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Title: Aunt Amy
or, How Minnie Brown learned to be a Sunbeam

Author: Francis Forrester

Release Date: April 5, 2008 [EBook #24991]

Language: English

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My Uncle Toby's Library
Aunt Amy.

AUNT AMY;

OR,

HOW MINNIE BROWN LEARNED TO BE
A SUNBEAM.

BY

FRANCIS FORRESTER, ESQ.

AUTHOR OF "ARTHUR'S TEMPTATION," "MINNIE BROWN," ETC.

BOSTON:
GEO. C. RAND, 3 CORNHILL.
WM. J. REYNOLDS & CO.
1853.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by
DANIEL WISE,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the
District of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.
PRESS OF G. C. RAND, CORNHILL.

AUNT AMY.

As Minnie Brown was walking one day along the principal street of
Rosedale, she met Arthur Ellerslie, who said to her,--

"Minnie, there is a letter in the post office for you."

"A letter for me!" exclaimed the little girl, her bright eyes flashing
at the bare idea of a letter being sent to _her_.

"Yes, there is a letter for _you_, Minnie. I saw it myself in the post
office window," replied Arthur.

"O, I'm so glad! It must be from my aunt Amy. I will run and get it;"
and away she skipped to the post office, with a step as light as a
fawn's, and a heart as cheerful as merry music. It was very pleasant to
see her standing before the little window of the post office, her face
wreathed in smiles, and her hand stretched out, as she said,--

"Please, sir, give me my letter."

"Yes, Miss Minnie, you shall have your letter," replied the good-natured
man who kept the office, and who seemed, by his looks, to share the
child's delight, as he handed her the letter.

"Thank you, sir," said Minnie; and then, with swift feet, she ran into
the street, and almost flew a