I do n't feel very well . ' ` You have eaten something that disagrees with you . Did you eat hot biscuits for breakfast ? ' ` No , ma'am , I never do , ' and Patty gave another little gasp , for the bun lay very heavily on both stomach and conscience just then . ' A drop or two of ammonia will set you right , ' and Aunt Pen gave her some . It did set the stomach right , but the conscience still worried her , for she could not make up her mind to ` fess ' the sly , greedy thing she had done . ` Put a white patch in the middle of those green ones , ' said Aunt Pen , as Patty sat soberly sewing her daily square . ` Why ? ' asked the little girl , for aunty seldom interfered in her arrangement of the quilt . ` It will look pretty , and match the other three squares that are going at the corners of that middle piece . ' ` Well , I will , ' and Patty sewed away , wondering at this sudden interest in her work , and why Aunt Pen laughed to herself as she put away the ammonia bottle . These are two of the naughty little things that got worked into the quilt ; but there were good ones also , and Aunt Pen 's sharp eyes saw them all . At the window of a house opposite , Patty often saw a little girl who sat there playing with an old doll or a torn book . She never seemed to run about or go out , and Patty often wondered if she was sick , she looked so thin and sober , and was so quiet . Patty began by making faces at her for fun , but the little girl only smiled back , and nodded so good-naturedly that Patty was ashamed of herself . ` Is that girl over there poor ? ' she asked suddenly as she watched her one day . ` Very poor : her mother takes in sewing , and the child is lame , ' answered Aunt Pen , without looking up from the letter she was writing . ` Her doll is nothing but an old shawl tied round with a string , and she do n't seem to have but one book . Wonder if she 'd like to have me come and play with her , ' said Patty to herself , as she stood her own big doll in the window , and nodded back at the girl , who bobbed up and down in her chair with delight at this agreeable prospect .
` You can go and see her some day if you like , ' said Aunt XXXXX , scribbling away .
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