She appeared early,
for she said she wanted time to look over all Aunt Jane's new
things, 'seeing's how' she made the match. She did look them over,
too, and asked what everything cost, and why she didn't have
something else, and then she gave her any quantity of advice about
how to bring up the children.
"I almost forgot to tell you anything about Job. He ran away, the
other day, going up a hill. A bee lighted on the side of his neck
and stung him, and it astonished him so that he just started off
and ran. for almost a quarter of a mile. Then, all of a sudden, he
sat down with all four legs at once, and that stopped him. Poor
fellow, he is getting so old!
"What a long letter I am writing! The others are through, and
waiting for me to carry this to the mail. Alan is making such a
noise that I can't hear myself write. He is singing:
"'Do the work that's nearest,
Though it's dull at whiles,
Helping, when we meet them,
Lame dogs over stiles.'
"I don't know whether he means us with Job, or Aunt Jane with the
Baxter babies, or you with the housekeeping. Perhaps it is for all
three. Anyway, it is good advice.
"Now I must stop. Oh, you dear girls, how I do want to see you!
Papa and Jerusalem always send love.
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