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 , ' said aunty . ` But I never thought these little chits would do so well . Ugh , how disagreeable it is ! ' And mamma took her dose with a wry face , feeling that Aunt Betsey was siding with the wrong party . ` Now sit down and hem these towels till dinner-time . I have so much to do I do n't know which way to turn , ' continued Kitty , much elated with her success . Rest of any sort was welcome , so mamma sewed busily till callers came .
They happened to be some little friends of XXXXX 's , and she went to them in the parlor , telling mamma to go up to nurse and have her hair brushed and her dress changed , and then come and see the guests .
Betsey Carrie Harry Kitty aunty chits day dinner-time fellow-sufferer fishing-rod