![]() ![]() ![]() Jerusha escaped from the pantry where she had been making sandwiches for the asylum’s guests and turned upstairs to accomplish her regular work. ![]() But this particular first Wednesday, like its predecessors, finally dragged itself to a close. It was a distressing time and poor Jerusha Abbott, being the oldest orphan, had to bear the brunt of it. Ninety-seven squirming little orphans must be scrubbed and combed and buttoned into freshly starched ginghams and all ninety-seven reminded of their manners, and told to say, Yes, sir, No, sir, whenever a Trustee spoke. Every floor must be spotless, every chair dustless, and every bed without a wrinkle. The first Wednesday in every month was a Perfectly Awful Day-a day to be awaited with dread, endured with courage and forgotten with haste. ![]()
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