My Uncle Toby’s Library
Aunt Amy.
AUNT AMY;
OR,
HOW MINNIE BROWN LEARNED TO BE
A SUNBEAM.
BY
AUTHOR OF “ARTHUR’S TEMPTATION,” “MINNIE BROWN,” ETC.
BOSTON:
GEO. C. RAND, 3 CORNHILL.
WM. J. REYNOLDS & CO.
1853.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by
Daniel Wise,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Districtof Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.
PRESS OF G. C. RAND, CORNHILL.
[5]AUNT AMY.
As Minnie Brown was walking one day along the principal street ofRosedale, she met Arthur Ellerslie, who said to her,—
“Minnie, there is a letter in the post office for you.”
“A letter for me!” exclaimed the little girl, her bright eyes flashingat the bare idea of a letter being sent to her.
“Yes, there is a letter for you, Minnie.[6] I saw it myself in the postoffice window,” replied Arthur.
“O, I’m so glad! It must be from my aunt Amy. I will run and get it;”and away she skipped to the post office, with a step as light as afawn’s, and a heart as cheerful as merry music. It was very pleasant tosee her standing before the little window of the post office, her facewreathed in smiles, and her hand stretched out, as she said,—
“Please, sir, give me my letter.”
“Yes, Miss Minnie, you shall have your letter,” replied the good-naturedman who kept the office, and who seemed, by his looks, to share the[7]child’s delight, as he handed her the letter.
“Thank you, sir,” said Minnie; and then, with swift feet, she ran intothe street, and almost flew along the sidewalk. When she reached home,she was nearly out of breath. Finding her mother in the parlor, sheexclaimed,—
“O mother! I’ve got a letter! I’ve got a letter!” and throwing herbonnet on the chair, she eagerly opened the letter, and, after lookingat it a moment, cried out,—
“Ma, it’s from aunt Amy!”
“From aunt Amy!” repeated Mrs. Brown.[8]
“Yes, mother, and she says she is coming to see us next week. O, I am soglad—ain’t you, mother?”
“Yes, Minnie, I shall be very glad to see my sister.”
“She wants me to write to her directly, and tell her if it will beconvenient for you to have her come. What shall I write, mother?”
“You may say we shall be very happy to see her at that time.”
“Shall I answer the letter at once, mother?”
“You may, Minnie. Though, perhaps, you had better let me read itfirst.”
[9]Minnie blushed a little, as she handed the letter to her mother. She hadbeen too hurried, and her mother’s request sounded like a kind rebuke.Minnie’s gentle spirit felt it, and she grew more quiet, as she waitedfor her mother to read the letter.
“There, my child, that will do,” said Mrs. Brown, giving her the letteragain. “Now you may go to