The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Or, There's No Place Like Home (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XH. Job's Fobtonb. "I TAL'S chickens were a success again, though it cost J--more for him to get them to market this fall. And, since eggs seemed to be a very profitable speculation, they concluded to winter over quite a number, mostly spring broods. Hal enlarged their house; as he had a wonderful gift, Granny declared, for building. And a very nice place it was, I can assure you. Granny still wove rag-carpets and the like, and now and then helped a neighbor at house-cleaning; but she had not worked out so much since the Kinseys went away. It troubled Hal to have her do it at all. "When I get a little older, you never shall, Granny," he would say, giving her a fond hug; and she would answer, --"You're a great blessing, Hal. Whatever should I have done without you?" Dot grew nicely, though she was still " small for her size," Joe said. But now she kept quite well; and she was as fair as a lily, with tiny golden curls that never seemed to grow long. There the resemblance to 191 Florence ceased. She was such an odd, old-fashioned little thing and reminded Hal more of Granny thar any one else. "It would be sweet to have her a baby always, now that she is well, and doesn't cry all the time," said Hal. "I'm sorry to nave her lose all her crooked babv words. Joe use to laugh so over 'pety poket, ' and 'poky hontis, ' and' umbebella tause it wained.' Dear, dear shall we ever have such nice, gay times agait, Granny, when there wasn't any thing but mush and molasses for supper, and a crowd of hungry children?" Granny sighed at the remembrance. "And yet it is a comfort to grow up, and be able to do something for you." Hal studied hard, and spent much of his leisure time in reading. Charlie was wilder than a hawk, combining Joe's love of mischief with perfect ...