| Show efrom from the new turk MAKING BISCUITS OR THE YOUNG LADIES BY KATE oh deai deal I 1 oh dear dearl just to think of it edith sighed meta rutland looking up in the face ot her queenly sister pretty ac fora for a gent lemans daughters daugh teral bliss miss rutland looking over prosy house bills directing servants 9 and superintending super intending the coughs and colds of the villagers generally miss meta mend ng linen and makiri making biscuits those everlasting biscuit bis ruit nuit I 1 almost wish I 1 could turn into one or them 2 then I 1 would eat you my dear and papa woul I 1 not say meta daugh daughter daughtery tery terl your biscuits are very nice nce well I 1 suppose I 1 like to please papa but then you see but then 2 then whit asked edith fixing her fine eyes earnestly on the countE countenance nance nince of her ter sister 0 im afraid lau iau laugh b if it I 1 tell you 2 not if I 1 can help it little sister bister 21 oie reason is that itys ita its dicag to mohave have our visitor visitors suppose we do buh buth auh th things inga only last night ma marnina ratna raina made me feel so baily ba fly ily gl general en ral rai wild was A as giving such a grand description crip tion of a battle at sea when askin asking to be excused for interrupting him m imma turned to me and said meta dear I 1 think your bis big culs cuis s are burn burd burning burdine ine inz ann must roust have forgotten them 2 I 1 really thought I 1 should sin sink k through the floor for what will the general think of my toy making biscuit sy if heys hels a sensible man he be will think you were a sensible girl it not what need you ou care what be minks thinks for you know dear the greatest and best general the world ever hawx baw saw gave bis big happiness in the keeping of a woman mho who bo could not onty only make bic biscuits bu bul knit his big stockings gs and cook his big dinner if necessary yet who will say martha washington was lot a perfect moel model of a true gentte gentie gentlewoman woman what fine lady of the present daj das has surpassed he bei but then you know esith edith in those days it wre were dia dif terent different now it ia a 1 laflel said elith finishing the sentence yes meta aleta I 1 have to confess that in these days it is getting sadly out cf of fashion for young ladies badiea to be useful u yet I 1 doubt if they are happier themselves them ree vee or confer more lipp happiness on their unfortunate relatives by being so much ike ike wooden dolls look at our city cousine livoy woy dont you think evelina and carrie are happy such beautiful cress dress 9 and so iauch much company and nothing to do I 1 no biscuits to make makell continued edith I 1 with a smile which was Joll joli followed owed by a more serious look yet you know meta aleta uncle albert is far from well oft off papa has already assisted him several times we will have h ve an opportunity of judging of the amount of happl happi ness existing in his bis family for mamma promised aunt caroline that we should visit t her next week weeke that will be delightful 3 returned meta 1 waltzing out of the room and in ma making king preparations pa rations for the visit she rhe quite forgot the tea biscuits and all other similar annoyances the eventful day came at last and after a hurried journey meta found herself standing with her on the marble steps of an elegant mansion such an one as ia is generally designated the residence of the opulent though it the secrets of the world woid were unraveled how often might it more aptly be termed a hiding biding j place for the beggar the he insolvent debtor mrs airs received her nieces cordially though from her harassed look and listless manner they at once determined that their aunt was not free from care in irr answer to their inquiry for their cousins she a assumed an apologetic tone and arid begged begge A them to excuse her daughters for you must know my dears deare 1 she said we city folks gont dont rise as early as you c antry auntry people edith looked at her watch ahola tiny finger pointed ti the hour of eleven secretly wondering how any young lady blessed with health beaith and in her sober senses could ever iver make up her mind to sleep the be bet best t part of gods brau ticul sunshine buns Buna hine bine away her aunt noticed her look of surprise and resumed the subject by saying 11 J myself my dear dont approve of such an art idle ba babit habit bit I 1 generally rise at six 21 i poor MM airs grenvil she might have added that necessity compelled her forit for tor it did not take her visitors long to discover that their I 1 aunt it was wag forced to make many sh shifts i ats for the sake ot of what she called keeping up appearances 21 and as bridget the one servant berol herol cally caily declared that it war enough tu be after lookin tur burthe the heres above stair and tind tur thay young heddles led ledd dieb dies ies les as faded a dale of waltin wailin on ridout asking a dalint irish girl tu be look lii iii tu the kitchen fire hiro mrs took that office on herself her ber self seif i nor was this the only service be she saw fit to perform for alas like many other silly I 1 mothers she drudged dredged away from morning till I 1 j night ironing ber her daugh daughters fers lers finery in the kitchen while the young ladies did the agreeable in the parlor secretly hoping that at last tome some billy minded masculine would take them other binds hinds ob edith my dearest 1 n J said evelina gi denvill ren vill viii rushing into the parlor a week after her cousins arrival ido do you believe ive live just baen been my dear delightful doctor wilton id I 1 almost began to think hed bed hed forgotten me but j no the dear man pan is as much ay my slave as eyer ever whom do you mean eva asked edith closing the music book she abe had been using you silly illey child it 1 you been helping have seen the doctor for he came in with papa the first night of your arrival by the way my dear he read your criticism on adam bede anit anil said eaid it was most sensibly w witten itten a credit to the author and so forth id hait half a nind n ind to be jealous only it would be too absurd vain silly Eve linal she did not for a moment suppose that editha cultivated mini and earnes energetic character was worth more than her tier silly simpering simmering sim airs an I 1 foolish affectation 1 I should be sorry to be the occasion oc of j jealousy to 0 o any one and I 1 certainly do not care to have the doctor read hat you are pleased to term my criticisms I 1 find it pleasant and improving when perusing a work to note its striking features and what may appear superfluous to me though I 1 by ro means set myself up for a critic and do not wish a stranger to read my remarks 2 never mind my dear it bas has done you no hurt butt I 1 thought it was sime bime of carries nonsense and to fix her for trying to captivate the docto I 1 showed it to him which certainly was not k nd Would you have him think ill of your bister sister eva shed have done the tile same game thing thin but don ont t lecture me now E lith darling for I 1 want to talk about abort my music y and what of your music wel wei you see mi m chere cousin I 1 always thought I 1 played well in fact much better than many of our visitors and im surprised to find youre a better musician than nis myself seif self fir I 1 had an idea that country people care carb for accomplishments what a pity your papas a rich man you might C gain a fortune by teaching music vou youage you are mistaken as re regards ards country people i that is quietly returned edith we do care for those accomplishments for which we have a natural taste she might have bave added had bad not her country manners prevented her from making a personal nal nai application that ahe abe bad been much surprised that the prevailing fashion in gotham was for each young lady from the daughter of the shoddy contractor i who had amas abased cd a fortune by despoiling a government ha he talked loudly so of maintaining j to that of the aristocrat who considered him self the upper tipper crust of Boci society ety was to waste precious time in obtaining a melange nie Vie longe of accomplishments for which they bad dither wither taste nor inclination merely because every young lady must smatter smaller a little fren french ch and must play though she does it indifferently J 1 I think dear 12 continued evelina ill practice with your for the doctor is so fond of music and to tell you a little secret im bent on securing se curin him then thed you know poor papas almost used up sometimes I 1 think he i say bay to frighten us but mamma baid eaid last I 1 evening that things could hardly be cor worse vor seand and i I 1 dont know going to become of us if I 1 dont secure the doctor edith made no reply for her proud spirit and sense of honor were deeply shocked by the alternative her ed int idt rit nt on these disagreeable thoughts she was leaving the apartment when her aunt entered and ana motioned her daughter from 1 he room seated herself near ber her ne neice nelce ice for a few moments the silence remained unbroken when edith turned to her aunt and was pain a to perceive the traces of tears on her careworn features what troubles you dearest aunt do tell me what troubles you ou sh bhe she said imploringly I 1 i 0 6 my alid child 1 am edw edV mrs airs returned wildly we can conceal the truth no ion lon longer ber ger ar your uncles a bankrupt worse than a beggar and going to become of us god only knows knowal arid and the poor woman wrung her hands bands while abile her tears flowed afresh I 1 and can nothing be done to save uncles name from dishonor edith asked anxiously 1 I fear not child for your father has assisted him so many times and dictor wilton his bis most intimate friend is one of his bis principal creditors no Edit edith hit bit it must all out our name will be a by word A ord for every one ive striven to keep up appearances but I 1 can not deat do it any longer and going to become of the girls god only knows knowal for I 1 confess theres not one thing either useful or ornamental na in which they excel but I 1 must go i she ebe continued in a hurried and excited manner for your ii ircle cie cle is quite ilip lil ill and ive sent for doctor wilton besides theres no one to see to anything down stairs for ive dismissed bridget 2 dont lont say so aunt Carol caroi caroline lne ine ay said edith unfastening fastening un her ieves leves lend tend me one of your calico dresses and you ae se s e it if the biscuits and tea are not to your satisfaction 21 1 you do everything well dear birs mrs said as she left the apartment J thus it happened that when doctor wilton whom in the character of physician cons cone dered himself a privileged visitor made hib his way to the kitchen to obtain some water for his bis patients patient be he found edith rutland making biscaia s that evening the doctor invited himself to tea and as mrs lire wag was needed in her husbands sick eick room and her daughters refused to make their appearance but forgetful 0 the comfort of any one save their own dear selves preferred to pass the evening in their own apartment bemoaning their bard lot it devolved on E edith adith to do the honors of the table and that she did them with becoming dignity and to the entire satisfaction of the doctor could not be doubted for some how he thought he had bad never ate buch biscuits before and went home thinking how bow delightful it would be to always take tea with eeg EEL edith and now for the satisfaction of those who ilke like to heer hear the end of a t etory story we will add that the Grenvil glenvilla Gren villa ls are still living and we trust are bene fitted by their misfortunes and no longer try to keep krep up appearances but are learning to be useful as well as fashion able I 1 doctor wilton did asic ask edith to take tea I 1 with him turn for thou though h le be caught be was anxious to secure a wife who possessed domestic virtu virtues vr os as vt mell well ell eil as ornament ornamental tal tai accomplishments and meta lmeta rutland finally came to the conclusion an that making biscuits was not inconsistent with the dignity of 0 a 1 gent lemans daughter |
