The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
MY CURIOUS COMPANION.

Wanted, by a young married lady, o
cmpanion to reside with her during her
husbands absence In India. A liberal
salary viii be given, with every home
comfort, to any one suitable. Apply,
personally, if possible, at No. $40 Upper
Berkeley street. W."
The foregoing advertisement was dis
patched by me after considerable cogita-
ton, and I awaited the results of il with
some anxiety.
My husband, Major Conyers, had
been suddenly ordered to India and
having no sister or any available cousin
whom 1 could invite to stay with me
during his absence, I thought a COM
panion was the best thing with which I
could provide myself /; accordingly, l in
dited my small paragraph which I had
the satisfaction of seeing placed in a
very conspicuous part of the paper on
the morning after I sent it. 1 lived in
London, consequently felt certain that
the personal interview would be easily
managed ; but I had committed an error
innot naming a particular hour, as from
II In the forenoon until quite late in the
day the applications for a personal inter
view with my unfortunate self never
ceased. The first arrival was a very
handsomely dressed lady of about SO,
who came, evidently, quite prepared to
enter upon her duties at once, and quite
overpowered me with a series of ques-
tions and statements, without giving me
the faintest chance of making any in
quiries myself. She had lived with
Lady This and the Honorable Mrs. That,
and one and all had treated her like a
sister-she felt certain I should do the
same-indeed, she quite knew me al
ready. Home comforts were exactly
what she cared for 4; as to salary, it was
no object to her-a hundred a year was
all she asked, though dear Lady Goldine
had said she was never to take less than
two.
CT am afraid" I put in at this juno
ture, "that even one hundred is beyond
what I intend to give, and I live sc
quietly
"We won't quarrel about salary in,
terrupted my would-be companion
"and as to quietness, it is just what J
want"
A peal at the deor-ben emboldened mt
to still greater determination, SO 1 re
nlied very r~esolutelv for mo-. aI Il,
NOT tb;nt va sbon1S s,,,t . T ON cow,
Won have had the tranbie nf oom;no y
- -
ono onaht - - 49, 10y oa
1870 n ""0' W "u'i''
Tard1n noEo a.ood
she croft m and aonncsd 5own sto;rs 81;
danfv IN oraat wra+b - h.. raiaat;on
&C inotSer 1adv 10 Coo 1on noa,omn .,
LII" OIL
N"N y pal ~ ~ ELI
-, - ~ ~ LUZ Pc
V fano;a5 + had fa or,n AZ = an Sy; HIS e nan,
nan;on Rnt e1as ber storH Hros a 60,
one. and there were reascns which rem
dore5 Il ;mnos.;hio Gov NO 70 81 ~
80 bor soo;et1 unas uorr;o5 n
'waS LonoIass ;nroI;d ~
Fhaw - go - l. III - -,
edncated b;gbIv enonob 10 ba oo1
erness and when sbe sow NV oJyarf;se
ment sbe fanciad ~ tba soIo,U ,o
goo5 she MIGHT no NV oon,nan;or h
Sav and Return at nigbt To ber o,U
home Which was Of ne root 5;stonc
- ~ Lo1,ao a." IooLS5 =" So
90 ii +bo+ 7 Hnss oln,ost tanon4od - ~
$50 ar.onaoront III - Iuo-Ta
~u1a i1a6cmous Mi'n neI, puU 10 L Il
ond tbonehts sh oUwn o - liza y, see
The onosSon Ros;5as oon,S 20 Io,
49, 20 tbinL 4bot oei;Io oIo nv nay
No She no,,Id aI,1a,S III ~ Sn q was oaon WIZ :
he v;tb ber u,h;ob beS 7 -
noood bar u,o,,lJ moot not,raTr bo-
Ell T III LO" Nv ~
nnsO;hIo .nd 81. no M III.
pp1asa Of w;na onS sonaa LIZ I ~ an !,
far T sow ber fnrt;vo,v oonraII - Il Ia
noeLa+ Gov tba sol brsbS,5 49,
h no1a mo hor d;raot;on ond toe
ber Je4 Sa+u m' T n ofterworJ wsn ~ - 'o .,
ber ~ bor tolo ,nos I'll .omeo d,
~ Iroaoaa ~'o wac 0"NiJ 'oin III
NJ 800 r;.;.or .o a,x
col y;tbout aDu , was q mos' per- uai
iadv Who informed me tIof b ~ na &,
dead. and as there Were 80 many IF ~
at home ber mo Ivontod bor = 40 6
herself. 7 had not much dificnitv
dismissing her. And Of the 1egions tn