Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-12-03
GIRL HUNTING.
RY MRS. c. ". KIRKLAND.


lar enough 10 reconnoitr; cant YOU let our
folks have some eg,s? Our old hen don't lay
nothing but chick,nsnow and mothcr can't
eat pork. and she ain, had no breakfast, and
the baby amt drest, nor nofhinH"
hat Is the matter, Websterl Where's
your girlY'
'Oh! we hau'tno girl bat father. and he's
had 10 30 way to-day 10 a Tdisln--a moth
CT wants TO know il you can't tell her where
10 get grip"
Poor Mrs. Larkins! Her husband makes
but very indifferent girl being reinarka-
bly, public spirited person. The good lady is
IN very delicate health, and having an incred
IDLE number OF little blue eyes constantly
making fresh demands upon her time and
strength, she usually keeps girl when she
can g,t one. When she cannot, which is
unfortunately the largest part OF the time, her
husband dresses the carbohydrates stir-cakes
Tor the eldest blue eyes TO bake on gridde,
which Is hcver al rest-milks the cows-ieeds
the pigs-a and then goes ~ his business,
which We have supposed TO consist principal
~ IN helping at raisings, wood bees. husk-
ings, and such like important and arduous
aud proii,less oil all.
Yet it must be owned that Mr.. Larkins is
a tolcrable carpenter, aud that he buys as
many comforts for his family as most OF his
ncighbors. The main diff iculty seems to be
that "hclp'is not often. purchasable. The
very small portion of our damscls who will
consent 10 enter snybody's doors for pay,
makes the chase after them quite interesting
from lis uncertainty the damsols them
selves, subject 10 a well known foible of their
sex, become very coy from being over-courted
Such racing and chasing and begging and
praying, 10 get a .irl for month They are
often got ior life with half the trouble. But
10 return. .fr., .
Having an esteem for Mrs Larkins, and u
sincere experimental pity for the torlorn con-
ditiOn OF mo girl but father set out at
once 10 Try II female tact and perseverance
might not prove eiicctuUl in icrreting out a
help" though mere industry had not succeed
cd. For this purpose ! made list in my
mind OF those ncighbors, i'll the first place,
whose daughters sometimes condescend TO be
girls; and secondly OF the few who were cna-
bled by good luck, good management and good
pay, to keep them. Ii failed in nv attempts
upon one class, hoped for some new lights
from the other. When the object is of such
importance il is well 10 string ones bow dou-
Bile
In the first category stood Mrs. Lowndes,
whose iorlorn log house had never known door
or windows; a blanket supplying the place Of
the one, and the other being represented By a
cTerIce between the logs. Lifting the sooty
curtain with some timidity, j found the dame
with sort of reel before her, trying TO wind
some dirty, trangled yarn; and ever and anon
kicking at basket which hung suspended
from beam overhead, by means ofa strip Of
hickory bark. This basket contained nest
OF rags and an indescrlblble baby: and in the
ashes on the rough hearth played several dingy
objects, which supposed had once been ba-
bies.
lis your daughter a home now, Mrs. Lown-
dcs?"
"Wcll, yes! Mrandy's to hum, but she's
out now. Did you want herr"
Il came 10 see if she could not 90 to Mrs.
Larhins' who is Very unSell uud sadly in
oil help"
Miss Larkins why, do tell want to
know! Is she sick again? and is her gal gone?
Why! want 10 know! | thought She had
Lo-isy Pad on! Is Lo-i-sy gomez"
81 suppose so. You Will Lei Miranda go 10
Mrs. Larkins', will you?"
"Well, don know but would let her 90
for spell, just to commodatc EN-. M'ranly
may so il she's mind ter. She needn't live
out unless she chooses. She's got comiorta-
bic home, and no thanks 10 nobody. What
wages do they givef'
h "A dollar week"
Eat al the tablel'
"Oh certainly"
|, "liave Sundays?"
why mol believe not the whole Sunday
the children, you know"
Ion ho!' interrupted Mrs Lowndes, with
most dislainiul toss of the head giving at the
same time vigorous impulse 10 the cradle
iii that's how it is. Myrandy don't stir step!
She don live nowhere il she can't come home
Saturday night and stay till Monday morn.
ing"
took my leave without farther parley, hav-
ing often found this point the sine qua non in
such negotiations.
My next eilortwas at pretty looking cottage
whose oyerhanging roof an outer arrange
mon,s, spoke English ownership. Tie inter
Tor by no means Conespouded with the eXteT-
Tor aspect, being more bare than usual, and far
from neat. The presiding power was pro-
diglous creature, who looked like man in
woman S clothes, and whose blazing face, orna-
menied here and there by great hair moles,
spoke very iHtclligibly Of the becr-barrcl, if of
nothing more exciting. A daughter OF this
vlrago had once lived in my family, and the
mother met me with an air oi defiance, as il
she thought had come with All accusation -
When uniolded my errand her aspect soften
ed little, but She scorniully rejected the idea
oil Lucy living with any more Yankees
You pretend to think everybody alike. :"
said she, "but when il comes TO the pint,
you're sight more uppish and saucy than the
Ta'al quality at home; aud Ill see the whole
Yankee race to
made my exit without waiting for the con
eluslon OF this complimentary observation;
and the less reluctantly ioI having observed on
the table the lower part OF one OF nv silver
teaspoons, the top OF which h'1 been violent.
ly wrcnched of. This spoon wes well re.
membeTed loss during Lucy's administration.
and knew that Mrs. Larkins had none TO
spare.
Unsuccessful thus far among the arbi,crs Of
our destiny, | thought ] would stop az the
house OF friend, and make some injuries
which might spare me further rebufs. On
making my way BE- The garden gate to the lit
lie libcdry where usually saw Mrs. S,ayner.
was surprised to end il silent and uninhab-
tied. The windows were closed; half finish
ed cap lay on the sofa, and bunch OF ycstar-
day wild-ilOwers upon the table All spoke
Oi drBOldtiOn. The Cradls--Ifr,t pxacdy an an.