her
up TO the altar and the minister made
them man and wife. Now, | didn I
never find no fault with Lucy Ann,
but | will say that when ! lowed
David might es well have her es not l
never lowed on them twins. and call
il a piece of imposition fur them 10
trot them children in on me-. Now, "a
Their ain Z that way at all. l really DO
believe he is glad to have them come
and says he, Il kin just seem TO near
EN- calm granddaddy.' 1t has been
nowerful long time since we seed EN-
last and maybe-but, there, ! smell
them cookies. -
Mrs. SAWYER sat in the same old kitch.
en- chair by the window drying her
ewes with the corner of her apron. The
big farm wagon drawn by the old roam
horses had lust turned the corner from
her view.
uThere. now,n sobbed Mrs. Sawyer,
sit does seem just es if | hadn t seen
nothin' o. them twins fur Peter seem
ed always to have them about with
him. Twas powerful strange, how
they did stick together, and what q
shine they did take to him, but II
do say it they seemed a leetle fond
me. Now, that day l told them 20
watch while the puuulng was cuoHhH
outdoors to see that Thomas did not
cit at it they didn't mean anything
Bad by shutting him in the door by
his tail. They wanted q chance 10
play without mindin the pudding
Their grandpa couldn t even find 1t IN
his heart to scold them when one heid
his prize rooster onto the chopplng
block and the other cut his head on
with the axe. Of course, it wouldn :
have been right either, for they had
only seen him fghtin in the henyard
and they said he was too proud a pro
to be licked, so they just put HIM out VI
of the fight. 1t was so dear that day 1t
rained to see them dress the chairs up
in Peter s and my wedding fixin g, ana
another as minister an 60 through
the whole ceremony. We don't much
mind no havin any sweet corn cause
they said the cows liked it real well
when they cut it down that afternoon
the men were gone. They did like my
little pies and cakes and tarts SO well
and T. lest will not know how to 90
without them. 1t never USED to seem
so lonesomelike after jest David and
Lucy Ann had gone and, OF course, the
twins do make it different, but then,
everybody knows how al'ays did set
store by twins.