The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-09-04
MR.. DAYToN,s HOUsEKEEPER.

" WANTED - a nOuSek6PpBT. NO
one but an elderly person, competent,
and Of the highest rsspectability need
apply. Call between the hours Of three
and four, Thursday, April sixth, at
No.--Mlchigsn Avenue"
Kate franklin read this In the paper
which lay on the counter In the little
grocery while waiting to have an ounce
or two of :ea 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 return
ed to the little bare attic, and ate her
scanty meal mechanically. She forgot
how unsatisfied her appetite still was,
In her busy thought.
A stranger In strange place, sue
cessively she had trieil to find situa-
tion as teacher, copyist, In store,
sewing. She had failed on 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 = Mrs.
Davenport, the rich, naughty stepsis-
ter who had III treated lIer gentle mother
while she lived, and had hated Kate
herself. Perhaps, Kate thought, she
would permit me to refer to her, be-
cause glad to have her descend to
menial employment.
Kate was competent for the situation,
for during her mothers long illness, aud
during her fathers absence, she had
the entire charge of their large family
and splendid house.
But an elderly woman" Now
Kate was not an elderly woman, being
only twenty but she remembered,
with sort Of pleasure, that in private
theatricals In happier days, she had i'm
itated the voice. and assumed the char
scter OF an old woman with great sue
cess. She knew how to stain the skin
to give an old and wrinkled appearance,
ard she had in the bottom of box,
some false gray hair and q muslin cap
worn on one Of these occasions. She
did not need to look 80 ve:y old only
to present q mature aud matronly ap-
pearance.
Mr.. Edward Dayton waited at home
after dinner to see the respondents to
his advertisement. he was hand"
some man, not yet thirty, with gay,
frank, good -natured countenance.
lie leaned BACK In nonchalant
way, win MS ieet 90 another chair.
"There ought to be q Mrs. Dayton
to manage these housekeeping matters.
Well, there's tiue enough"
Two applicants were seen ana DIS
missed In Mr.. Dayton's gentlemanly
way
A third was usbered IN: mr. Dayton
lnstinctiVely lald aside MS cigar, and
placed chair for his visitor.
The ladylikeness and propriety or her
manner pleased him at once. :" Fallen
fortunes" he commenced to himself.
She answered his questions readily,
but IN few words.
A silent woman-a good thing" "
was bis inward remark.
:" think you will suit me, Mrs.
what may understand your name ?"
Franklin"
:" Mrs. Franklin, you will be requir-
ed to 90 out Of town, about seven miles,
to my country house, Oak Grove-in
the town OF Em6nry, on the Grand
Central Railroad. The salary l propose
TO pay Is SIX hundred dollars per an
mum. Do my terms suit you ?'
She answered, quietly, that they did
"Then 1t is all settled. BY the way,
suppose you have ref, rences, though
that Is mere matte of FORM"
The name OF Davenport was given.
"Davenport9 Robert Davenport ?
know them. All right. II convent.
ent, you will 60 tomorrow, Mrs. Frank
lin, or the next day. shall not come
till the middle Of next week, and prob
ably bring friend or two with me.
Have the chambers In the centre aud
wings prepared, II you please. The
housekeeper there now will not leave
until Saturday. She will show you
round"
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