St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-12-13

wages. 1t is safer with me-" which
last remark was strictly true.
But, ma'am, my shoulders arc
freezing for the warm shawl | sold in
New York to pay my way up here into
the country"
Step about your work little
quicker, and you will be warmer. You
may leave the room, Margaret"
At length the cold grew SO intense
that the poor chambcrmaid could no
longer perform her accustomed duties,
and, fearing she might fall sick on
her hands, the cool, calculating en-
ployer contrivcd, hy wcIi-drcctcd,
taunting words to arouse her angry
temper. liasty words fell from her
lips, and she was discharged on the
spot.
Leaving under the circumstances
you do, Margaret, you will wait for
your wages till | see fit to pay you.
| shall not be one to encourage such
mpcrtincncc in servants. There is
your railroad ticket to the city. You
may be ready for the noon train"
Was there no helper? Must the
poor oppressed stranger lose all her
hard-earncd pittancc for six long wea-
ry months? Alas ! she was poor and
ignorant, stranger in strange
land. Her sense Of Justice rebelled,
but she knew no legal remedy. 1t
might be the custom of this boastcd
land of freedom, and with 4 sorrowful
step she wcndcd her way to the rail
road station. But there was one eye
that marked the transaction which
Mrs. Harding in her scIi-congratu!a
ton at its success had failed to re-
mcmber-onc who has said, " | will
be a swift witness against those that
opprcss the hircling in his wages, the
widow and the fathcrlcsS, and that
turn aside tic stranger from his right
and fear not me, saith the Lord OF
hosts
Early the next morning the lady
herself went down to the city, and
entering one Of the intelligence off
ccs where she was we'll known, com
mcncCd her search for a new servant
\ woman with a child two years OLE
playing about her feet attracted par
ticular attention.
:" She might be obtained cheap,
was her mental comment, "on accoun
Of the child, which | should take car'
did not trouble me much.'
She knew very we'll how to play he
part, 50, taking seat beside her, sh
inquired with seeming interest If tina
" bright little creature belonged t
her"
Yes, ma'am,' said the woman,
pleasant, gratificd look lighting he
gool-naturcd face.
After little further conversation
and the important fact being asccr
tanned that she was a stranger i'll til,
country, the lady, who was very Gra
cious, seemed ready to engage her
it were not for the child.
If you could only have her board
ed somewhere, Sarah"
All, ma am said the mother wit
sudden eagcrncss, | eau not pan
with little Katy o, no, ma'am,
would rather live on male of brca
a day with her, the swate darlInt
And she would gricve her swate Iii
out away from her poor mothe
wouldn't yc, my jewel, with yonr grca
. blue eyes just like your dead fathers
she added, clasping her closely to he
bosom.
r This demonstration Of pure mot
e er's love had about as much effect {
t the calculating woman as upon Il
V stone window-casing beside her. St
# she bowed slightly, and said, " 1t
4 very proper you should feel so, Sara
c aud think you may take your chill
c | should be sorry to separate You"
d "The blessing Of Heaven upon 80
d ma'am ! will go wild ye and ser
? yc faithful
: The bargain was concluded, and t
D wages arranged for at the very To-
o est figure on account Of the child, t
e lady assuring her that it would be
&C most impossible to find situatl
1t unless Katy was boarded out.
lc \ single day in the new home W
II long enough to open the poor mothe
,e ewes to a sense of her wretched po
le ton. The checrlcss attic where
so baby was bid to stay was frcczi
n cold, and all the old blankets S
IL could pin about her were not suilicie
to keep the active, restless little CT
IS turc from suffering intensely. ;
IL begged that she might sit on bi,
" by the range, but was told tha
"A Child was too much in the way IN
I'd kitchen. Another and more staru
G. discovery was made. Milk was h
in the country, and Mrs. Harding
,@ not allow her servants such an
nd travagance. Little Katy had ne
in in her life been without it, and CT
no herself to sleep every night for
in accustomed little cup The aSom
ed mother could not endure tue little
he fcrcr's p!cadings, and went to the !;
m bcprinn a little advance in her Wa;
sh that she might buy milk for her.
So 81 can not encourage such eXtr
rs arance. Your child is past two ye
f. old, ANA can t'AL btIlCt iNSu'
ed should not indulge her in luxur
,lc which will unfit her for her station
to shall not advance you the money
waste in that manner"
id Mrs. Harding did not perceive
he Mr.. Ross, the new boarder, who
. a WAYS remained so silent at the la
ne was reading his paper i'll the reces
to the dining-room window. She pas
,ut up stairs to her own room to PREF
,or her two pampered, ill-naturcd child
)m for breakfast.
ed " SARAH" said the gentleman, us
on "will you bring me a tin cup from
As kitchen 2"
ote She did SO, and the gentlet
r a poured the contents Of the ere
pitcher into il, and gave it to her,
me Take that to your child, an