The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-11-28
ler, sir, ist to be wide aWaka at 81


Br;tis', Butlar, I'll &C ac to ycsi la:
the sentimental pfsaa anes." i
"Iaonld supply yorsir, with soa1e
excellent ide..s on the ru'iect o
wages"
"pll bear Il carefully in mind
Ect order is natrra's frst law. Wei
defer the construction of q Eistor5
of the British Ent.er In the best
of families in which you have lived
Larlzworthy, where Gid the luastc.
of the house place himself while t.,
guests we're taking their departure p
always AZ the head Of the stairs
sir-wau out of sight Of the hat ans
cloak ROOM" replied the indispen
sable man, crispiy.
"No instance ofany of the masters
ofany Of these houses being swopt
over the bauniste2s ever happened
within your personal experience
did it, [.a-Sworthv ?''
''Certainly not, When the master
bad taken the preeaution 10 sup
with the butler''
"Plaee me, Jarkwortly, where
you think shall Go the most credit,
replied Chucklethorpe,
No catastrophe Of the kind sug
gesteG il1is:a.rred the evenings diver
sion ofMr, Chiclllethorpe's depart
ing guests; and when the last oil
these had retired, he returned III
safety to bis new empty back draw.
ing-room, where his only child, the
heiress TO the handsome fortune
was ct the moment removing hen
gloves, as ifste was going oT tetv
We'll, bias5y, how have you en-
joyed the evening p
It's been deighteul, and you
dearest pa - :.
I've supped capitallv."
"Why pa, you didn' / get . single
mouthful"
- Gu are quite right, nav precious
| ate q great many. What's become
OF your mamma %
''she went to bed the momeaj
she saw tie Misses Soprano a!I
down to the second volume of dl
ets.''
Il hope.yeu did cot fail to observe
and admire the rineness of judo
ment exhibited by your manma.-
Have you dinod with anybody ?'
YES. pa.''
With any gentleman in particu-
lar ?''
"Yea, pa; in,p@rticular with every
one who could Gance."
"W hat vas yonr opinion Of them
in general p
That there wasn't gocd lock
ing one a,1cngst them
Exactly. Tou dila't ind olc
a bit uglier than another. ycu fnd
no difficulty III enc oos;ng husband
from amongst them, then ?''
None at all, pa
by when | understand Won to
signify that you !hsyT-e already made
your choice -
Long ago. papa"
'Ycur decision OF character is
complimentary to year parentage
Who's the sefectad''
MIR, Theodore S3oorar, pa, bar
rister, One Hundred and Four, FIG
Tree Court, Inner Temple. third
floor back, overlooking the gardens
where they grow the wonderful
chrysanthenus he is such oeer!v
Hasn't a half penny, and not
likely to get one'
"But, he loves, me-. pa, to .distrac
ton
'Bless you, my only child, intel
ligence is marked in every Inca
ament Of your expressive features
Kiss me.
Darling pa You consent then p
81 do-to your going to bed a
once" . .xs"7r q
'But what of Theodore ?''
"Precisely."
"But Pa, you don't decide -
Il beg yoar pardon, my sweet.
decide that be shan't have you,"
ooh" cried hiatilda Rosa, with ;
peculiarly gay intonation Of voice
"Good night, then dear Pa"
Having said which, she. trippet
away, hummiDg a lively sir.
Every bit hel fathers own child,
said Chicklethorpe to himself. ashe
followed her with his eyes. "She'l
do nothsng to break her parent
rest, he added, checking a strong
inclination TO yawn, GU turning arg
finding Larkworthy7 behind r hiIl
.'Yon look as if it were the begin
ming instead Of the end OF the nigh
Il mean evening--LarkworthY."
- am happ ard proud, sir," re
piled La kwort;ly.
zoe ssilato y 81 -
81 hope you will permit ne t.
saw. sir--now that we are quite
1lone-6iIirinr the tverty years tlla
.EaAaxa-had~ the. honor to serve ii
some of the best families, 7 neve.
sew an evening party better done" ="
"Showed what . retired hard
wareman can do when he likes to &c
it p asked his jGastessii G s1sS%-
,"Ald supplies oinself with ser
wants to whom he IS no5 nig@ard!y :,
in respect Of wages. .
"Were there lnany carriages be
fore the house At any one time
Lari1worto ?''
"ith pride I can report ty you
sir. that only one man went away il
cab" 4-
"Mr Spooner p
emo sir.''7 -s--a
every good. Now put out th'
lights and go togbed.,' G. -
Il beg pardon sir, but I have
lived in some of the best families
and l knew the lights to be put OF
before ell the e'guests were gone from
here ~