The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-27
My Housekeeper.
BY RALPH HUMP RE

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A LADY who give the best references as
"A to character and ability, wishes stuaton as
housekeeper in gentleman's family. Reference
required. Address NJ. L. Smith, Bog 1904.
l am, | mean | was, a bachelor. had
plenty of money, but j was forty-fie years
way of spending it. / concluded tflat the
error was the want of a. home cf Ny. .oW1,.
Conceivrng sudden disgust for hotels and
boarding. houses, took handsome house
in a respectable part OF the town, aud be-
gan to look for housekeeper. The ad-
vertisement which heads this narrative
had just met my eye, as glanced over
the Wants in the evening paper. 1t
pleased me. In fact | suppose DESTINY
has decreed that Should be pleased with
il.
| was reading it for the twentieth time
when a servant knocked on the door OF
my par'or, and announced my sister-in-
law, Mrs. Eliza Bishop. and her daugh er
Eliza Mrs. Bishop was the widow of
my eldest brother, and her care for my
comfort was really touching.
She followed her name into the room,
- leading her 'daughter-the eldest and best
behaved of the three. She was a hand
some woman of commanding imperial
color, and she looked her best that winter
afternoon, in hel rich furs and velvets,
her cheeks crimson with the keen, frosty
air, and the exercise she had been taking
am very glad to see you,' | said as |
handed her ii chair. There are some
things you women know more about than
an old bachelor like me, and | want to
consult you. [ have concluded to 90
housekeeping.
Eiza's face frightened into an express
sion even more beamlng than the one she
had previously bestowed on me. 1t never
occurred 10 me that she could be thinking
of future home as a convenient resu-
'eRce for herself and three. She answered
warmly
AN excellent idea, brother Sandie, if
you are prepared for allsgsler trouble and
expense it involves. ~ pense of to
be sure, is not much aS 4 coaslderation to
you. You have been so successful that
you would not require so close an econo-
my in your house as | used to practice to
in poor Roberts time. He always said
made one dollar the work Of three. But
there will be a great deal Of trouble. In
The first place you'll have to find house
Keeper
THE very thing wanted to speak to
you about"
Her smile was positively brilliant.
"Jow kind; Sandie"
"Not at all, troubling you about my af-
fairs"
"For shame! as if you ever had reason
TO think anything could do for you would
De a trouble"
A very just remark, considering that
her voluntary service amounted, besides
frequent visits, TO a pair of slippers, with
pink-eyed pussy cat on each toe, and
smoking cap, with tie device of a poodle,
couchant.
FASTENED to place before her the paper
in which had marked the advertisement
which heads this article.
There, Eliza, there is what / have
been thinking about. Somehow fancy
should like Mrs. NJ. l.. Smith Mary,
Imagine her name is. / am going to
write to box 1904"
But aren't you acting on impulse,
Sandie ~
g Perhaps SOL always do-and some
how my ventures have always been ioera-
bly, fortunate"
. Yes, but this is such an important
thing. Oh course you know'-and she
iaughed rather uDeasily-" that YOU will
ln Suro 10 T,,arry /,