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CHAPTER I. CHRISTIE
_ CHAPTER I. CHRISTIE
"AUNT BETSEY, there‘s going to be a new Declaration of
Independence."
"Bless and save us, what do you mean, child?" And the startled old
lady precipitated a pie into the oven with destructive haste.
"I mean that, being of age, I‘m going to take care of myself, and
not be a burden any longer. Uncle wishes me out of the way; thinks I
ought to go, and, sooner or later, will tell me so. I don‘t intend
to wait for that, but, like the people in fairy tales, travel away
into the world and seek my fortune. I know I can find it."
Christie emphasized her speech by energetic demonstrations in the
bread-trough, kneading the dough as if it was her destiny, and she
was shaping it to suit herself; while Aunt Betsey stood listening,
with uplifted pie-fork, and as much astonishment as her placid face
was capable of expressing. As the girl paused, with a decided thump,
the old lady exclaimed:
"What crazy idee you got into your head now?"
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