Omaha daily bee., 1873-03-20
"KIND-HEAPTED CREE
CHER.

shutters. II was getting rather late
nearly ten o'clock, when a splendid
carriage and two beautiful horses, all
of a lather with sweat, drew up at
my door, and a grave. tall, solemn
looking chap comes mp to my door
and calls OUT:
" Is Creecher here >"
That's me-" says /.
"Oh, then, jump ill.," pointing
with his finger to me to get up the
steps of the carriage, where there was
a tall hunky holding open the door
for me.
Says |, /" Master, where are you
bound ?"
"Oh, never mind" says he "you
will be we'll paid. Look sharp"
"But I'd like to beautify myscl!
a Bit" says !, "and ! mum tell the
missis."
With that, he took up my hat that
was lying on the counter, and bangs
it on my head, and pushes me into
the carriage, and away we went be-
fore you could say "Jack Robinson"
Eth, but we did go rarely! 1t was a
dark night and frosty {; and we soon
got out of the lights of the town,
and still the horses galloped on; and
| could see the stars twinkle over
head and then it grew colder all Of
a sudden, and the windows of the
carriage were covered with ice in a
minute, and l could see nought but
the inside, where / was sitting with
the strange man. And he said never
a word. But still we galloped on,
and after a good bit | heard the muir,
mur and dash of a river hard by
above the %clatter of the hoofs, and
we cio s,d a bridge, / think, for we
went up and down for a minute, rs il
we had been in Il swing. And then
the sound of hoofs died away,
as if the horses were galloping
over gravel or soft turf; and pres
emily the carriage stopped all of a
sudden. A footman stood at the
door; the silent man stepped out.
"Stay there ~ he cried, as he went,
with Il gesture of authority-"stay
there" And there I staid, for I were
cowed>like, with being carried offlike
that and didn't know if my soul
were my own. "What'll the old wo-
man say ?" l thought to myself. The
carriage moved on q bit and stopped
again.
"Now then, my lad |" says the
footman, opening the door.
But ! weren't going to be ordered
about by such cattle as he. Says /:
'I'm on thy masters business, and if
thou doesn't speak respectful, I'll
smite thee in the ear-hole." It's we'll
to stand on your dignity with those
chaps, you see.
ooh, | beg your PARDON" says the
man, more respectful "but will you
step into the housekeeper's room 2"
And with that / fell off the high
horse ! had been riding, for, to tell
you the truth, | were thinking for a
while ! were, perhaps, rightful son
of a lord as had been stolen in his
youth, and that they were taking me
home to the halls of my fathers, and
happen were going to marry me to
the daughter of the usurper, to make
all square. But says i: "Tll stick
to the old woman" Not but what
the flesh is treacherous, and happen
I'd have changed my mind when I'd
seen the young one. But, however,
all that was knocked on the head
when the tiunky told me to go to
the housekeeper's room. 1t was only
a dressing job after all.
Well before I'd got well inside the
door, an old chap dressed in black,
catches hold of me by the elbow.
"Creecher"' says he; "Creecher %
Eyes, Pm Creecher," says |,
whats your pleasure ?"
ooh, you've to come this way
Directly"
And away We went along passages,
and up stairs, and down stairs; and
presently W. came to a broader cor.
ridor beautifully carpeted, and, the
old man tapping at a door, and q
young woman opened it,, and says
she: as he here 2" and the the man
says, eyes" "Come in" she said /;
"my lady will speak to you directly"
And | went into a little room as was
beautifully furnished with easy chairs
and sofeyes, and all the luxuries of
the season.
"Wel', my DEAR" says 1 to the
maid, "and so your misses is going to
the ball. But it'll be we'll nigh time
to 60 home before she gets there"
"Hush," she says, holding up her
finger; and then l began to think it
was a death job | had got on hand.
I've had such jobs afore now, when
the corpse has been young, and with
beautiful hair. All! and many a
time my fingers has itched, for, says /
| to myself, it's a pity such a sight of
beautiful hair should 90 down to
the worms, when it might be going
to enjoy itself atop of some
other young woman's head-ah.
and ! could tell you a tale or two
about that! But it wasn't a Job of
that kind, l found, as / heard some
body moving in the next room, and
such a soft little moan, as it went to
my heart to hear it-ay, lad. And
then somebody came out-a tall,
splendid lady, dressed in black satin,
as naughty as a queen. .
"Creecher," she says, care you
Creecher? Don't speak but listen to
what tell yov. A lady has had an
accident-has been severely burned.
Remedies have been applied-plas-
tiers, what not. Her hair"
81 understand, my lady you want
me to take it off. I'll do II in a iiffy.
if You'll lend me one of his lordship5,s
razors, for l wa, that hurried when l
came away l left mine behind me.
I've got my scissors and comb, my
lady," says |, pulling 'em out.
"Silence y she says, "Creecher!"