The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-17
COUDERSPORT PA, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER II, 1873.

/ lctIeTS dDOuJ-t''OH. j OHn )-OT IL
do they are such as are not of the
least consequence. As n matter OF
course, servants are inquisitive. wo-
men-servants particularly; their mis-
tresses are not half careful enough in
guarding against this natural curlos-
ity and then all the blame fail on
the servant, Women are so unrea-
/ sonable."
/ Disregarding the uncivil comment
on her sex, Mrs. Ferguson went on,
Il did not know so well when | en-
gagged Sarah what a bad character her
family bore; one brother has been in
prison twice"
''All the more reason for keeping
the girl safe from evil influence. |
hope-who's that, | wonder?"
A heavy step passed the window,
followed by ring at the hall bell.
Mrs. FERGUSON opened the study
door as Jane, their steady elder ser
want, passed down the stairs, candle
in hand.
I've been sitting by Miss Rosie,
ma'sm; she seems feverish Ii and
restless, and | liked being with her
better than sittin' alone in the k,tch-
en-"
/ Il wonder if that's Sarah come
home tonight instead Of tomorrow? >
said her mistress.
"Lawk, no, ma'am, not likely" an
swered Jane; ''but we'll soon sec who
it is" and pulling away the chain
from the door, she opened it, disclos-
ing a mans figure without. He was
/ dripping wet and had TO hold his hat
on with one hand or the wind would
have carried it far away; the other
hand he extended with large damp
yellow envelope therein. A tele-
graft" cri 4 Jane, taking the mis-
sive from him and passing it on to
her mistress. who in her tur arried
! it to her husband and watched his
. face anNiously as he opened and read
/ it. A grave, perplexed look came
over iIis features as he handed it back.
The message was from his brother
at Fordham, place forty miles dis
tant. and ran thus:
"Come Immediately third bad
lit-father anxiously expects YOU"
NO help for it, Kate said Mr.
! Ferguson. answering his wile's ap
pealing look. $50 much may depend
on nv seeing him once more that
,lare not choose bat to 90. How am
to get to the station. though, il
time for the ten O'Clock mail. won.
der? It's nearly nine now, and tiv,
miles on such a night as this woula
take me more than an hour to walk.
walk you cannot. John. answer
ed his wife. diverted easily from hel
first feeling of personal veXation b.,
the dilemma her husband was placed
in. Il know" she cried quickly
''the man vino brought this message
must 90 past Mr.. Hollands; | vii
write note asking him to send Ar
mold aud their dog-cart up for you
7 Anything is better than walking.
know he will DO it for you"
M. Holland was the clergyman.
church-warden and very good frienC
| in ali parish matters, and was alway.
ready to do his rector "a service, even
to The extent of sending out his Eors,
and man for drive of ten miles
Mrs. FERGUSON wrote her note hur
riedly while her husband spoke to the
telegraph official, who promised to gC
TO Mr.. Hollands at once.
When he had gone, Jane stood
. looking blankly from master to mis-
tress. and then she said dolefully
And please, sir, what's to become
of u.s."
: Become of you? Why, you vii
stop and take care of the house, t.
be sure" said her master rather short
, ly. "Just take my thickest great
coat and air it by the kitchen fire
| please, and bring me back my boots
: We will have the horse up before
f am ready if you don't look brisk.
! Then. closing the study door upol
himself and bis wife. he added, " Bu
don't half like le,.ving you at sucl
, a time and with only one servant, toe
: and all that money in the house
. How awkwardly things happen some
times"
5 He was so heartily concerned, s.
: evidently uneasy, that, as a matte
/ Of course, his wife cheered him up b.
: assuming bright courage that sh
WAS fnr from feeiing. She fetchet