Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-01-17


you say such things before his Jace2 declare sit
IN fear and trembling"
La, mamma, one may say what one likes-lts
all safe enough. Uncle jeff is too deaf to hear,
never fear. Besides, ii docs him good to hear
you interpret for u.s. You turn our sour into
sweet, and he seems to like the favour. Better
give him little more
Feeding time is not over. Give him little
more, said Humphrey.
How can keep my counenance, II you go
on SOP Boys, he quiet
1T is so amusing to see ma obliged to look
pleasant when she is in such n passion. Denr
ma would you like to box our ears Hey?
what?' said uncle jeff,
The girls were saying, that they never saw me
look half so delighted as ! am now doing, for the
pleasure of seeing you hers.-GiHs, If you pW
proroke me-boys, / wW punish you for this You
are behaving shametuliy
%, mamma it is so amusing TO see you trying
TO look sweet and calm and pleasant at cross deaf
uncle jeff, and yet all the while in such passion
with u.s.
tPIl tell YOU what has lust come into my head,
mamma said Miss Pokenham the first, now
don't let anybody Iaugh-have you all got your
listening faces ready are they all screwed up not
to laughr
Hold your tongue Jane said Mrs. Poken
ham. Ready ready = exclaimed onnes.
why, this is my project resumed Miss Pokcn-
minkin fnkn Fanny Carr aud our great deaf
uncle jeff Mrs. Pokenham half screamed with
fear--the rest laughed outright
Mamma, they would be such nice couple.
Our deaf uncle Jeff, aud little mnkin inikin
Fanny Carr Such an overgrown giant and such
an undergrown doll. It's no uso blushng SO,
Fanny Cnrr-you make uncle jeff look at you,
your face is so on fire. He'll wonder what in the
world you are blushing so about. Don't you sec
how he is staring"
Little Fanny Carr lifted up her eyes and saw
those of the formidable visitor fixed full upon her
face, wbereupon she rose from her seat aud got
! out Of the ROOM
q Pray who is that little thingp asked uncle
! Jeffery of Mrs. Pokenham, as they were left to-
gether in the evening--'pray who is that little
! thing who has just gone out of the roomT
| DO you mean Fanny Carr? ., she is a little
creature that has seen better days, aud we let her
be here because my feelings won't let me send
her away. She is so happy and so attached TO
us, poor thing, and she just makes herself useful
in doing any trhe that falls in her way. She
! keeps the keys of the store-room, and the ten
! caddy and the wine-celler, and the beer, and the
cellaret, and she fills up her time with sewing
for the girls and she has the care Of the linen,
aud she makes all the pastry, and does the pre-
serves-but what most prize Fanny Carr for is,
that she is such good nurse she nursed the
children through all their maadies, aud never left
! lnen Wnen we 1a0 the scarlet lever everybody
said that she would catch it, but she never did,
though she was with them day aud night. Yes,
Fanny Carr is most excellent nurse
SO she is your housekeeper, and your cook
and your plain sewer and your nurseP 20 no,
! don't give her any wages
! "A servant without wages 'Unce, | see that
! you don't like to have Fanny Carr sitting at the
same table with you. am sure | beg your par
don, but did not think of it. don't much
think that she would like eat with the servants
but I'll see. At all events can send her dinner
up to her own ROOM Let the little thing stay +,
said uncle jeff.
But my dear uncle, confess it was very
thoughtless of me TO seut her at the same table
with you, and l can very well make her CO.
Then shall go too! said deaf uncle jeff
! Mrs. Pokenham of course Immediately with
drew her proffer. She could only regret that she
had been so inadvertant as to place her highly
respectable, and highly endowed, and fortunately
rich uncle Jeffrey, at the table with poor
| little minikn fnkn old maid. Fanny Carr was
still tolerated. and uncle Jeffrey seemed so far to
overcome his aversion to her as to permit various
little offices which she was constantly performing
for him in her character of general usefulness
She arranged the cushions in his easy chair
for after the first fit of sulenness uncle Jeffery
permitted himself TO be installed into his comfort
abeness-she fetched him his slippers, and got
him the newspapers, and handed him his hat aud
7 stick when he went out, and took them from him
when he came in, and always met him with Il
smile and, some way or other deaf uncle JEFF
could hear Fanny Carr's gentle voice almost with
out The help of his ear horn, better than he could
understand other people with it.
| +" | wish had deaf uncle Jeff's money said
Master Daniel" How would make it fly He
has not the heart TO do any thing with it but keep
it to get molh.eaten und rusty"
"There he is under the window" said Hum
phrey.
mo matter what says, he can't hear u.s.
1t is such fun to look him in the lace and hoax
him telling him what an old curmudgeon he is
and all the while making him think that you are
paying the greatest compliments. Mamma does
that in fine style. Now IN show you her honey
milk and sugar way"
And so saying Master Daniel walked up to hi,
deaf uncle jeff, and, with an insinuaDg look and
soft smile, said, 1t gives me pleasure to assure
you that think you have not sense enough 10 ell
| Joy your life or your money" 4" Hey? What dc
you say ?" said deaf uncle jeff applying his ear
horn.
80 fie" exclaimed tho little old maid, turning
very red-how can can you mock his Infirmiles
in that manner! !"
"I'll tell you what" said Master Daniel, turn
ing sharply round upon The poor approximately
tell you what-mamma ordered you to make the
amiabe 10 old deaf uncle jeff here for our sake
but she begins to think you arc doing ii for your
own"
90 Master Daniel" exclaimed little Fanny
Carr, "you know that try to be kind to every.
body-indeed ought, for feel what it is to wish
for kindness myself; and when see how you all
play upon this poor gentleman, because he hap
pens TO be deaf can't help feeling the more pitt
ful over him; but it would be just the same if he
were poor" "Hey? hey? What does she say 7;
asked uncle JEFF.
She says she is quite exhausted with the troub.
10 of speaking TO you, sir, you are so very deaf p
&" Deaf deafw exclaimed the old gentleman
81 am not deaf told you oil before that was
not deaf"
80 Daniel 7" exclaimed Fanny Carr with the
tears in her eyes" how can you so misrepi esenI
me% "Hey hey' What does she say ?" ask
ed uncle Jeffery,
"She says, sir, that she is quite worn out with
the trouble of shouting and running errands. -
80 Danie" calculated the little old maid.