Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-03-23


Yes, nra'am. Nancygot bar of soap from
me last washing-day, and l went in for it yes
terday."
" But Nlncy told me you wanted to borrow
it," said MIS- Jordon.
Nancy knew better" said Jane, with face
slightly flushed but any one could see that II
was a flush Of Indignation
"WlI you step into my house and tell Nan
cy | want to see her 2?
"Certalnly, ma am" And Jane retired.
"These servants have been playing high
game. | fear" remarked MIS-. Jordon, after
jane had left the room. Pardon me, if IN my
surprise have spoken in mnnaer that has
seemed offensive"
" Most certainly there is game playing that
know nothing about, if any thing has been
borrowed of you in my name for these three
months" said |.
" have heard Of your borrowing something
or other almost every day during the time you
MENTION" replied Mrs. GORDON CAS- for me,
| have sent into you few times but not often
er, am sure, than once in a week
JANE returned, after having been gone several
minutes, and said Nancy would be in directly,
We waited for some time and then sent for her
again. Word was brought back that she was
nowhere to be found in the house.
"Come in with me, Mrs. Smith" said my
ueighbcr, rising did SC, according to her
request. Sure enough, Nancy was gone. We
went up into her room and found that she had
bundled up her clothes and taken them of, but
left behind her unmlsakeable evidences of what
she had been doing. In an old chest which Mrs
Jordon had let her use for her clothes were many
packages of tea, burnt coffee, sugar, soap, eggs
tin kettle containing pound Of butter, and
various other articles of table use.
Poor Mrs. Jordon seemed bewildered.
" Let me look at that pound lump Of butter,
said !.
Mrs. Jordon took up the kettle containing it,
" 1t isn't my butter" she remarked.
But it's mine, aud the very pound she got
Of me yesterday for you"
Gracious me" circulated my neighbor.
i" Was any thing like this ever heard 2"
" She evidently borrowed on your credit end
mine-both ways" remarked with smile, for
all my unkind feelings toward Mrs. Jordon were
gone, " and for her own benefit"
e But isn't it dreadful to think of, Mrs Smith ?
See what harm the creature has done Over
and over again have | complained Of your Dor
rowing so much and returning so lilIe; and
you have doubtless made the same complaint OF
me-"
81 certainly have. felt that was not just
Iy dealt by"
alt makes me sick to think of it," And
Mrs Jordon sank into a chair.
"Stll, don't understand about the wash
boiler and tubs that you mentioned, she said
after pause.
"You remember my ten tumblers," | re-
marked
Perfectly. But can she have broken up my
tubs aud boiler, or carried them Off,
On searching in the cellar we found the tubs
in ruins and the wash boiler with large hole in
The bottom.
shall never forget the chagrn anger and
modification Of poor Mrs Jordon when, at her
request, Jane pointed out at least twenty of my
domestic utensils that Nancy had borrowed To-
replace such DIS she had broken or carried off
lit was rule with Mrs Jordon to make her
servants pay tor every thing they broke.)
"To think of il" size repeated over and over
lgan. Just to think Of ii! Who could have
dreamed Of such doings!''
Mrs. Jordon was, in fact, as guihess of the
sin ofIroublesome borrowing from ueighbor as
myself And yet had seriously urged the pro-
pretty Of moving out of The neighborhood to get
away from her.
We both looked more closely to the doings of
our servants after this pretty severe lesson; and
must freely confess that in my own case the result
was worth all the trouble, As trusty girl as
my cook was, found that she would OCCASION
ally run into a neighbours to borrow something
or other, in order 10 hide her own neglect; and
| only succeeded in stopping it by threatening
to send her away if | ever detected her doing
ii again
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