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

i Jle HOUf-DON, ana following 1t wit
/ a cu5tard, part Of which she spi
, in the effort.
: This, then, was what we smell
and where the milk had gone bt
when we said as much, and advant
; ed to take possession, Merry An
caught up her spoon and stood o
the defensive. III We lave a han
on it, I'll have your lifeH' she cri
ed; and at the same moment tn
door opened to admit the guests
Mrs. McFetridge and that youn;
man and woman.
At sight Of them Mary Ann raj
lied again. "Trotb, and yur com
IN good time to protect me from
the haythens," she cried "Sure
they would have took my life if yc
had not been here to do me justice
SO they would"
Then she relapscd into softness
and shed tears.
"Oh, Bridge McFetridge, if yC
had the heart Of a Christian wo.
man in ye, ye'd get me sup oi
whisky whn We see me overcome
by a wakeness like this" she cried
A light flashed on us. We flew
to the store-room and brought out
the demijohn Of Bourbon that day
sent home, 1t was only a gallon
one, butit was clearly diminished
in its contents.
MARY Ann. you are drunk" we
cried.
Mary Ann regarded us with a
stupid stare and sank back into her
seat.
"Oh, what shall we do with this
wretched woman :" was our next
thought. Glow can we have such
an intoxicated creature in the
house ?"
Mary Ann suddenly regained
her feet with cleaning eyes.
Drunk" she screamed shrilly;
"Did We dare to call me drank, We
name Yankees, ye? Ye'll rue the
words if ever yon live to see a
Justices, Office, for it's there
I'm goin' to take ye to make ye
prove thin. Do We know what a
charackter is? Well, I have one
that never had a word agin it till
now"
With that she made a sort of
cap, seized the iron spo on, dashed |
1t us wildly and sent us flying up
stairs in cowardIy haste. Listen.
no at the dumb waiter, we heard
1eals of crazy laughter, which af-
erward subsidized into cighs and
noans.
Then Mrs. MeEetridge's voice
vas audible, imploring the wretch
ID Mary Ann to take drop Of pep
)ermint to warm her, and blaming
he kitchen, the hard work and
want of kindness and considera-
ion in the household for the state
o which she was reduced,
Mary AIMS month would be up
he next day, but at her own re
nest she had been paid q day in
dyancc, as she was to 90 shop
ing. What was our relief, then,
'hen sometime afterward, Mrs. Nc
'etridge appeared and remarked
oftily:
Miss Mahony's goin' home wild
le, ma'am. She's too wakely to
old her own wild thin that insults
er now, butyou'll soon hear from t
er agin." !
This sounded threatening, but
ill it Brought CLEAN Of hope.
larry Ann was actually going; her {
read rule was over, aud we could |
ford to pay a good price for free '
ON, /
1t was not without trouble that c
dignilied retreat was affected c
lrt Of the procession fell twice in Q
ossing the kitchen floor, and tins a
ere scattered in the process. AT t
st, however, the door banged be- S
nd our retiring friends, and we t
n down, frightened at what had c
used, but yet conscious of the in c
nse relief, to take q peep after il
EN- and lock up the lower part of "
C house. They were descending h
e hillside street with a sWaying Il
rt of Il motion, occasionally col, il
ling and coming to a standstill. g
ary Ann was little more than y ii
Ige bundle Of blanket shawl, that il
scovered constant tendency to b
V itself out on the sidewalk, but Il
ennis and his feminine double fl
re bearing gallantly up against c;
on either hand and thwarting the el
Olish desire. in
All the next day we cleaned a
5le, and went into agonies Of as
lishment and Indignation over st
! discoveries we made. Mary m
IN and her friends had eaten the hi
le and custard 1.-THE Bourbon we
4 carried up stairs); and from nc
, packages of tea, coffee, sugar
other available groceries we co
md stuffed away, ready tied up, an
argued that they were accustom- w'
to our supplies and regarded ke
m favorably. Our excavations ST.
id ruined crockery, dirty dish
wells, etc, were like bringing a We
led city to light and being over
elmed with the magnitude of the an
an
While we worked, our spirits pc
*, and toward me0l-time we