That
was only a week before he died. He fell on the kitchen floor while
he was gettin' breakfast. He always got the breakfast and let
Luella lay abed. He did all the sweepin' and the washin' and the
ironin' and most of the cookin'. He couldn't bear to have Luella
lift her finger, and she let him do for her. She lived like a
queen for all the work she did. She didn't even do her sewin'.
She said it made her shoulder ache to sew, and poor Erastus's
sister Lily used to do all her sewin'. She wa'n't able to, either;
she was never strong in her back, but she did it beautifully. She
had to, to suit Luella, she was so dreadful particular. I never
saw anythin' like the fagottin' and hemstitchin' that Lily Miller
did for Luella. She made all Luella's weddin' outfit, and that
green silk dress, after Maria Babbit cut it. Maria she cut it for
nothin', and she did a lot more cuttin' and fittin' for nothin' for
Luella, too. Lily Miller went to live with Luella after Erastus
died. She gave up her home, though she was real attached to it and
wa'n't a mite afraid to stay alone. She rented it and she went to
live with Luella right away after the funeral.
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