The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-03-13
WINNING A LOvER.
BY AMY RANDoIPH.

Five dollars Oh Bridget, l wish
I knew of any way by which I could
earn five dollars. "
Our scene was no silll-lined bourdoir,
no picturesque wooden ravine fringed
with ferns and musical with the ripple
Of moss-brown waters, but only an un-
derground city kitchen, with q gloomy
range of washtubs on one side, and
scantily furnished dresser on the other.
And Minnie Akerly, a beautiful young
girl Of seventeen, sat peached on the
aforesaid tubs, swinging her pretty little
feet to ane fro, while a stout Irish wo-
man, with basket on her arm, stood
opposite.
"You. Miss, dear p echoed Bridget
Maloney. ''But sure, that's different
thing altogether.
We need money so badly" said
Minnie soberlv. And now that Papa
is i'll, and has lost his Office, we have so
little And Sarah advertised for a
place as a nursery governess, but no
one answered the advertisement. !
could teach, think, but every place is
filed, and Mr.. Russell says there are
ten applicants to at least every va
cancy
"The pity Of 1t, sighed the sympa
thizing Bridget, "when the likes of
me gets more work than she can do.
For there is a jmtleman sent a dozen
shirts last night to be done up, and it's
mesiIf viii have to send them back.
& How much to you have apiece? ?
GA shilling Miss.
% That would be twelve shillings-a
dollar aud a half, +" said Minnie medita-
lively, Bridget, would you let me do
them %
Z" You, Miss Minnie "
"Do," coaxed the girl. "I know I
could. I did papa's last week, and he
never knew they were not ironed by a
regular laundress. shouI so like to
earn a little money all of my own. /
could bay mamma some wine, and Sarah
new winter dress, and-Oh, with a
low sigh, 81 could do so many nice
things, if only had little money"
'eWell, I declare, said honest
Bridget, rubbing lfer nose. 'And you
Judge AkerIy's daughter =!
won't you let me, Bridget j"
8Iinnie had jumped off the wash tubs
and come close to the good natured
Irish woman, with sparkling eyes and
/ cheeks deep dyed with he deep earn
estnsss of her pleading. ''Please, !
/ could come to your house this afternoon
4 and papa would think I was walking in
/ the Park.
Sure, you'd be kindly welcome,
Miss, - acceeded Bridget. "Only-"
Away ran Minnie. in great glee, tC
make all necessary preparations for the
afternoons work.
'sI won't tell Sarah, " she thought
nor mamma, because they'd be sure
to cry and make a fuss over it. II
just steal quietly away, after I've made
the omelette for papa's lunch. Only i
MIR. Russell should call-''and tn,
lovely face fell for a second-"But per
baps he won't Any way, this is one o
the opportunities to help myself that
have sighed for so long, and it viii onl.
be throwing luck away to neglect it. "
And so Minnie Akerly stole away a
two o'clock, much to the displeasure o
her elder sister Sarah.
ct think she might have stayed an,
read to papa" said she, instead o
leaving it always to me.
Nfy dear said concilia1orv Mrs
Akerly, 'you must remember that she
very young. and needs more relaxatio
than we do"
: Relaxation - If they could onl
have seen Minnie at that moment, wit
flushed cheeks and sleeves rolled mp
the fair round shoulders. working as
9 her life depended on it, they migl
have taken different view OF the ma
7 ters and things in general.
q An the next day she went again
T iron the shirts she had washed E
daintily.
I "sure, Miss You're making the
4 look ike white SATIN. cried the admi
: inc Bridget. "Andit's youself woul
Z mako decent liyin' entirely as a lau
Z dress, 50 you would Only 1t max
my heart ache 70 see the little viii
hands of yours all blistered and burne
: with the irons, and parboiled with soa
Z suds-
i" Nv hands % said Minnie, eontem
: tuousiy, "a little glycerine and We
4 OF kid glowing, and they'll be all rig
! again
10 " AIarried27 said Eugene Russo
IT ineaitatively " And Why shouldn't
se get married, HelensS Is not man
n the happier for uniting his fortune vi
some truly congerial soul -