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Updated: May 27, 2025
And when you came to that, half the relatives were fighting for Miss Cynthia Blackfan; and Mr. Erastus Morgan had invited her over to Paris to see the new Emperor, who was copying in every way his granduncle who had ruled half Europe. Then she would close the closet door and run blithely downstairs with a bit of song.
So when he announced that he had registered his sister, Margaret's pulses gave a great thrill of delight. There was so much to do. True, Martha was a good cook and capable, and there was no milk to look after, no churning, no poultry, and the countless things of country life. Miss Cynthia Blackfan came the next week and remodeled the feminine part of the household.
And one day Stephen came in and said: "Go dress yourself, Dinah, in gorgeous array, And I'll take you a-drivin' so galliant and gay." "Both of us?" asked the little girl. "Yes both of us. I have my new buggy and silver-mounted harness. You must go out and christen it for good luck. Hurry, Peggy, and put on your white dress." Miss Blackfan had been again and made them two white frocks apiece.
But all the little girls are wearing short dresses, and you are to have some new ones. Mother has gone out shopping, and next week cousin Cynthia Blackfan is coming to fix us all up. But I do hope, Hanny, you will have better manners and a kinder heart than to laugh at strangers, no matter if they are rather old-fashioned." "I don't believe I ever will," said the little girl soberly.
Under this authority President Grant organized a Commission composed of Messrs. George William Curtis, Joseph H. Blackfan, and David C. Cox. But the Commissioners soon found that Congress was indisposed to clothe them with the requisite power, and that public opinion did not yet demand the reform.
"I have made a whole shirt myself, and I have hemstitched, and done embroidery, and I wipe dishes when I haven't too many lessons," interposed the little girl. "You can't make your own frocks," in a tone of triumph. "No. Miss Cynthia Blackfan comes and does it. Can you?" "No, she can't," said Janey, while Polly threw her head back and laughed, showing her strong white teeth.
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