Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-02-09
Miscellany.
THE oNE-ETED SERVANT.
1 STORY TOLD TO A CHILD.
~ JAN iNCELgW.

Do Voa see those two pretty cottages O
opposite sides ot the Common? How brIgh
their UiHI.Es aye. oui Tow pretty the vine
trail 0yJl tltH. = t,ar ago one Of them wa
tie lIr-i.st and meet isr.orn-lOOking Tlac
vJu can ana -il... .ai Us mistress tie mos
untiiy womn.
Size was once sit.ug az her cottage door
with her arms folded. as If she we're deep il
thouglt, ta.a-l lo look NJ her face on,
would not have -alp--ed she was doing NOR,
than idly watching the swallows as they
'4atcd 10 the hot. clear air. Her g0wr
was torn and shabby, her shoes down at the
bcel. the little curtain in her easement
vyIicI b, I once been fresh and white. had
a prost rent IN It; and altogether she looked
l.oor and iorl0. =.
She rat some e.. Ge gazing across the COM
mon. when gll of q sudden she heard a little
aoisc, Ike stitching, ear tue ground. Che
looked down, and sitting on ,Ae border. under
q wall-1Jwcr bush she saw tie funniest little
man possible. with blue cat. yellow
waist-c1at, AMI red boots, he ha d got small
shoe on bis lap, and he was stitching away
at it with all bis might
"Go0d morning. mistress said tie little
man. "A very tine day. Why may you be
looking So earnestly across the c1mmonI
Il was locking az my ncigh50r : cottage.
said the y9au- woman.
Nv ha; Tom the gardener 5 WIic little
Polly, she used o. be called. and very
pretty cottage il was too Looks thriving
doesn't it?''
.'She was always lucky. sand Bella (lor
that was the young wife nane) and her
husband is alvey god 20 Lcr.
They were tGtt good husbands at first,
interrupted the little oJb1ler. without stop
ping. Reach ne my aWl, mistress, will
you, for You seem to have nothing 70 do ; it
lies close by your foot
well. ! can't say bat they were both
very good husbands at first. replied Bella,
reaching tie aWl with a sigh "but mine
his changed i0F the worse and hers for the
better. and then. look how she thrives.
Only % think OF cur both being married on
the same day; aud how I've nothing, and
she has two pigs and "a
"And lot of fax that she spun in the
winter, interrupted the c0Jbior; land 4
Sunday gown, as good green stuff as ever
was eccn. and. TO my kEowlejgc.2 handsome
silk b. h.'ndkerchief for an apron; and red
waIstcoar for her good man, with three rows
OF blue glass buttons, and fitch Of bacon
In tie chimney, and a roIe Of Cnlons."
80, she's a I5cky woman 90 exclaimed
Bella.
..Ay. and a tea-traY, with Daniel in the /.
Lion 5 den upon it, continued the cobbler: |
land fat baby in the cradie.
go, I'm suIe dom envy her that last,
said Bella, pc.tishly. I've little enough 7.
ior myself and my husband, letting alone /
children
..Why, mistress, isn't your husband in .
work p asked the cobblor.
No. he's at the ale house
" Why, how's THAT? lie used to be very /
sober. Can't be get work
- lie last master woGldn't keep him, be-
cause be was 50 shabby
.s Humph 80 said the little man. - He is
= groom. Is he not? We'll, as ] was saying,
our nei -hbcF opposite thriycs wonderfully; |
no wonder, Wei, I've nothing to do
ut her peoples secrets but ] could tell
.Ilh o.; IN busy, and E.as- GO
on, only - me irhGf?' cried the young
- Could tell 'obbler. don't 90, for I've
NE. 20, good "ray tell me ichy it's no
Jt nothing to do. 'hriTei'
onder that she should GO business of
We'll said be, "it's i before, it's
me, you know, but as sa. servant
wonder people thrive who have "l1Sys
a hard working one, t0o-who is
lping them
"A servant 80 repeated Bella-"ny
lghbor has a servant No wonder, then,
erything looks 50 neat about her; hut n
Yer saw this servant. think you must .
mistaken; beside, hOw could She afford Z.
pay her wages % !"
, She has servant, l say repeated the IL IL
Obier-''a onc-eyed sorvaBt-but she paws
I no wages, 10 my certain knowledge ="
ell, good morning mistress, must 90. u
- DO stop one minute" cried Bella. ur- 70
nty-'' where did she get this servant p, Vi
'Oh, don't know, said the cobbler; 1i
servants are plentiful enough, and Polly of
es hers well, can tell you OF
And what does she do Tor her - na
''DO for her? Why, all sorts of things ~ ~
hink she's the cause Of her prosperity. ~ ~
my knowledge, she never refuses to do a. a,
ything, keeps Toms and Polly's clothes nc nc
beautiful order, and the baby's" ~
Dear me :" said Bella, in an envious %
le' and holding up both her hands. -
) ell, she is a lucky woman, and | alwayE ~
ID SO. She takes good care | shall never I'm I'm
her s6fyant. What sort of a servant is m ou
G, and how came she TO have only one va va
> u; runs in her family, saId the eObbler, az az
'.cAinS busily; "thcy are all so-One eye d, d.
piece yet they make a very good use Of
ana Polly's servant has four cousins who
sInd-stone blind; no eyes at all and
y some times come and help her. I've
n them IN the cottage myself and that's On
S Folly gets good deal Of her money. ,ti
ey work for her, and she takes what thew 90,
Ike - market, and buys all those hand nj;
le things. bv
Only think, - said Bella, almost ready of
cry with vexation, land I've not got : yv;,
i 70 do anything for me how hard it tn,
and she took up her apron to wipe dis
AZ her tears. Jno
The eobbler looked attcntively at her. III;
ell, You are TO be pitied. certainly he Wi
d, ''and If were not in such hurry vi;
- y, do 90 on, pray-were you going to "
? you could help me? / have heard that nc
AZ people are fond of curds and whey. an,
4 fresh goOseberry syllabub. Now. If Won a.,
uId help me, trust me that there should od
tRs most beautiful cuTds and whey set oT
Tynlght for you on the hearth; and ord
so iy should ever look when you went and tn
ne -
Afhy. you see, said the cobbler hesitat- me
: my people are extremely particular lat
,ut-in short, about cleanliness, mistress str
Z your house Is not what one would cali fcs
y clean. No offence, hgpe?'' res
Bella blushed deeply. "Well, but it Att
ould be always clean If you would-every n ,
' Of my life would wash the floor, and ne,
I'd it, and the hearth should be white The
'shed as white ar snow, and the windows cav
saned.'' .lIlTl a.
W eli, SAID the cobbler seeming To | mid