The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26
The Old Woman's Boarders.

Once there were three little sisters
named Matte Patty and Frue. They
loved each other dearly and played
together happily
But one winter Matte and Patty
had scarlet fever and SO Prus had
Ito go from home. She went to
Great-Aurt AIMS,
Great-Aunt Ann had thin, straight.
red hair--but what tsysted cookies
lsne always kept on .hand! aier
nose was ra<1eg unshapely--but how
/ good natured,y She looked at naughty
children. Her gowns were scant and
plain~-bat She knew dozens and dog
ems q stories
! So when Nursey told Prue that she
was 70 SIT still, ana not fdget while
her hair vas brushed, because she
was going on the next train to Great
Aunt AIMS. she clapped her hands.
4 "Goody," cried she.
/ And that very night at bedtime
/ Great-Aunt Ann cuddled Prue in her
arms, and told her the story OF THE
i Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe,
and How she Took Boarders."
You won't leave out any, darling
/ GreatAunt Ann. will you?" asked
Prue, pattlng Great-Aunt AIMS thin
cheek,
Not a word. Once upon a time
{ tiEcL " - G4j oyG WOMAN VINO tNEI IN
the oldest house YOU ever saw. At
first II had been built with rounded
lends. Then. as more dear little boys
and girls were born into the family,
i n large back room was built on And
finally. when small front porch was
added. the cid ,woman's house looked
for all tho world. exactly like a
shoe
( BY this time she really didn't know
what to do, because she had so many
children, and children have to be-
fed. And where was sss rronev "a
come from? You can't expect chill
| dren to live on bread and potatoes.
I Grown-ups might. but YOU see chill
dren need n number of things-plun1-
buildings Jack Horner could tell you
I that, tarts or a Sunday, and now and
then barley candy.
/ So the old woman sat ~erselr down
to think. And the upshot OF her
/ thinking was that she decided TO take
( ooarders. She at once put ont a sign
fastening 1t TO the blue pump handle
/ in her front yard, where IL might
i.east!y ee s-een by ali ~ayfarers stop
ping for a drink. The notice read;
"po BOARD HERE.
II Am Used to Children.
Gum Drops Served at 4:1o Every AZ
/ ternoon."
Why the hoarders came by skies
and seVens' But the old woman was
very careful about what sort OF folks
should live In the Shoe as 1t was
called.
/ Now It happened that one day the
old woman's niece. Dary- Down DIZZY.
game up 10 town. in "A fine petticoat
ana green gown. She wanted to
visit the theatres. but there WASH I
| a thing going on. She went to all
the shops, and bought, among other
things, an Easter bonnet. and three
eighths of yard of yellow silk, with
which TO mend her fine pettieoat. But
time hung heavy
such dizziness" sighed DaYv-
Down Oily. 81 believe ~ run out
to aunts. and see how she gets on
with her hoarders. Bobby Shaftoe
wrote m letter all praise of her
mullins
So Daffy- Town ~Dlffy started or.
Her way. after she had left town.
led up Primrose Hill, and Primrose
Hill was dirty. There she met a
pretty miss. who dropped her a
courtesy.
"'Can you tell me the road 10 the
tOid Woman Who Lives In a Shoer'
asked Daffy- Down Oily.
Why. replied the pretty miss,
there was an old woman who lived
under the Hill. and IL she's not gone
| she lives there still. Baked apples
she sold. and cranberry pies, and
she's the old woman that never told
lies
"'Of course she didn't, said Dafry-
Down Oily. quite angrily. She hurried
on and soon came TO her aunt's house
There sat the old woman In the
front porch. with all her children
about her; but not n boarder was N
be seen.
How do you like taking boarders
aunt% asked Daffy- Down billy. taking
of her yellow bonnet, and kissing the
five youngest children.
Very much said the old woman
Such a useful experience"
but where are the boarderse asked
her niece. peering In at the open door
4 They've all left, said the old WON
an. quite cheerfully.
| But-but'--began the niece