Aunt Madge's Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798888181546)

Here you sit, all waiting for a story. How shall I begin? Let us see.

There once lived and moved a little try-patience, called Margaret Parlin; no more nor less a personage than myself, your very humble servant.

They called me Marg'et, Maggie, Marjie, Madge; and your grandpa's pet name was Totty-wax; only, if I joggled the floor when he shaved, it was full-length "Mar-ga-ret."

My motto in my little days seems to have been, "Speak twice before you think once;" and you will see what troubles it led me into. I never failed to "speak twice," but often forgot the thinking altogether.