Grandma made sure that the promise was a serious one. Thenshe carefully readjusted her wig and cap. The wig remained a mys-tery to Carrie; but after that grandma had only to raise her handto her head to check the loudest cry. Carrie never forgot her frightand her promise. MRS. FRANCES SMITH. m … PROMPT PAYMENT. While the dressmaker sewed, little Carrie kept watchWith the sharp eyes which childhood possesses, And her dolls, black and white, soon were wearing new suits,Made from bits of her Aunt Kittys dresses. Then I said, My dear Carrie, Aunt Kitty will charge, If so many big pieces she…
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