. St. Nicholas [serial]. WASH-DAY BY E. W. KEMBLE When Mammy does her washin,I wash my dollys cloes; Jes how dey git so grimy,De land er goodness knows. I sops em in de swishes roun de suds, An wen I gets em ironed, Dey 11 look like bran new duds. Butt wont be long, I reckon,Dey 11 stay so nice an smart; De way dat chile gets mussyJes breaks her mudders heart. But maybe when I hugs herAn squeezes her so tight, De color runs—Ma says it do,An my ma s alius right! 436 THE SAPPHIRE SIGNET OR, THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILLBY AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN Author of The Boardcd-up House. Chapter X ALEX
. St. Nicholas [serial]. WASH-DAY BY E. W. KEMBLE When Mammy does her washin,I wash my dollys cloes; Jes how dey git so grimy,De land er goodness knows. I sops em in de swishes roun de suds, An wen I gets em ironed, Dey 11 look like bran new duds. Butt wont be long, I reckon,Dey 11 stay so nice an smart; De way dat chile gets mussyJes breaks her mudders heart. But maybe when I hugs herAn squeezes her so tight, De color runs—Ma says it do,An my ma s alius right! 436 THE SAPPHIRE SIGNET OR, THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILLBY AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN Author of The Boardcd-up House. Chapter X ALEXANDER TAKES HOLD WO afternoons later allthe girls were gathered inthe parlor promptly atthree, but Alexander hadnot yet put in an appear-ance. He attended thepublic school, which didnot dismiss as early ashigh school, and he wouldprobably be at least threequarters of an hour late,as he was usually kept infor misbehavior. During his absence, the girlsdiscussed him eagerly. Do you know, vouchsafed Corinne, I thinkhe is the cleverest little rascal, and so comicalthat I want to laugh whenever I look at him !How is it I ve never seen him before? Why, the explanation is, answered Bess,that he never stays in the house afternoons ifhe can possibly help it. He s always out run-ning the streets or playing baseball in the vacantlots. But the other day it was cold and damp,and Sarah discovered that he had a bad sorethroat and insisted that he stay indoors. He srather afraid of Sarah, though he does teaseher frightfully. That s why he was around try-ing hard to annoy us—he had nt a
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