| Show At still the in gate the May turned doorway to calling look back Take care and do not stop to play on your Brother Henrie get the meat Now May was on her own over the east Teams mountain and wagons hitching post red announcing flag in West plus front of the some fact cently butcheredcow was breeze The sound of many shop caused through the May open to had money learned the the opposite horses log that to way were cabin tied meat Brother direction to shop Henrie the The had re floating in the early morning voices coming from the meat hesitate door your of to the rock store and was just showing its beams was the was way Just go down and hurry home She north down MantiMain Street then two blocks west The sun Mother Quietly Brother Henrie she was slipped busy with his saw andlarge sharp knife cutting the right meat for the men who waited Each had volunteered to get meat from Henriebefore they went to the fields to work that day May waited and waited and waited No one paid her any attention At last she marched up to the chopping block faced Brother Henrie and said m justlittle girl My mother sent me here to get some meat am tired money of to after waiting him She no matter She handed the carefully wrapped had his attention Each time there how many people were ahead of her Brother Henrie remembered Never again did she have to wait for attention to buy meat After that it was her responsibility to hurry home before the meat had time to get too warm Sources Newspaper copy Home Authorknowledge of Lily May Munk Sentinel July 17 1885 this family story about Livingston 81 |
