Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-07-21

i rrgs. AAoW ihony - tho1c ~ your IaInl-
| ly sir ?" she asked, as shs surveyed
me from head to foot. dress well
as . general rule; but 1t was a windy
day, and was in part of the city
where the streets were not watered.
fConsequently the damsol before me
could not make up her mind on the
instant, whether I would do for o
master or not. ~ gave her the num-
Der she would be expected to serve.
"Do thore be . carpet In the.girps
room ?p rY - gry a-i - -.
Yes. Now please inform, me II
you know how to take care Of the
whole upper part OF the house and
dining room, and will do 1t we'll fbia
"Do there be any Ares to make ?'s1
'One or two, / think.h .siE hs''
II guess the place wouldn't suit
me. never makes dies. Boys al.
ways does them wh6re I Iives.'' n,'iI
was agaih.afloat. I didn't fold
my newspaper In my pocket any
more, I read as I walked. Accord.
ing to my printed information, the
most desirable person for me to visit
was "a smart, capable, willing girl"
in the neighborhood Of Myrtle Ave-
nue.. Quite stretch from the west
part Of the city, but I went. II was
a five story tenement house again.
| gave a dirty boy quarter to run
up stairs and make inquiries for me,
and he never came back TO report.
Near the third landing found the
maiden. She was staying with a
"friend" In little room twelve by
fourteen The friend was dealer In
old clothes, and was just sorting over
q cargo. The smart, capable girl
had seen sixty fve summers, and
her hair was as white as snow. She
was sitting with her feet In a pail of
water, trying to cure eorns, so she
said. left. ..ge - -.n .9 tssfa.'
Twas getting slightly out OF tenn
per when reached the sidewalk
A dog harnessed into small car OBJ
structed the way. I raised my foot
and hoisted the. whole establish
ment Into the street. After that, I
felt better. Turning again for com
fort to the paper, I found situation
Wanted" by several In the immedi-
ate vicinity, and I rendered unto
all the light of my countenance.-
One girl had just engaged" An
other did not like to GO where they
did not keep "full set of help A
third seemed qualified for our pur.
pose, but her cousin was dead, and
she could not come for week. The
fourth did not like our location.-
The fifth made very pointed inquir-
les about the number of girls we had
had during the last year, and then
declined engaging where they chang
ed help SO often. The sixth didn't
ever "negoshumate" with agentle.
man; the madame must come her.
self. The seventh wanted too many
privileges and had lost her front
teeth. -"
| The eighth asked my name and
place of business, but never. having
heard of me before, very drily re-
marked that "she only lived with
the first families. !" The ninth was a
fair haired, blue-eyed German, who
was not only willing, but exceeding1
ly anxious to undertake anything
She promised to go to my wife I'm the
course of an hour, and I, thoroughly
disgusted with this world. and par
ticularly with the portion of 1t which
/ had just explored, looked at my
watch, and found 1t was two o'clock
Ep. m. "..--yaai fN9@ ..ga. 4as 3
When / reached home at the usual
dinner hour, Effie met me, smiling.
/ "Did the new girl come P" I IN
quired. ssr aaaaaaa@ a#rra 81
"No, 1 haven't seen any" 80
j did not give vent to my pent.up
emotions; / only played the sympa-
thizing husband, and somewh hat crest
fallen, started on another tour Of the
same nature the next morning. =
| Without conresslng Il to Effie, I
determined to save time and try the
intelligence office. A polite clerk at
the entrance stopped me and regis
tered my name, then passed into
the main room. A clerk sitting at q
table numbered me. and gave me
card. / was to take . seat corres-
pondingly numbered. The room
was filled with ladies talking to SER
wants, and all sorts Of persons hurry
ing hither and thither. A clerk
spoke through tube and called for
chambermaid and waitress for nuns
ber twelve. In the course Of ten
minutes, q tall greasy looking Irish
girl came toward me.
"If you are sent to speak to me.n I
said, "go back and tell them you
won't suit. Let another come as
quickly as possible. +" 4 "a rlsG ess
| Instead Of obeying. she dropped
into chair near by.
won't suit, eh? What ails me Pr
| You are not neatly clad"
I oh, that stuff on my dress is moth
ing, 1t will come cut with little
sponging."
stalked across the room, and ad-
vised the young man In attendance
TO send a decent girl to me In short
order. I conferred with sir before /
gave my address, and sent one 10 my
mife. This little performance oc-
cupied an hour and q half, and my
office york crowded me the rest OF
the day. I dlned about town. Hav-
ing lost my key, rang the bell oi
my own door about half past nine.
The discarded Jsnc admitted me.
"Ehle. how Is this," I asked te.
fore taking chair.
30, nothing extraordinary. The
girl you sent came. She seemed
perfectly satisfied with the place,
but In the course Of an hour Va
heard the lower door slam. and saw
her running down the street. To-
ward evening, Jane came for her
money, and not having enough BY
me, I detained her until you should
come In. She vent to work Of hei
own accord, has put the house in
! iorder, and assisted me in every way
/ possible.n - " j ~