Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06

Twill softea the heart; though deaf be the
ear,
twill make it acutely and Instantly hear;
But in shade let it rest like delicate flower;
Oh breathe on it softly-it dies in an hour.
MIR. DAYTON'S HOUSEHOLDER.
JI7ANTED-A HoUsEKEEPER-N ONE BUT
wv an elderly person, competent, and of the
highest respectfully need apply Call between
the hours of 8 and s, Thursday, April 6, at No.
-, Michigan avenue.
Kate Franklin read this in the paper
which lay on the counter ia the little
grocery while waiting to ha7 an ounce
or two of tea done up and roll of
bakers bread.
She repeated the number of the house
over to herself as she received the
change from the grocer.
She prepared the tea after she re-
turned to the little bare attic, and ate
her scanty meal mechanically. She
forgot how unsatisfed her appetite still
was in her busy thought.
A stranger IN strange place, sue
cessfully she had triedsto find situa-
ton as teacher, copyist, in a store,
sewing. She had failed in the first
three, and was starving on the last
She would apply for the place, but
she would need references. Only one
person she knew In the whole great
city of sufficient influence
Davenport, the rich, naughty STEP
sister who had ili-treated her gentle
mother while she lived, and hated Kate
herself.
Perhaps Kate thought she would per-
NIT her to refer to her, because glad to
have her descend to mental employment.
Kate was competent for the situation,
for during her mother long fitness ana
her fathers absence she had entire
charge of their large family and splen-
did house.
But an 'selderly woman" Now Kate
was not an elderly woman, being only
20; but she remembered, with sort of
pleasure, that in private theatricals in
happier days she had initiated the
voice and assumed the character of an
old woman with great success. She
knew how to stain the skin and give an
old and wrinkled appearance, and she
had in the bottom Of box some false
gray hair and a muslin cap worn on one
Vi Eu0SS OCCdSiOilS. 0I0 uiO uOG uotl
to look so very old only to present a
mature and matronly appearance.
Mr.. Edward Dayton waited at home
after his dinner to see the respondents
to his -ertisement He was hand
some man, not yet 80, with gay, frank,
good-natured countenance.
He leand back In a nonchalant way,
his feet on another chair.
'sThere ought to be a Mrs. Dayton to
manage these housekeeping matters.
Well, there's time enough
Two applicants were seen and dis
missed in Mr.. Dayton's gentlemanly
way.
4 third was ushered in. Mr.. Dayton
instinctively laid aside his cigar, and
placed chair for his visitor.
The ladylikeness and propriety of he1
manner pleased him at once. 'sFaller
fortunes" he commented to himself.
She answered his question readily,
but in few words.
GA silent woman-aagood thing, was
his inward remark.
ssI think nou will suit me, Mrs. -,
what may understand your name? :"
ssFranklin.'
/" Mrs. Franklin, you will be required
to go out Of town, about seven miles,
to my country house, Oak Grove-in
the town Of Enbury, on the Grand
Central railroad. The salary propose
to pay is $500 per annum. Do my
terms suit you -
She answered, quietly, that they did.
.'Then it is all settled. By the way,
[ suppose you have references, though
that is mere matter of form. y
The name of Davenport was gwen.
Davenport I? Robert Davenport
I know them. All right. IF convenient
you will please go tomorrow, Mrs.
Franklin, or the next day. I shall not
come till the middle Of next week, and
probably bring a friend or two with
me. Have the chambers in the centre
and wings prepared, if you please. The
housekeeper there now will not leave
until Saturday. She will show you
around;
els Mrs.-is your wife there, orto &c
soon ?"
He laughed.
's.Mrs Edward Dayton? No, she is
not there, and I do not know Of hen
going at present. Adding more
seriously: II have not the pleasure,
Mrs. Franklin, of having wife," with
q slight stress on pleasure.
A vivid color came into the brown
cheek OF the housekeeper, and her man.
ner showed evident embarrassment.
IT thought believe-I cannot
and stopped.
He did not notice it. His mind had