The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-10-19

sand years old. they wore on her So
they upset so the perfect order OF her
wonderfully kept house. And yet they
did their best not to wear on her. by
keeping away from her as much as
possible. They never went home from
school until 1t was actually supper.
time, and always played In our yard,
not their own.
The result was that Aunt Emily was
left quite TO herself in a Sahara des-
ert of lonely housekeeping and des-
perate economies with the poor pit
lance which was all that Uncle
Charles could earn. Her thin face
grew grim and dark. as she mended
and patched and turned and dyed and
performed miracles ON tough necks of
mutton and cheap curtain materials.
All of it she did with superlative skill
but burning and raging inwardly (and
many times not so very inwardly)
against the necessity of doing ii at all,
and crying out bitterly with many fits
of historical tears that she was killing
herself for her family, and nobody
gave her bit of credit for it.
Oh. yes, everybody lodged when
Aunt Emily hove In view, father as
much as the rest, in spite of all his ex-
tenuations. Whenever we did have 10
/ go there on unavoidable errands, we
children would stand in the doorway,
and assure her volubly that we
| couldn't come in, because our feet
were muddy. This brought about the
| desired result of being told severely
TO hurry along then, and not get the
| whole house cold, with that door stand.
ing open.
Then came the climax in their mis-
fortunes. as If they were not already
sufficiently singled out for misery.
| Uncle Charles fell on the stairs, and
hurt himself terribly, threw several
vertebrate out of position, l believe, so
! that he lay almost wholly paralyzed
from the waist down. And not penny
| of savings to pay the doctor. not even
! for the grocer's bill at the end of the
\ month 1t was disaster, absolute black,
irreparable disaster, Aunt Emily was
| stunned into silence, dreadful gray
silence, as of some one whose grudge
against fate is rising to mania. l re-
member hearing father say 10 mother,
after he came back from his turn at
| spending a night of care for Uncle
| Charles, I'm afraid OF the woman, |
| positively am. She looks as though
! she'd go mad" We'll, it's not out OF
! sympathy for her poor husband, that's
| sure" mother answered acidly.
What do YOU suppose was the result
| of that terrific accumulation of emo
ton In Aunt Emily? What was the
| momentous, tremendous decision to
reach which. In 1885, II was necessary
| for her to rise TO that pitch of frenzy
| Why nothing more nor less than this
and in those days It was de.
cision both momentous and tremen-
dous for any married woman with chill
| dren She put on her bonnet.
| yes. bonnet. II was In the last days of
bonnets. when only young girls wore
| hats and marched down town
| to ask for work In Emery's Emporium.
/ She got 1t, Of course Even II II had
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