The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-08

Il could not possibly allow you. my
dear child, to turn yourself into a ser
want Rather than that [ would give
up the pony carriage, and do with two
maid servants. [ think we would
easily manage with Sarah, at least we
could manage in a fashion"
20 yes" exclaimed both Josephine
and Harriet, = Il am sure we could. y
mo doubt we could said Laura,
'but then that would be struggling. :"
at would be much better than your
turning yourself into household
drudge" cried Josephine.
"a household drudge" repeated
Laura with some scorn. Is Moxon
household drudge? Do you ever
see her with blackened hands or fluffy
hair? Do you think that because |
wish to sit in snug little room and
clean teapot with a. pair of gloves on,
| shall afterwards appear before our
friends with nose all covered with
sooto like Mrs. Lirriper's willing
Sophy? - / should not like the house
to go into confusion, nothing to be
straight. and clean and bright, and
nothing to be ready; and, as. 1t is the
will of Providence that mamma
should lose this money
You think, interrupted Josephine
that it is also the will of Providence
that you should degrade yourself and
step down from your own station z p.
- These sisters. though fond of one
another; could talk with unsparing
sharpness when occasion served.
rs it the will of Providence?' re-
,,aa rod thn fx-oupo Iadv g 'tti r. tii
Don't know" exclaimed her sister
with as much scorn as if the words
should have been followed by You
ought to be ashamed to say so.'
Don't knowr'
why, Josey," said Laura, good
humoredly, You often seem to me to
confound our interest with our duty.
No doubt it is our interest, nut surely
it cannot be sacred duty to keep pre-
cisely in the station we were born in.
Do you think now, do you think that
if duke came to our village and
wished to marry me, aud if | declined
his handsome proposition, l should
say it was because it was not the will
of Providence that | should step out
of my Own station?ss aEAA SAa
Not having a direct answer ready,
Josephine shrinked the question by
replying that duke was not likely to
come. hf- AANAf-A - IA , -. r : s
iiF' Nor any other gentleman" was the
quiet answer. rs it likely, when there
are two unacceptable noses In the fam
lily, delicately shaped and of the neat
est Roman pattern, that any man in
his senses would deliberately turn
from these to choose pug? Mamma,
continued Laura, finding that her sis
tiers were silenced by this remark, all
| ask is, that Moxon should teach me
while she is here all the cleanest and
most deliberate parts Tof her work,
such as ironing our lace as we'll as the
other things | have mentioned; then
that Sarah and cook should do such
parts of it as are not fit for my occu-
patton; and that before you decide on
any other plan l should have
months fair trial, and prove whether
| cannot do it we'll and advantage.
ously." --- =
1T would be great disadvantage
to us, said Harriet. Il should not
like my sister to work like a servant"
Il never should work like a servant;
| should do everything, you would
see, in neater, cleaner, and more in
telligent way than ever Moxon does"
Everybody would find it out"
THAT [ should not mind" observ-
ed the mother, IF it was our duty to
agree to the plan. | really do not see
why Laura |, Should not try it for
a month
1T is quite a new invention, you
know said Laura, to let gentlewo-
men have nothing to do in the house:
our great grandmother had no notion
Of such idieness How often did our
G~eat-Aunt Clare amuse us with de-
scriptions of how the Colonel used to
come and pay his duty to her elder
sister, and. She as a child used to look
on and admire his uniform and his
wig? She and her friends, the Mem
ber's daugh ters,R used to iron theiE,
laces and great great grandpapa rufs
out OF doors IN the hOtweather, under
the great walnut trees, and the young
officers used co go in and out ofsthel
house to fetch and carry the irons for
them and louDge about her ironing
board. w hat, a beauty she must have
beeu,an she was like her portrait
And what pretty scene it must have
been, old Gfeat-Auut Della in her
quilted petticoat- and the little hat
stuck on to the top )of,iherI how'd cred
curls, lifting up the delicate laces and
frills with her dainty hands, and their
ancient mether Keeping a sfiarpllook-
out from the easement, and calling the
Colonel to order if She thought his
compAmen car used .any-pause In the,
business OF the afternoon. = Then they
used TO spin What a graceful occu
nation that must bava boon -