Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

Little WomeneBook brought to you byCreate, view, and edit PDF. Download the free trial version.People who hire all these things done for them neverknow what they lose, for the homeliest tasks get beautifiedif loving hands do them, and Meg found so many proofsof this that everything in her small nest, from the kitchenroller to the silver vase on her parlor table, was eloquent ofhome love and tender forethought.What happy times they had planning together, whatsolemn shopping excursions, what funny mistakes theymade, and what shouts of laughter arose over Laurie’sridiculous bargains. In his love of jokes, this younggentleman, though nearly through college, was a much ofa boy as ever. His last whim had been to bring with himon his weekly visits some new, useful, and ingeniousarticle for the young housekeeper. Now a bag ofremarkable clothespins, next, a wonderful nutmeg graterwhich fell to pieces at the first trial, a knife cleaner thatspoiled all the knives, or a sweeper that picked the napneatly off the carpet and left the dirt, labor-saving soapthat took the skin off one’s hands, infallible cements whichstuck firmly to nothing but the fingers of the deludedbuyer, and every kind of tinware, from a toy savings bankfor odd pennies, to a wonderful boiler which would washarticles in its own steam with every prospect of explodingin the process.423 of 861