Patty at Home by Carolyn Wells
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"Mine, too," said Mancy; "I wants my room fixed up nice. I fetched a lot
of pictures to liven it up some, but I reckon I ain't got no time to put 'em up to-day." "Oh, yes, you have, Mancy," said Patty, rising; "and, anyway, we'll go right up and look at those rooms; then I can tell what we need to get for them." "Mine won't need anything," said Pansy, "except what's in it already, and what I've got to put in it myself. I brought my decorations over this morning." "Oh, you did?" said Patty. "Well, bring them along, and we'll all go upstairs together." "I'll get mine, too," said Mancy, shuffling toward the kitchen. The servants' rooms were in the third story. They had been freshly papered and neatly and appropriately furnished, though Patty had not, as yet, added any pictures or ornaments. And, apparently, she would have no occasion to do so; for, as she went up to these rooms, she was immediately followed by their future occupants, each of whom came with her arms full of what looked like the most worthless rubbish. "What _is_ all that stuff, Pansy?" exclaimed Patty, as she beheld her young waitress fairly staggering under her load. "They're lovely things, Miss Patty, and I hope you don't mind. This is a |
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