Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-03-29

Out VI the question:, MTS btuelOH Ieplleu,
promptly. and with some warmth.
LET Hannah go fatherl How could
you have thought of such a thing !" excaim-
ed Anne, in alarm.
1--WE can't, possibly, do without her." re-
sumed Mrs Litteton.
"What does she do ~
"Why, she does all the upstairs work, at
tends to the parlors, and helps Susan 10 iron
every week"
"The upstairs work." Mr. LittIeton said,
thoughtfulIy. That is, she makes mp our bed,
Anne's and Williams, and sweeps out the
chambers and passagesl"
eyes"
"And then she sweeps out the parlors
and dusts the furniture"
eyes"
"And helps Susan TO iron once every
week"
"Yes."
"And that is all ~
"Oh, no. She attends to the bell, and
does hundred other little things"
"And so you cannot give up Hannah p
ooh, no-neyer % was the united reply Of
Mrs Litteton and the daughter.
Somehow, or other, il seems TO me-" the
husband and father said, after sitting silent
for some moments, 'that the thing might be
managed very easily if YOU would only con-
sent TO try"
"But how in the world can it be done,
father ~
81 will give you the plan have been turn
ing over in my mind And think it very
good one. First, let Hannah go Then, do
you take charge of your own chamber, and
let your mother, here, take charge Of ours
and Williams, including other little matters
to be done cup stairs, such as sweeping down
the passages and stairs, &c &c"
"But who will keep the parlors in order p
eagerly asked Anne
} ''That | propose TO form part of your
duty. Susan can attend the bell and. as
there will be one less to cook and iron for,
she can, upon pinch, | suppose, do all the
ironing herself. Or, if necessary, some one
can be hired once week to help her.
There is my plan; now what do you think OF
III 1t will involve a saving of at least one
, hundred and fifty dollars"
, "But we can never do all that, father, in
{ the world" Anne said, the tears coming
5 into her eyes.
a "Not two of you do less than one has
been doing, with the utmost ease 7" replied
I Mr.. Littleton.
0 'But, surely, you don't wish us to go to
work like servants, father 7"
81 believe Anne, that work harder thar
any clerk in my store Often and often dc
IL remain engaged with my books, in the
d evening after have let them go to theil
! homes.
"But you know" urged Mrs. Littleton
"that you are injuring your health and tha
| have often talked to you about il"
; 81 know it is very hard on me" Mr.. Lit
c Teton replied, in voice that trembled al
most imperceptibly. "But it must be done
e The style in which you live, and the com
e forts you enjoy, all depend upon my strain
E ing every nerve. And now, when | ask YOU
e to take upon yourselves small portion o
e the burdens under which | am almost weigh
u ed down, you oppose insuperable objec
2, TONS"
= "But, father, you know that ladies VIII
E. move in our circle never engage in menia
lie employments," Anne said, with GOODNESS
D. and, as it seemed to her father, heartless
y ness, that made him half angry. The re
sr mark following so inapproprately tn
le Littletons feelings as much as it did his
y Her instant reply was, addressing her hu'
"a band.
in "You are right We ought to shar
ID your burdens. Hannah shall 60 at tn
D. close of this week, and Anne and myse
10 will attend to the chambers and parlors.-
,e We can do it easily enough, and the exel
ie else will, have no doubt, be better for tn
to health of both"
er Anne would have objected further, BIT
W she was at once silenced. The arrange
ID ment proposed was in due time entered W
re on, and deeply to her notification, she Wa
ey compelled to demean herself by actual
n doing the work, for which servant ha
previously been employed.
to Thus stood matters at the time Hem
re Allen called in upon Anne, as she though
as so inopportunely. He was young ma
an who, though connected with a wealthy an
he intelligent family, had been away fro
ne home good deal, and, from having tn,
e, been brought into contact with the worl,
mt as it is, had learned to estimate, by stal
ks dards, somewhat different from those set Il
TO by too many who breathe in the atmosphe
ne of fashionable life. Something about Al
n ne Littleton had interested him good dea
ee especially her face, which was beautif
III one aud as she had been well educate
dr and was intelligent on most subjects, an
-e- sometimes even little brilliant, an acqua
zee lance with her had only tended 10 increa
re the interest at first awakened.
From the beginning his intimate fren
m, Charles Wentworth, had not ceased to RI
in against this manifest preference for Mi
an Littleton. To him she had slways been i
lie, sufferable. Someiing about her, whenev