The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-08-14

SlCtlng at u6T 1eetSulS y6llOW HAlr SHINING
in the freight, told her with much con-
fusion and embarrassment that che was
going to be married"
Miss Barbara was a good woman, but
she was very whimsical, little selfish
and above all, very jealous of her owr
dignity, and the knowledge that John
had asserted his own independence. and
actually planned out his future without
consulting her beforehand, was hard
thing for her to bear. She was not pa.
tient nor fo,giving, and the result of
Johns confidence was very unpleasant
scene. She who had never spoken harsh
ly to him before, overwhelmed him with
hard, bitter words, an / then, when he
was gone, wept herself to sleep over his
'ingratitude," as she called it.
When at last he was really married.
her anger knew no bounds, and his fir st
visit after that event ended as we have
seen xg
The days passed slowly after John, with
his bright face and ringing voice, was
banished, and Miss Barbara, half regret
ing her harshness, was often tempted to
send for him again; but her obstinacy or
pride" as she called it, preserved her
and so she fretted and worried, until ia ne
was almost driven distracted by irritabili
ty and unreasonableness. She was go
cross, go hard to please, and so lawful
savage" as John would have said, that
Jane became at last worn out, aud one
daywhen her duties were unusually hard,
she surprised her mistress by packing up
her movable property and departed from
the house. Then Miss Barbara was
wretched. For three days she sat in soli-
tarJ state, and then sending for her law
yer, directed him to insert an advertise
ment in the leading paper to the effect
that she wanted "young neat and lady.
like person for companion"
''No more old women for me-" she said,
savagely, in response to her lawyers lock
of surprise, latter the behavior Of Jane
who has been with me for thirty nine
years." and then authorizing him to ex-
anime each applicant. she sent him away
and waited.
Two days afterwards the lawyer return
ed, accompanied by tall, slender young
woman, who had come to see if she (Miss
Barbara) would engage her.
Miss Barbara's black eyes looked keen
~ at her for a moment, and after inquir-
ing sharply into her antecedent's referen-
ces, and the like, Miss Alice Worthington
CAS- the lawyer called her) was duly in
stalled in the office Of "companiou," and
a most delightful panion she proved
to be.
Miss Barbara was at first disposed Co be
a bit critical and captious; but the young
girl was so anxious TO please, so sweet
tenprred and anna bic, so quiet, so self
fcrgetfuI, that Miss Barbara's severity
melted away by degrees, and at last she
began to love her attendant, and to try
in various little ways to make her cheer.
full and contented in her new home.
"Alice," saFd she, one day, as the Young
girl sat opposite her before the fire, chow
old are your
"Not quite nineteen" wasIthe shy an
swer.
And Miss Barbara booked at her in
surprise. mot quite niutecn," and yet 80
quiet and digniffed and woman'y. 1t was
almost incredible. Miss Barbara looked
at her again, and, with new approba-
ton in her face, saw how pure and sweet
the fair face looked, with the sky lue
eyes half hidden by the white lids; she
saw how smoothly and plainly the brown
hair was fastened back, how neat and
trim the dark dress, how snowy were the
cuffs and the narrow collar, and her heart
was filled with wonder. A girl in the
nineteenth century without rufRe, a
puff, crimp, overslsirt, a sash, or a
suspicion of panier about her! Truly
wonders would never cease. AS sac
gazed on this rar0 a0Ss her heart was filled
with pity for poor john, who had throw Il
himself away.
"Sae's just the wife for him." she tho't