She laughed when she looked at it, and Nelly laughed too; and then Frankie said, "O, what funny sewing!"
"I'll baste you some easier work," said her aunt; "and you shall have a little thimble to put on your finger. Then you will like to sew."
Nelly had behaved much better since she was punished, so that her uncle, aunt, and cousins loved her better than ever. Still there were many things in which they hoped she would improve.
One day her aunt found her sitting on the piazza alone, eating something, and as soon as she saw some one coming, she put it hastily in her pocket. It was not more than an hour before she complained of a bad pain in her stomach.
"What have you been eating, my dear?" asked her aunt.
"Nothing," said Nelly.
"Are you sure?" and the lady looked earnestly in her face.
"Yes, I am very sure," answered Nelly.
Mrs. Gray sent Sally for some warm peppermint water, and then laid the child on the lounge.
For some time she lay quite still, sucking her finger; but when her aunt glanced toward her to see if she were asleep, she noticed that Nelly looked very pale about the mouth; and presently she jumped up, and carried her to the closet, where she threw up a great quantity of raisins, which she had stolen from her aunt's box.