Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-01
ROMANCE OF FANNY FERNS
KITCHEN.

Fanny's house-scrvants are negro
girls, aud the special duty Of one of
them is to carry u cup of strong coffee
and biscuit carly in the morning to
her mistress, who, for sever,a hours,
until the writing is finished for tho
day, takes 10 other refrcshmeht.
One certain morning Rose did not
appear with the desired coffee, and
the bell was appealed to, which, after
several impatient jerks, was answer
ed, not by Rose, but by Violet.
Where is Rosc?" inquiries EshEy:
Busy in dc kitchen, Missus, is the
answer. "l:ut it is your business to
attend 10 the Kitchen work, and
wish Rose to attend to me- With a.
suit Of outraged propriety aud i'll
suited modcsty, Violet stated that
Rose is 'tiv'larly gagged jest dis timc.
in de kitchen. and she can't spare
fcrsrlr from her gagcmcnt long 'nuff
20 bring up a:y coffee" No qucs-
tiuniug could elicit from Violet any
:ur,her information respecting the
.'tic'lar 'gagcmcnt' OF her sister
servant hut she Hung out of the room
with the remark that, "lf missus
come down to dc kitchen, you'll SEQ
,omviiu dat'l make YOU open dem
ewes OF yuu'n at last; tink dcy must
hab been shut up tight TO de las TO-
i've months" Tie kitchen achieved,
II took hut single glance for an cN-
ucricurcd wife and mother to account
for the strange communication and
action OF Violet. There was no mis-
take. Rose. "'iiv'lar 'gagcmcnt'
was with new born imh-hlack baby,
of the lady species, whom she had
succeeded in Introducing to The
world in general. nmd Fanny Fern IN
particular. without the intervening
,ssistanrc of doctor, nurse or tricnus.
Even her fellow servant, Violet. had
positively refused tn rrudcr her the
; slightest assistance, alleging, with -
,irriant snort of outraged virtue, that
She "wuuldn't have n"tliu to do WA
,urh trash" The poor girl, finding.
nctsclf unexpectedly i'll, had actually
suppressed every cry and sroah, ana
.ad made her little contribution to
he census alone and unal,lcd, rathet
han "gib any trouble to MiSsu>
parton.'' james was summoned,
md, pau,in" only Ion" enough to 81
lain, in his usual crol nmu cu'lcctCh
xav. "why. Fanny. Fanny. Fanny
who " hat-why how what IL 1t
! Al about . is this sort of thing custo-
nary ? Are there amy more roses to
,luom:" Then Fanny jammcd his
J "A, ON hi, head hind-sidc before, and
! .hnwcd him forth. "lndrs.l Mis-
: ,'ar,un." cried the poor thing, s'arfui
+ est >hr had given mortal oiicnsc by
| lcr unexpected performance, decd,
! Li>' Parton. didn't 20 for to do II,
pnr my soul. Mis- Parton, never
lone i, beiu': never do 50 no mo"
4 was the old ,tnry;a hasty marriage.
wrrtchrl husband. who had de-
serted her. after spending every
lullar of her little -aviu"s-bank uc-
! .uunt. and left her To 20 back 10 her
. n>h-paue. With the Genuine charity
! md kiuduc-S of heart that have ever
! harartrrizrd both Mr.. and Mrs.
'arion, tho, sooihcd the poor girl,
! md took care of her until she was
! die to he removed in carriage To
! rr friends. Then, 1T the request
II Hose, the Young bud was trars-
/ erred TO the founding hospital, to
Ahirh establishment the crninent
.uthor aud authurcss both accomia-
iird the ! ltic wa!", and personally
gave it, explaining all the circum-
,tanr">. into the loving care OF "Sistcr