Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-11-26

"h Ne'y eoI'y, my goOi BItl, Out VIC
do not wish TO hire a servant 5t4
Belike your father muyn't OBJECT vii.
ho sees me, the gitl pcrsi ted % it'9
I Anson looked ut the edied White bon
net aud red feather, aud REFRESHING u smile
wondered What his father would saw. Bur
was of too kindly natuft TO be williAg &c
expose even this scfynnt TO his father,
rough manner. He tcpea ed what be had
said before assuring her that il " ould be
OF no use to see his father. M
The gill stood mnment-4-if yc plsza,
sur, Pilj1si see him moment. .Delike he
may take a lkiu' to the look o'ne. fa-.h
Aud before he could reply she had
crossed lie room, aud stood upon the
threshold of the Dtx,. Anson followed
presently curious 10 see whntisort Of a te.
ctpiiou she " ouId get. l,ls . .....w
Shure an I'll do more'n rm worth to
J ees, she was saying with innocent emphn.
sis as Anson entered. She talked reuilly.
pouring out such a tori ent of words Thar
the old man could not Ly any possibility
slip one in omong ,bcm, aud sat regarding
her with au expression Of the most ludi.
cions Gstouishment. .1L5ut ~ rs
This remarkable volubil,y ecmphiely
b Hid The old mans slowness lie could
rot say word if he wished to, aud hen
she concluded al last with kin make fl ID.
'cks and GO n bread lhat'd bring the yey
eyes out iv yer head, aud make ye swalIey
yer tongue with Jeligh sOmeuess, Git lie
had weakness, it WAS for f. ,rks and
corn bread, } he could ouly twirI MS thumbs
In sort Of delicious ave and ak her NHh
o cunning smile how much she expected TO
get for doing u'l them thiHgS. .t
Se7en'y i've cents w,ck, was tie
prompt reply. u.r....,.
With still more cunning laugh, Joel
offered her half the money. G,eatly to
bis amnz ment she agI eed ut once. aud he
found himself, TO use his own expression,
"iu for IT," 10 add TO bis chagrin, Ansou
stood by, laughing with intense erjlyment
Sat the gil, without fur, ber ado, pro
ceedgd TO d,encumber herself Of bonnet
and shawl, aud vanish iu the direction or
the kitchen before anything coald Ge said
As she Shut The dec she stole glance a.
Anson that made him start aud bite bis
lips, aud presently he. stole ki,chepwnrd
also. She was al.eady at work handIing
The broom like un adept, ind grnmhing
in her rich bropne Mt the dnst tl,,t.b,d ar
cumsla,ed in tho c.rn.rsl. e., ,ba .,.,n,,,
of Anson's'and his fathers sweeping had
been 10 brush the m d,l, Of the room,
somewhat 10 the disadvantage OF the re.t
She did not look up Us An.on entered !;
but he sat down deliberately and furtiyely
watched ber. For some tune she sc, mtd
unconsrions Of his scrn,inv bnt she mrs.
o,t,r ,,rnod .,d III s,.;n, hn,h I,l,
fS
u'nu' upo" 'pc 'oP ". ,ne '''o"' n"uu'e'
'"'"' VIZ" III WI Vi ",""o u'u a'en
ness too na' aral 10 Oe m''tnkel
wen, Anson, what 90 you thinA
Inc young m'u laughed ahd looked an
noyed IN the same breath
linen, IL hyon, Is iroie he "a q. 1 was
suSpectihg something OF the s2it
MOI III Locked at you. sala Inc GTl' TO-
su,sny' .e.Ia'i .l';'I t 30 "o app,oavueu -, .
a. !1u '"n hr an = IN ,ha 'L;nn
grI ,o no ge,tiH Ier l;vina drc,n,,v and IN
es,ly '".f
And that was all lie could get out of her 1.
Having acknowledged her. identity with Bar
bic for an instant she was the most unap'
Proachao'e 'biuuy me nex'' ana would have
II 20 - r,to - =, -. q
,LD, noes yuut b. ,a.ne' % Huo~ " tn'S, paro,e
"nSo "o1 ;ta ne 80; a'"v raae ~, ~
he in,ertarin' wild me would he said Bi51v
Iu vain were all remonstrauces with the ro-
guish and w'iful girl. She persisted in being
niddy, even to him, and maintuined distance
between them very different from that De.
vweeu nun ann Dafo'e III yer own proper scll.
h f $50 s,tas s,,".ad Iii'' -
from The Kitchen far lG,or of betrovicg Bar.
be's secret which he would not have done for
a great deal ..t ,ta
1t was several hours before he coald re-
| turn to lie house, his father having i)intd
him, aud upon one pretext and another de-
lained him, When al las. they ente'ed TO-
gelher, kitchen aud sitting room, both OF
"hlch had been, in most unildy state
when they left lhem, had nnderguhe such a
remarkable renoVaung process that Old
Joel drew lack at first lhinkng lie had
set foot IN somebody else's house instead OF
his own. Supper was smoking on Ihe
ta6lc-such supper as old Joel at least
had not seen for months To crown al!
Ms, Shelienbarger was sitting, pronped
with pillows, in Il great easy chair, and
looking wonderfully cOntelteu land wi h