Little Grandmother

g about the waist in gathers, and the petticoat was a moreen skirt that came down almost to the ankles. Then h

been taught the alphabet at home, for Mrs. Lyman was a very considerate woman, and did not think it fair to trouble a teacher with baby-work like that; but

young lady, with a tortoise-shell comb in her hair, not quite as large as a small chaise-top. She looked like other people, and Patty was sadly disappointed. There was an hour-glass on the desk full of dripping sand, and Patty wanted to shake it to make the sand go out faster, for she grew very tired of sitting still so long hearing the children read, "Pretty cow, go there and dine." She was afra

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rooks. She did not know the silk letters, and would not have understood the vers

and the tree wasn't done yet, and the flowers were flying out of the flower-pot on account of having no stems to stand on. Patty was ashamed because she herself had no can

ork a samble

Sometimes she thought it was because the school was such a poor place to go to, and then again she thought it was because she want

y a woman! The mistr

of telling how cruelly disapp

washing, Dorcas and Rachael were making dresses, and the dinner must be put on the table. No wonder tired Mrs. Lyman was sorry to see Patty come home crying, or

e have her p

ughter Patience have a sambler to work;" and she cleared the clouds off her little face, and went dancing out to see the new goslings. Mary, who wa

w and linen cloth, and told her she might learn to work on it with colored thread. It was a funny looking thing

way she does not remember much more that happened, after she began that sampler