The Old Lady

(1993 July, Rueping memoir)
After dinner, old Mrs. Rueping went up to nap.  I'll try to make you see her.  There were no flies on her.  She owned the house, and the three Sallees lived with her.  She looked just a mite like the duchess in Alice in Wonderland.  ...  Often times on a summer afternoon Mrs. Frederick Rueping (the old lady) would walk over, with cane & cane, cross the road, up our front steps, and sit on the porch and visit in German with my mother.  My father used to say if he could talk German, he could ask much more for his services.