and Aunt Betsey walked away , looking as if she enjoyed it extremely . ` Now put on your hat and draw baby up and down the avenue for half an hour . Do n't go on the grass , or you will wet your feet ; and do n't play with baby , I want her to go to sleep ; and do n't talk to papa , or he will neglect his work , ' said Kitty , as they rose from table . Now , it was a warm morning and baby was heavy and the avenue was dull , and mamma much preferred to stay in the house and sew the trimming on to a new and pretty dress . ` Must I really ? Kitty you are a hard-hearted mamma to make me do it , ' and Mrs. Fairbairn hoped her play-parent would relent . But she did not , and only answered with a meaning look . ' I have to do it every day , and you do n't let me off . ' Mamma said no more , but put on her hat and trundled away with fretful baby , thinking to find her fellow-sufferer and have a laugh over the joke . She was disappointed , however , for Harry called papa away to weed the lettuce-bed , and then shut him up in the study to get his lessons , while he mounted the pony and trotted away to town to buy a new fishing-rod and otherwise enjoy himself . When mamma came in , hot and tired , she was met by Kitty with a bottle in one hand and a spoon in the other . ` Here is your iron mixture , dear . Now take it like a good girl . ' ' I wo n't ! ' and mamma looked quite stubborn . ` Then aunty will hold your hands and I shall make you . ' ` But I do n't like it ; I do n't need it , ' cried mamma . ` Neither do I , but you give it to me all the same . I 'm sure you need strengthening more than I do , you have so many `` trials , '' ' and Kitty looked very sly as she quoted one of the words often on her mother 's lips . ` You 'd better mind , Carrie ; it ca n't hurt you , and you know you promised entire obedience .
Set a good example , ' XXXXX aunty .
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