The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-12-24

EHSsa>SsJG-s!1 u lf..y>.s. F~He ~, -
the I. .m,l.. .Bessggutttf .Bee|issgg tf.t she: ought y
ret >. puch =. h shhes s.g1'ldl e.o.lddl fef her ser-
.xieep, sha told Mr.. W.ltters, e q. The 4s
offer, withholding II d the name q the he re- 'e1
een p, making j. Thislady Ieid ihe .qp,t a,at !;
*tl ter befor, Mr.: ~, Who promptly, ,!'+: eos-
go. ..,2.ji. II, e.s ,!.,;..:E :.
"Giye her three dollars : week ,.th.
er than let hsr leave. For the month
SIZE has carried tho key Of the store
room, my grocery bill 4Aas bcen 6fty
dollars less than any MONTH hose two
years."
So, Of the fifty dollars saved by her
honesty and management he was will
ing she should have four, which is very
fair compensation, as the world =sti-
mates woman's work, When she a.
samed the duty Of music teacher, Mrs.
Walters insisted that she: should sit at
the-tables With them, and that nurse
should wait; this she refused. There
vas no, time in which baby requir-
ed nurse more than when. bis moth
er WAS at meals. 1t was pleasast
for; her 70 vait upon tho family b.eause
IitaVas her business to do 30. When
Mr.. W.lter. himself looked pp in ii.
,qoiet, ,x:te decisive way .nd e .sted hi,
wife
.. r:Why DO. Joa net have plate set 70,
:s :elisss Margaret and y. M.lil':. -.it =
Margaret ahsx.red ple..a.tly:
"Mrs:. W.l..r. wishes - % d,' DO 80, buli' bli
it vould not - business IKE. By til.
rules ef : vell:erdered. house til, per.
soa vho doe. IL, chamber work .vait.
q table: f yoar poiter vent 70 selling
soed. r. i 'oetd ''' 'p'il yoe' :; /! .rr',oe.:
~, :s::;;, ~, az; 7:;~>., -: ,@
Inc ide, h'd j. occurred y, the mer:
chant ID daring .h4e, last moment .f.the
az he r. usually .pcn. at meals. and by
the time the .i.1e, vas finished be
had taken hilI departure, and l.ughips
heartily At the odd conceit Of anything
in housekeeping being business: like, be
arose, ! issed Rrfus, vho sat next him
and dashed Of at half run: . =
MI: Tvinsy elevated hi. eyebrows,
and looked mysterious, and Mrs. Wal.
tcrs assured our heroine sha was "the
| oldest chicken" she had ever met
then added:
." But one thing, Margaret, you must
not answer the door bell"
"You Pay ne for answering the door
bell. There is ,othing dishonorable in
It, and I should not have taken the
place withsut intending to perform my
fzduti.s faithfully. Please le, me do my
work as I engaged"
"Miss Mer'yn is right" said Mr.
Twi"z7; with emphasis !; and for me.
msnt, forgetting he was on tho stage;
II have heard my mother say more
than once, there Is no sense or rsaseu
in thinking it disgracefol for girls to eo
out to do housevork. 1T does hot dis.
glaoe woman t, work. in her own
house, any more than man to work
in his own store, and Why should it dis.
gtace one to work in another's house
any more than in another's store {"
margaret's appreciation Of the seuti-
ment grati6ed him exceedingly. he
had won a measure of respect, and as
he settled back into the old grooves h.
determined to t,y tha, role again aud
quote his mother to some purpose. "A,
! be toyed with his desert, he surveyed
Margaret aiding Rufos in managing his
spoon, and added:
.'There, cousin Hal, do you not sec
the likeness I spoke Of. yesterday :!
Miss Merlyn is certainly very like
sister Mary !" aad hs sighed patheti:
cally.
rWell, 7 cannot sec IT,"
" But you did not see her iu her last
year, when she was about Miss Nerlyn's
age. That last summer l spent At
home she vas very Ike. She had
that;same air Of sadness; for she .p-
peared to'hsvs :. pressntimsnt Of her
10 death 1ftshe had lived I would
have been: = very different fellow"
f. H hid for some time taken special
||:pleasurs in linking Margaret WITH the
most sacred memories; Of homo. It
aided him in:keepins up the weak self
delusiea that he vas acting in q man
ncr beeomiag . gentleman, and he had
so:long 'tanpsred'vit ~and tramplsd all
that vas best in his nature, tha, he
felt no 'eomPuaction in spro,seatins
plans which: would st.rsle an ordinary
villain, under cover Of names ho held
most sacred. =:
Margaret had been With Mn. WAL
ters several me.nths, and had learned to
be grateful for Dir. Tvin.y's attentions,
and to believe that she had good iu-
'daesee upon the petahnt invalid,
whom she sincerely pitied. He had
gone With her and josie several times
T. the little mecting-bouse in the
suburbs, which vas tho attraction which
had brought her to Arabia Petroa 10
preference to any other part Of the
Great West. She WAS 8attered By the
patience With which he heard the ser.
mons Of unusual length, and his .p-
probation Of The quaiat old psalms
whish TO her we're 50 sacred and which
aha had nat m nfpanuanAl, h>e,1 ..oko.