The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-05-08
A Touching Instance of Gratitude.
We are what is called a comfortable

We are what is called comfortable
couple-me aud my good lady.
L have money in the funds, some house
property, aud coal agency. A portion
of the day | occupy in calling for the
rents and in looking out FOR the postman, i,
who may or may not probably not, as
rule) bring orders for coal.
My good lady sees after the house.
when she is not having nap, or looking
out of the window, aud blows up the
servant girl.
We have several meals during the day.
We like little aud often, and our servent
girl get rather ovefed and saucy after
time, if they don't 60 away i'll.
My good lady, in the latter case, is
generally very kind to them Our last
girl was taken i'll, and we gave her
weeks holiday, some soup, wine and
oranges, and her wages as usual.
This conduct on our par affected our
servant girl deeply, and she insited on
sending her sister as substitute while
she was away.
Her sister came very early. My good
lady got up and let her in. She was
courtseying on the doorstep.
"lf you please, ma am, Pm Jemima's
sister, she said.
Take care" said my good lady;
you've upset the milk can with your
crinolinc."
She came in and began to clear away
the supper things, and dropped plate.
Ny good lady told her where to find the
breakfast things, and she brought up
cup without a handle; it had slipped
through her fingers somehow.
"The girls willing, but she's nervous"
said my good lady.
We have some nice china ornaments
on the parlor mantlepicce While we
were at breakfast she busted of a couple
shepherdesses. Between that and dinner
time, though, she ouly get through
tumble and egg cup, and | was begin
ming to think she was getting steadier.
My good lady went down stairs to see
how dinner was getting on. She came
up, looking very vexed, indeed. She
said
''You know the best soup tourccn ?"
81 do" | said.
ats goue," she said.
elbow ?"' | asked.
"To picccs!'
She went down after this, aud presently
| heard a smash My good lady shortly
afterward appeared
''Those two cut decanters !" she said.
"This is really becoming serious" |
said. "Hadn't we better send her about
her business z"
GLOW unreasonable you do talk" re
piled my good lady. Her sister sent her
out of kindness to US. 1t will hurt her
feelings dreadfuully if we don't keep
her"
How about our feelings 2" said.
There was an awful smash down stairs
just at that moment We set still and
waited. Jemima's sister presently made
appearance weeping bitterly.
"Oh ma'am, oh sir" she cried, "I'm
the unluckiest girl that ever was. I've
fell down with the dinner tray J!
"Will you be kind enough to return
home 2" said [. awe are not cross at
you, and here's shilling only, my good
girl, depart while there is yet whole
piece Of crockery left in the house"
She waved her arms wildly, and knock
ed few things off a sideboard.
allow can | ever repay you 2" she
cried,
"Your presence here, my good girl, is
costing US, on an average, about a shilling
minute" | said. IF you would only
go away and take another situation-say,
for instance, in the china shop at the
corner-we might, with a few years Of
penury and privation, gradually recover
our losses"
She saw it in the same light, and went.
My good lady then descended to the
kitchen to look after the dinner.
Jemima's sister had left jug on the
stairs, over which my good lady tumbled
and put her ankle out, also breaking the
jug.
Jemima's sister has called on US twice
since and said how sorry she was. We
have on those occasions put the china up
before speaking to her. We think it
advisable that she should not come inside
the house any more $3.50