Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-04-27


.sAad an very sorrv,' said her husband
''E,.ut why Gid you not tell ME month ago
that you hai given her warning, instead of
lea..ins- it In this way to the last moment?"
@Raally,. l cannot see, Mr.. Dixon, what
yos. h3ge To do with these arrangements. |
me,tidn the circumstance now, because the
girs is leaving tonight, and because you will
SEGA Strange face tomorrow. and would wish
to snoEg all about it."
'sBas what did she say, when you accused
her.of fheft?''
sAdcused her. You don't suppose should
do S9lcli foolish thing-A pretty scene there
woJsld have been.-I know the fact, and that
is e.ongh; YOU don't believe L should have
got Sack the lace, do you -
'..S3ut Justice, my dear, justice; surely you
sho.Id tell her your suspicious
'.s}hl now that / have engaged another
soT7.nt,-noT that she is going you can tell
5e IS oe sar9 sD dfP fse IT, s soeno s'sa
mue.4 IS yog do
- that m3ment there was a slight tap at
the ,arior-d6or, and obedient to the ''cOme In"
of Ezrs; Dixon, the discharged Mary entered.
Sheavas gentle-looking girl, of about TWEEN
ty, s'ti#ed ii dark cloak and straw-bonnet.
Shesea11e to take dutiful leave Of the family,
and4o ask question which seemed not to
hav. occurred to the party before. In engag-
ING s3eTself 10 any future mistress, and refer
ring.to Mrs. Dixon for character" what
was,.she TO give as the reason that she was
discharged!
IS innocent, so interesting did Mary look,
the gar: just starting TO her eyes atthe thought
of having to home ofmany months, and her
chess slighty fushed-that neither Of the
gentlemen believed her guilty. But Mrs.
"a tI,a bab Cf apcraoiprr and dis
chaI4inE abiut dozen servants a year, of
one Sort or atother, and was quite hardened
agai.st :'aPP, arances."
NJ I}ixon.evaded an immediate answer to
Mares questson, by asking her whittier she
..I:.s,n4 going into lodging, sir.''
'':!lats E.ity, have you no friends to stay
witbs"
NY friends are all in Wiltshire said
the girl, win a sigh; and besides that it
wou.i cyst M. great deal of money to 60 to
thenss :wouEi rather look out for place than
maks::a holiday"
..8souc wages which | sent down to you,
were,Iui*e RIGHT l believed" said Mrs. Dixon
with sn fey .gnity that was intended to close
the ct-lferencG
''Gaits right, thank you, ma 'am,'' replied
Marx. with a courtesy; .'but, if you please,
wheI'I go after place, what shall | say was
the T:!ison you discharged met
II sifs.u9 think your own conscience must
tell 2:au,=' replied the lady, smoothing her
braidSzi hair with her hand as she had a trick
Of do.9g MheIa she was growing angry. Poor
Mary:tuIled pale at these words, indefinite
as th.s, we're, snd could hardly murmur, ''tell
me, * tell lse what is ii ! have done J"
HeEchEnge Of color was to Mrs. Dixon ev-
idenc&s off gulf; and with horrible satisfac-
ton q. THIS proof Ito her) that she was right,
the lazy charged the poor girl with the theft
whicl;.sha hada just mentioned to her husband.
1t was, iD.ieedn scene which followed, very
piteo,. ere. slary uttered but few words
of bri&f and Emphatic denial-far removed
from .:}e loud isseverations which the guilty
can sGGuefimes,leliver. Tears seemed driven
back s. her heart; and as she stood for mo-
ment seitb claaped hands and rigid features,
she Looked lI.e a statue Of woe. Richard
DixorswI5 BY no means unmoved. He had
his os;n reasons for believing her girl Of
good .riHciplcs. Like many other-more
thougs1lees, perhaps than heartless-young
men, &c neve1 disguised his admiration OF
beauty.<to the object, even if the revealing It
bordeIsd IN insult. And he remembered that
Mary Cad always received his idle compIi-
ments Cir dignity that repealed further rude
ness, sd with 4 department that he should
have assni ed in a sister. He placed a chair
near 3sary:, and begged her to be seated; but
absorbed In her own misery, she took no no.
tice of.hcsattention, Meanwhile, Mr. Dixon
had po:rea out glass Of wine, and offered il
to here eIslaiming-''l must hope there IS
some rsjstake- l cannot believe this of YOU"
The AVOID and act Of kindness seemed to
melt tlsa statue, and she burst into tears
But Ms I.ixon felt that this would never DO.
1t was :ine now for her to play more inter-
esting sart:jn the drama, and applying her
flmy :ce-bordered hand-kerchiefto her eyes,
she leaSeG back in her chair, and sobbed out
reproac:,es to her husband for his cruelty in
doubtirsy h;r wofd. Poor man! what could
he dOl; Chiefly l believe, he resolved new
er-neEsr again 20 interfere between two of
" oman.1ias; ard hurrying poor Mary to the
hall-dosr, whereL cab aud her boxes awaited
her, he put a sovereign into her hand, as re-
membesancl Of the kind attention to the but
tons off his. shirt, and such ct ceteTas. The
gold drspEe; from her grasp, as she exclaim-
ed, Ne 81. my character! my characterW
Mr.. Oixtn stopped for the money, and
pressed it UPON her again, till trusting to his
assuran. es that he did not believe her guilty,
and thu. Che you'll see her righted' she con-
the hun;rGda Of slnale servants ''out ofplace"
in this :AlpisatiI.as heart, this Great Metropo-
lis, colfJrlFe TO 1--WE Tor weeks, and even
months .-O~gether,ps they DO, from the scanty
savingssrGlp their scanty wagesl And plain
as the d.aty is Of Employers not to deceive one
another-:by giving, an unjust character Of a
servant. OF hiding glaring faults, there is a
terrible responsibility in depriving young
woman :of 4 situation. which Is not, | fear,
generalls Sufficiently felt. 1t seems TOO often
forgotten that servants have peculiarities of
temper .nd disposition as well as their mis-
tresses. KIND shat she who would not suit one
family r.iaht. be admirably adapted to please
another, zsuFeiy il is the most truthful, as well
as the mast humane plan. to allude only 10
the mor.l attributes of character; Judging
charitab s5-~i: there Se 30 knowledge darker