The Clock (1992)

Authors: James Lincoln Collier

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“Not long after, her ma died of yellow fever. Ma was put out to live with her aunt and uncle, but they had eight young of their own, and didn’t need another one. She was last at the trough for everything, she always said—never had a stitch of new clothing, but always wore hand-me-downs that two or three of her cousins had already grown out of, and were patched so much that there wasn’t anything of the original cloth left to them. She hated going anywhere looking like a patchwork quilt, for the o...ther kids would giggle at her and make fun, and even the grown-ups would make jokes about how warm she must be in a nice quilt like that, and such. She was last at the food, too, for she sat at the bottom of the table, and by the time she was served, the others would have got all the meat out of the stew, and left her with nothing but potatoes and gravy. She lived on potatoes most of the time she was growing up, she always said.
When she was fourteen her uncle said he couldn’t afford to keep her anymore, she was old enough to take care of herself.MoreLess Read More Read Less