Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-10-13

IL ONCl dltSI uuEllP yer MI OIL
n wanst?" she would ask. II h,
e work enough claiming up yer nagu
q widout filling my closets with sta
victuals."
d So she went on, every day deve
J, oping some dreadful charactcrist
I that increased our terror and ou
a servitude.
1 Relentless, indicative, contemI
. tuous and impregnably obstinate
K it only remained for her to revei
a new trait to complete our horro
p under the nightmare Of her sway
} and this came to light in the form
Of n taste for society.
She had been our lmplacablc ty
Z rant for fortnight, when we dis
, covered a person in a large velye
bonnet, a stella shawl, n scarlet me
rino dress and unlimited freckles
sharing n cup Of tea with her, sonEo
where between the hours Of luncl
and dinner In addition to thC
frecIlles, this PERSONS face was fur
ther embellished with u red nose
and some thin, sandy hair brought
low over the forehead.
sit still, Mrs McFetridge, mad,
am" cried Mary Ann, when the la.
dy in question made faint show
Of rising; then turning her head
slightly, she explained; Its ia
friend Of mine from the very door
wild me at home; she's telling me
that there's neighbors Of ours come
in the last steamer; 50 I'm goin'
away down with her to see them
when put the dinner on the table
for yez."
discovered this announcement
to be scarcely correct, as she did
not wait TO complete her arrange
mcntS, forgetting, in the excitement
Of her feelings at the prospect Of
greeting old friends, to add such
little items as bread, butter, the
sugar bowl and water pitcher, to
our meal.
After this, Mrs. McFetridge be
came our almost constant visitor,
and, being person of great con
versiOnal power, she could be heard
very audibIy in our dining room at
any hour Of the day. Her own do
mestic arrangements must have
been of the slightest nature, or else
woefully neglected; sometimes she
assayed to assist Mary Ann, prin-
cipally in shelling peas, but she
never seemed to get much beyond
chewing the pods and running her
fingers through the heap as she dis
couSed, In the evening she al
ways came in company with u fear
fully tall young man, called Dennis,
whose red hair was cut 50 close
that the hat he wore on the back of
his head rested on his ears, and his |
sister, who was 50 like him that it
seemed almost a waste. of material
TO have them seperate indivlduali-
ties.
This party had fine appetites, be-
ing fresh from their voyage, and to
cook for them must have taken
nuch of Mary AIMS time and Of
)ur stores. We became stinted in
everything but the echo Of their
as it rose to our ears
hight after night, from that seat Of
,ower, the kitchen We were not
enough to share this
lilarity; in fact, we found it aggra
'ating, and chafed under it until
desperation brought courage, and
yG determined on remonstrance. s
1t was on the evening Of a day
# particular and varied trials We {
ad smelt cake baking, but when &
fe asked for ithad been eyaded with {
sarcastic laugh and the inquiry:
as it cake? Where would | find a
me to bake cake for such fami |
/, like this, whin I'm driv' to my c
its end to get the bare work done v
p between meals 7" i
Then we were told that all the L
lilk was split, and it was too late r
, get more for the coffee the cold P
1ast had shrunk one half in size, T.
nd the pudding was burnt to t
oal while Mary Ann was mysteri- t
usly employed in the store-closet. Il
All this and much more was s.
owned by Mary AIMS being seiz- Ii
! with apparent paralysis, just at n
Ie dinner hour. This alarmed us h
| and called for action. d
Just as the bell should have been Ii
ing, she sank into chair and her I
ead dropped on her bosom. Her W
'es turned up in her head, became it
Ill and rayIess as boiled oysters, IC
I'd her words were muttered and
distinct. Ii
"It's a wakeness, = muttered Mary tc
nm. We tried to raise her, but I'll
e fell back in limp mass, which A
ighened us, though she retained CT
n calmness, and even smiled. hi
"Tll be alright in the mornin'," tn
G said, but we were by no means nj
assured, and hung over her anX- TO
usly: for although she had en- w
wed and despoiled us, still she cd
IS a feIlow-creature, and appar- tn
tly in great danger 1t seemed an
e apoplexy, for one moment she to
,uld slumber heavily, and even bt
ore, but the next she would re WI
re again and almost assert her di
/ powar.
What's the mat er wild yez y she sa