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GENERAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY !
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National Opinion.
VOLUME I.
A tlllkK.illT lll.t.
Tin' nutlmr ip if the fullowiiiK lirmuifnl
hymn of tntst in unknown. Ir, win l.iuntl
t it'ii Hiiril up in a huiulfii' cottage in hul&ml :
III thr mill iii'l'l- nf tin' vnie.-l.'.. liiylit.
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In tiiki-n uf uicii ijiati'il ill.
lv Im-'iiii laki - mi IhtiI uf what it is
Sinri' 'ti Tiiv will.
Kitr ! in -i-U" "1" pa-t awl prison! rart.
I ir ii n v t liinu bi-Miili. Imn juyfiilly .
1'asnrii that HlmiiNt 4'ilitni'y hour,
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M:iiitii'ian is al'mnt to
and -'"t."
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A wig thiit won t t-tay in place
Scliles w i"1.
dace
A ilrink
WW i;i water.
Military nun
for
a seumsiress-
do not make very
ei il aatiioi i;n-s.
I ;
America r.i catt'e plague tin
1 j it
price et licet.
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and
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th
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ay to tie
: ill dose
it tin cholera
of contempt.
give
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ill
since
horse
to eiitiaj
In s!i.
'lrll i tile lie
u'i ell by it juM
-t
acre ol
of the
('OIIIImcI
peace
I 'eaec.
My d";ir'' an cpr
I ;. man ;;in! wife at t lie
an n! ul a (p'.arrcl.
essioii used
commence-
wllo Wlites
is ;ui Ohio
Pel I'Oll '.illl '
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editor Mimed iaieUe.
Tii viileiiee lias contributed s'-'d.-mid
for flu- Portland Suil'erers
l'ro ideiice is cry Und.
Some people ait- always siehing
and weepiii'i'. They make the Voyage
(.!' life u tr!i),iii;,t, voyage.
An ( .change says -a league of
lliiimr is bciusj t'oriiii'd in X'irginia."
They need one had eliniieh.
W o .i'i b ri ink t make friends
ith ii mute ; he o!!nr day. but he
t tin ii i ! a licit' carlo ail our advances,
A nobleman. I.onl .lames Puiler,
is milkman in Oliisgo-v, Scotiand.
lie isii canny fellow, no doubt.
.lersey lightning will hereafter be
known a nee lle gun whisky.
An Alabama negress recently
iro,liieeil tour children iit one birth.
She is doiinr well, and rob;ibly
won't ever do any better.
Why are persons who despise
' countrymen" and those who love
country M-ciics exactly alike? Pe
caus" i hey are Imtli ru-t ic(h):iters.
If you iire looking al a picture,
you t iv to give i; the advantage of
il g.md IUUI.
your fellow b
pict lire.
A nosegay
I'o. ir braiidv
as emu icons to
;i vnd are to n
is easily obtained.
toddies ;i day for il
couple of months will put you in l he
way o one that will astonish all
your friends.
The Trilniiir recommends that fires
be built on every hill t p. It speaks
liguiiitively we presume, but then
it is milking light of the country,
nevertheless !
j Whenever yon meet a man or wo-
man who is ashamed to be caught at
any res eclaitle employment, it
sign there is a very tender
soinew hereabout the brain.
is a
spot
1 ainiy 1 't in says flu
delight in picking the
men take
women to
pieces. I,sr!iniii:
Tiui' enough," Fanny. The eoni
poueiil part sol' a modern lady af
ford a study for us men in which
almost every branch of science ami
manufacture are represented.
-m
A (lA.tr. oi- Pokui!" in Cam
PoitNiv. Four persons had seated
themselves in the mines to play a
game of poker the unto, as n sub.
slitule for inoiiev, being a handful I ln' school ideas, ami nil the high
ol' gold dust. They continued play- l''d refinement of my father und
ii"-' for sometime without either side bint hers, pose up in defiance of the
winning much. At length, one of title. Willis, however, saw only a
the parly, who had a good liand. 'bie. stiilwiirt tanner, with a good,
went a handful "better." I honest Mace, ami a hearty, cheery
" I see that. and L-o a noi 1u.iri.rr I Miiee. und W illis said :
cried out another, who also had a
si rung mum.
" I see thai." responded Ihe first,
and go a (fittirt better !"
"Well, I see that, und go n gnlhw
bctlcr," said the other.
This 'nther disconcerted his nd
vcrsary for it inoiiicnt, us it " over
sl.ed his pile." Hut confident in the
superior strenglli of his hand, he
collect! d together all the gold dust
lie had left, and putting it usjde,
eooly ictn irkcd to one of his coin
piuilims: "Here, .1 i it, watch my
pile until t go out and dig enough fo
call him:"
HUADFOHI), VERMONT, FIMUY, SEPTEMBER U 1 8f(.
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11 V AMY OKA HAM.
' Do vnu wiin I to go r risked un
father, holding the invitation poised
upon Lis out -spread fingers.
'Of course she does,' said my
youngest brother, Will, laughing;
girls always want to go!'
1 ilid want to accept that invita
tion, so I did not dispute Will's as
sertion. There was something very
tempting, to a city-bred girl just re
leased tnuu boarding school, in an
invitation to spend some weeks in a
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eouiiirv larm-uousi', ami, auocu ro
this, there was still another induce-
ment, to Tttiow'nvTainit Fanny,
i I was mot herfrss from my very
. , in1;i!icy, and 1 had never known my
i relatives on my mother's side. My
I father had married very younyr. the
jmolher of his four boys, and had
been left a widower when Will whs
! two years old; fur five vcars he
j mourned truly the wife of nisvoiith.
I then lie married a young girl who
j was visiting one of las friends, and
! in one short year
ing me it pale.
she too died, leav
sickly baity. My
nurse was succeedeil Pv my school
mistress, tiud I w;is not at home, ex
cept for a few short weeks in the
sninmer holidays, until I had com-
plctcd my seventeenth year, when 1
I came iiome to remain; my father
i providing 'misters iu music and lan
jgunges. that. 1 might not lose my
time. And now, in the litst nioiitii
of this home-life. ciiine an invitation
from an unknown Aunt l'annv, who
claimed to be my mother
oldest
siier. ami wisued to have a visit
from her niece. The letter w as dated
I avy 's t 'oi ucr. ami I was directed
to si ml word to Wtiodtown, and 1
should lind tin-re an eseo t to my
aunt's t'iii m. My father debated the
matter for some minutes, then look
ed at my pale cheeks, ami no doubt
sent ;i loving liiemiirv to my mother
which opened his heart to her sister,
and .-aid :
Puck up, then ; when can you
be ready V
1 'On .Monday; but am I to go
: aloi.e ;'
No ; Willis shall take you.'
i Y iilis was my father's old eonli
ilentia! clerk, who had escorted me
o and from school in all my holiday
trips, so 1 was quite prepared for
this answer, and proceeded to pack
up immediately. My four brothers,
whose pet illiil plaything I had been
; iii all our holidays, were loud in
! their complaints at such ' shabby
treatment:" but the country and that
i unknown aunt were too tempting to
i be l'l'si- ted, and I persisted iu my
resolve to go to 1 law's Corner. The
Housekeeper Who
father since his
packed up cakes
en. I. to main;.:
had lived w ith my
first widowhooil,
ami .sandwiches
n ;i garrison in a
state ol siege, and had a breakfast
that was ii treat for an epicure ready
for me when I came down on Mon
day ninr.iinu dressed for my journey.
Father filled inv porte mouiiaie iiliei
ally, kissci
I llie
warmlv, and exact
ed ;i promise of frequent letters,
and then, Willis hinting at the vir
tue of punctuality for a railway
.journey, I left the fin t.,11. manly
figures standing oti the steps, while
I drove o!V. hi'"" doubtful already
about my antii'ipa -d pleasure.
The journey was an eventful one.
and on ihe afternoon of the second
day we came to the lii tie station at
Woodtown. Willis hud declined
to remain there for the night ami re
turn home by the morning train, so
v.e looked about for some vehicle to
Jake our trunks and carpet h ags to
Ihe hotel. The only wheeled article
in sight was a large canvas-covered
waggon which stood down on the
road, below thearch which had been
erected for the train to pass over.
We were still looking disconso
lately iit the little cluster of houses
below us, forming the village, when
a heavy trend made the wooden
Might of stairs leading up to the!
I platform creak, and a shock of light j
' hair, a tall w hite hat. and a sun !
burned lace appeared, followed by a
1 1'1'11 broad shoulders, and linally
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1 " '"'"i.iiiiiiii ic-i, cam
Ill muddy boots, wlioie soles were
about two inches thick. Heavy
corduroy trousers and a gray ilaii
ncl shirt made the costume of this
tall figure, and a large riding whip
was his only weapon, lie looked at
ns from n pair of bright blue eyes,
and then said in a very plensaiil
though loud voice :
' Are you my cousin, Amy (Iraham !'
His cousin! All my finiiteld board
' Mrs. lirow n's son V
' Yes sir! Ocrald P.rowu is my
name.'
(icrald my own brother was
named (braid. Audi looked with
interest at my cousin. Oh, dear
me! liefore I had tiiuefo Keren in
or exert any other feminine defence,
this fall countryman put his great
hands under my anas, lifted me up
as if I had been a baby, timl delil,.
crnlely kissed me; then putting me
down, he shouldered my big irunk,
nml with a steady, heavy tramp
went down the wooden steps to the
canvas covered waggon, and shoved
file trunk in. Up ngain anil the lit-
in Trunii loiioweu tile-slug one, and
v.v Jllis's carpet-hag wa seized, when
lie said :
J
'Not that, Mr,
ti, that is
i mine.'
Well, you are coming over to
the Corner, are you not f
' Thank you, no. 1 return by to
morrow nuiiiiiiig'.-j train.'
All the entreaties that warm hos
pitality could snirtfcst were used t
i induce li i in to accompany mc, but
in vain, and lnvin taken the di
rection of the hotel, he saw me
i seated on the seat of the wa ""on.
! 11 . . . """ '
i ami nane me oou-ov.
1 think when (icrald took his
ilace beside me on fin- board which
lormed Hie wilful seat,l telt some
thing the same sensations its wo.ild
have resulted lVom limliu myself
ierclied.Ul)n the box beside my
father's coachman, James,
We rode for some time iu silence,
I resolutely staring forward at the
dry. dustv. To;id.
nit at last
the
; kindly voice broke the qfiiet, as my
i cousin said :
' Are you tired. Amy V
I looked round, llow could 1
have thought his face if common one
The profuse clusters of waving light
hair made a thousand little
risp
curls over his high forehead, and his
huge blue eves were full of bright
inimation. Jlist smile showed a
sweet mouth, and unbroken rows of
white teei h, mid the sunburned fen -
tares, though large, were handsome
and regular. Having made this
mental inventory, and indignantly
! asked myself if 1 expected to meet
city dandies m a farm-house. 1 was
all ready for chatting.
'T'red ' llow far havo v,e got to
Ji'. '
'Ten miles! The horses a re tired
coming down in the heat of the day,
or we should go fasicr. Von look
tired or sick, or .something. Such
white cheeks"
1 I am never very rosy.'
'Then the corner is the place for
you. All the girls here have cheeks
like pennies. You know how to
ride
' Oil. yes. I brought my habit ami
Vour '
' Hiding dress.'
' Oh yes I in fact,
make any difference here
we don't
Some of
the giris have a long calico skirt, leit
mostly they jump on iust as they are.
Wei! we have fine horses on our
place trained to the saddle, so if you
like to ride you can.'
He was very chatty now the ice
w;is broken, and made me so many
tillers of service, so limay promises
of pleasures to come. that, his 'Here
we are!' ;it the gate of a v. India
road, was ra
lier an unpleasant nu-
lionueenieiil, than the
reliel I had
expected it to be when
The house ;it whose door
standing, while he drove io the barn,
was small, with little windows, and
a high, j ointed roof, and 1 hesitated
about knocking. He came back
while I was standing there.
' Not got in,' he cried
Come i
this way !'
He led me round the porch which
em
lrci
d tlx
house, to ii back doov
and into the kitchen. Here fast as
leep in a rocking-chair, we found a
middle-aged woman, whose striking
likeness to CiciaUl preo.ired me for
his
Hiiioa. mother!'
' Mercy ou me. .Jerry
peevishly, opening her
said. !
don't
eve
holler so. 1 ain't deal.'
Here's Amy, mother.'
' 'ome round here, Amy, I
want to get up, and my hea;
easy. You're younger than
and can come to me.'
I obeyed, and after looking
earnestly, she said, in a soli.
don't ;
"s just
1 iUlt,
ai me :
gentle
Voice, entirely unlike her previous
tone ;
'.IiistliTic what poor A1117 was
when she went to the ( ity to teach,
lleigho! Study and teaching kill
ed her. Kiss me, dear, aiul
take olf your bonnet.'
then
I 'Tea rendv mother .'' asked C.er-
aid, as I threw aside mv travelling
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cioaiv ami imniici.
1 No. .lerrv ; is it m ;
' Past six, nearly si a en ; and Pin
hungry as a hunter.1
' Can you make a .lolinny cake,
Amy f inquired my aunt, iu the lan
guid drawl, which I afterwards
found Wiis habitual to her.
'I ? No, ma'am. I can't cook.'
'Can't! Why how old are. you,
child!'
' Scvcnlecn.'
4 Ami can't make a Johnny cake!'
The idea seemed to rouse up hep
dormant energies, for she left the
rocking chair and hegau to move
about the kitchen. I was dusty,
tired, and heated with my long ride,
ami, after a few moments, ventured
to ask if I might go to my room,
' .Jerry, take her traps to my room,'
said Ins mother. ' on II sleep with
me. A y ; there ain't but two
sleeping rooms in the house, Jerry's
mid mine."
1 followed Jerry to a l u ge, com
fortably, though plainly .furnished
room, and w hen he had deposited
my trunks, liHol for me a large wa
ter pitcher, he departed. I bathed
lace ami neck, lished out a cool mus
lin from my trunk, smoothed my
tangled curls inlo order, and donned
a pair of slippers ; by the time this
! oierntiiii was completed, ficrald's
i ch-nr voice called me to tea, and r
went down again to the kitchen.
j Katin
xhere, and the total absence
j of servants, did not surprise me, for
numerous novels h;id impressed up-
011 my mind the fact that this was
uic custom in xne rnn turn ! l
was unprepared for .A mil l"aiiii's
start ami .terry s widely opened eyes
ilS 1 Olille 111.
' Why. Amy, you're a perfect pie-
i turn !' said Gerald. 'Ain't that
pretty frown, mother V
' 'A hat the iimc of dressing
wnai t, just for tea at home !
jn.v aunt.
I rlanced at my simply
white dresn, and wondered
up so
said
made
what
tvlish
they would say to my moie
liiurrfi and jrrenndiiies, hut only
thanked (leiiifd for his compliment,
and lit his mother's remark pass un
answered. Joimnv cake, I found.
was a mixture of Indian meal with
other ingredients, and parth ularly
iioahitaMe from a superabundance
; of salt, (icrald complained loudly.
but- a hint of headache from his
mother silenced him, or rather tuni
ca ins grumiiiing io a tender care i 't m plenty, .lerrv likes it si roil" '
of her, whieh was very touching. I obeyed inv directions literally.
.Mother sutlers very much. Amy,' i 1 put a double' handful of cohVe fcer
he said to me; '-yon will find her ! mils in 1 he coffee pot. deposited an !
, ainng iiiost ot inenme, out i nope
you will overlook any deficiencies,
1 answered politely and the sub
ject dropped.
, As soon as tea was over Oerald
, asked me to walk over the farm with
i him. and, as 1 pleaded fatigue, he
i took some chairs out to the porch,
and we sat there chatting until nine
i o'clock
when my aunt called
me
in.
and I found this was the usual bed
time at Havy's Corner. 1 was very
tired, and. in spite of the novelty
of my position, slept .soundly.
' Amy ! Amy 1'
It seeni"d about 1 he middle of the
night when this call and a most en
ergetic shaking roused me.
' Amy,' said my aunt. it is five
o'clock, and .lerrv has gone dow n !'
Well ." I said, sleepily.
' You're younger than I am. you
get up li; st and pur the keti.il on;
by that time I'll come down.'
' Put, A tint Fanny' I began.
'Come hurry, .terry is whittling.
"t and that's a si
i.
Its 1,
In
ear
f.tsr.
I got up slowly, wondering what
I was expected to do next, and be
gan to dres myself.
" Mercy on me ! d an't stop to curl
your hair ; tuck it up any how.'
I twisted mv curls into a roll and
put on ii black net. and then took a
tucked skirt and wrapper from my
trunk.
' I Hess my heart ! you ain't ;i g.v
ir.g to put on that fixed up thing to
get breakfast ."
' (let breakfast ! I get breakfast ;
f. who, to mv shame lie if spoken.
I started. 1 hardly knew a colVe pot from a fry -he
left me ' ing i.;in. 1 thought of mv father's
elaborately prepared table, and won
del'i l, for the lirst time, how lint
rolls, steaks, eggs, and coffee were
made: if I had been informed that
they all grew, ready cooked on a
tree. I could lint have brought one
item of actual experience to contra
dict the assertion,
Oct breakfast ! My French lawn
wrapper must return la the trunk' ;
but- the thicker materials were mill
ed and trimmed, open from the vait
ami required embroidered skirts, so.
in the plainest of tiiein, I earned my
aunt's ciiiitemp'iiou a comment
' Fixed olf to kill !'
4 What must f do,' inquired ' un
til you come down !'
' Well. I shn'n't be down yet a
wliile : my head aches, dust make
the I'll!!''!', a. 'id biiil some eggs, alio
fry some slices of ham ; you'll find
bread in the closet.'
P.oil ! fry ! coffee ! 1 started down
stairs, .lerrv was in the kitchen.
' Where's mother !'
' (bit the headache !' 1 answered,
short ly enough.
'Well, I've made the fire, and
and' ( icrald was evein g mv wrap-
1 per, and tlieeinbroideiy on the skirt,
' and the kettle is on ; but but'
' Well !' 1 said, laughing now.
44 Ain't she coining down at all !'
' No, I'm to boil a ham and'
' What !'
' No, boil an egg and fry a hiiin'
'What!'
' Well its boil, and fry, and eggs,
and ham, mid that's all I can tell
y on.'
' Put, Amy'
'Stop, hi me lliii.s'.i. Iain fresh
from ;i boarding school, and. as we
have a housekeeper, and plenty of
servants, I never boiled or fried any
thing iu my life ; but I am not too
old o learn, ntfl if aunt Fanny is
sick, why I'll try now, only luiiui. sir,
if you laugh at me, I'll retire from
service and letiirn to New York.
Where is Ihe ham V
'llravo! What n spunk v little'
I'.i.;..,, ,,!,i., , .... i a'.-. 4... . I
I none id' mv bu
..'iii'ii I'nii' ' "in in.. .inii i i n i
ness, to be sure !
H iiniuiugs und the !
! but won't thosi
holes in your petticoat Miller in the :
boiling and frying operations V
' H'pose they will. Never mind !'
' Well, I'll get the ham nml slice it
for you, am! bring In Home eggs, ami
then von must release me until
attend to the live stock. Can you
make out V
'Oh. yes. Where are the po!
and pans V
(icrald did not leave me nnlil ail
my materials were found and ready
for use, i hen with a Miy. yet not un
MT31ttEIt 1 1.
manly grace. In
knee and said :-
bent down ou one
' N ' are ou a level, now
won't
you lud me good nun niii" V
! 1 understood liim. and .riivfnllr
j inclined, I hi,,, a 1(',ntv kiss
I ami I Hank vml. a, id lie bounded
; oi' like a stiiyf, leaving me to Imiii.
ness ami tuc:iktal p-tiin
. nn, i iii.ii ixiiimi nie.MIt pltltaig
I things in water ami .standing them
on the lire, so I put the eg-s inn
saucepan, tilled it from the pump
I ami stood it on the coals. Then I
piled the .-dices of ham tieath in the
friiig pan I put that beside tlie
'eggs; t'Ut coifee how was eoil'ee
I made ; Keiilly interested now, I
j tle'v up stairs and roused inv aunt
, from her nap.
j ' Aunt i'aniia. liy,y do on make
I cofi'ee .''
j ' Ib'ess the child wii.d a tnrt you
gave me ! liy. you pur it iii'the
i I l.-i..... .1
coiiee pot, pour iMMling water on it.
and then set it down to boil. Put
in an egg, Amy, to clear it.'
' Where is the coffee T
In the red tin can in the closet.
i , gg on top of them. Idled mi the not
i -j,, hoiimir w:iier. and set it on the
stove. My eggs were boiling mer
rily, ami a strong smell of burning
ham tilled the kitchen. The under- i
side was surely done, so I drew it I
out. ii w as rai uer iiiaciv onoiie side,
but I put it on a plate, and resolved
to watch the next layer more care
fully. '. It was half past six when (b raid
Vaiue in. his bright, face Hushed wii h
i the early exercise, and his em ery
! voice ringing out like pleasant
music
! ' 4 lircakfisi: riiidy. Amy?'
, 'Oil yes! Is I hat the 'way tu set
, fin' table, (.Icrald .'"
i ' First rate ! How long have your
' eggs been Polling .'"
' About an hour.'
' Such a ringing burst of gleeful
laughter as burst from my eoitsinV
' lips 1 never heard heidiv. He I.iugh-
; ed 1 ill t he teal s Mood
then, with a sudden
: said:
II! His i-ye-.
gravity, he
and burst
j 4 i. guess
they're don
: out again laughim.
;hing.
i Spite of a
; him.
I ' Il-'IW hlllj
e.xed feeling I joined
ought t'a'V t -. boil.
! Gerald i"
! 4 Three minutes.'
4 Three
miniii.es : w Ii v the water
asn t warm m three iniuiues.'
4 Yo.i didn't 'at them on iu cold
nter ;'
I 4 Yes ; is that funny too V for his
! hearty hoigii broke out again.
' It is rude, real rude i'.n m to
i laugh." be i'.id. penitently, in a few
' minutes. '1 .!io".!il know no more my
self, if mother was right smart, but
; she's been ailing so much that I've
done a great, deal of woman's work,
ami pride myself on my coakiiig.
Pish out the eggs. Amy. and 1'il get
I .'iome more, i iio wafer is Jirst-rate.
e sat down presently, and Jer
I ry poured the ceiiee into i la- tabic
. coffee-pot. "
' The ci lifer's rather weak. Amy,"
he said, hesitatingly j how much
; did yen put in ."
A double handful.'
i 4 Sin 1; wee lisls as yoisis don't
hold much.' lie said, raiding the lid
, and pc ping ia. ' Why Amy, lime's
; 11 iflr ,( c.';;. You ought to hae
crushed it.'
' Your mother ,s.,'.d to put in an
: egg.'
Put you didn't giiii'l the cofl'ei-.'
and tieiald bit ids hp ; but, seeing
my rueful face, he did i:ol laugh,
j but. throw ing out my mess, he shov.'
. ed mc how to make colf. e, and fma-
lially, at what he inloi med u;e va i
ian 'unheard of hour.' we sat, down
to bi'i aklast. Aunt i'aiinv did am
I pie justice to some toaM, cgs, and
i coiiee, w hich (icrald prepared and
i look to her, but languidly itilbrincd
j us t hat she did not feel able to rise,
j congratulating herself on the fact
that the ' spell didn't come on' till I
! was 'there to bike the care."
! ' I'm sorry I can't stay to help voii
clear up,' said (icrald, disconsolate
I ly ; 'you ain't used to it, and moth
er's fixing for sick, I see; but I must
i be oil for I'm nearly two hours be
hind t i ii ii ' now.'
! 4 Oh, iievi-r mind me. I'll g, '
j idoiig, und lam glad Fin hereto'
' help.' ' I
' Whal shall I living in for dinner f i
I Sntnet hing to roast is easiest : or no,
I I'll tell voit, I'll bring you a leg of j
mutton to timl. and you've nothing!
to do but put il iu a pot and stand il j
I on a tire.' !
' Ho you grind ii, or mash it, ori
j any thing V
' No I'll fix it ready for yon.'
lie was as good ns h,s wo.d, find ;
left the mutton on the the before la j
starlet! oil. Ihe clearing up ''iitne
nexl, and I could do nothing niter
that uhtil I had donned a new wrap
per and skirt, hanging up the llrst,
drenched with dishwater to dry.
llow do people wash di .lics iu dry
ness ? Kvit.v saucer dripped I, ul
lowiinco of soapsuds over me us I
lilted it from tic pan and wiped it.
I wet live towels wringing wet, ami
wui one sea of greasy wider myself.
'Aunt Funny, w lint do you cook
with boiled mutton, nml how do you
cook it V
' It's too late for boiled mutton.'
' But it has been on for nearly two
hours.
Oh! Well, loil Rome itotatoen,
and yon 'H timl wme jicc ; Jerry U
fond of it with mutton.' ;
! if, m the excess of uiv pratitnde
j she h;id informed m,- tiiat Gerald
I had a partiality for fried elephant
j steaks. I should have undertaken
j to procure them, so boiled rice, sound
i ed Minple enough. Deluded Amy t
I I'm sure if ever I had the nightmare
iit will rake the form of boiled rice.
f had ascertained that potatoes
nvpiireil mon- loilin than esrs,
was posted up,' as Will savs, m.the
cabbage tpiestion, ami had iweived
the most careful directions how to
piepare the rice, prevent its scorch
ing, and the accurate tin. - rc;quire;l
for boiling. One more fluesiion re-
i mai'icd
llw much shall I cook auntie V
' As much as will fill a vegetable
dish.'
lowa stairs I w ent feeling fully
the inipoitaileo of my new position.
: 1 filled tlie vegetable dish with riee,
picked and w ashed it, and set it on
in a large p.,t to b,il. UoilL- I was
watching the lire with, one eye, amf
my rice with the other, wti5n I stvw :
the hitter begin to rise slowly in the
not. It rose with a spiteful, bub
bling noise, swelling immensely like
some live thing till it tilled that
gn at pot full, and still it swelled. I
here it until it threatened to rise
ovt r the edge, and then I got smoth
er pot and put half into that. 1 was
beginning to liclieve the sfutT lie
wit died, for with a steady swell,
ami positively malicious noise, it till
ed both pots, and T got a third. I
was desperate. What if it was like
the porridge in the fairy tale, which
boiled porridge till it filled houses,
roads, nml village, until all the in
habitants were smothered. Wtill it
rose slow majestically, threatening
to till the third pot. 1 was staring
at it, with a perfect fascination, when
; t oTaid came in.
j ' Why, Amy, what a lot of rice!
j What are y ou going to do V
j Mb. crazy, 1 tiiink ! If has filled
one pot. and then another, and now
a third; and it goes oji swelling;'
j and rising, and swelling. It 1ms
j swelled up fo this now. When will
! it stop.' Will it go on swelling all
day !"
j ' How much did you put on ?'
, 4 About two or three quarts ."
! ' Dry 1 Two or three quarts dry V
I ' Aunt Fanny said that dish full,'
j I said, humbly, for the clear, ringing
j laugh of the morning warned me
I that I had made a now- blunder.
'After it was cooked. Amy ! Mut-
ioll done '
! d-n.'t know. 1 :.. mutton swell
, up
. V . . ... .
I '.n, nor ca joages. inese are
! '!0!"' x) 11 (','i-n'"1- Hiiioo, mother!'
j far iit that instant my Aunt Fanny
! appeared at the door.
! ' I Hum r ready !' she inquired, lan-
i o'li'liy.
i v es, sain vii raM, gravely.
- We've got rice; do you like rice P
Aunt Fanny's eyes fell on my
three pos, and the white mass which
still steadily .swelled up with its tri
umphant, insolent bubble.
4 JJlcss my heart. Amy, what are
you t hiiiking about V
4 Never mind, mother, this i.s new
work.' And Ocrald put his mother
in a chair, while he and I 'dished
,;
He praised my cabbages and
tatoes, hut could not resist a merry
eiapha is when he said :
' Cm: in. slmil I In lp yen fo rhvt
Me n'i be b.i.diful.there'' plenty of it.'
I abhor rice ! I hate rice! 1 aliom-
; mute rice! l detest riee! I despise
rice! Amil ('iiiiiiy miide rite cakes
lor tea that night; riee balls for
I freakiest (he next Inmning, followed
i by lie;; pudding for dinner, and rice
; cares again for tea. J am happy
t say that the rest of the mass
s. mred, and was rven to the pigs.
I sincerely hope they enjoyed ir.
H hot her it was my awful extrav
agance on the rice question that
ri.ii-ied Aunt Fanny, I am unable to
..!.'. : but she was about ugain for
' ek, trusting me with no responsi
b'iity. bu: i;i,r, jug niy years tell up
on me very painfully in this sty le:
You're younger than Iain, Amy;
; g I me some water, will you V
4 You pick the vegetables. Amy.
I You're y ounger than I am.'
j I'p stairs and down, in doors anil
: out, morning, noon, and night, I
i travelled, spurred on by tho eternal
j ' You're younger than I am,' till I
I wished I was as old as Metliuscla, if
only for th" pleasure of retaliating
, once.
I was acquiring a vast amount of
i useful information' on the cooking
question, and under the early hours
i and exercise my checks were glow
i ing as they had never done before,
i One week passed away, and nf.
i dinner time, one line day, (Icrald re
I minded me of our proposed ride.
I will come ill at four o'clock, so
ready, was his parting cry, and L
promised to comply.
It had b"cii nil her amusing to me
Io see my Aunt and (ierahl admir
ing so naiv cly my city made ward
rube, ami I dressed for my ride with
it panloiial le ilesiic to ' astonish tho
na,!vis.' I blushed my hairin wav.
ing bands in front, but let it fall in
ilso'Mi profusion of natural curls on
my neck; t ion I donned my bull'
Nai.kceii habit, In aided the white,
and put on my jauntiest linen collar
r. ml black necktie. My stnr.v hat,
was turned up round the rim, and
Inula long whiie feather encircling
the ere u, and falling on one side
uliniist to my shoulder. I had just
drawn o.i my gauntlets and taken
my prelly whip, when I heard tier
iilil culling me. 1 gathered up my
skirl nml ran dow ii, Cicrald'h whis
tle was juM what I eNpoeteil.
' You lock good i nmiglf toeaf V he
ci It . enthusiastically, mid, ntnnping
Coitrlfttrfl on I'omlh 'W.