Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05

Touching Instance OF Gratitude.

We are what is called = comforts bio
cooPle-me and my good lady.
have mouey in the funds, some house
property, and coal agency. A portion
Of the day l occupy in calling for rents
and in looking out for tho postman, Who
may OF may not (probably not, as . rule)
bring orders for coal. My good lady
sees after the house, when she Is no: hav-
ing nap or looking out Of the window,
and blows up the servant girl.
We have several meals during the day.
We like little aud often, and our servant
gl;ls get rather overfed and saucy after a
time, if they don't 60 away i'll. My good
lady, in the latter case, is generally 7ery
kind to them. Our last girl was taken iii,
and We gave her weeks holiday, some
soup, wine, and oranges, and her wages
as usual. This conduct on our part affect.
cd this servant girl deeply, and she insist.
cd on sending Ler sister as . substitute
while she went away.
Her sister came very early. My good
lady got up and lei her in. She was
curtseying on the doorstep. "If you
plaze, ma'am, Pm Jemima,s sieter.n -
"Take care" said my good lady; "you've
upset the milk-can with your erinoline p
She came in to c|car away the things,
and dropped plate. My good lady told
her where to find tho breakfast thines.
and she brought up cup without han.
die; it had slipped through her fingers
scmshow: My good lady said, @Tbo
girEe willing, but she's nervous"
We have some nice china or z ments on
the parlor mantlepiece. While we wore
at breakfast she busted off . couple of
thepherdesses. Between that and dinner
time, though, she only got through
tambier sud an egg cur, and l began to
think che was getting steadier.
My good lady went down stsirs to rec
how dinner was getting ON. She said,
q You know the best soup tureen ?" /
said, II d." She said aIps eons.0
How ?" l asked. "To pieces! .
She went down after this, and presently
l heard smash. My good lady shortly
afterwards appeared. She was in tears.
She said, "Those two decantere."
l said, This is really becoming seri-
ous. Hadn't We better send hsr about
her business ?" My good lady replied,
How unre asonably you do talk. uer
sister sent her out Of Kindness to M. It
will hurt her feelings dreadfully if We
feelings3"
There was an awful smash down stairs
just at this moment. We sat etill and
waited. Jemima's sister presently made
her appearance, weeping bitterly. She
said, "Oh! ma'am, oh ! sir, Pm the un-
luckiest girl that ever was, I've fell down
with tho dinner trayw
! said, will you be kind enough to
return home? We're not cross with
you, and here's chilling only, my good
girl, depart while there is yet = Whole
piece Of crockery in the house."
She waved her arms wildly, and knock
cd few ornamental things Of = sidebosrd.
" How can l over repay youp sho cried
in piteous accents.
l said, " Your presence here, my good
girl, Is costing ue, on IN average, about
shilling minute. 1t you would only 20
away and take another situation-ssy, for
in the china shop at tho oornor
of tho s!reet-we might, with tow years
cover our lossea"
She saw it in the same light, and went.
My coed lady then descending to tho
kitchen to look after tho dinner. jemima's
sister had left q jug on tho stairs over
which my good lady stumbled and put
her ankle out, also breaking the Jug.
Jemima's sister has called once or twice
since, and said how sorry she was. We
have on those occasions pvt the chain up
before speaking to her. We think it ad-
visable that che should not como inside of
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