Litchfield enquirer., 1872-08-15

1 ulat morning 1he StreHtS were not at- tractiye as they drove up from the station to Forty y-seventh street. The monday Esnr was absolutely sickening, and Jenny was thanRrsnl when they reached their own particular 4sbros.a stone front, and James
 unlocked the door fsr her with content cd "Well, I've brought atreasure at last. :" Fanny had only been upstairs a. week,
 andJenny marveied to see what . change had come over the usually pretty, home like house for want of the mistress eye and hand: The hall table wae thick with dust, the parlor carpet filtered with fallen blossoms from wishered boquets: in the in the vases, the piano all over dust, too, and the chairs awry,S while the sliding doors, open into the .dfuing room,k dis closed to view an untidy breakfast table still standing, and swarms. of flies were rejoicing in the glaring sunlight which poured in through the unshaded windows '1t all looks forlorn enough, said James, helplessly, 'T don't know whafss l the reason. But come, I'll take you up
 to Fanny at snce."~ And they mounted
 the stairs to the second story front room, where poor Fanny lay in bed eagerly hola- ing out two thin hands with a smile os l welcome on herpale face that went straight to Jenny's kind heart. j.. - -3 Heres sight for sore eyes," said
 James triumphantly. '.Now, Fanny, we
 shall have everything going on we'll Shall order anything for you? I must be go- ing down town now. I leave you in good hands to-day, and James walked of. look
 ing brighter than he had done since Fan ny's illness. E- Jenny took off her things and got her self into a cool white morning dress as nY1f oE1 E1xyo | Fanny more comfortable by setting her room to rights, while Fanny looked on. well pleased at her dextrous way of do-
 ing things, each quick, decided movement
 working wonders, and all without noise, l 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 dressing table strewn with bottles, glasses and spoons, and the con-
 tents of Fanny's jewel case scattered over
 several chairs, where they had been left
 by little Jamie that morning, when he had
 them to play with to appease his fearful
 hOwls after a fall. Poor little fellow! he
 was only 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 Ann's services.
 ''My dear, if you hadn't come to the l rescue, all my things would have been de- stroyed," said Fanny. ''The other day Bridget made mustard plaster in one of my best embroidered pocket handker-
 chiefs, and when I found it out she said,
 .Shure the docther tould me to put it in
 fine muslin. This room needs sweeping dreadfully, but l. couldn't bear to have it done this morning, for she makes such a
 0IattnF whannvnr cha 1ok T long to get her out of the way. And Jen-
 ny, 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 in-
 to the kitchen and see what sort of din-
 ner cook has got up for James and
 George. 1George Leroy was Fanny's
 brother and James partner, and lived
 with them); ''And oh! Jenny, the doctor
 said was to have beef tea once in two
 hours, but I can't take the stuff cook makes" .....! ---.
 Jenny didn't wander as she saw the un- inviting greasy mess standing on the ta- ble. She put away the stray jewelry, shut and fastened 8 creaking blind, which kept letting in swaying ray of sunlight across the. wall just opposite the bed,
 gathered the sticky glasses and spoons and solled 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 mag netic fingers, that by the time she got 1t
 braided into two long tails. Fanny was nearly asleep. Then, leaving things in order, Jenny ran up stairs for a 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 Jenny. and came gladly forward to be kissed and petted, but Jamie and the baby both
 ''made strange" as the nurse said, and Jennie could only hope for 6 better ac- quaintance in future, as Jamie hid his rosy face in Ann's skirts whenever she looked at him, and Lily puckered ID her little mouth ominously when she tried to take her. '+ 7'~ 5 t3z'A -
 She couldn't stay long with them, how ever, for Fanny's beef-tea was on her mind, and she went down to the kitchen to see about 1t. Fresh beef-tea, as every
 one knows, can't be made in minute,
 and meantime the doctors orders were not being carried out. Fanny had had
 none that morning, and ought not to be
 left without it any longer. What was to
 be done? Suddenly Jane remembered the 'textract of beef of Sanitary com mission" days, and writing down the name on slip of paper sent the housemaid to the nearest chemists in search of 1t. She came back in few minutes with the lit tie packet of queer looking, leathery,
 brown stnff, and in an incredibly short time Jenny had bit of it clipped up fine, dissolved in boiling water and sea-
 soned with pepper and salt, and beheld
 with satisfaction cup of smoking beef tea guiltless of grease. which she trium- phantly carried up stairs, inwardly calling down blessings on the head of the man
 who invented the extract. 6..s
 Poor Fanny could not have taken much If 1t had been nectar, for fever time was coming, and Jenny was really alarmed as she saw the pale face getting crimson, felt the scorehing heat of the hands, and tried everything she could think of, without success, to alleviate the racking headache and dreadful restlessness. She seemed so very ill that Jenny 1onged anxiously for the doctors afternoon visit, and when he came he evidently thought her worse, for
 he looked grave as he said, 'More fever
 than yesterday and added something
 about typhoid symptoms. Jenny fol-
 lowed him down stairs and asked if he
 thought there was any danger? ssNo inn
 mediate danger, said he, ssbut Mrs Wes- ton requires very great care, and must be kept perfectly quiet" and he left Jenny quite weighed down with responsibility. Mindful of the .tcoming man." {" hoEev-
 CT, she yang the parlor bell for Bridget,
 and kde her carry away the withered
 fow<Zs and bring the dust-pan and brush 1 to the filtered carpet. while she told her about the dinner-table arrangements in few clear, simple words Fanny had an
 irritable way of talking to her servants,
 constantly finding fault, and giving con fused orders which made stupid, well- 1 meaning person like Bridget unable to do
 anything right, while Jenny's sweet man.
 ner was so reassuring and quieting that
 people were always able to do their very | RA,--~ .z zaa !