Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-10-17
EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF 4 Man
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From tho Albany Evening Journui.l
4 few months ago, a robust looking pcraon, dressed
in the beconlbing cnrb Of II iemnlu domestic. madc
application ut Burt's Intelligence office, ii this
city, for n situation Ia do ordinary houscw"rk. soon
after n lnly from SchollHrir county applied for %"'hcII."
but all whom sh" selected wGr" unwilling Ia leave
town. The "luIn"=iic' above referred Ia. however.
expressed II willingness 10 engage, bur the lady dill TOT
like her appearances. But finally sh" wat reluctantly
compelled /" accept Of her services. She according
~ ordered her Ia appear with hrr trunk ~ the Man
-inn House, At : O'Clock, the following: morning
| where she found her, On lime, quurrci.lng with the
carman, - whom she offered sxprncc-Hll the money
-lc sail she lIad-inr conveying her box Ia tho place
of rclr!"zvous. TIN" ladv settled the difficulty, pinct'l
her protesn in the s'nge and proceeded with her To her
PHEASANT mansion i'll Old Schuharir.
Nothing TRANSFERRED for several lays to disturb ci-
tlrr mistress ~ servant. The lnticr took Mold with
most wonderful imdusfry-ri-inG nj 1 O'clock every
morning. anl working 50 I"is ~ any work was In b."
done. Indeed, 81 a]ssutunu, was she that the lniv ot
the house rrproycd her for working harder and later
iiIan was necessary. Her only reply wns TINT she
could not bear 10 be idle, and would rather work
tlAu play
The frat remark on ccccntricitics was made by n
little gIrI, who, one morning entered the purIhr with
open mnu,! mud cyr., cxrlaiming, "Oh! grandma,
what do you think. that new girl goes down the cell
lar stair. at II singh" jump But this was not DEEM
ed sufficiently strunGc To exert" my other remark.
han that she was ~ smart Girl" New dcv"lopr-
.nent-, however, were in reserve. 4 few evenings
after, when NIL the worknen about the prcIniscs were
ut suppcr-.iitccn or twenty in numhcr-thc iousc-
mold wa startled by the boistcrous laughter of the
men. On enqulrlnS the cause, i; appeared That Eliza
beth had. on Il banter, jumped square over the
Druad table, dishes ind all ut n bound, and offered tp
wager n ncw bonnet that she would do the came
hing ii IL chair were placed 0n top al the iablc-
only STIMULATING for II single step backward. No one,
however, accepted the wager, bit all cnncufrct tiai
| she was n lcciir The smHrtcst cri.trr in the diggtnge.
III thr course al time, n fellow servant g:l with
whom the strange girl roomr,iJ Informed her mlr-
iress that rhe could not remain any longer IN the
family ii "EliZabrth did not leave She refused 10
assign any reason for thus intimGtion; but "ElZu-
beth, when arrnignrd, SAID the other servants were
angry with her, because she refused 10 contribute Il
,l"lIar To the Priest" As this WIS known Ia be- true,
Elizabeth was told Ia 20 Ia her WORK AMI the other
,iri L. leave il she persisted in her demand.
't:liHnbrih" continued to grow III favor with ali
hands, IN spite of her apparent stupidity: hut She was
particularly intimate with one "Patrick,' with whom
.hc often took evening rnmbIrs. Her mistress chidod
her for this intimacy, warning her agalnst all gay
,icccivcrs," but she closed all rrpruof by the very uI.
expected Information that Patrick anu rhc were en-
yaged Ia be- married. ~
No one suspected any thing aniss in "Elizabcih.'
until one morning, on the return Of the gentleman Of
rie house. after several weeks absence. The family,
Jnn.istln. al sons, daughters, sou-in-lnw, grnnd chi!-
drcII, &c, were quietly seated nj breakfast, with
Elizabeth, serving nj table. The gentleman sCruti.
niZci her pretty closely, when, as rlc retired, tho
breakfast circle wus startled by his throwing down
his knife and fork and enchanting, "Ihat girls II inaI
didn't YOU notice her beard ~ "Nnw don't be boy.
iah with your nonscnso," from his wife, and Il hearty
laugh from the whole group, WIS all the RESPONSE h,
received for his wonderful discovery. Elizabeth
continued TO work with greater vigur mud effect iiihi
anv girl ever dill work before, und the family resume,
their usual congratulations al their good luck in hav
ing picked up 50 'gOod Il girl.'
In II week or two tho gentleman Of the house la,
occasion I" leave home tor n time, and was about I,
get into hs carriage, when il, occurred 10 him tina
there might not be- money enough in the safe tul
household ani business purposes until his return. III
looked through his account book, and found that there
should bc some S315 in gold Ill tue safe, besides SOM
paper money. Tn looking TO see whether he wa
right, he found the paper money, but the gold hn'
disappeared. Here wa IN 70 'Whn WA Tia
rnbbcr = wGa the next question. He decided III In
own mind innt there wR. u!t one servant Ia the honr'
wlth wit ennuS! to get hoii al Tia" keys mnc rclII"''
nc money. UIiDbecryed. Ana s!ic was The !a'"'i"
and trusted nurs, OF the grand children, "h"-. ini-
tres. WAS then absent. IL WIS determined, therefor
Tint .h. should be arrested. her trunks searched, Sc
A search warrant was accordingly ob'nlned' wiiN d.
rrctions To the officer IN stand IN rrndihnaS -"
when sent tor. rs
A. if TO confirm the business OF these susp'rions
the rirl informed the son-in-law, whose children Sh'
had ulrsed. that she WAS going to leave IN Il IL" '"
although she had previously trcqneh'tt eH!',n'
Il desire 10 always live with the family VII" nnu ~
tormly treated her with great kindness: ~ :. ).
| only menn that cannot stay here any Longer. l nhni
leave on Monday morning." 50 the ohir;r ~as 'ol'
To be on hand early Monday morning, Just before t!'
stage left, 81 Id to have the sb.c"nilnS servant
trunks searched. Before he came, however, the CIR
herself asked her employer 10 sesrcu her trunks
THIS wn. .conti cmation strong rs holy writ that I'll
was the tibet. WAY 10 you want NE to search you
trus p TO see thar they cou,ain nothing but VIVA
belongs 10 me-" did you suppose You We're sus
pec,ed oi theft ?" 40, but | suppose | might be.
why" because there are those about the hous
who are stealing every thing they can lay their hand