Little Prudy's Sister Susy

s a sharp ringing of Mrs. Parlin's doorbell, and a little boy

she could see that lady from the opposite window, lo

r she had been engaged with visitors in the parlor

could not write very elegantly. The ink was hardly dry, and

. Pa

he has no knowlidg of the cake, whitch was so dryed up, a begar woold not

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en had any cake to use at their play of housekeeping. She supposed that Susy must have accused Anni

ever have any reason to suppose that Annie Lovejoy went ab

prised; "she never saw the closets, that

ke, did she,

o play with; and when I told her of it, she got angry, and said she was going right home,

t, my dear. I want to know if you

each that high shelf in the nursery-closet, and I can't, without getti

, "I don't see that you have pro

elcome, and tried to be as polite as if she was a grown-up lady, mother. But, O, dear, it didn't make a speck of difference how much I said; for the more I said, the mor

ys rely on your word. You have done nothing wrong, and need not be unhappy; but Mrs. Lovejoy s

egged her mother to excuse her in some way to Mrs. Lovejoy, or, i

as little to do with it as possible. Besides, she considered

ed very re

, mother, I didn't see Annie eat all the cake; I didn't watch. How do I know bu

e truth. Merely say to Annie's mother just what you have said to me; that you saw Annie eating cake several times, though there was no harm in it, and you di

nd saw that lady sitting very erect on a sofa, with a bleak face, which

mony, "so you call my Annie all the bad names you can t

mly and respectfully, though she trembled from head to foot. There was one thought which

e a dignified little piece! Do you know you'

ken; warping innocent words, and ma

d exactly right to say to Mrs. Lovejoy

if that were not enough, you come over here,

y in the presence of such a person as Mrs. Lovejoy. She felt instinctively that the woman was not a lady. Susy was too young to reason about the matter; but she wa

to keep up a respectful manner, as her mother had directed. Mrs. Lovejoy was disappointed.

eld her head pretty high! She is a proud, stuck-up woman, your mother is; she has taught you to look

was fairly

remember one thing: never, while we live in this cit

felt she had been disgraced for life, and could never be respected any more. Here was a tria

llen to her lot to-day. She was a little girl of quick and sensitive feelings, and a sharp

had hurt her more than the lash. How dared Mrs. Lovejoy say a word about her own mother, who

rs. Lovejoy had said about her ownself, about her being "stuck up," and holding her head pretty high? Susy could not decide whether she ought t

ned with perfect calmness, and ev

w you may go and hang u

w I've taken care of my things; but did you understand what I said, mother?

e, Susy, as it saves me the tr

ing as that! Why, mother, I never heard

tter, on the whole, to have a little moral courage, and put an end to all

mother, I s

e saw that her mother understood the whole s

oral coura

rage to

urage when I told Mr

t it? If it had been easy, there would

with animation. "I knew I did something r

. Lovejoy; and she tells me enough about her to convince me that she is not a person I wish for a neighbor. A

ou are not-you don't feel 's

arlin

r in the least. I am only anxious that my little daughter may not be injured by bad exam

earnestly; "but wouldn't it be the piousest for me to play with

at she had said to Susy about people who are "home mission

is a self-willed child, I fear you would only grow worse yourself. She is bold, and you ar

was almost old enough to set my own e

; for, although she could not quite see the force of her mo

ling me timid? She has blamed

, nevertheless, a little faint-hearted when people laughed at her. But Susy was learning every day, and this time