Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02

woman" Not but what the flesh il
treacherous, and happen I'll have chang
I'D my mind whom I'd seen the young one
But, however, all that was Knocked in thu
head whom ! heard the flunky tell mo to &C
up to the housekeeper's room. 1t were
only dressing job, after all!
Well, before I'd got we'll inside the
door, an old chap dressed in black catches
hold of mo by the elbow.
~Creecher ?" says he; "Creecher ?"
Eyes, Pm Creeoher;" says /. @What's
your pleasure ?"
20, you're to come this way directly"
And away we went along the passages
and down stairs and up stairs; and pres.
emily We came to = long corridor beauti.
fully carpeted, and the old man tapped al
door and young womsn opened it and
says she, "fs he here?" And the old
man says, "Yes.'
"Come in;" says she E; "my lady will
speak with you Directly"
And went into little room as wat
beautifully furnished, with easy chairt
and sofeys ans all the luxuries Of the
season.
SWELL, my DEAR" says to the maid
i" and 60 your mistress is going to the bal
But it'll be we'll nigh time to come home
before she gets there"
Hush" ehe sayst putting hcr finger t.
her lips.
Ibegan to think it WAS death job as
had got on hand. pve had such job
afore now, when the corpse was young
and had beautiful hair, All! and many q
time my fingers has itohed, for, says l t
myself: IT'S pity such q lot of beauti
full hair should 60 down to tho worms
when it might be going on enjoying itseli
atop of some other young woman's hes.d
and / could tell you tale or two about
that. But it wasn't q job Of that kind
found, a. heard somebody moving in the
next room and such soft little moan as
went to my heart. And then somebodd
came out-a tall, splendid lady, dresse
in black satin, as haug ghty as queen.
"Creecher;" she says, are you Cresch
or? Don't speak, but listen to what tell
you. A lady has had an accident
been severely burned. Remedies have
been epplied-plasters, what not. He1
bair-"
understand, my lady; you want me
to take it of. I'll do it in iify, if you'll
lend me ono ofbis lordships razors, for
was that hurried when / came away,
left mine behiud me. Pve got my scissors
and comb. my lady," says I, pulling 'em
out, "because as luck would have It, I'd
just cut chaps hair as wa going to
fight next"
Silencew she says, "Creecher
looking at me quite disguised and beck
oning the girl, she said, Take the fire
shovel and throw them things away"
But wasn't going to loose good eel
of tools, 90 clasps 'em into my pocket
and buttons up my coat, and says L
Now, your ladyship."
And she says, "Amelia throw some.
thing over the wretch"
And with that Amelis brought white
gown with sleeves, which smelt as beau.
tiful as nosegay and wraps mo up in it
and caught q glimpse Of myself in th'
! glaas, and, thinks /, you might take mi
for parson when he's agate at tho sever
commandments.
"Now;" she says, "Crescher hold you
tosgue and listen to me. Whatever hap
pens. she must not lose her hair you ua
derstand, it must be saved at all hazards
Now come and do your duty"
Eh! but it was pitiful 70 see the poo
lassie, half sitting, half Tying, in . thin|
atween an easy chair and couch. AL
her face was covered over but her eyes
and they seemed to burn. Such sad, pitt
full eyes l never saw before nor since
She'd had beautiful long hair, that cam'
down to her knees almost hut eh it wer
In q tangle, all knotted and twisted, an
raveled together with the messes an
poultices; and all kinds Of thiugs tn cyl
put on her head. No, there wasn't
thread of it anywhere that wasn't boun
up and twisted. Well, l looked at it an
I shook my head.
my lady," says /, "it would tax
Twelve hours hard work, without stoppin
to untwist that hair"
:" Well, then," says she to me, "wh
don't you begin ~
*But," Gays !, "your ,ladyship, do yo'
know what twelve hours is, sitting up Wit
q man pulling away At your tangle
hairs? Why my lady," says, ~ don
think a. could stand the job, a. am hal
and we'll; and a. for the poor young lad
there. why, bless my heart, it would XII
her,"
But her ladyship did not take any motto
Of me.
"Well," she says to the young lid,
you hear what he says: are you read
to begin?"
And the lassie gave q little sigh, hea
breaking little Sigh, and she says in
! feeble little voice, q Go on"
"But," says l, for wanted an excu'
to be of the job, ~ wouldn't do it und'
u hundred pounds"
"Ot ~ eays she, "then you shall have
hundred guineas."
That was atemptation, mind you, to
,, chap as wasn't much beforehand in Il
world, and hadn't ever had 30 much
ten pounds in his pocket at once in all
life. But I was sorry l took the job aft
. all.
0 II mum have my supper ;"says I, " f,
n and think about it."
q Ring, Amelia" sho said to the mait
9 "and order up tray"
i And a bang.up supper ! had in the |
/, tie sitting room; q chicken ana chal
pagne, and what they call cure. Or,
Il out of brown jug; l didn't think mu
Of that; and I'd sooner call it kill-or.so,
y I were giving it a name, for oh 1t
make my head sing above bit, and
.s only took about gill of it to see what
" were like.
9, Well, when I'd done my supper, we
y taken into the young lady's room, and
% began the job. 1took j. up bit by t
:; washed it in spirits Of wine, combed it q
le hair by hair, and 80 ] went on from no
ID by hour. There was nought but patic,,
end hard work. She seemed to doze
n, bit, the poor lass ever and again h
re work as gently US l would, it must ha
Id given her deal Of p.in. Shed sigh
Is little now and then, and give little 81
'e 'no'l" sometimes: but eh she bore j. a
ID all her wcariness and pain, for all t
he suffering and trouble that were in h
y, eycs-shc btre it like an angel frt
We heaven. Tho old woman sat beside
Up till she got 60 sleepy she couldn't kc
en her eyes open; and then she beckons
'fs the maid to como and sit in her plncc. I,
re she goes oft to her comfortable bed, | s,
nd pose but very soon the maid COOS {
"a asleep, and everything seemed asleep
he ma nnd the lsssie. There wasn't u 80,
but the wind so"ghing i" tic trees outsi
It, and the murmur ot the river falling O
y: the weir.
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