M I S S D A I S Y D I M I T Y T HE AU TH OR OF EEN IE ! U , OR A N GE LI LY ” “ A J E WEL OF A GIR , L, “ M Y LOVE S H E ’ S B T A LA IE , U S S , & c . dzo . , I N T HR EE V OLUM ES . V OL . I I . L O N D O N H UR S T A N D BLA C! ET T P UBLI S H ER S , , 1 8 GR EA R LB OR OU GH R EE . , T MA ST T 1 881 . ll h c r r A r t q t es e ved . A nun emure of lowl ort d , y p ’ r r tl m e of ove c ourt O sp igh y aid n , L s , I n thy simplicity th e sp ort Of all temptations A qu een in c rown of rub ies drest ; A starvling in a sc anty v est Are ll s m to uit th b e t a as ee s ee s , h T y appellations . A little lo w t one e e c ps , i h y t r to t re te e S a ing h a n and d fy, — That thought c om es nex t and instantly T h e re k i over f a s , T h e e w ll v b e ol ! shap i anish, and h d A silver shield with b oss of gold t re t el om e r b ol Tha sp ads i s f, s fai y d fi ” I n ght to c over . WOR D S WOR T H . M I S S D A I SY D I M I T Y. CHA P T ER I . D ie R se di e Lil e die T e die S e o , j , aub , onn , ’ D i e e t e st e e esw e li b ich in all in Li b onn . ’ I ch e sic t e e e e e li b nich m hr, ich li b all in D ie ! e e di e F e e die R e e die E e l in , in , in , in ; S ie se e e e e B e lb r, all r Li b ronn , I st R se Lil e e e o und j und Taub und Sonn . N th e n n ft t n mor i g a er her firs da ce , Daisy woke with difficulty to find ’ n in Mrs . Cox s housemaid observi g her w t t- t n n ear, i h respec brea hi g loud ess, “ ’ f t a t n . Break as eleve o clock , miss ” h o w n ! t o ur Dear me , ice ej acula ed V OL B . II . 2 MISS DAISY DIMITY . t f l n t h n d slo h u , small heroi e ; al houg , i dee , h n t f they had n o t been late t e igh be ore . n n n t to The , fi di g she had ample ime sh e ot wn t n t for dress , g do s airs pu c ually th e belated meal . wa s wn f Mrs . Cox already do be ore her ; b ut w n n t ex he Daisy, discoveri g his , claimed she fel t ashamed o f her o wn lazi if f n n s . e s , Mrs Cox , as eari g some slur might seem thro wn o n her o wn daughters n t n w w t a n by compariso , has ily a s ered , i h a t t pologe ic , ired smile , “ n o n t No , , my dear ; you g people mus n t s w t c an I —of e joy hemselve hile hey . I n wn n t course , have bee do si ce eigh ’ o clock to see after th e doctor and my tt n li le schoolboys . Thi gs would n ever go t if not B - th e - wa W t righ , I did y y, ha nice gloves you wore last night ! Do yo u mi n d telling me h o w much they cost ? s a nd t t we Dai y laughed , old her hey re A 3 MISS D ISY DIMITY . ra ther d e ar (si nce Mad ame Furbelo w n s cor ned keepi g i nfe rior articles) . She fan cie d her hostess made a rapid nt t n me al calcula io , as she very mildly i ncli ned her head while filling the te a “ e t n B ut she tt cups , jacula i g Ah li le imagi ned that th e troubled mother wa s “ t n n to f an d n hi ki g hersel , Four Sixpe ce ' t n t a t and the t n las igh cards , ex ra mo ey t o ut o f th e - mus come milk bill . Yes , I m ust get Fuzzy a pair . Major Hodge remarked he did n ot like mittens worn a t n hi da ces . I s a w m looking a t hers o ut of ” the n o f cor er his eye . “ I am afraid that my girls will n ot be ” d wn fo r t nt re o some ime , she prese ly “ tt n t a nd marked . They are ge i g la er t n n t t la er . I have bee vai ly ups airs hree t e n the t o f t m im s already , beggi g hree he to et o ut f ut t m to g o bed . You p he ! se e w n we a shame , my dear You , he h ve B 2 4: M ISS DAISY DIMITY . nl two and a n n o y maids ( occasio al help) , it t r f t is hard o gi ve seve al break as s . it w n wa s n . w Mrs Cox , ill be see , gro i g i ntimate with Dai sy ; s o much so th at the poor soul laid aside many o f her little t n a nd n in th e ef of pre e ces , i dulged reli n n t bei g a t times ho es . She had hardly Spoke n before Birdie t nt th e n th e r burs i o room , slammi g doo n behi d her . “ ” n n 1 w th a n Good mor i g she cried , i ’ utter ign oring o f her mother s existe nce ; although bestowi ng upon Daisy a soun d ing “ . Y ou s ee I c an in t e double kiss , be im a s we ‘ ll as you . Your brother b et me a Sixpen ce I would not be down for break fa st ; so you will tell him I am n ot the lazy ’ o n e of f w n t ou ? n ou: our amily, o y Mi d y ” t n ow 1 ell him , Y es t n wn to , cer ai ly Birdie had come do ” breakfast ; b ut h o w i I t would have bee n MISS DAISY DIMITY . 5 tt if sh e n t n be er had go e ups airs agai . Her touzled fri nge o f hair had plai nly never bee n re - curled ; withou t the sem blan ce o f havi ng had a bru s h this mor n in w w tw s t t t g, her yello locks ere i ed up igh . o r at Elm t s t , as Polly Hall called hi s yle , a la wash- tub n t A n k o . old serge go wn seemed to have bee n has tily buttoned over t o f nt one tt n o f a scarci y garme s , bu o which gown soon going off with a pop c t th n t n e . omple ed disarray Birdie, o hi g nt the w t in an d dau ed , replaced lack i h a p ; we nt on healthily an d hugely consuming a n d - bread home made blackberry jam , gru mbling at her mother fo r bei ng s o s ti ngy a s no t to give them marmalade . Fuzzy came do wn whe n the meal was n n B ut t n wa s early e ded . he she properly d ressed ; a nd though displeased i n her tur n that the maids could no t make her — fresh toast and boil a n egg sin ce the o ne D I M l T Y 6 MISS DAISY . hard - worked bei ng wa s go ne to market a n d th e oth e r wa s busy making the beds u pstairs wisely refusing to hear th e voice — o f the charmer sh e speedily solaced her f n d k sel with cold beef a pic les . t t n M rs . w Cox , i h a Sigh , he carried a tray upstairs to her third remaining t fo r n ot t the nn daugh er, ill midday di er did soft - footed Pussy come lingeringly n t do w s airs .