Aunt Judy's Annual Volume Volume 4-5 (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. 1868 Excerpt: ...Go on crying, little Emily." "That I must, indeed " said Emily," unless you and papa say' yes '" "Child," cried her ladyship, "you are ill you are delirious and I am getting my dreadful headache Oh, the miseries that are coming down upon our house Do not let your mother die, Emily; then you will have no mother." And her ladyship's eyes were wet: she could not bear to think of her own death. Among other announcements in the Gazette might be seen: "Mr. George, appointed Professor, 5th class, No. 8." "What a pity his father and mother are in the grave, and can't read it " said the new porter-folks, who now lived in the cellar under the General. They knew that the Professor had been born and bred within the four walls. "Now he'll come in for the title-tax " said the man. "Well, it's no such mighty matter for a poor child " said the wife. "Eighteen rix-dollars a-year " said the man. "I call it a good round sum." "No, no; it's the title Pm talking of " said the wife. "You don't suppose he'll be bothered by having the tax to pay? He can earn as much over and over again, and a rich wife into the bargain. If we had little ones, good man, a child of ours, too, would some day be architect and professor." Thus George was well mentioned in the cellar, and he was well fov'b Mo (Maine, THE PORTER'S SON.' 357 mentioned on the drawing-room floor: the old Count took good care of that. It was the old set of childish picture-drawings that introduced his name. But how came these to he mentioned? Why, the talk turned upon Russia, upon Moscow: and thus one was led right up to the Kremlin, of which our friend George made a drawing once, when he was littl...