The Godmother's Tales [By E.S.].

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. 1808. Excerpt: ... STRATTON FAIR. I DARE say you long for to-morrow, said Mrs. Evans, as she was making tea for her little family, and I shall certainly wish for your return in the evening, for you have each of you promised to bring me a fairing. I will buy you the prettiest toothpick-case I can get in the fair, said John. I shall buy a brown satin ribbon for mamma, eagerly interrupted Susan. I heard her admire the colour of Mrs. Taylor's, and I will try to get som- exactly like it. Each of the children spoke with pleasure of the presents they intended for their mother, except Henry, who appeared to be much more occupied with a fishing-rod which he was mending, than with going to Stratton fair, or bringing a fairing to any one. Mary, who was a little too fond of teazing him, asked him, vith a kind of sneer, what he intended to purchase for his mamma, adding, that she had no doubt but it would be at least an ounce of carraways, for she knew he was very genermis; and this speech making her other sisters and brothers laugh very heartily, she thought she had said a good thing, and would have continued her wit, had not Henry, who had finished his work, walked out of the room without answering her. Mrs. Evans called after him to rcr turn, and take his tea before he went to the river, but. he was gone in an instant, and she reprimanded Mary for attacking her brother, when he was neither saying or doing any thing to offend her. She endeavoured to excuse herself by saying, he was so careful of his money, that he never would join with them in any thing they wished to do, and-she wanted to laugh him out of being so miserly; for her part, she was sure all her money would be gone before she had been half an hour in the fair.-- And then, said little Edith, (who was very f...