Excerpt from Homespun and Gold Ell, now, said Aunt N abby Strong, think you should ha' remembered that! She stood in the kitchen, in sunshine the brighter from the facets of the snow, and turned on her thin gnarled finger a wedding ring. She was a sweet old lady, straight and tall, a complexity of kindliness and the sobriety of long experience in her withered face. Her daughter, Nancy Hart, the moral of her, so far as youth can echo age, stood by, with keen delight upon her face. Nancy still had on her outdoor things, but she had not been able to wait for more than a second after crossing the sill before she gave her mother the present she had brought. Yes, said Mrs. Strong, I know exactly what I said, an' you took it up an' remembered it, an' now you've spent your money so's't I should have a ring. If you ain't the beater! Well, you always was, Nancy. Anybody never had to say what they wanted twice over but there 'twas. Nancy was throwing Off her enveloping shawl and the jacket underneath. I dunno but I ought to told Sarah, she said, and let her come in on it. But I was so mean and selfish, I just wouldn't, that's all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.