Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-09-26

not attractive as they drove from tht
station to Forty-Seventh Street. The
MONDAY sun was absolutely sickening
and Jenny was thankful when they
reached their own particular "browI
+ stone 'front.'" and James unlocked the
i ldoor for her with contented, swell
. I've brought treasure at last"
: Fanny had only been upstairs a week
+ and Jenny marvelled to see what a
, change had come over the usually pret-
ty homelike house for want of the mis-
, tress' eye and hand. The hall table was
, thick with dust, the parlor carpet litter
ed with fallen blossoms from withered
! bouquets in the vases, the piano all over
dust, too, and the chairs awry, while
the sliding doors, opened into the din
ing-roon, disclosed TO view an untidy
breakfast table still standing, while
swarms of flies. were rejoicing in the
glaring sunlight which poured in
through the unshaded windows.
at all looks forlorn enough, ;" said
James helplessly, 81 don't know what's
the reason. But come, I'll take you up
to Fancy at once" And they mounted
the stairs to the second story front room
where poor Fanny lay in bed, eagerly
holding out two thin hands, with Il
smile of welcome on her pale face which
went straight to Jenny's heart.
Here's sight for sore eyes," said
James triumphantly. ''Now, Fanny,
we shall have everything going on well.
Shall l order anything for you? must
be going down town. leave you in
good hands to-day and james walked
of, looking brighter than he had done
since Fanny's illness.
Jenny took off her things and got her.
self into cool white morning dress as
quickly as possible, and began to make
Fanny more comfortable by setting her
room to rights, while Fanny looked on
well pleased at her dextrous way of
lodging things, each quick, decided
movement working wonders, and all
without noise, so different from Bridget's
shambling way of running backwards
and forwards and getting nothing done.
Between James and Bridget the room
was in deplorable confusion, the dress
ing table strewn with bottles, glasses,
and spoons, and the contents of Fanny's
jewel case scattered over several chairs,
where they had been lett by little Jamie
that morning, when he had them to play
with to appease his fearful howls after
fall. Poor little fellow! he was only a
year and half old, and sadly missed
his mothers care, while blue-eyed baby
Lily reigned supreme in the nursery
and usurped his share of AIMS SER
vices.
My dear, if you hadn't come to the
rescue, all my things would have been
destroyed" said Fanny. ''The other
day Bridget made mustard plaster in
one of my best embroidered pocket |
handkerchiefs, and when found it out
she said, "Sure the doctor told me to
put it in fine muslin. This room needs
sweeping dreadfully, but couldn't bear |
to have it done this morning, for she |
moves that only long to get ont of the
way. And, Jenny, WON'T you brush my |
hair for me? Bridget makes my head
ache so, and won't you see that the
children are properly dressed when they
wake up, and do go into the kitchen and
see what sort of dinner cook has got up
for James and George" George Leroy
was Fanny's brother and James pare-
ner, and lived with them); Sand oh!
Jenny the doctor said l was to have beef
tea once in two hours, but can't take
the stuff cook makes.'' B.. ..s4ta4-ib
Jenny didn't wonder as she saw the
uninviting greasy mess standing on the
table. She put away the stray jewelry,
shut and fastened a creaking blind
which kept letting in swayIng ray Of
sunlight across the wall just opposite
the bed, gathered the sticky glasses and
spoons and spoiled napkins together,
and ran down stairs with them, coming
back with few bright verbenas she had
found in the yard. These she arranged
on little table, and then brushed and
combed Fanny's thick, light hair so
gently, and with such magnetic fingers,
that by the time she got it BRAIDED into
two long tails, Fanny was nearly
asleep. Then leaving things in order,
Jenny ran up stairs for peep at her
pets, whom she heard beginning to stir
about, after their nap, in the nursery
overhead. Dora, the eldest, was three
years old, and remembered Aunt Jen-
ny, and came gladly forward to be
kissed and petted, but Jamie and the
baby both "made strange" as the nurse
said, and Jenny could only hope for
better acquaintance in future, as Jamie
hid his rosy face in AIMS skirts when-
ever she looked at him, and Lily pucker-
ed up her little mouth Ominously when
ever she tried to take her.
She couldn't stay long with them,
however, for Fanny's beef-tea was on
her mind, and she went down to the
kitchen to see about it.. Fresh beef-tea,
as every one knows, can't be made in
minute, and meantime the doctors or
ders were not being carried out. Fam
ny had had none that morning, and
ought not to be left without it any
longer. What was to be done? Sud-
denly Jenny remembered the "extract
of BEEF of"Sanitary commission" days
and writing down the name on slip of
paper sent the house maid to the near
est chemists in search of it. She came
back in a few minutes with the little
packet of queer looking, leathery, brown
stuff, and in an incredibly short time
Jenny had bit of it Clipped up fine,
dissolve in boiling water and seasoned
with pepper and salt, and beheld with
satisfaction Il cup of smoking beef-tea
guiltless of grease, which she triumph
antly carried up stairs, inwardly calling
down blessings oil the head of the man
who invented the extract.
Poor Fanny could not have taken
much if it had been nectar, for fever
time was coming and Jenny was really
alarmed as she saw the pale face getting
crimson, felt the scorching heat of the
hands, and she tried everything she
could think of, without success, to allie